New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
The Seneca ReSCueS Crew
as Seams of Doomed
Transport Open
SECOND SHIP GOES
ON JERSEY SHOALS
Norwegian Tramp Steamer
Blunders on Sands in
Snow Squall

Hone Of saving the L. S. transport
Sumner. which has been pounding her.
self to pieces on the reefs of Barnegat
CITY. y. j.. since Monday. was prscti-
cally abandoned last night. Still ham,
mered by the heavy seas and with her
seams opening, the vessel will appsr-
emily be total loss The last mem
bers Of her crew we're taken of by the
revenue cutter Seneca and the wreck
ing tug Rescue early yesterday. A
score Of wreckers have taken her IN
charge, but they do not believe that
she can be lifted from the reef.
Another vessel went ashore on the
Jersey coast yesterday. The Nor
wegian tramp steamer Juno, bound
from Cardiff. England, to New York
City. blundered in through heavy
weather and struck the shoals of Little
Egg Harbor early yesterday morning.
The ship was riding light, and it IS
believed that she can be dragged Tree
as soon as a wrecking tug arrives.
On Friday night the government
made It's last effort to save the Sumner
ard failed. Early in the evening the
Coast Guard aided in the transfsr Of
FORTY of her crew TO the Seneca.
Captain Weber and twenty-eight
others remained on the transport. A
line was passed from the Rescue and
| fastened 10 the stern post OF the
grounded ship. At midnight the tug
turned her nose seward and, despite
the heavy seas which broke over her,
began TO pull the Sumner off the shoal
After two hours work she had dragged
| the heavy steamer $50 feet. Deep
water WAS near, and it was believed
that the transport would be saved.
Then the Summers rudder post pulled
out. and in tew minutes water hsC
poured in through the hole. forced it'
way into the propeller shaft and food
ed the engine rooms and boilers. Tow.
ard morning tho height Of the waves
had increased. and the wind was blow.
! ing more briskly. The ofYshore side
/ of the transport was smothered in
foam. and her seams began 10 open
! Shortly after dsybreak Captain Web
/ Der and the twenty-eight remaining
members of the crew were transferred
70 the Seneca and headed for New
| York, where they hope 10 land lat,
| tonight. A score Of wreckers on the
/ breaking transport hope for q chance
| of dragging her free, If the seas &c
/ down, but this is not believed possible
| by the coast guard.
When the Juno drove in upon the
shoals out of snow squsll early yes
terday morning, men OF the Little Egg
Little Beach and North Brigsntint
coast guard stations at once put of
20 her assistance.
When they finally reached her after
an hours fight against the big waves,
the Junos commander. Captain
Evenssen, said that the ship was not
leaking, and announced his determine
ton of sticking TO her. So did the
twenty-eight members of his crew, and
the coast guards returned TO their sta
tons. When they reached shore ever,
man was clad in an armor Of ice,
formed by flying spray.
The revenue cutter Mohawk reached
! the Juno later in the day, and signalled
to her that she would stand by Cap
tain Evenssen sent a message by the
coast guard to his vessels cOnsignors
Johnson & Higgins, Of 40 Wall Street
II is believed that they will send a
wrecking tug at once to pull her free.