Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
TAKING OFF MEN
FROM STRANDED
NORTH PACIFIC
Vessels Position This Morning
Was Attended by Consid-
crable Peril.
SUBMARINE CHASERS
AID IN RE SCUE WORK
PoWcrboats Also AZ Hand in Which
Men on Sfrctchers Arc
Taken Ashore.
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By Associated Press ~ Fyc-g Eg-rior
Fire Island, = - Ian VIII 'tc
Iirsf ray nf light t9dag roscuinG parfio
left fhcir InprGyisod lodgings and gafiorI
on Z thr beach N fhe your'ug rain, prepared
- rezImr IT, fa.s 3iHudonsl m night
fall IF bringing 1-hare tho Older. wi9
ore ~ the imwicaa transport Northern
Pacifo stranded au 3 and Bar ..r,,
early wednesday 10ruJag Since TIE
vessel wcnt agroH1d = has rltned
rcssantlr
WHOM ho coast guard Hfa-avor7 a-
semblnd on ho bo3ch thcv found te
sen running farfhoi ii ard ho -lr 1roa
ilg higher than yez'criay OVER .tr trans-
por' ho HH9 VOC yonriug p hc rortI
east The -hip had worked further
during The night brf hooap4r wa- tiaH
water frls morning her distance FROM
shore seemed greater Mariner. .nne
familiar Ntth weather conditions t.rHv
tbs stretch NJ fhc }'aut.o eoa- -Id 'n
Il The northeast wind increased -i.r -.tsa-
ton might hrr0~Ga dauerrcgs 9rrrruttag
the removal ~ troops excerpt rth tne
brooches buov and 'hat crcu ni- no'ta
mu-f 5e haz8rdon
Ine northeast wiud sweeps ..oon tHn
beach and gives hn -oa an Gtltva~i t.e'-.
that i considered uerilol- .ur tha trln--
port
MORE Tnaops rrWovf.D
One hundred 3nd fftv more troops nc-r
removed fr0m thc northern Poetic -hav-
" after 2 m TODAY whcn Ibmarnr
chaser M 2l3 went into th- aeWarl
q tho transport fook be- soldiers aboard
ard conveyed them to 'he Mallory
Transport with hn rnsclllnQ feet
On Two ladders and three rones tir
men swarncd down over the ship SIDE
INTO THE submarine chaser.
Meanwhile p0wcrb0ats reached TIE
Northern Pacific and into these twelve
men III Strctchers were lowered and taken
% the hospital ship ~oIace. Three other
powerhcat- took IN soldiers and pushed
of toward other vessels.
GETTING oFF FAvoRAHLY.
Information that approximately one
tho;sand troops, including some II the
wounded, had been removed from the
American transpor+ Northern Pacific.
aground at lirn Island was received hv
Navy Department officials here as 1880
1clock tadqy This Indicated that fewer
than iJH0 -uifer- remained On 3narG.
ind thc work nf removing 'hesc IA small
noa;s hid with he trecches huov WAS
progressing lvoraolv, was stated.
The position af tlr transport Was De-
aiarcd t' ac virtually arehanged the
danger ID her breaking i5p hclng he greater
ta4n v4s l.-t right. lotwit hsranding
the continued p0l.udng nt .1" seas. Re-
pairs had hc,a uadc which prevented
tur, hcr wafgr from entering the .4ol,S
ny-sage Irom -ac NIP -rlI
siAI a-i-p !, nRiral.
Because 81 tile tame required to lanI
he men bv boats anu av hreecne~ olot.
and .! the particular ltiicult' ID handling
the wounded, officers .n charge nt ar
re9etIe wora today a.led t'r 1-.nc-i7
from he army aad a4.F - p4A IA"
building of 4 poutoun bridge rom rae -Alp
to lie shore As ..u- - he \arta-rl
PaciIc continued Jn 8e sale rei3g Ar
wounded and hci-rdien could b. Ltu.
aboard Il WAS said aul ut1 Dur'IrtA
awaited Tor ra.m seq ID huild The -ll-v
While the -rau-~n.pHlug was 1 r,.g
rcss. coast guards stood rsa4> a. a.-rh
their llle- loat~. init ltc @sl, q, fa
ncu N3> CC4al f"eEert ereTg nt.
rreaeocrolls ieay6 waters The Nor.l.
Pacific remained .i>t H .lr ~au. "E
~.glJ 3i>i fa ~saHalt WlItl ne.. Ie
rope laddcr> >uUgly aSa.n- ,r rc.-n4t.-
aaIgd sides and ua1" saHpaI .sei<
o,l.s he decent 'ule se .uat~.
Wol.hiN. l5san FOR ..aLIIs.
The navy winch aarrjti Hem overseas
sci itself today with brilliant success = -ip
task 81 returning safely - \meucaa ~4t
the veterans rom foreign 9a. telri,.> s. Re-
have been hold prisoner since "Wednesday
morning ud thi~ de>u.ate coa-t an 'i.r
stranded transport Northern Pacific ~ea-
bronzcd BOYS in blue. manning Submarine
chaSers, power launche, and whale
boats in tumbhnE surf, caue alongSl ie
thr helpless liner and transported the
soldier. III the ra.e Of 800 Cr 400 4u hour .
waiting cru>ierS ana d"stroycrS standing
Just beyond the danger zone ol >and bars
ln{ breakers Nt noon 900 u,a mad hecn
trans,hlppcd and one destroyer mad
started Tor New York Hlta t load Ctrc-
cucd
khaki-cIad men who bad -Pp,d nish
the enemy or ahu had endured mon-A> y
mist and mud ID European raining camps
casscd rs Il lark jhc adventure which 'ov6
them II (. driving fd,n iuNu th1 lppyrt
sides 81 II ht Northern Pacific 40 tile huhain-
rc<gup craft Nlth au on shore 'rrprz.
araldlug 4 .cc 10 landWdrd. tho sailors
worked n.cthodl1Jlly, the four -unWarin,
ch:tscra taking turno at the ~idc 4. 'he hi-
vessel anu receiving $50 men as loau
while the tWeuty-motor launches carried
then to twenty 1t was cold, Wet WCrh
spray dreuckcd the menln he boats. Whlch
r0scon the crest az the incoming waves and
then dived INTO the troughs, disJppcar0-
from the view ot the observers on shore
Not an accident, however marked thc
mornings work