Evening star., 1948-10-06
I Men Missing
From Capsiized
Tug Feared Lost
Five Others Saved
As Craft Sinks
Near Baltimore

Five men were saved but seven
others are still missing from a tug
which capsized yesterday in storm
lashed Baltimore Harbor.
The Coast Guard was conducting
a search patrol for the missing
crewmen in the Bodkin Point area,
but the Associated Press said it was
feared all the men had been lost.
Six were from Baltimore and one
from Brooklyn.
The tug, the Arundel, overturned
near Seven-Foot Knoll, 10 miles
south of Baltimore. It was bat
tered by winds up to go miles an
hour.
The missing crew members, who
had been clinging to the tugs keel,
were swept away by mountainous
waves under the eyes of a rescue
party.
High Tides at Beaches.
The harbor tragedy was caused by
a storm that endangered the lives
OF scores aboard craft in waters
along the Maryland and Virginia
coastline, disrupted ferry service
and highway traffic and caused an
unestimated amount of damage to
shore property. Breakers at Ocean
City, Md, were reported IL feet
high and the area from Virginia
Beach to Ocean View, Va, recorded
the highest tide since the destruc-
tive hurricane of 1896.
The Coast Guard and the Arundel
Co.. owners of the capsized tug,
Identified the missing crew mem
bers in the harbor as Arne Carlson,
Brooklyn, and Edward w. Lehto,
John E. Tarbutton, James E. Hoff-
man, Carlos T. GARLIC, Claude Bow
ers and Joseph G. Kuhn, all of
Baltimore.
Boats Pick Up Five.
The Coast Guard cutter Violet
picked up two crew members, Rich
ard o. Sanchez, 36, the Arunders
chief engineer, and John w. Holt.
Both live in Baltimore.
Three others picked up by another
tug. the Frank A. Furst, were In
spector Samuel Bailey of the Army
Engineers and Bartolo C. Colon and
Frank Zalewski. crew members. All
are from Baltimore.
1t. Warren S. Peterson, executive
officer of the Violet, who was in
charge of the lifeboat, said the tug
was down on its side. Eight or 10
people were clinging to the keel.
Then the tug just settled down
and the waves swept them off," he
said.
I'VE picked up two men, gradu-
ally working toward shore"
1t. Peterson then beached his
boat atGibson Island and he and
his men searched the beach for
survivors. $50.
The storm developed in the South
Atlantic region Monday and moved
northward along the coast.
High Tension Wire Felled.
A high tension wire was knocked
down at Magothy Beach, Anne
Arundel County, and police had to
guard it until it was repaired. A
tree was blown down blocking
Baltimore-bound traffic on the
College Creek Bridge in Annapolis.
Some cars got banged up from
rough crossings on the Matapeake
Ferry. Matapeake officials consid-
cred stopping operations last night
but only cut out the last run.
The highest tides in IL years
flooded low sections of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Va. causing a three
hour interruption of ferry service
between the two cities.
Northeast winds up to 80 miles
per hour, accompanied by driving
rain, sent tides to a level 3 feet
above normal.
The seawall at Virginia Beach was
damaged by heavy surf which
knocked out several concrete break
water slabs.
Barge Taken in Tow.
The Coast Guard cutter Marian
took in tow an oil barge with one
man aboard which was adrift 8
miles south of Smiths Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kountz of
Pittsburgh narrowly escaped drown
ing early yesterday near North
Beach, Md, when the motor of their
cabin cruiser failed and their craft
struck an obstruction and sank.
They swan and crawled along a
jetty to the shore.
The Virginia State Highway De-
partment said roads under water
probably would be clear today
Highways affected were Routes II
and 238, blocked near Yorktown;
Route 460. closed at Portlock; Route
460, at, Namsemond Bridge, near
Suffolk, under one foot of water;
Routes s8 and 460, Suffolk, blocked
but adequate detours in city; Nor
folk City, high water over many
areas. A number of small
bridges were under water on Route
II near Tappahannock but traffic
was still going through at nightfall.
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