Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-15
ONE MARINE BROWNS;
SIX OTHERS MISSING

SIX OTHERS, MISSING
Chief Engineer Of Collier Hector sus-
tains Fractured Skull and Two Mem
bers Of Crew Badly lnjured-Crew
and Marines Safe.
Charleston, s, c., July 15.-At least
one marine was drowned and five or
six others who were on the large naval
collier Hector. which grounded while
trying to get here, are missing, say
reports today to the Consumers Coal
Company, owners Of the tug Vigilant,
which went to the Hectors help.
\ The chief engineers skull was frac-
tured and two others of the crew were
badly hurt, says the report.
The big naval collier Hector, carry
ling sixty marines in addition to her
crew of seventy men and twelve of.
. ficers, was reportedIto have sunk OFT
Charleston late yesterday, according to
Captain Hunt of the tug Vigilant.
which tried to go to the Hector's as
sistance. He was unable to say wheth-
er those aboard escaped.
The steamer Alamo had been stand
ing by the collier all day. having re-
sponded to calls when it was disabled
some sixty miles off shore in Thursday
nights hurricane. Static conditions
were suchtthat no wireless report could
be obtained from the Alamo. The
sea still was running high.
The Hetcor left Port Royal for San
4 20 otf tod fo
put into port here when the storm dis
abled it, but. according to Captain
Hunt, went down about uine sad one
half miles from the Charleston light
ship. Captain Hunt said part Of the
Golfers superstrpcture remained above
water - - q
The lighthouse tender Cypress went
out at 10 o'clock Friday morning to the
assistance OF the Hector, but was ,ln-
able to breast the heavy seas, and re-
turned.
The Hector displaced 1920 tons, was
3s4 feet long. and was built at Spar
rows Point, Nd, in 1908.
The tug Wilmington bound for Jack
sonville from Philadelphia arrived here
today with 102 of the Hector's men on
board.
The Hector. according to infor-
nation, broke in half yesterday after
noon at about o'clock when her wire,
less BECAME silent. Four men Of the
1O2 brought here are injured.
The destroyer Terry arrived this
morning badly battered bX rough
weather. She was in tow of the relief
boat which had brought her from
Santo Domingo where she had been
aground.
Tales of the unsuccessful fight of the
Hector against gale which blew 120
miles an hour, fires and disabled en-
gines, and the daring rescue of 102
men by the tug Wilmington, were
brought here today by the first surviv-
ors to land. The Wilmington, storm bat
tered and having lost two barges,
worked for six hours taking off the
crew and sixty nine marines which the
Hector was taking from Port Royal to
Guantanamo.
Capt. Joseph Newell Of the Hector.
and about twenty men, were taken off
later by the steamer Cypress, and the
broken Hector was left to her fate,
seven miles northeast Of Cape Ro-
maine.
No member Of the company was
lost but four were hurt.
The Hector ran into the worst of the
storm Thursday morning Huge waves
broke over the vessel and poured down
the matches, disabling the engine. When
she was able to make way wireless
calls for help were sent out. Fire broke
out in the hold. The Wilmington
reached the Hector at ! Friday after
noon. about one hour after the boat
had grounded. The work of transfer
ring the men kept up for six hours.
Captain Newell with about score Of
men elected Ia stay on the Hector. The
Wilmington started for here and the
Cypress set out tostake Captain Newell
and his men. 1t being certain there was
no chance to save the collier At
o'clock last night Captain Newell and
his men were forced to leave their ship.