The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08
British Steamer "Seapoow Re-
ported Sinking at Sea.
Ship HHrrying to Rescue Can
not Get Answer.
HAD been REPORTED SAFE
North Atlantic Lanes File
With Frozen TerrOrS.
Racers Across Atlantic May Be
on Edge of Danger.

New York, June S.-The British
steamer Seapool, which struck an ice
berg in the north Atlantic, is thought
to be sinking, according to message
received by the Royal Mail Steam
Packet company here at 1880 p. M,
standard eastern time.
The message was from Capt. T. NJ.
Taylor of the liner Orduna. The Sea-
pools position was given as 1880
north and 1880 west. The Orduna
was $50 miles from that point.
Orduna to Rescue.
Taylor's message reads: 1.-The Or
duna expects to arrive at a, m. Fri
day. She has not heard from the
steamship Seapool. Cape Race sent a
message to all ships. Some one near
answered ship thought to be sinking.
The Seapools position is 47.50 north,
1880 west. We are $50 miles dis
tant from her position"
A wireless from the Seapool re-
ceived by the naval radio here at 9:27
a. m. said that the Seapool, altho dam
aged and leaking, was proceeding to-
ward st. Johns, N. F.
Crashed Into Iceberg.
The British steamer Seapool ap-
parently struck an iceberg off the
| wireless received by the naval radio
station here today.
The SeapooI is 2,799 ton steam
ship. 1t left Montreal on June for
Dublin.
The location given would be about
| 800 miles off the coast of Newfound-
land.
The steamer is owned by the Pool
| Shipping company of England, and is
operated by Sir R. Ropner & Com
pany.
Identified by Location.
| The naval radio information re-
garding the Seapool was indefinite,
her partial Identification being based
largely on her location.
| The message sent at 9:27 a. m.
stated: Proceeding on course. Fore
peak full of water"
l. Naval radio officers said the nearest
ship to the Seapool, which left Mon
ltreal for Dublin on June 2. was the
lsteamer Orduna. She was about 26O
miles to the eastward
| 1cebergs have been causing trouble
in the north Atlantic for more than a
week. Ordinarily. they float dowr
| later in the summer. The Saxonia
| docking almost two weeks ago, was
the first liner to report a delay this
summer due to encountering a number
| of the floating monsters.
Reports of a disaster today occurred
at the height of the transatlantic traf-
fic. One of the greatest passenger
fleets since the war was at sea, many
of them just now passing the region
where the bergs were presumed to be
| most numerous.
Others in Danger.
| The Carmania, a famous Cunard
boat, was one of the best known OF
the vessels now fighting their way
across the Atlantic. The Carmania
and the Rochambeau apparently were
| in about the same longitude.
Other famous vessels at sea now
included the Aquitania and the Mau-
retania. sister ships of the Cunard line
which are staging an interesting race
| from England. They are to docR
Friday and Saturday in New York
and should be On the rim of the ice
field today.
Seapool Had Crew of Thirty-Five
( London, June S.-The Seapool
which struck an iceberg off the New
foundland coast, had a crew of thirty
five men and carried a cargo of grain
it was learned today