The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-13
CRUISER AGROUND
ON WEST COAST
Milwaukee Gets Into Trouble
While Attempting to Pull
Submarine Off Ocean
Sandbar.
LIFE SAVERS CALLED
Both Accidents Occurred In Hum
boidt Bay, Which Has Long
Been Known ~ ships
Graveyard.
life SAVERS CALLED

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
EUREKA, Calf, Jan. 13.-The u.
S. cruiser Milwaukee which has been
engaged in an effort to pull the sub
marine H-3 of the sandbar on which
she drifted recently. went aground
early today in a dense fog rear the
scene of the H-3 disaster. At eight
o'clock this morning life savers re-
ported that she was in tho first line
breakers near Samoa. Tho life saw
ing crew was rushing to the scene
preparing to take OF the Milwau-
KEGS company, should her position
prove dangerous.
The first news Of the plight Of the
Milwaukee came when tie fog, which
had enveloped the Humboldt bay
region. lifted. Although no details
of the trouble could be- ascertained.
/. was believed that the cruiser drift
ed into the breakers during the early
morning hours.
For several days the Milwaukee.
which came here from the Mare
Island navy yard. has been trying %
MT mt steel haysers aboard the strand
ed HIS, preparatory to attempting to
pull OF the diver, which Is imbedded
in eight feet of sand. Thursday
night the hawsers were finally fast
ened to the submarine and two pulls
were given yesterday without suc-
cess.
During the process the Milwaukee
has stood a considerable distance out
in the sea, with all her anchors
down to resist the strong pull on her
by the heavy steel hawsers. 1t Is
supposed that loosening Of her an
chors may have weakened her resist
ance and drawn her into shore. All
indications are that she Is hard and
fast aground. AS soon as word OF
her predicament reached here, the
Humboldt life saving station was
notified. "A boat was rushed to the
scene out through the entrance to
the bay and up the outer side Of the
peninsula towards Samoa. The point
where the ship grounded is on the
Pacific side Of the peninsula about
two miles north Of the entrance to
Hum boldt bay.
The Humboldt bay section Of Cali
fornia has been known as the grave
yard of many ships" Within less
than six months three disasters or
note have occurred there. These
were the wreck of the rig liner Bear,
which went aground near Cape Men.
OlntO d loss VI ufc lives. h~
Bear still is high and dry on the
sand and has been veritably aban-
doned. A month ago the submarine
H-3 drifted ashore in fog near
Samoa. The crew was rescued after
a narrowing experience. Day b,tolc
yesterday, however. one member or
the Milwaukee's crew was drowned
and two were badly injured during
an attempt to pull the H3 of.
Today's disaster makes the third
in this section.
The first news Of the wreck reached
here when the cruiser sent out
wireless dispatch after daybreak. This
said that she had gone ashore at 400
a. m. and was in two fathoms OF wa
ter.
A heavy sea is running and rocking
the vessel violently.
Evidently this has put the Milwau-
KEGS wireless apparatus out OF com
mission for no further radiograms
have come from her.
Life savers reached the scene short
ly after 900 o'clock with complete
apparatus.
At 1915 Lieutenant Bogusch, COM