Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-01
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PACIFIC AGROUND
Heavy Fog Causes ship 10 NsN
Aground on Fire island, Graveyard
Of the Atlantic csast--Nsvals vss-
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Not Fleatsd AZ High Tide.

transport Northern Pacific. which icls
Brcst on Christmas day with -,fve
wounded and well Americas soldiers,
sailors and nurses, went aground at
Fire Island. one Of the most dangeroua
POINTS on the Atlantic coast. in the rsih
and fog at 5: 30 q. m. today.
Seven hours later. with weather con.
ditions unfavorabie. rain and snow
falling Internationally and ~ southerly
wind blowing. tho vessel stuck harder
into the sand. navy ofnciah ~ ne
prospect that the ship would - re-
leased until tomorrow and Ire coast
guard began casting lines frca the
short.
In the breechas Suoy the uninjured
men were 70 bs 6rCught ashore, while
the wounded snd nurSes vsre 70 %
removed in tuas and small ooa0 to<A
rescue feet which, inclu6lng cruisers
and destroyers. was sent frUm tie army
embarkAtion port. Hsooken. 10 reGoonss
to wireless message received nom
the stranded tIAnsp0rt
Wssts,sr . Dlsms.
The weather at the time the North
ern Pacific went or her course Wa
thick on Fra Island. which - known
among mariners as the graveyard OF
the Atlantic coast" A chilly south
wind W blowing and rain fall ~
times.
The exact location Of the vesseis
grounding was between Fire 1Band md
Point OF Woods, shout tUo ntaea e ~
cy the former pasce. e
tn was stated cfdciAlly that tfa
Notthcrii Pscsiic = - Nc ID : dsiagsls. a-'
position. The seas I'D bec0r1e Sssrt
and the moderate sfssse was dsessas
] Ing. "a.
Meanwhile the work Of remov4ng Al
those on board except the shiD's crew
proceeded. This was expected to be
| an all-day task. Coast guard mcn had
prepared in the early morning 70 take
| or the wounded and sick with the
breeches buoy, but instead these troops
remained on board until the arrival ot
l,escuers craft from New York.
| These vessels included the uniteh
States cruisers Columhis and Des
Moines the transport Mallory. the hos
pital ship Solace, six destroyers ana
| five tugs. The tugs went alongside
the Northern Pacific, took aboard tsae
troops and transported the sick to fhe
solace and the Mallory and the woH
cncs to the cruisers and destroyer-
Carried 2.4s0 Passengers.
| On the Northern Pacific. which is =
navy transport Of s.2a5 tons cross, we're
| 1879 troops who are wounded or SICK,
Se5 troops who are well. seventeen
navy nurses. seventy -five sailors sev-,
enty three army casual officers ana
eleven navy casual officers--in ali
2,4So men and women.
| Later In the forenoon the sea became
rougher but reports from ls'fs1sn atiessi
said the transport did not appear TO ha
| in anv danger. The vessel vas rollins
heavily
| The Northern Pachc's position ~
directly opposite the navy radio station.
Fmba rkation officials at Hobokcn ex-
pressed the opinion that the heavy fey
wa. entirely responsible for tho trans
sports mishap.
All on Board Safe.
message received at Hobokcn ~
II A. m. from the captain OF t1c
Northern Pacific reported "FTcryoody
| on board safe"
On shore the coast guard crcWs u9ASe
ready for any emergency. ThAto ofo
/ no hospitals in the vicinity. CApSs
1 Albert Mahonic, OF the life saScr- scnt
/ appeals 10, families to be prepared "
open their hores to the wounded "A
/ ease they were landed on tho beach.
! small comfort station with fcnd
4 supplies was set up by the life savers.
/. Pounded BY Heavy Seas.
4 At noon The transport was 50 crs-s
shrouded in the fog that she WAS not
i discernihle by observers on shore. Al.
dit.onal lines were made fast TO her
4 but these snapped. y
weather conditions were not favor-
h!H icy the Immediate tIan1eTring %
1.-The troops. A cruiser ard a eucnpaFlnc
chaser were standing fore asad at but
4 the heavy seas made 4 tmpossfhle tor
small boats to attempt 70 make fost 40
4 the transport. which 49, Ntng bf0Ad-
4 side to the beach with 4 ~ wavev
pounding against her bae ~ 0reAk-
i ing over her decks. 4sg8
AZ noon no 0se had bean taken O
i the transport. BY that time four de 4
stroyers. had reached the scehe NH
also were standing By. The - 49,
1 growing rougher. & ssss sss
4 Plans for care OF the soldiers ab0ef f.
the Northern Pacific, especially
A ,,udnd vr<av.e mt inf n me- ~ fAaM }3