Transatlantic Liners Bring Passengers Amid News and Sparks
Three liners Mauretania Savoie and Philadelphia docked after rough seas. Passengers include John W Gates who notes a 70 percent Taft Chanler preference aboard. Mrs. Rice promotes anti noise crusade with international echoes. Notables aboard include Otto H. Kahn and Mrs Stevens whose husband battles typhoid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauretania
Liverpool
Savoie
Havre
Philadelphia
Southampton
John W. Gates
Pittsburgs
Giants
Charles G. Gates
Gates
Taft
Chanter
Mr. Gates
Hughes
Otto H. Kahn
Metropolitan Opera Company
Kahn
Andreas Dippel
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Gatti-Casazza
Dippel
Rhoda Stevens
Ernest Stevens
Lamport & Holt
Velasques
Long Island College Hospital
Stevens
Henry Ile
Brooklyn
Mr. Hale
Alice Lloyd
Sutton
Six Sailors Rescued From Stranded Schooner Mary B Judge
In a hurricane off San Juan Puerto Rico the schooner Mary B Judge of Mobile lost masts and took on water. Captain J B Morris and five crewmen survived by clinging to the wreck as the Julia Luckenbach rescued them after a lifeboat voyage. One crew member, Chief Mate George McCoy, drowned when swept overboard on Sept 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
J. B. Morris
Mary B. Judge
Mobile
Julia Luckenbach
Luckenbach
W. J. Connell
New York
Thomas Haley
William A. Steele
Steele
Bernard Russell
Alfre Harris
Herbert Strand
Leon Freeman
Daniel Jackson
Capt. Morris
George McCoy
Robertson Strong in Connecticut as Lilley Opposes
Connecticut Democrats nominate Judge A Heaton Robertson for governor amid party unity claims while Republicans face internal strife and opposition from manufacturers over Lilley’s candidature. The dispute centers on loyalty to party unity, corporate ties, and the submarineboat investigation fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Bryan
George L. Lilley
Lilley
A. Heaton Robertson
New Haven
Robertson
Henry Roberts
New York, New Haven& Hartford Railroad
Southern New England Telephone Company
New Haven Gas Company
New Haven Ice Company
Robertson Strong
J. S. Palmer
Congressional Committee
Washington
Hartford Courant
J. H. Whittemore
Nauga
Taft
Sherman
Whittemore
Overdue Fruit Ships Arrive After Caribbean Storm
Kingston Jamaica advices report the last overdue fruit steamers Brewster from Boston and Beacon from Baltimore reached Port Antonio safely. Both vessels were battered by the hurricane but seaworthy. the Beacon’s fires were extinguished by flooding and she ran for forty eight hours. A wrecked three masted schooner was sighted at Bird Rock’s east end, believed to be the William J Learmond. The Vera arrived at Port Antonio with news of the Norwegian steamer Yumuri hard on the rocks at Castle Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Brewster
Boston
Beacon
Baltimore
Port Antonio
Bird Rock
William J. Learmond
Philadelphia
Vera
Castle Island
Aeon Passengers Safe After Shipwreck Off Christmas Island
Cable reports say the Aeon left San Francisco for Auckland via Apia and was wrecked on Christmas Island. Fifty crew and passengers including Chaplain Patrick and Mrs Riddell survived, camping ashore awaiting rescue. The Manuka plans to land supplies and take survivors to Sydney. Admiral Sperry will be informed as the fleet passes Fremantle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Fanning Island
Aeon
San Francisco
Auckland
Apia
Christmas Island
Patrick
United States
Navy
Riddell
W. Kk. Riddell
United States Navy
Pago
Samoa
Coral Island
Downie
Cable
Admiral Sperry
Fremantle
Navy to Send Relief Ship for Aeon Passengers at Christmas Island
The Navy Department moves to rescue the stranded Aeon passengers at Christmas Island. The torpedo boat destroyer Solace, under Commander William A. Gill, will sail to Samoa then return toward Christmas Island to aid the wrecked ship’s people. Chaplain Patrick confirms the Aeon struck a rock July 18 and is a total wreck. Passengers and crew are safe, including Mrs. Riddle and Lieut. W. K. Riddle’s family. The Solace will land Patrick and his family and the Riddle wife at Samoa. others will be moved to Honolulu or another U.S. port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Aeon
Christmas Island
Solace
William A. Gill
Samoa
Bower R. Patrick
Fanning Island
Patrickg
Riddle
W. K. Riddle
Atlanta
Patrick
Honolulu
Orinoco Delayed Sails After Hurricane Encounter
The Royal Mail steamer Orinoco will sail at 8 A M today for the West Indies and Panama after arriving forty eight hours late due to a hurricane and fog. Chief Officer Eccleston reported a 6000 ton cargo unload in 39 hours by American stevedores and a 40 foot wave height, the highest in 25 years, as the ship carries 2500 tons of cargo and 10000 banana bunches plus 1000 tons coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Mail
Orinoco
West Indies
Panama
Eccleston
Liverpool
London
Southampton
Central American
Kingston
Bahama
Cape de Verde Islands
Oritnoco
F. C. Fisher
F. Kendall
William Dougall
J. Madden
Alexander Taylor
J. J. Turner
K. M.ross
A. de
Sibiria Brings News Of Inagua Town Destruction
The Hamburg American liner Sibiria, four days out of Kingston, reports near total destruction of St Matthew on Inagua after Sept 13 hurricane. The town with 7 inhabitants suffered collapsed wooden houses and no shore contact. Sibiria carried 30 laborers and 14 passengers, weathering repeated shifts in course to avoid the storm, landing in New York with damaged cargo intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibiria
St. Matthew
Inagua
William Vollmar
Sargent
Mr. Vollmar
New York
Kingston
Cape Maisi
Cuba
Tarnon
Hayti
Gaske
Dempster
Port Henderson
Southampton
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Cunarder
Taft and Chanler
Hal
Willard D. Straight
Mukden
Manchuria
State Department
Amur
Fred Niblo
White Rats
Edward Pixley
Niblo
Kremlin
Moscow
C. P. Huntington
G. L. Boissevain
Wendall T. Bush
Henry C. Emmet
J. Warren
T. Mason
Richard S Storrs
Robert P. Porter
Herbert Weir Smyth
Cambridge
Mass
Col
Oe Todd
William T. Tr Ox
America
Europe
J Murphy
Chicago
T. W. Cockroft
Julia M. Hoyt
M. L. Heidingsfeld
Henry Glick
P. M. Elsasser
Elsasser
Helen Wilson
West Highty-fifth Street
Majestic
Elasser
Paris
la Savoie
Judge
Bryanites
Ernor
Judge Parker
Dove of Peace
Alexander Troup
New
Slaven Union
Union
Jie
Sterling Methods
THE
Sterling Piano CO
Sterling
Faltop Street
Col. Hanover Place
St. Mat
St. Thomas
Alexander Mann
Jacob Ruppert
Knickerbocker
Buffalo
Oppenheim
Cloak and Suit House
34Th Street—West
Fur Department
Millinery Department
the Oriental Store
Oriental Rugs
India
A. A. Vantine & Co
Broadway
A. Jaeckel & Co
Fifth Avenue
Furriers
38Th ST
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