Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-27 | Page 2 | Sinking Steamship Wirelesses for Help

!!G STEAMSHIP I WiRELESSESJOR HELP Maryland Sends Out "S. O. S." ; Cause of Disaster Is Unknown. NANTUCKET, Mass., Dec. 26. The radio stations at Siasconset and at Newport, E. I., listened in vain throughout the day and night for further news from the steamer Maryland, which sent out distress calls late last night, saying she was sinking 380 miles east of Sandy Hook. BOSTON". Dec. 26. The steamship Citv of Savannah, which was reported early today as hurrying to the assistance of the sinking steamship Maryland, arrived ar-rived tonight from Savannah. Captain Hammond said that he offered of-fered to go to the Maryland's assistance assist-ance when he picked up her call for help, but was informed by the wireless operator at the Sankaty station that the coast guard cutters Gresham and Acush-net Acush-net were speeding to her aid. He expressed ex-pressed the opinion that it would have been futile for him to attempt to reach the Maryland in time to be of assistance assis-tance to her. It was doubtful whether he could have found her, he said, owing to the meager information regarding her position. L. Potts, the wireless operator on the City of Savannah, stated that his vessel ves-sel was about half way between Mon-tauk Mon-tauk Point, J,. I., and Block Island, heading for Vineyard Sound, when he first received the Maryland's calls. The Maryland's operator, he said, reported the distressed steamer's position as 260 miles broad off Block Island.