Battleships To Rescue.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 4, 1912:
Minnesota and Idaho Standing by Distressed Vessels in Raging Gale.
Special to The New York Times.
    NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 3.— Wireless messages to-night from the battleship Minnesota announce that she is standing by the square-rigged ship Glenlui, a few miles off the Virginia Capes, bound for Norfolk. She also reports that the Norwegian steamer Noruega, which is in bad condition after being in collision with the Glenlui, is still off Bodys Island with the revenue cutter Onondaga and the battleship Idaho standing by for an emergency. The Minnesota asks that ocean-going tugs be dispatched to the scene at once.
    The Minnesota picked the Glenlui up out at sea to-day. She had been in tow of the Noruega, and parted her line during last night's gale. She is barely able to keep afloat with all hands at the pumps. The same wireless messages report that the Noruega is practically water-logged, but afloat. All but one of her bulkheads have given away, and should this one go she will last only a few hours.
    Local wrecking companies have been notified by Admiral Doyle of the navy yard, and wrecking tugs will be sent to the scene at once.
    The Noruega with the aid of the revenue cutter is striving to creep up the coast to the Capes. The steamer is reported to have thirty passengers on board.