LORD BALTIMORE STRANDED DECORATION DAY AT CEDAR POINT

EXTENDED DECORATION DAY 1919

Washington, DC, Monday, June 2, 1919 :

The Baltimore Sun reported that 340 people from Washington and Baltimore who had

been to Colonial Beach, Virginia for Decoration Day outings, had an extended vacation

when the bay steamer, Lord Baltimore, became disabled soon after it left Colonial Beach

late yesterday afternoon and reached Cedar Point. The passengers and crew spent the

night aboard the Lord Baltimore.

The Lord Baltimore arrived Washington in tow of two Naval tugs this morning with just a

few of her passengers. Others had chosen to be taken ashore by several Naval Chasers and

transferred to Popes Creek branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Charles county to finish

the trip home last night.

Soon after leaving Colonial Beach wharf Captain Richard Hasding found it impossible

to proceed and sent a crew member in a small boat to shore to inform the ships headquarter,

who appealed to the Navy on Chesapeake Bay who in turn sent Naval vessels to aid the

stranded Lord Baltimore.

The 340 excursionists marooned Sunday night were all rescued with no ill effects by a Naval

sub chaser out of Indian Head.

Abstract: Baltimore Sun, Monday June 2, 1919