A simple newspaper report from 1922 of ships being taken down during a major storm.
Many Ships Tell of Disaster in Severe Gales
Reports from the Atlantic Ocean by wireless and from New England and the Great Lakes indicates that other parts of the Eastern United States were hit much harder by the storm than New York City.
The motor freighter Munmotor, which has been calling for help since yesterday afternoon, got in touch with naval communications just after day break today. Capt. Diamond reported he was sixty miles southeast of Five Fathom Light, waterlogged, listing to starboard and making only five and a half knots. He asked for immediate assistance.
The Coast Guard cutter Kickapoo was sent out from Cape May to his aid. Capt. Diamond said he had received offers of help from several vessels, but they had not been able to find him.
The Munmotor is a Shipping Board vessel formerly known as the Courtoise. She has a crew of forty-two and left Newport News two days ago for Boston with a cargo of coal. She is operated by the Munson Line.
Coast Guard cutters out of Newport News are hunting off the South Carolina coast for the Grace Line Steamer Santa Rosa, which has reported that she is on a reef.
The gasoline cruiser Fox, was reported stranded and burning off Sandy Hook. She is understood to have had liquor aboard. If her crew saved themselves they did not report to the Coast Guard.
A wireless message from the steamship Norfolk Maru informed the agents Harris and McGill that Capt. Margos intended to stay east of Ambrose Light until the heavy going was better.
The schooner Mazie Peabody with a crew of four was reported in trouble 60 miles off Norfolk.
A motor launch came ashore at Manasquan, N.J. No one was aboard. There was a man’s dress coat and a mitten in the cockpit. She had the Federal license number K-12090 and is believed to have been owned in Brooklyn.
Source: The Evening World (New York City, NY newspaper). December 29, 1922.
