| Show T 3 I y t r I r t r. r 8 BOATS A T WITH WIT SOLDiERS lA LANDED DD 2480 Homecoming Mento Men td to Be Moved From the Stranded Transport Today Is Good News YORK Jan 2 Removal 2 Removal NEW NEY before nig nightfall ot of the fie entire t tl l i tw nc l 1 i trans port N Northern Pacific stranded of off Fire island was expected by officials dials at the office of Vice Admira Gleaves Cleaves of the cruiser and transport service in Hoboken who stated thi this afternoon that transfer of the men to army and navy navy craft was proceeding rapidly in a moderating sea MEN ARE SAVED Announcement that both the ed and well soldiers the stranded transport Northern Pacific were being transferred to securing vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels and the shore in small boats was made at 1 1230 30 o'clock by Brigadier General McManus Mc of the port of em embarkation embarkation em- em barl atlon at Hoboken Three officers and one soldier al wounded were were landed at Fire Island Islan just before noon today from the transport transport transport trans trans- port Northern Pacific They came ashore In a coast guard boat Five more lifeboats filled with soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers arrived from the Northern Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- soon after arter while four tour other boats all belonging to the transport filled with members of the crew left the tha ship for the outlying rescue vessels RETURN FOR MORE As soon as they were landed the soldiers were taken Immediately across the narrow Island to the flotilla of small boats awaiting to carry them across Great South bay ar to Bay Shore seven miles awa away Meantime the lifeboats and the coast guard boat returned for more troops The three wounded officers declared that the stranded troops were In the best of spirits and were in fact making making mak mak- ing merry over their predicament NURSES REACH SCENE A Red Cross contingent of n nine nin nurses arrived at the shore today with enough sandwiches and coffee to feed the entire personnel of the transport Colonel Pierce has received orders order to commandeer all houses on Fire III Island if the troops are landed A coast guard crew under command of Captain Tuttle of the Oak Island station took a a. boat out to the tho trans transport port at 9 a. a m. m through a heavy surf The troops lined the rails and nd cheered as the small boat came camo alongside After Arter remaining on board for a white while Captain Tuttle reentered his boat which headed out tosea to sea in the direction direction tion Hon of the cruiser Des Dos Moines While some somo of the soldiers were being brought ashore in surf craft the majority naval officers said were ferried in light draft vessels operating between the grounded liner and warships warships warships war war- ships standing offshore The re receiving receiving re- re ships it was stated state would start for New York as soon as th they were loaded BOAT CAPSIZES The naval authorities reported that the Northern n Pacific Pacific was resting easily this afternoon in eighteen n foot feet of water with her hull imbedded to the depth dept i of six feet in the sand said A lifeboat loaded with troop troops from the transport Northern Pacific was capsized by the heavy surf BUrr throwing fifteen soldiers and life savers vers Sf vers into the water All were save saved |
