Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-14

TO salvage the submersible at tho time
OF the accident. Within forty or fif,v
miles on this par, OF the coast. six
other vessels have struck shore during
the last few years. and none of them
has been saved.
FOUR nREECHEs BUOYS
SWUNG TO THE CRUISER
Four breechcs buoys were swung to
the Milwaukee. and the men were
being brought ashore as fas, as nos
sible
With the roll Of the vessel. the troll
leys would slacken and then straiShten
out. dropping the buoys. with their
human burden. into the breakers, and
alternately hosting them into the air.
Fifty men and the ships dog mascot
were landed just before dark with the
aid OF surfboats manned by coast life
savers. one of the sailors said there
was eight feet OF water in one fire
room. and that two boilers had shifted
Medica! treatment was given the res
cued sailors by the naval militia at
Eureka. members Of which arrived with
emergency equipment late i'm the af-
ternoon.
the Milwaukee was under command
or lieutenant w +. Newton She car
ried about thirteen commissioned Of
hcers. ten warrant officers and re-
duced complement of between 400 and
900 men. Seventy Of the crew were
ashore when the Milwaukee struck
ABOUT HALE OF CREW
ALREADY TRANSFERRED
As darkness closed down TONIGHT
about half the crew Of the Milwaukee
had been transferred through a roar.
ing surf in safety to the beach The
vessel had been thrown by the break
ers into water. but twelve feet deep
at low tide. and the derelict keeled Al
an angle Of 20 degrees. 1t was thought
she had hole in her hull
When the Milwaukee was caught hy
the current and carried into the break
ers she was pulling on cable at
tached to the stranded submarine lI-2
The monitor Cheyenne and the navy
tug Ironuois. farther off shore both
had lines 10 the Milwaukee, and were
cndeavoring 10 hold the cruiser from
the surf.
The tidal current and the weight OF
the heavy steel hawser proved stronger
than the combined power Of three vcs-
scls. and all were being dragged shore
ward when the hawser To the Cheyenne
snapped and left tho little IroGuois to
battle alone with tho tide that was
sweeping the milwaukee, into the
breakers
Roatswain Frank Bruce. commander
OF the lro0uos held on as long as he
dared, and then cut the hawScr. Lieu
tenant Newton. in command of the
milwaukee,. tried To follow Erucc's en-
ample and get rid of tho steel hawscr
fast to tho lI-3. but il was too late.
LINE SHOT FROM SHORE
ny COAST GIhRDSMEN
The coast guardsmen shot line
from the shore to the stranded cruiser
and riGgcd Il hrcechcs buoy.
The first surfboat. launched at 2:o0
o'clock, brought back six men, and the
second brought back five. by this
time two men at time were coming
ashore in the brecchcs buoy. and by
dusk nearly 900 men we're on the beach
from the wrecked cruiser.
Only one man suffered injury. so far
as is known This was q. r. Roth,
the seaman whose shoulder was frac-
tured on Wednesday when the Mil
wankce's surfboat capsizcd His
shoulder was broken again as he was
being brought ashore to-day
The work OF rescue it was an
nounced. would continue all night.
until every man was off the wreck.
Fires have been built on the beach to
assist the lifesavers. Lieutenant Davis
and Zmsk will make preliminary
survey OF the wreck Tomorrow. The
Milwaukee. they said. recently left the
dry dock. where she received exten-
sive repairs. According TO navy Of