The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-03
RESCUE WORK FROM
STRANDED STEAMER
PROGRESSES SLOWLY
Seventeen Nurses and 23T Mem OF the
2,4so Soldiers Are Removed.

NEW YORK. Jan. c.-RattlnE today
against an angry sea which capszeu
their boats coast guards from many
stations. aided by crews from - naval
craft. had by nightfall t.sken safely
Seventeen Nurses and 234 Men OF the
o4Sn homcward- hound soldiers on the
United States transport Northern Pa
cific. hard aground for two days on q
Sardbar near Fire Island light
When many barrels of oil spread on
rho waves had failed IN max" the water
surrounding the vessel m"asurapl!
colmcr. tho rescue work was halted un-
tl morning Rmaning aboard tho
10 shore i navy nurses and -2ST or the
and wounded Naval officers deemed II
too hazardous to attempt to remove the
''str"tcher cases.
The vessel is in no danger. according
70 a wireless message from her COM
mandar. CAPTAIN Connolly. received TO-
night by tn" Associated Press
northern Pacific resting easily.
weather conditions favornE. read Cap
tain Conrcly's message. 'Discmoarked
o%7 army passengers. some or 'neSs
wounded. and also II navy nurses.
using life guard boat and breechHs
buoy. Have requested service Of moro
danger. Expect 70 discmbark many
NOR. ;ronns tomorrow. Salvage opcr-
tartnr will make attempt 70 float snip at
high tide tomorrow.
Another message received tonight by
Vice Admiral Gl"avcs AZ crnbarkaton
headuartcrs in IToboknn stated that
,hr Northern Pacific had enough boats
nf all classes to land passengers Il the
sca Gains down. which tn" message
predicted would happen tomorrow. Life
savers stopped work Al $50 p. m
At daybrcak however. 1t is planned
70 renew tho work of rescue in earnest.
Life saving crows from Sandy Hook
and Rockaway ar" planning 10 leave at
midnight in thci- power boats 70 nc on
! hand At dawn.
! Tho Northern Pacific was tonight
! deeply imbedd"d IN tho sand. fore and
! aft. while the waves were beating
! against her side and sweeping under
! her keel. Her water line is now many
fcet above the surface.
| AT present there ia no fear that her
! hack will hc broken" as one naval or
Gcrr expressed It. and il is fully eN-
prctcd that all on board will b" TO-
moved In time. even IL the attemt TO
! float her tomorrow fails.
| NEW YORK. Jan. when darkness
! halted until tomorrow morning tho re-
moyal Of hnmehound soldiers from the
! American transport Northern Pacific
stranded OF Fire Island naval Officials
{ \. The rnrt nf cmharkatlon hnadquar-
,-rS a, IIohokeu estimate that between
! 500 and zoo nNrn. many Of them wound
I'D, had been transferred 10 warships
"r taken ashore m lifeboats or the
! brooches buoy.
! \ power boa, from the cruiser CO.
! IumhIa. engaged IN bringing ashore
! troops from n" transport Northern Fa-
rrfir, capsiz"d this afternoon when nor
: engine wen, dead az she approached the
. i,..tch throwing all hands. nine men
! mo :he sea. All were rescued by lif"
= guards. who dashed into the breakers
and dragged thr men ashore.
/ The TRANSPORT Northern Pacific l.
resting easily tonight md IL IN no dan
ger according 10 wireless message
received tonight by the Associated
Press from Captain Connolly, com
handing. .tno0;hcr attempt 10 ii"a'
,if. y.-s:.I Vii hs mad AZ high water
, lurun! row.