Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
NORTHERN PACIFIC
GOES ON SANDBAR
NEAR FIRE ISLAND
Official Report Says That
Steamer Is in No Im-::asssss ~,
mediate Danger. q.
BREECHES BUOY RIGGED S
FROM VESSEL TO BEACH
Ship Lists SO That 1t Is Difficult
to Stand on Her 81
Decks. 7-S.s
WAVES BREAKING OVER HER
High Seas Prevent Removal OF Pass,
cngers to Dcstroycrs and Tugs @ IS.
Which Stand by.
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WAVES BREAKING OVER HER
High Seas Prevent Removal of Pass;
cngers to Dcstroycrs and Tugs s IS
Which Stand by. e.
Isx Associated Presa.1

NEW YORK, January 1.-Rclativesf
of men aboard the United States trans,gs
port Northern Pacific. aground onHa
sandbar off Fire Island. need have. no :
fear for their safety. according sfof;a
wireless message from Captain Com
nelly. commanding. received tonight
by the Associated Press.
Northern Pacific in no danger,'.Ssafd
Captain Connelly's message. Relatives
of soldiers and crew need have no@fear
for their safety. The soldiers, inrtat1l
probability. will be landed to-morroW
or whenever winds shift to northward
o; west" saS3
every preeaution. however. to guard
the lives of the 2.4SO soldiers aboard the
transport. tran nearly LOO Of whonIaSe
been rigged from the shore to the ves-
sci, ready for use at any time, if5ittfis
deemed best to risk. further injury to
from the craft, while thirteen destroy
ers and naval. tugs are standing byssto
lend assistance in emergency. s.,slss3
VESSEL AGAIN INyAPPROACHINIissss q ssss q Is,
The, transport. which struck the
sandbar in heavy fog at $3.50 o'clock
this morning, was resting more easily
tEo.nisht, Eoi and was approaching an even
Keel. although she had listed heAyfly
carrier IN the day, making progressrdtf-
hcult about her slippery decks. over
whI which high seas were washing. gsSe
was considerable distance off shore
when she went aground, but now sfas
Sards Saed dfiyen nf ZEN to to within less thanao
southwest tonight, but had somewhat
aoated, although the sea continued
sSSnEh sSnga ana ID there was a heavy fogTon
that the wind would Shift to the north
west before morning. making condI-s
lions ions taVorahie for transferring the
IL
York. ~ uirece TO New
xsn, The .5nn Oak isl Island coast guard crew
afternoon after two attempts To fire ~
llne across the Transports bow baS
wb,ch ploSed ,hn unsuccessful asee From the iins
them; the breeches buoy was rigred.,s'R
Unless tho danger Increases. SoM.
suer' svf sbn,,1 the 6uoy will not be put tesuas,
rlre Island. fleet of small craft viii
Ds utilized to transfer them to RaG
55nore' 5ner' where the naval air station has
nospltal with medical and food stnl
Piaes Pae , rushed from New York by the
iances ig1 sross, . a large number of am bus
transfer the sick and wounded froTy
boats to the hospital 'o", :. IN ne,
SOLDIERS LINE RAILS
49,; AND CHEER LUSTiLY
WI hen he returned, after takinp -,
NE me line aboard. the captain Of the
transpagTi g9ard IA crnw ;,S. reported that tho
kGep II ? his footing on the decks. Nots
Who WeTe aba thif s. ct he said
saiils raj cheering Justify any any attemn, TENN the ne
night shrouded the 'Hs Nort5SsrT l15S Whish tho.s to-
t',si were the the lights OF destroyers ana
afss he gstea On bY the eeas snore nnrned grea
Out eusrns in stood STOOD watch, prepared to~'pnt
danser tn small nnanncIS boats If any immediate
The thick weathef ee ana 1rdanspor1: ra1o t.. ~
sse,ryation difficult when the transnorf. o9-
roint o Woods and FPe0hG Fire fslanS se'wssa zen
eeiorie eff, ireeu,shMenng g en- at dawn, prevented ali
Coast guards declared ops tosn,ebt -,
bars bars Inc IN ,he vessel struck, certain other
been smashad she dVieinity. ,n ny she would have,
short lime. The SHOES sRors is m dottea tftssaatiweeT weiTg
Ailan,ia thear career in the graveyard Of " tSe
s l! Saw WAS b;.sa near this point that the q. s.
relief expedition OF l5o medgca;i
eess; ieft embn nurses and hospital orderiies
boken this afternoon for Fire IsIand Il. dtor
,endsntish mddsnisht Colonel Kerrick. per superin.
aafor, aaEent OF rtlr;anspoEtation. reported to
oarkation service that there annsar.
,3 70 De no cause for undue alarm eSeS
absolutely no occasion % for "n WorrY ,nsfes sf
HIS ri,.Sehe moment on the part OF the reias
me Northern Pacifc's commander,ie
SSapta'n Sapp.. L" j. Connolly. United States
WELCOMING nOAr
po BRAVES ROUGH SEAS
hearing several thousand packares
Oh cigarettes. candy and chocolate and g
,ao a nnrn .nousana copies of morning newaE
Ice .ice haroor boat Patrol, with ths !,
haaSor nay COMMITTEES for welcoming
homecoming troops aboard and's5sa 81
band, put out of New York ,harbor tfiS y
aaternoon al sd,o for the Northern Paeiae, III q
side. ;, - i'' - = ~ III l!slsi
navy alrplane few over ths9tgaus. i
port this afternoon. The pilot repSrsetas
the vessel was resting easily.
ANOTHER TRANsPoRT
AGROUND ND in DELAWARE :lfvEts
PHILADELPHlA, January = .-4S tnasyF
sick officers and men from the "A AyfIr ~ s9Y
n, n In