Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-24
CAPTAIN
REPEATS
HERO|SN
Fried Again Saves Crew
of Distressed Vessel in
'i'crri..'r Gale.
SILENT ON DETAILS
Courageous Skipper In
Brief Message Credits
Mate With Rescue.
By HARRY r. LANDER

Omitted Press Staff CcrreSp pcndent
NEW YORK, Jan. q \ new
chapter in the heroic saEas Of the
sea is being written as Captain
George Fried of the United States
liner America ploughcd his way to
New York with - members of the
crew of tn abandoned italian
frcighter Florida, rescued in pitch
darkness last might in full gale
upon the high seas zoo miles off
the Virginia Capcs.
The Florida, itself, waterloggcd
rudderless, and loaded with pine
pitch from Beaumont, Tex, enroute
since Jan. ~ to Italy, is probably
at the bottom OF the sea. It was
listing badly and could not much
longer contend against the violence
OF the cold, westerly butfeting gale
when the last search light from the
America swept from it as the tri.
umphant rescue VesSci turned about
10 race for New NorN.
Will" capt. Fred Fried, with his
46i passengers and the b lives
>ua.chcd from death were hufrying
on to land. the American tanker
Dannedaikc reported sinking 100
miles farther off tn, Virginia Capcs
Tuesday, had effected temporary
repairs and was limpinE into Por,
in the Bermudas under hgr own
power.
British Ship Lost
The British frcightcr, Teosbridec,
with crew of 80 men, WIS given
up for lost 800 miles east of Race,
after Ships which had sped to her
rescue in response 10 SOS sum.
monec, failed to find any trace Of
her.
The President Garfield, of the
Dollar line. rcfloatcd from the Lit
tie Bahama shoals, was curoute to
Nassau to pick up the passengers
which the Pan America had rescued
sunday and continue .hc around the
world cruise.
The rescue Of the Florida : crew
last night takes its place along side
the most heroic bits Of seamanship
i'm maritime annals \ factor which
enhanced it's dramatic value was
that it occurred on the night of the
third anniversary of an almost
equally heroic rescue by Capt. Fried
Of tie crew of the frcightcr Antinoo
in the north seas. Fried was then
in charge Of the United States liner
President Roosevelt.
ThoSo who remember tho abashcd
dcmcauor of the doughty master
when he was acclaimed by foreign
governments as Wrll as his own for
that feat, accomplished at the cost
Of the lives of two Of his own men
and five of his life boats. considered
characteristic his brief radio mes
sage last night giving credit to his
chief mate.
Credits Chief Officer
This was his cryptic and dramatic
radio message to the offices of the
United States lines here;
''Rcscucd full crew of Florida, 81
mrn. chief OFFICER Harry Manning
in charge. Full cold westerly gale.
Life boat lost proceeding to New
York. Full details later.
The message was timed at l0:lo
p. m. It had been an hour and IL
minutes earlier, . p. m, when he
had sent cracking through the
ether the laconjc message;
'America now standing by the 5
S. Florida -
Veteran s,amcn in every maritime
port VIII reconstruct the "tull dc
tail; later" which Fried promise'
his supcriors, the details of that
heroic hour which ntrrvencd be
tween the two radio messages.
Word reached here yesterday that
the Dollar liner President Adams
which grounded approaching Cristo
bal recently, sailed today from Bal
boa, for Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco carrying 80 Of the 81 origina
passengers.