Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
FORMER TRANSPORT
IS BURNED At SEA;
CREW ALL RESCUED
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The second matc OF tho Northern
Pacific. when picked up by the Wylic.
asked that tho Transportation be ask-
cd n all men employed IN tho stew
nrd's department OF the burning ship
were rafe. adding, they were vlr-
tually trapped by the frc.''
The TRANSPORTATION replied that all
the men under the supervision OF the
Northern Pacific's steward were. safe
and on board tile rcscuing vessel.
Tho Herbert g. Wylle and the
Transportation which picked up all
the survivors, planned 20 leave for
Philadelphia this afternoon.
The Northern Pacific was 600 feet
long. GO feet wide and had depth OF
21 feet. Her registered gross tonnage
was s,255.
The Admiral line. Of this city,
which purchased the Northern Pacific
from the government recently, said
she had crew OF about 7b. command.
ed by Captain Lusti. There We're nc
passengers.
The Northern Pacific was built IN
1915 by tho William cramp and Sons
ShipbulldinR Company Of Philadei-
phla for the Great Northern Steam.
ship Company. When the United
states entered tho World War. tn,
: vessel was taken over by the Aneri
: can government as transport.
On January /. 1919. she went ashore
OF Fire Island, when mistake II
the lights shown along tho southern
shore OF Long Island confused he
pilot. At .this time she had aboar'
1000 American soldiers being brough
back TO America from the battlefield
OF France. The soldiers we're removes
and the vessel was f1oated on Januar,
rs.
Almost n year later. on January q
1920, she played n heroic role I'm aid
ing the steamship Powhatan, whicl
was drifting helrlessly alcng the Nov
Scotian coast. She took the passenger
q on the Powhatan and landed them &
New York. The Northern Pacific. o
this trip, was carrying the last regu
lar contingent OF returning soldier
During the early summet OF 1872
4 the Northern Pacific carr led Gencr;
. Pershing on his trip through the Ar
:, TILES ard the Caribbean, but she cam
= 10 grief at San Juan, Porto Ric
- where she went ashore at the harbc
:, entrance, closing the port for SON
! time. Upon her release she returne
to the United states.
: Officials OF the Admiral Limo we,
- unable to state how many persoI
- were on board the steamer. Rad
messages from tho steamer Tran
? portation ard the tanker Herbert
~ Wylie indicated. however, that the
"a were 27 members OF the crew al
,g four employees of the Sun Shipbuildii
J. Corporation.
twenty-five members OF shiT
q crew now on board" said the Tran
:, portation wireless. Five on tank
N Herbert G.. Wylie. That accounts
all hands In crew. ship now bur
g. ing throughout lamgth. impossif
IN to board at this time"
s. Tho Wylie radloed she had sto
q by the burning vessel until dsylie
n seeking the four missing men, /
nd had not found them.
m Philadelphia. Feb. s.--The s
10. ShipbuildinE Co. at Chester had
AT advices regarding the Northern T
ut cifc or the fate OF any OF tho cr'
n. except that furnished by the pre-
Four employees Of the company. !
ported AZ rescued, were aboard I
steamer. They are w. J. Mallett,
]. PeckInan. r. J. Hall and II. KI
., ger. They are engineering draftsm
. The Sun Co. has a contract 10 ov'
haul and recondition the Northe
Pacific at an expense Of about s5o
noo and the Soi,r man aboard 20 ul3
se drawings and inspect the ship so u
sss ro ,,n,a would ha lost In berinntne
81 work. which was TO take 80 da
srs The ship was on her way from y
les York to Chester when she took
ere and was due at the yard at a.
LED today.