Saving Ships by "Wireless."

Progress, Volume II, Issue 4, 1 February 1907, Page 134

Saving Ships by "Wireless."

Not long ago a large freightei became disabled in the Gulf of Mexico. She was equipped with wireless telegraphy apparatus , so instead of hoisting distress signals to flap idly in the old way the captain began to send out wireless messages m all directions. '' We are disabled and need help " he said, giving the location of the ship Soon there was a sputtering among the receiving instruments of the disabled vessel Word was received from a distant vessel that the appeal had been heard and help was coming. Wireless has come to the au' of the mannei to a remarkable degree. Take the case of the whaleback steamer City of Everett towing a barge of oil from Sabine Bar, Texas, to New Yoik The steel door of a forward turret w r as torn orl by thr^ sea a compartment was flooded, and the ship became unmanageable She was then about T miles from Port Arthur, Texas From the wneless chart showing the routes of the Gulf vessels the captain saw that the ships Col. E L Drake and Maverick were about due at Port Arthur He sought to locate them by wireless The message, howevei was answered by the Captain H F Lucas which wis fifty miles distant The Everet' communicated her position, the Lucas did likewise and they kept in communication until sighted The disabled ship was then towed to the shelter of Ship Shoal where she was repaired and enabled to proceed wrh her tow One day the Atlantic De Forest wireless opeiatoi at Manhattan Beach was advised that the steamei Winifred was ashore somewhere off Marcus Rock on the Central Atlantic Coast The operator learned from his charts that the steamer Larmier was near that point , so he sent the captpm tins message " Steamer Winifred ashore ->omewhere oft Marcus Rock. See if you can give her a pull Tugboat and lighter will be theie at high water Answer." In four hours he had a reply from the captam, saying that he was trying to p'lll oft the stranded ship

lyiaurice Chaulin, a French inventor, has petfec'ted a clever apparatus tor killing mosquitoes It 'consists of a small lamp- — electric or oil — hung between two rings, the rings being connected with tiny vertical and parallel chains These chains are! charged with a current of electricity, sufficiently strong to kill instantly a mosquito which touches any two of them at the same time. The light in the lamp, which is entirely surrounded by these chains, attracts these insects to their death.

A contract has been let at Faindon, neai Napier, for a substantial up-to-date residence for Mi R L Paterson Aichitect C Tilleard Natusch f -7i X * * * Ihe new Post Oihce at New Ph mouth has just been completed and is to be opened earh this month A se\ en-roomed i evidence is m course of erection on the Cashmere hills lor Mr R Forbes Architects S cV A Luttiell contractor, M \\ harton "JS >f. Jf» ~< **! Additions aie in course ot erection to the Pier hotel Kaiapoi and will cost £1000 Architects, S cS: A Luttrell , contractoi F Pearce jun \dditions to the tea 100 ms on Riccaiton lacecourse also to stewards stand are in course of election Architects S & A Luttrell * * *. i * sIn the past ioitnight the New Ph mouth boiough engineer has issued permits lor buildings to the \ alue ot £3333 V bungalow lesidence of h\ c looms is being elected at Summer for Mi L Forbes Architects S & \ Luttrell * x -- > I * A quaint house of ten looms is m couise of election tor Mr Wood in Colombo street Chustchurch Architects b <S: A Luttrell , contractoi M McClea\e * * * le < v The new buildings tor Messis E Griffiths tV- Co and Messrs Macky Logan <S. Co New Ph mouth have the foundations nearh finished and the new Technical School is approaching completion ****:(■¥ Thirteen tenders weie iecei\ed for the election of a lesidence in Millward street Wellington and the contiact has been signed b\ H E Caid Contiact price about £~>oo Aichitect John S Swan. * x 4. * i, -^ A fine new residence is being elected in \\ lcksteed street Wanganui for Mi Wm Rankm The building is mceh designed and when completed will present a \erv striking appearance A # H- * * The new Crown hotel Geraldme is now appioaching completion It is a two-ston buck building and is lighted with acet\lene gas Aichitects, Claikson & BallantMie , contiactor Wm Waters. * + t * V contract has been let for brick additions to a house in Kent terrace Wellington consisting of a shop and eight looms replete with modern con- \ eniences Aichitect C lilleard Natusch The conversion of a house into a with a buck conciete and iron dairy at back has just been completed in Kent terrace Wellington Architect C Tilleard Natusch , contractors W H Edwards £c Son ;]; * * v|: * * Messrs Saigood Son & Even's new brick warehouse at Wanganui is approaching completion, and will be out of the builders' hands this month Architect, John S Swan contractors, Davis and Brow man * ***** A two-story lesidence of ten rooms and all conveniences is m couise of election at Little Akaloa for Mr A Waghorn The total cost of house is £1400 Architects S & A Luttrell contractor, Wm Maher ****** A picturesque residence is being erected for Mr A. Hutchins at Purakai Bay This building which contains ten rooms is built in the bungalow style Architects, S & A Luttrell contractor, Mr Roxburgh ****** Messrs Wood Bi others' three-stor\ premises, Cashel street Christchurch are neanng completion The buildings are of brick with front elevation in bold Renaissance st\le Architect F J Barlow, F R.I B.A.

