from Washington Times, July 15, 1916:
HECTORS MEN COMING IN ON RELIEF SHIPS
Men Abandon Vessel Near Charleston And Go On Board Tug and Tender
THREE REPORTED INJURED
Disabled by Storm, She Went Down Soon After Sending Out First S.O.S.
The Navy Department received the following dispatch from Captain Bryan, commandant of the Navy yard at Charleston:
Hector ashore seven miles northeast Romaine gas buoy. Abandonded by crew at 12:45 a.m. Ship broken in tow and a total wreck. All hands saved. Cheif engineer and one fireman seriuosly injured. Carpenter sustained broken leg. officers and crew being taken to Charleston.
Charleston, S.C., July 15 -- With the naval collier Hector broken in tow by yesterdays storm and abandonded, a radio message early today brought word to the navy yard that all on board had been saved.
The crew and the company of marines carried by the Hector were taken aboard the tug Wellington and the lighthouse tender Cypress shortly before daylight.
The Hector was abandonded at 12:45 a.m., seven miles northeast of Cape Romaine. when last seen she was a total wreck. All who were aboard, including G.F. Newell, her master, are proceeding to Charleston aboard the rescue vessels.
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