Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-07 | Page 7 | Minnesota may be Dashed upon Rock

ESOTA IY BE DASHEDJJPDN HOCK Big Freighter Drifting Close to Cedros Island, Messages Mes-sages Unsatisfactory SAX DIEGO Cal Dec 6 Unless as 8 stance reaches ton g t the Great Iorthe n f e ghte Minnesota st 11 drift ng Up ess y off the Lower Ca forn a ; coast t e b g essel w 11 be e dange ed by Cedros s and accord ng to op n ons e pressed bv sh pp ng ne here follow ng the ece pt late today of radio mes sages from he s earner T e last rad o message rece ved f om Cap a n Thomas Ga 1 ck of t e M nne sota gave her pos on as about 270 m es so h of San D ego and ess than fifty n es fron Ced os Island Not ng aa been heard e e f om the ad o equ pped stean er Iaqua, -n hich w t the u Dauntless -was expected to ea the d sab ed fre ter today At the request of Xjn ed Sta es naval autho es here Capta n Gaihc rad oed hat the pos t on of the M nneso a earlj toni ht was 79 n les soutl of Po nt Loma Ca Th s nforn at on flashed by Captain Gar ck sho vs t at s nee 6 a. m Thurs da a wh ch me she was spoken by he Amer c n Hawa an f e hter Ne adan the M nnesota has steamed on y n netj n ne m es up to m dn ght Satur daj when the ast s x bo ers we e put out of con n ss on acco d ng to the n format on rece ved he e The earn ng ecord of the M nnesota s n d ect ref tat on of Capta n Gar ck s pre ous n essages to the effec ha he vesse was n ak ng four knots an hour as the pos on sent by h m todav d cates that on y n ne y n ne m es ave ee covered n fif fou ou s T e tugs Daun ess and Iaqua w lch ef San r an sco FY day a e e pected to reac t e M nnesota late ton ght The sec ecy w ch has shrouded he M n eso a s nee she turned about off e Lower Ca fo n a coast last W ednesday has puzz ed o a s pp ng men They po nt ou a t s n ar ab the cus om or n as ers of vesse ends ress to s gna e r pos on cou se and other de a s a eas tw ce a day to government or ommer al adlo stat ons but the Win eso a fa ed o send her pos t on al day un eques ed bj gove nment offic a s and then on gave meager informat on The Iaqua and he Dauntless a e ca pab e of ow ng the ea y laden f re g t e a fo kno s an hour under ord nary wea her ond ons and if the tugs take he M nneso a n tow they would not reach San D ego unti Ft day The M nesota was en route from Se att e to he United K ngdom with 16 000 ons of general cargo valued at more than JS 000 000