Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
COAST GUARD CUTTERS
GET FEW HELP CALLS
Between Seasons" for Severe
Storms Along the Atlantic
Seaboard.
Cutters Pamlico and Itasca Arrive
at Arundel Cove for Re-
pair Work.

This is between seasons in coast
guard activities and the cutters have
but few calls upon them for aid from
vessels in distress. The season for trop-
ical hurricanes in the south is about at
an end. and it Is too early for the severe
gales that sweep the northern coasts in
the fall and winter months. so that be-
yond aiding a few vessels that run
ashore or rescuing men who fall over
board the commanding officers Of the
cutters have but little to report.
A report received from the command
ing officer of the cutter Tallapoosa- at
Mobile, tells of the rescue of one Thomas
A. Powers. a resident Of Mobile. who
tumbled overheard one night about 10
o'clock not far from where the cutter
lay. Men from the Tallapoosa went to
his aid and succeeded in fishing him out
Of the water. First aid assistance was
given him and the man was finally
brought around. but was kept aboard the
cutter all night before being started
homeward.
British Schooner Ashore.
AS the British schooner F. c. Lock-
hart was on her way from Bridgewater,
Nova Scotia, to New York, she ran
aground on Tuckernuck shoal. Nantucket
sound, in misty weather. A request Cor
aid was sent the cutter Acushnet at
Woods Hole. Mass. The cutter speeded
to her aid and by noon of the day she
grounded the schooner was afloat and
was lowed to Vineyard Haven. The
schooner was uninjured.
Incoming steamers reported a pilot
house with Doris on its nameboard
drifting at sea. with other wreckage.
about a mile south of Hatteras Inlet,
N. c. The cutter Onondaga from the
Norfolk station was sent to locate and
destroy the wreckage. and after COM
plying with her orders the cutter re-
turned to her station. The cabin is
reported to have been that Of barge
lost in recent storm on the North
Carolina coast.
For repair work that will require
about a month to complete, the cutter
Pamlico. from the North Carolina
sounds station, has arrived at the re-
pair depot. at Arundle Cove. near Balfi-
in the early part of last week
and went by easy stages up the sounds
and through the Lake Drummond canal
to Norfolk and thence up the bay to
day. Work will be hurried on the Pam
lico in order to have her back on her
station as soon as possible. The with
drawal of the Pamlico leaves no coast
guard vessel on duty on the inland
waters of North Carolina, which while
not very deep are SO wide that yes
sci in the center of Pamlico sound is
out of sight of land.
Repairs to the Itasca.
To have minor repairs made that
will fit her for cruising duty on the
Porto Rico station the cadet practice
cutter Itasca has arrived at Arundel
Cove from the Coast Guard Academy
at New London, Conn. On the compile
pletion Of the summer cruise of the ca
diets the Itasca was taken in charge
by First Lieut.. T. C. Crapster and
brought to the repair depot. The crew
Of the cutter Algonquin were transfer
ed to the Itasca at Arundel Cove and
in the latter part of this week she will
sail for San Juan. which will be head
cutter Seminole will leave for Will
mington, N. c., her station. and will
resume duty on the North Carolina
coast.
Cadet Cornelius NJ. DAILY was visitor
to and registered at the department in
the past week.
Orders for the week were as follows:
Third Lieut.. F. ]. Norton. detached
Seneca, to Apache.
Third Lieut. E. NJ. Webster, detached
Apache, upon relief, to Seneca; leave
en- route, eighteen days.
First Lieut.. E. S. Addison, detached
Apache, to Itasca.
Second Lieut. j. NJ. Cornell, detached
Algonquin, to Itasca.
Third Lieut.. J. E. Whitbeck, detached
Algonquin, to Itasca.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers F.
E. Fitch, detached Algonquin, to Itasca
Third Lieutenant of Engineers P. H.
Smith, detached Algonquin, to Itasca.
First Lieutenant of Engineers c. NJ.
Green. detached Algonquin, to Itasca
Senior Capt. H. H. Broadbent, de-
tached eastern division and assigned to
command of northern division. Seattle
Granted thirty days leave en- route.