Show I NEEDS Torpedo Boat Hopkins Breaks Down Twenty Miles From Port Vallejo Valejo CaL Cat March 25 After break breaking breaking breakIng ing down at at sea about twenty miles mies off of the Golden Gate and sending a wireless message for assistance the torpedo boat Hopkins limped into the Mare Island navy naY yard this evening under her own on On steam steam but with wih only one boiler boler work working working working ing Coming up the coast co st the Hopkins is reported to have experienced much trouble truble with her boilers and leaky tubes Off Of the islands both boilers gave out about noon today and the little lite torpedo boat was completely disabled The crew succeeded In mak making making making ing temporary repairs on one boiler boier and with wih steam team at low pressure the vessel vesel made its is way to port on the fhe way meet meeting meeting meeting ing the navy tug Umatilla which had been ordered to go out to the Hopkins assistance The Hopkins is the torpedo boat on which a number of oC men were seriously injured several weeks ago by the burst bursting bursting ing lag of steam tubes while the vessel was off of San Pedro |