The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-06
CREW Is RESCUED
AND GREEK LINER
Is LEFT SINKING
SeacOcks Of ThessalOniki
Opened After Perugia
Transfers Victims.
PROBABLY NO LOSS
OF LIFE ON VESSEL

The Greek liner ~Thessaloniki. which
hAs been for more han a week puzzllng
the nautical world by messages appeal
Ing for aid. IL now a derelict. probably
about SEQ miles east southeast Of Sandy
Hook. and her skipper. Capt. Goulandis.
and ninety men. and the larger part
Of his crew. are coming this way aboard
the Anchor liner Perugia. from Mediter-
ranean ports. II is probable that the,
will get inside Sandy Hook tomorrow
morning.
A Marconi wireless messege last night
from the Perugia reported that she had
taken of all the crew and the mails OF
the T~hessaloniki at $3.50 p. NJ. without
mishap. Before leaving the ship the en-
gineers opened all the seacocks. hoping
that she would sink under the inrushing
water during the night.
The coast guard cutter Seneca passed
out Of Sandy Hook at II :55 last night
and headed for the position OF the dere-
lioA. Opened seacocks may not sink
her and the Seneca may have "A chance
to send her 20 the bottom or. II she is
not q hopeless wreck. to tow her TO port.
Tho news Of the rescue OF the Greek
liners crew came through the Scandi-
navtan-American liner United States.
which had lost more than two days
trying to succor the Greek captain and
his crew. The message OF the Scandi-
nAvian skipper. Capt. Goetsche, was the
most fervent ever sent from sea 10 New
York.
Capt. Goetsche had been steering a
criss cross course and had gone hun
dreds of miles out OF his way TO Ind
the Thessaloniki. He had located her
definitely at / o'clock yesterday after
noon through n message from cant.
Goulandis. who had been able at last
to take An observation. and was speed
Ing in her direction when the peiug.a
startled the United States wireless op-
orator by announcing that the Anchor
liner had taken aboard everybody left
On The Thessaloniki.
skipper Greatly Relieved.
These kind words so impressed the
grateful skipper of the tinted States
that he got into communication with
New YORK and sent this message 10
General Agent ~JacO5sen:
Received news tina Anchor liner
Peyugia has rescued crew OF Thes sa-
oniki. Thank God! We proceed on our
voyage"
Mr.. Jacobsen said that he had never
heard OF any skipper heretofore express
Ing such thanks by wireless.
Before getting the message that caused
him to feel so mitch relieved tn. cluta!n
- tho United States had received. at
A0olock yesterday afternoon. the sew
Ax.AAM ontNnhsnL4fn.V - A. .....Fa E.-.-
the wandering Greek sklppeg. who had
been unable 10 take AN observation TO
confirm the accuracy Of his six ;uesses
preceding the glimpse OF the sun he
obtained at noon yesterday. The Thes-
saloniki said then. by wireless TO The
liner United States. that her observed
position was latitude IS rs, long tudc
IS 80. which ls about $50 miles east
southeast of Sandy Hook. cant. Goctsche
said by. wireless that this position was
eighty miles east Of that wh.ch the
T~hessaloniki had gsen in the morning.
Then he gave his own position. and said
he expected to find the Thcssdloniki at
: Il. VI. Ia the pcrsistcu. quest the
United States burned a lot 4 coal and
lost several thousands Of dollars.
The Greek Line Office is confident
that nobody has been lost in the fear
some trip Of tie Thessaloniki nsom
pireus, although there doubtless have
been much discomfort and perhaps short
~rations for every body. The reasO the
Greek skipper and his crew gave up the
ship was because She was In danger 90
laundering. She was aleak, had a liz.
and there may have been discori be-
tween skipper and officers. Steamships
IN worse straits. however, nave been
towed to port.
The story Of the experiences Of the
Thessaloniki Is due here maybe to-day
and maybe tomorrow on the Greek
liner PATHS. which took OF the passeu-
gers and part OF the crew, and the Peru
gia, which is bringing in the skipper and
officers and the larger part of the crew.