Show OPERATOR TOR if i 1 t RUTS ASTORY Tl TORY I Or Ori r DISASTER t 1 f Ga Feb 7 W. W W. W F. F wireless operator of the illat illmer ill ill- k Z 5 at mer Kentucky today told the y 1 the ie wrecking of his vessel and ite of tho the captain and crew by linger liner r Alamo lamo sending the 1 i y 1 is 10 Station 1 of the tho United Wire AVire- f hY at ati t. t Sav Savannah McGinnis rr A c m alight ht February 3 a leak r d and ind by 2 a. a m. m February 1 was deck the f I. I was on as wa wa- 0 r f as s slowly overcoming tho the pumps J it 3 a q a- a m. m 1 the tho cap captain tam called meI me I act d f the c condition of the ship dolt a the ilc same time telling me he ho did ha I think there thele was any danger though 6 Ra ea- ea was wax was ou i-ou rough h but to see if I could n ny ny lle in case we heeded needed them I s eard from Charleston and we ext ex ex- t J ec t liti to reach there without aid i t 4 started calling and shortly after after- f- f Engineer Grand told me the I lY nisi teY t r vas was slowly creeping up the namo 1 amo which would not give current i er I picked up the Alamo Iamo a t h 11 my 44 S S. S O. O S S. SJ J signal r Alamo l o was about ninety miles a i i is gave g ye my position as as nearly as t t Moore could reckon it The TheAl- TheAl Alip Al- Al 1 a ip o started toward us Mc Meanwhile ti Moore Moore kept watching ing for the sun p to get a time sight to give them q o r r. correct position t The electrician Robert Lacey came 7 it about and said the tho water was Up to the whee's of the dynamo which c 1 would aid not hold holU its power J uch 1 Ater er some somo time we decided the only 71 way r to do was to put all hands at work tp to peep keep ep the dynamo ru running regardless I f. f any anything thing else as the ship was set set- r I ding fling fast Mr Lacey wrapped the thet t 1 v whole thin thing dynamo and turbine en en- 9 It rie in canvas which gave ave her eight frA a In Js before it would woul burn urn the armati arma anna ti tf jury jury- out We kept In in constant com com- I. I m with the Alamo and made madei madea i a about out two miles mUes toward her r. r Everyone 4 on board loard was in a semi serio 1 o We gave up hop hopes s of reach reach- and waited for the AlaCi Ala Ala- i mo mo About 1 1130 30 a. a m m. m. m ju just t before the k captain got his noon position on the elec elee- t reported the water was up to toilie toI I ilie the tle last inch and the dynamo might stop A any n minute Our principal object was tto sto keep peep the dynamo running until we v could get get our noon position to the other ship t After a hard fight we managed V 5 ic t keep tho the dynamo running right up v T t ti the moment we sighted the Alamo R i At 1 30 p. p m m. all all' the boats were Yere and by 3 p. p m. m the tho Alamo was ol alongside longside Saturday I Saturday the tho revenue cutter Yama- Yama t w reported 1 that after cruising io round nd las last lash night an and today she was 3 jIUn unable ble td find any trace of the Ken Ken- l l tacky and that the vessel must have Lave v I gono g ne down |