CHARLESTON STORM
CABLE NEWS
United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.
A WIRELESS HERO.
THRILLING STORY OF WRECK.
(Received August 31, 1.55 p.m.)
NEW YORK, August 30
During the progress of the great storm in South Carolina, when heavy daniago was done afloat and ashore, the liner Lexington got carried into the quick'-and on Hunting Island, Charleston.
The wireless operator, Sheesley, aged sixty, stuck to his post, and when twelve passengers, terror-stricken sought to abandon the vessel, ihe ran amongst them, and urged them to rt> main.
Later, when the waves washed over the ship, Sheesley climbed i> to the rigging, and, having fixed the wireless apparatus, continued to send out calls for aid. Ultimately these were answered by a revenue cutter, which saved the passengers. \ The crew refused to abandon the ship, but it is believed the latter will become a total loss. Two firemen were reported id li&ve been burned to death whea the ship struck.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10409, 1 September 1911, Page 5
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158CHARLESTON STORM Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10409, 1 September 1911, Page 5
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