The Washington herald., 1920-11-18
.SHIPSDISABLED,
COAST LASHED,
BY FIERCEGALE
Wireless Calls Tel Of -Four
Vessels Endangered; One
May Be Sunk.
EXPECT COLD WEATHER
Snow and Rain Expected IN
North Atlantic and Lake
Regions. -
EXPECT COLD WEATHER


NEW YORK. Nov. IT-wIreless
appeals for. help from four steam
ships in distress on the Mode
Atlantic Coast were received here
during the storm today. The rute.
Of the Spanish Cargo Line. reported
that she was sinking about ieo miles
on Nantucket.
The other s. o. s. calls came from
the l.Tb1-ton French freighter, &C.
mus. which reported that she was In
distress OF Baltimore; an unidenti-
fed ship on Cape Henry. and the
s.seo-ton tanker Hisko. which
dropped her anchor and was fast
drifting ashore OF stapieton. s. l..
outside Of New York Hsrbor. when
the police boat. John r. Hyian. and
the ocean-going tug. Sanford.
reached her and got tow lines
aboard.
hit Of the four disabled steamships
7o.ti, north latitude 3S.es, on her
way from Baltimore 70 Dunkirk
when she sent out her first call. The
first radiogram received by the Ma
val Communications Service merely
said that the ship was In distress
and needed help.
ship Reported si.kf.r.
A later message brought the news
that she was shipping water and In
danger OF going down. She is a ship
, Of 1914 tons. left Baltimore Novem-
Der 1t. with a cargo Of freight. The
number OF the crew is not known
The Gepua left Antwerp on Oc--
tober IL for Pensacola. when she
became disabled Her exact posi-
tion was not stated.
No intimation of the Identity Of
the ship In distress of Cape Henry
was contained In the fragmentary
wireles picked mp here
i The storm now gripping the
country ders.Rped In the sooth lsnd
moved north over the Coast States
and the Ohio valley. bringing snow
TO that section and In the lower
Great Lakes region. Twelve inches
Of, snow enveloped Buralo today
and snow also was reported TO be
heavy. throughout Ohio. Virginia,
Southeastern Michigan. Eastern
Pennsylvania and Western New
York
Cold Weather PreSieteS-
] Snow and rain were predicted Sn
the lower Great Lakes region and
i In the upper Ohio Valley with
rains and shows in the North At
lantic States. Temperatures will be
lower In the region Of the. Great
Lakes. the upper Ohio Valley and
i the Atlantic States
The tanker Hisco. owned by the
Shipping Board. srrived In port yes
orday vita cargo Of oh from
Tampico. The gale was too much
for the heavily icsosd boat and she
started 10 drift.
She sent out an SOS ana the po-
lice boat John =. Hylan towed her
TO TompiSinsville.
View Jer-ey Town Hard ma.
The agile that swept the New eJr-
sey coast resorts last night inter
rupted trolley operation and blew
down trees and chimneys. At Avon.
y. J. concrete septic tank was ais.
lodged and was damaged 20 the er-
tent of s1o.0o0.
Ashury Park. Long Branch and
; Red Bank were also affected. trolley
service being interrupted.
Shipping from Cape Hatterss 20
J Nantucket was hard hlt and even
In Long Island Sound IL was i'm
possible for coast wise vessels Co
continue. The sound steamships
Lexington and New Haven were
forced into New London
= The sound liner Concord has not
cen heard from. according 20 New
80 l. AZNE
that she was forced TO seek some
+ safe anchorage.
The new sea wall at Sea bright.
n. J.. which is under Construction
received its first baptism by the
storm. The waves however. failed
to do any damage
Navy B.rre wsshed A.Aere.
4 PRovINcETowN, Mass, Nov. u.
! Navy oil bargeNo. IA which broke
away from the tub Penacook on
Cape Cod last night. came ashore AZ
Burnet beach. near Plymouth. to-
day. Although Il had been reported
that-there were ave men aboard
when the barge broke loose. no men
were found by coast guards. Naval
.ofhcers at Plymouth announce no
lives lost. -
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. l5.-Louisi-
ana's sugar crop has suffered q
sdamaes Of several hundred thousand
dollars in the freezing weather that
: has loverspread the district for the
, past three days. planters estimated
today. e.
= BALTHoRE Nd. Nov. i7.-rh.
: steamer virgfifla. Capt. charnoek. of
wiconico Rfvtr route. left last
hIght.for Salisbury with passengers
!: and freight She was reported
: ashore this morning at Hookers
! Island Point. The Piankatank. Capt
Lucas. was reported washed ashore
in the bay.
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