New-York tribune., 1920-02-07
TO4 Are Aboard
Periled Liner
Off New York
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The men of the coast guard station
a. Rockaway Point. almost opposite
vrhere the Princess Anne hit the shoals
we're reinforced by the crew from the
a-verne station. For some reason the
..rlvo wireless calls of the stranded
vessel had not reached either coast
cuard station in coherent form. All
through tha> night the operators had
neen catching fragments of message
from struggling ships. but that of the
Princess Anne swept past them,
Patrol Hears SIRENS Wailing
I. was not until 4 n. NJ. when tho
wailing Of The wrecked vessels siren
was heard by beach patrol. that the
coas. guardsmen of the Rockawav
Point station knew there was work for
them to do on their own doorstep. The
message received by Police Headquar-
.ers and the naval stations was not
communicated to Rockaway Point, as
il was thought then the Princess Anne
had grounded on Romer Shoals.
As soon as the siren apprised then,
OF the task the coast guardsmen set
up their flares and ran their boat
through the drifts and ice to where the
breakers were crashing on the beach
Sand and sleet, driven like machine gun
bullets by the gale, ratified on their
oiskins and sou 'westers and cut their
hands and faces.
Posed at the boats rail in the back
lash OF the rollers. they waked for q
temporary lull and then, with a shout
that the wind sti1ed, they rushed the
boat into an incoming roller. leaped to
their seats from waist-dcep water and
dug madly with their oars.
For moment they held their own
Then the towering wave they hoped to
breast tilted up the boats prov and
bore i. backward bodily to the beach.
Again and again the surfmen tried it
and again and again they were rolled
back 70 the beach. The self -bailine
lfeboat. B. 3. Mcclellan, WIS no more
successful.
Four army mules were borrowed from
Fort Tilden and htched to the self
baiing lifeboat Dragging it like an
Inwieldy toboggan. the mules ploughed
through the snow distance of mile
70 less exposed place, where it
was hoped success would be attained
Again the sea tumbled the boat ashore.
Throughout the day the crews of both
lifesaving stations fought losing bat
tie against the storm. An attempt also
was made to take the lfeboat out
through the breakers on a tug, to be
launched beyond the breaking waves,
but this effort also failed
Cutter Loses Way .n Snow
Some OF the attempts even to reach
the ship by water proved as futile as
had the land endeavors of the coast
suardsmen. The coast guard cutter
Manhattan. which put out from the
Battery a. p. m. TO make the forty
mile run to Rockaway Point, lost its
way in The snow and finally had 10 re-
turn. II was anchored safely of Tomp-
kinsville at 80 last night.
The Ontario. tug dispatched by the
railroad administration, likewise found
the storm too heavy 10 combat and put
back. The lighthouse tender Tulip and
and the |. J. Merritt. tug of the
Merritt Chapman Wrecking COMPANY
we're the first OF The many rescue boats
dispatched to reach the Princess Anne
ana took station nearby. playing THEN
searchlights on the vessel as steadily
as the tumult permitted.
Farther out, beyond the outer bar.
were numerous other tugs. including
the Perth Amboy, railroad admins
tration tug; tug sent by the Todd
Shipyards Company and several sent by
the navy and army. The Police De
partment boat Patrol reached the
outer bar during the afternoon and
stood by until after o'clock at night,
when it was decided no attempt at
taking off the passengers would be
made until daylight, and the Patrol
weighed anchor and started for New
York
1t was suggested last night that il
the same weather conditions prevailed
to-day navy dirigible, which is sta
toned at Rockaway Point. might be
used in an attempt to get a line to
me Princess Anne. 1t was thought.
however, that beforc morning the wind
would shift to the northwest. which
would cause the seas to moderate
Will Try to Float Vessel
BY morning the Merritt Chapman
recAing Company tug Rescue. which
Nut out from Norfolk. Va. at news OF
ne wreck. Is expected at the scene.
ine wrecklng company also will send
'sTeral tugs from New York to-day,
ne OF which is equipped with power
lui pumps. and an endeavor will be
made to float the Princess Anne as
con as the passengers are OFF, provid-
ng weather conditions are favorable.
Amateur wireless operators in the
Vicinity of the city were alert all day
to catch messages from the Princes
Anne. and one of them is thought to
rave sent a message which caused
erave concern for a time. 1t was to
the effect that lifeboat had capsized
half way to the wrecked vessel and
only three of the coast guardsmen had
reached shore. The message was re-
ceved at the Arverne station, and
caused dismay until it was found to
be false.
The Princess Anne is a small vessel
out stanch, and was overhauled within
year.
the first class passengers are: Mr.
and Mrs. w. G. Thomas, John 7
Paine, ". ]. Taske, Joe Lowe, B. Fer
nandes, Miss NJ. Kahn and J. Kaplan
Of Manhattan; Stanley Maskie, c.
Castro, Charles Wigoe, William Mar
tin, Edmund Sonlan. C. Coffman, John
santos, Tony Santos, Tony Calvert
and Francis Flanagan. of Brooklyn:
7. J. Thomas, of Buffalo; Joseph
Iuohey and Louis Berry, of Newport
News; Harry Myers, Nicholas Artist
N. D. Pasternac and Mrs. Pasternac, of
Norfolk