Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-17
Schooner Roessner Abandon.
ed and Set on Fire by
Steamer Iroquois.
ITASCA FINDS J. N. DANA;
MASTER AND MEN SAFE
Captain and Five Seamen Of Arnold
Taken Off by Rio Tieto-Trafal.
gar on Lookout Shoals.

The steamer Iroquois. Capt Mckenzie
commanding, reports having taken off
the crew of the sinking schooner Fred
erick Roessner of New York, and hav-
ing set fire to the vessel in latitude
ss:lO north, longitude 72:14 west AS
soon as the revenue cutter Itasca, Capt
BENJAMIN NJ Cheswell commanding.
has returned to her station. after tow
ing in the derelict schooner John N
Dana, picked up at sea yesterday, she
will proceed to locate tho wreck, II
still above water, and destroy II.
Capt Mckenzie reported by radio that
the schooner was in a sinning condf-
ton when found, with all sails blown
away As a menace to navigation the
vessel was set on fire with expectancy
that this would destroy her. This Is
a common measure to destroy a worth
less hulk at sea. 1t is supposed that
the fire will burn the cargo. biting into
the hold as the vessel rises under
frightened load, and finally putting the
craft in such condition that she will
sink.
This is the end of the Frederick
Roessner, which once before was aoan-
doned at sea as unseawortny; IN, ane
schooner was abandoned June 3, 19l2,
off Cape Hatteras, and few days later
was picked up and towed into port at
New York by the revenue cutter
Seneca, then commanded by Capt. c. u.
Johnston of ice patrol fame. She was
restored to service.
Norwegian Steamer Trafalgar.
The vessel ashore on Lookout shoals
IS reported to be the Norwegian steam
er Trafalgar of Tornsberg, Norway.
Capt Uberroth of the revenue cutter
Seminole. reports that ne Is standing
by. He expected to be able to hoat tne
vessel at high tide last night.
Capt. Jacobsen of the Trafalgar. ASA
ed that message be sent to the Amer
lean agents and also to the owners,
"Wilheimsen, Tornsberg. Norway" in
the code, telling that the vessel IS un-
damaged, and would be successfully
floated. ~.
Garden, is out after a derel1ct. Inc
schooner Emma S. Lord, Is reported
abandoned off Fire Island light ship.
The schooner John w. Dana, signteo
at sea, abandoned and waterlogged, by
passenger steamer, has been located and
salvaged by the revenue cutter 1tasca,
Capt Benjamin NJ. Chiswell, commanding.
The Itasca lowed the derelict into Nor
folk harbor last night.
Steamer Takes OF Roessner's Crew.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H, January L.
The naval radio station here picked up
a call from an unknown steamer for aid
in rescuing the crew Of tho schooner
Frederick Roessner in latitude 53.44
north, longitude 72.14 west.
It appeared from shipping reports that
tho Roessner, which halls from New York
and registers 326 tons net, sailed from
a Cuban port for Philadelphia December
and put into Cape Lookout January Z
ha of "a M
had not been reported since.
Crew Rescued; Dana salvaged.
NEW YORK. January 16.-Seven sea-
men, rescued at sea from the wreck OF
the schooner John W. Dana off Diamond
shoals Wednesday. arrived here today on
the steamship Malinche. The schooner.
a waterlogged derelict. was sighted yes
terday by the steamer FL Alba
The rescued men said that after leav-
ing Charleston, S. c.. succession OF
gales was encountered, and January
10 a northwesterly hurricane accom-.
panied by tremendous seas carried
away the schooner's fore rigging and
deck load Of lumber, leaving the water
logged hull floating helplessly in the
trough of the seas. The Malinche eff
fected the rescue the next day with
great difficulty because of heavy seas
and danger in launching lifeboats.
NORFOLK, Va, January 16.-The
schooner John w. Dana, found adrift
OFF the coast by the revenue cutter
Itasca, is being towed in. There IL no
one aboard.
Schooner Arnold's Crew Safe.
ST. JOHNS. n. E. January 1.-THE
steamer Rio Tiete, which arrived from
Hull today, brought to port Capt.
George Elford and the five men Of the
Newfoundland schooner Arnold. aban-
doned in the North Atlantic January 8.
The Arnold was returning from
Portugal to st. Johns and was nearly
within sight of her destination. when
she was blown back half way across
the Atlantic. Sails and rigging were
carried away.
Provisions were exhausted when the
Rio Tiete came alongside All the men
are suffering from exposure and hunger.
LITTLE GIRL IN ENGLAND