Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1916 — TWO SHIPS COLLIDE NEAR CAPE RACE [ARTICLE]

TWO SHIPS COLLIDE NEAR CAPE RACE

One is Said to Be Sinking, But Other Steamer Reports Herself as Not Dangerously Damaged. Boston, Feb. I.—The American tank steamer Silver Shell and a Japanese steamer, believed to be either the Takata Maru or the Tokushima Maru, the former a new vessel, were in collision near Cape Race, N. F., just before midnight tonight. The Japanese steamer was reported sinking, the latest word being that the wireless dynamo room was flooded. The Silver Shell, which was damaged, but not dangerously, was standing by, ready to lend assistance. The position of the steamers was given as a point in the vicinity of Cape Race, N. F. The messages, which were "fragmentary, indicated that the Silver Shell was pending life boats to the other ship. Soon after there came to the listening stations on this coast a low-pow-ered succession of signals, which spelled out, “I am sinking. Come and save me.” This call was signed “J. T. Q.” No response was heard, but somewhat later the Silver Shell sent a message ashore whjph said the second vessel was out of sight. Whether this was intended to record its sinking was not indicated. Halifax, N. S., Feb. I.—The vessel in collision with the American tank steamer Silver Shell, off Cape Race tonight was the Japanese steamer Takata Maru, bound from London to New York. Wireless messages from the Silver Shell late tonight said it was feared that the Japanese steamer had sunk. The steamer Armonia was standing by Shell, which was badly damaged.