Show RUM ROW JINX JINX'S S SHIP IP CREAKS Off Bugaboo of Coast Guard Service Slips Into the Depths at Narragansett NEW LONDON Conn March l 4 AP The AP-The The Jinx ship of the governments government's gov gov- patrol the bugaboo of the coast guard service the vessel shunned by men of the service the service the foot 75 patrol boat has has passed out of the maritime picture The vessel from which at least one man lost his life aboard which I many seamen seamen narrowly escaped death and injury and eight of whose crew are now awaiting trial in New York on serious charges Will sili HI capture no more nore rum ruin runners will carr carry no more Illicit liquor and confront no more guardsmen as a craft of ill fortune and disaster rho The wr wrecked on the rocks s of Narragansett r bay shore in the blizard blIzzard blizzard bliz blIz- zard of ot February 10 has broken up and slipped Into water from which it will yield no salvage no The governments government's loss has been the coast guardsmen's gain in their opinion op lor tor the reputation of the craft was such that men were compelled com com- to to serve serve on her against their wishes The became known as the jinx boat up tip and down the coast On its maiden malden trip on patrol patrol pa pa- trot last spring the waa wae taken out to rum ruin row and came back without v Jt Its cook who fell tell overboard and was drowned Next It grounded off Montauk l Point in a a. storm was hauled off and w was s on the ways at local shipyards shipyards shipyards ship ship- yards for weeks undergoing repairs Then with a new crew on board the was sent to picket the schooner Arcola at anchor on the mythical tine line Block island which was was' part of rum row The schooner hauled anchor and moved out to sea and the patrol boat following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing was caught in a terrific gale and barely made Great Salt pond Block island for shelter Several Several Sev Sev- eral enal of the crew were injured and the vessel required dry docking for repairs repaint |