Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-23 | Page 12 | Wireless Messages on Pacific Coast

Wireless Messages on Pacific toast Ship Communicated "With at a Diu-tanco Diu-tanco of Seventy Miles "Without "With-out a Break. SAN FRANCISCO. May 21. For tho first time on the Pacific coast communication Avas had last night by wireless telegraphy between be-tween a ship at sea and points on shore. The United States hospital ship Solace sailed from this port yesterday afternoon at a o'clock nnd from that time up to 8 o'clock, when she wos seventy miles out, messages were sent from and received nt the weather bureau bu-reau stations at Point Reyes, on the mainland, and on the Farallon islands which He off this city. Communication wos continued without a break until the hour named. The local weather bureau wos notified noti-fied today by Willis Moore, chief of the service, that all of the California observation ob-servation stations and those on Tatoosh island and North Head, In Washington Washing-ton Suite, will soon be equipped with the latest Instruments. The weather bureau will soon be able to receive wireless messages from vessels at sea at all of Its many observation stations on the Atlatlc and Pacific coasts. This will be of much assistance in making accurate weather forecasts.