"WIRELESS" HERO'S FATE
STUCK TO.HIS POST. STEAMER WRECKED: FIVE DROWNED ' (Dy Telegraph.—Preas Assoctalloa.-OopyrlcbL.t ; - - New York, .August 29. • The American iron screw steamer Ohio, 3488 tons, built in 1873, ran ashore and was wrecked at. Steep Point, Alaska. . ! Ecoles, t'he wireless telegraph operator, stuck to his post until his room was flooded; He sent messages 'which brought, two steamers to the rescue, and they took on board 134 passengers and crew. . Five were drowned, including Ecoles. [Tho Ohio was owned by the White Star Steam Shipping Company, of Seattle. She was 343 ft: Vlong, :43ft! widej and 24ft.' 9in.-,deep.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 600, 31 August 1909, Page 5
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98"WIRELESS" HERO'S FATE Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 600, 31 August 1909, Page 5
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