The Rangiora Town Council are building new Council Chambers in brick and cement The building is divided into public offices, town clerk's office, major's room and large council chamber with domed ceiling Architect, F J Barlow, F R 1.8 A. Designs are in hand for a new Convent of Merc\ in Colombo street Chnstchurch. This building will be ol tlnee stories and built in brick and stone. The fi outage will be 80 feet and the depth 100 feet. Aichitects S & A Luttrell ****** A large new building has been added to the Wanganui Meat Freezing Co 's works at Castlecliff The new addition is a substantial building, and is being used by the company as meat preserving works Architect G L Maclachlan contractor X Meuh Ihe pimtmg-works warehouse and factory foi Messrs H J Weeks, Ltd at the corner of Tuam and Madras streets, Christcluuch, are almost completed The buildings are two stories in height and cover half an acre of ground These buildings are costing some 000 Architects Clarkson and BallanUne , contractors, D Scott & Son. * ***** One of the late building improvements in Gisborne is a block of shops with warehouse over them, and having a frontage of 165 ft to Peel street, anil ()() ft to Gladstone road The warehouse is occupied by Messrs Archibald Clark &Co The block is erected in concrete steel and brick Another sample of Georgian work is Mr J C Field's house at YVhataupoko Architect C Tilleard Xcitusch * ■*• % A :*• \ three-ston building at corner of High and 1 uam stieets, Chnstchurch, is m course of erection for Messrs A J White &Co The materials used in this stiucture are brick and Oamaru stone while the roof is of Marseilles tiles There are two onel bays on each street on first floor and o\ er the first-floor windows a band of dispersed flmtwoik has been introduced with good effect The corner (an acute angle) is surmounted by a battlemented turret in rock-faced Oamaru stone \rchitects Claikson <S. Ballantyne , contractors, Rennie iS: Pearce A** % * % Tenders foi the election of a five-floor shop and office building to be erected in High street Chnstchuich, closed at noon on Tuesday the 15th ult Architect John S Swan The rebuilding of " Longwood " Featherston has been completed and the house is a good addition to the domestic architecture of the Wairarapa. The building contains seventeen living-rooms, together with bath-rooms and all conveniences. The outside walls and the bulk of the partitions are of brick while the style is late Gothic modified to suit modern requirements Contract price about /7000 Architect John S Swan **¥*** Mr Fra ik Messenger of New Plymouth, is the successful designer of the plan selected by the New Plymouth Borough Council for the new Carnegie Library under the soubriquet of " Egmont " The other architects in the competition were " Prism " Mr. Tong , " T Square," Mr J Sanderson , " L'lnconnu," Messrs. Rigby and Warren The successful architect has submitted a plan of a modest, neat and solid-looking building , without over-ornamentation yet not severe m its outline The front is of red brick, relieved by facing stones There is a pillared portico with steps leading up to it and the exterior of the building is further enhanced by the fine balustraded pediment which runs along the whole of the top front, the semi-elliptical -windows of the first floor and the circular windows on the ground floor. The front of the building does not conform to the street front but will be about parallel with the front of the present Town Hall, and an ornamental iron railing will front the building On the ground floor on the Egmont-street side, is the public reading-room 35 feet x 22 feet, running the full 1 depth (35 feet) of the building , and on the other