Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-23

GET into this story Of sheer Yankee grit.
1t has to do with the rev American
merchant marine, the merchant marine that
sprang from the hastily improvised ~shipways
Of our Atlantic and Pacific ports during the
period of the world war, carrying the Stars
and Stripes to the front rank among all the,
merchant navies of the world. 1t smacks
4of the fire and dash Of John Paul Jones and
Stephen Decatur and it epitomizes the valor
and versatility Of Uncle Sans sailor boys as
they take up the new task of carrying made
n-America products to the commercial marts
Of the world in made in America bottoms.
.saved by Wireless; or the CONVEX
sations of Two Beleaguered Ships" you
might call it. For this story is told from
the wireless logs of two Yankee ships that
engaged in a life and death struggle out in
q gale. One was sorely smitten by a mishap
that completely put it out of the running.
Floundering helplessly in storm- tossed seas,
It was succored finally by another American
ship that stood by bravely under the worst
Of odds, refusing to abandon its ''pal'' and
accomplishing finally the remarkable feat Of
towing another ship its equal in size nearly
400 miles through a terrific wind and rain
storm-safe into a home port.
You may have wondered what the ships
talk about at sea. They gossip back and
forth via wireless just as Mrs. Smith tells
Mrs. Jones over the backyard fence all about
the fight between Mrs. Brannigan and Mrs.
.O'Sullivan. Radio operators tick off the news
Of the Cay and spread it to every corner of
the sea. Perhaps you have never been out
On a ship hearing another ship talk to you
away off across the horizon out of sight, but
- plainly as though standing alongside.
Imagine, then, a ship in distress, out of
commission, telling it's troubles to a sister
ship; read, then, the remarkable story Of
escape from death and the valiant fight by
the Good Samaritan that doomed VI out Of
the night and refused to give up until it
had hauled it's 'buddy'' all the way home.
Comes first the good ship Sangamon, one
sof the huge oil burning cargo carriers built
at Hog Island, in the Delaware river, by
the American international Shipbuilding
Corporation. When northeast of the Azores
the Sangamon on the morning of September
8 heard the good American ship Farnam
calling for help: The Farnam is another
MW1fLlmc pIOuuCIs uuAC NY lHe Suuudi1uc
Boat Company, at Newark, N. j., for the
United States shipping board.
The Farnam was in dire distress. Her
boilers were out of commission, and she had
10. spare tubes with which to make repairs.
What follows is graphically told in the wire
less log of the Sangamon which Immediately
vent to the rescue Of the Farnam.
Listen to the wireless! Here is recorded
Tie search Of the Sangamon for the Farnam
September 8 after it had picked up the
disabled ship by radiograms: how they
xrUped about through the night trying to
ma each other and had to give it up until
msFning. 8
~ Farnsm-Hays you any four inch
sSpmpletely broken down.
49, Yes We have some extras.
so4sHow many Of these tubes have your
We have thirteen.
4Can you spare ten q sthem7
Yes, We can.
6Sfuam-An r1ght; W i have them.
Is$Sa&s5QaR position III q 44.21 n, Long.
:. rs When will you arrive?
S5kGG6ssEWe are seventy two miles to the east
you; will arrive about II p. m !.
t&6lam----Our captains name is Tucker.
NJ ~ Z yo1r captain's name?
Weare 4 shipping board ship, oper-
ss8s6S41 N the Earn Line, Of Philadelphia.
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