Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05
COAST GUARD CUTTERS
KEPT BUSY IN SOUTH
Several Wrecks in Gulf of Mexico
as Result Of Tropical
Storms.
Seminole Sent to Porto Rican Sta
ton to Replace the Cutter
Algonquin.

Tropical storms sweeping over the
Gulf of Mexico and along the south
Atlantic coast give the cutters sta
toned in that section plenty of work
to do at this season of the year, and
both the cutter Miami and the new
cutter Tallapoosa are now engaged in
hunting for derelicts reported passed
by vessels in the gulf. Three or four
separate derelicts, hulks OF vessels Of
varying sizes, are reported menacing
the safety of navigation off the gulf
coast of Florida, and it is to find and
destroy these hulks the commanding
officers Of the two cutters are bending
every energy.
From the cutter Miami come two re-
ports of work done in the past week
in the vicinity of Key West. In the
early par. Of the the Weem the ei9ed Mnqd
Of a vessel being ashore on Ajax reef.
one of the dangerous coral islands that
dot the coast of southern Florida.
fastening to the point indicated, the
for Pensacola with pyrites was found
on the rocks.
Portion of Cargo Lightered.
Efforts to float her were made on
the fun tides of several successive
days. but without success. After
portion of the cargo of the vessel was
lightered she was worked off the reef,
and, remarkable to say, was not dam
aged. A later report from the Miami
tells of her picking up. the derelict
schooner Oscar g. Of Mobile and tow
ing 1t into port.
While doing patrol duty in the
waters of northern Washington the
little cutter Guard found the power
boat Mammie G. disabled and rapidly
drifting out in the open waters Of, OF
Juan de Fuca strait. dangerous at all
times to small craft.
The engine of the Mammie G. refused
to work. and those aboard 1t could not
locate the trouble. At their request
the launch was towed into a safe mar
Dor at Anacortes. Wash.
Carl Carlson and Joseph Berry, light
tenders in Hay lake, in the St Marys
river, Mich. district were marooned on
the crib surrounding light when
their motor boat went adrlft.
While their position was not imme-
diately dangerous. it was very uncom-
Portable and when word of their pre-
dicament reached Seaman j. II. Cook
of the cutter Mackinac, in charge OF
river, he at once went to their aid in
borrowed motor boat. The men were
rescued, and the runaway lighthouse
service launch Buttercup recovered
and returned to them.
Latest reports received from the prac-
tice cutter Itasca, which In on a train
ing cruise with the embryo officers Of
the coast guard aboard, stated that she
was in Penobscot bay. on the Maine
coast From there she will visit other
points in New England before return
ing to the school at New London in the
latter part of this month.
For minor hull repairs and for paint
ing the cutter Onondaga, on the Nor
folk station, is in the drydock at the
Portsmouth. Va, navy yard 1t Is
stated she will be ready to return to
service in a day or two.
While the cutter Algonquin Is receiv-
| ing general repairs at the Arundel
Cove, Md. depot. the cutter Seminole
is to do duty on the Porto Rican station.
The Seminole, which left Wilmingto on,
N c., August 10, reached San Juan the
| oath and at once took up her duties.
The work on the Algonquin will require
several months to complete and it will
be spring before the Seminole returns
| to Wilmington.