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Show I ; i . A cfr A A A & A tPm fe jPm ' V TV & A;! Virtually without exception tho Dutch press characterizes the allied demand for the surrender of German war criminals crim-inals as being impossible. 811 IKES CHECK I ATTEMPTS IQE TO 1 HELP PRESS M I Wireless Says Captain of Ves- iiH sel Is Injured; Call for Tugs :H Is Issued ill POSITION OF STEAMER 111 DECLARED SERIOUS H Trail of Destruction and Suf- 1H fering in Wake of Fierce liia Atlantic Storm NEW YORK, Feb. 6 The steamship IH Princess Anne of the old Dominion iil j line, carrying 32 passengers and a 111 i crew of 72 from Norfolk, Va., to New llifl York, ran aground one mile off the ilifl coast of Rockaway point on Long ! island in a heavy storm early today flH and sent out S. O. S. calls for assist ance. Tugs from army transport head- jH quarters at Hoboken, wrecking tugs and a police patrol boat went to the jH laid of the stranded vessel. jH ' Wireless reports said that Captain Seay of the Princess Anne had been jH (seriously injured. The vessel's posi- jH I tion was considered serious on ac- jH coast, for the past two days. 11 Members of the coast guard at Rock- IH away beach endeavored to launch a jH boat to go to the steamer but gave up jH the attempt when giant rollers nearly jH battered the craft to pieces. In response to a wireless inquiry from police headquarters, the Princess VH Anno reported that She was not in jm- ;VH mediate danger of breaking up. She jH requested, however, that her passeng- jH ers be takon off by tugs as soon as possible. 'k Gradually Subsiding-. iH Tho-. gale -"anH" uusIiy,lrigh litf--- which has lash'ed the north Atlantic jH coast for the last two d,ays, accompan- jH led by blizzard which blanketed most of the territory with snow and ice, JJ were gradually subsiding early today, jH leaving a trail of destruction and suf- IH fering in their wake. 11 Estimates of the property damage jH run well beyond the two million dollar jH mark. A number of vessels were re- jH port in distress and several Long jH Island sound steamers were prisoners in ice jams. The wireless station at iH New York police headquarters early jH today had received messages from 39 ships at sea asking for the location. H Points along the New Jersey coast, especially Atlantic City and Seabright were hardest hit. Houses were washed into the sea and towns partially inun- jH dated. Resorts along the Long Island shore near New York also were heav- lM ily damaged. jH Railroad traffic improved during the morning although trains were still be- jH hind in their schedules. jH New York was Slow to recover from -M the blow dealt by the storm king. The raffic conditions were still chaotic early today and the streets piled high with snowdrifts. jH Shortage of Coal iH Tho shortage of coal caused consid- jH erable apprehension. Traction com- panies said they had only a few days' lM supply on hand and that they would be forced to suspend operations unlesa jH their bunkers were speedily replen- ished. Barges laden with coal are tiea iH up at Jersey points by ice floes. jH Another 24 hours of snow and high winds along the Atlantic coast from jH Maryland to Maino was forecast today jH by the weather bureau. iH Thc peak of the storm js now in jH New England where the heaviest fall of snow in the east this winter, 20 .H inches, was recorded in places.- JH The fall continued general from the Canadian border to central Virginia, JH land covered a path us far west as tho upper Ohio valley. rl Damage Is Heavy Damage resulting from the storm IH has been heavy. High tides, heavy fM seas, and high winds have wrought fll havoc at Atlantic coust resorts from 8i Carolina to New England, places dam- rM aged including Atlantic City, Coney Island, Ocean City, Maryland, Oceau fH View, and Buckroo Beach, Virginia. and Wrlghtsville Beach, North Caro- jB Shipping also has suffered severely, JM many vessels being In distress all M along the coast. Railroad traffic has been seriously interfered with, reports to the railroad administration showing passenger trains running far behind schedule, and iu many sections freight trains blocked There has been no marked cold at any point in tho storm area, it was said at the weather bureau, tempera- tures generally being only a little be- JM low the freezing point. |