New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
THE MOMUS AF|REE;;
COMUS TAKES PEOPLE.
Wireless Telegraph Brings News
of Blaze Off the Florida
Cast.
SISTER SHIP TO THE RESCUE
Passengers on Board May Be
Sent to New Orleans on the
Proteus, Which Left
Here Yesterday.
SISTER SHIP TO THE RESCUE

information since this morning regarding
the steamer Momus. of the Southern Pa
cific Line, which was reported afire off
Cape CanavareL nor has any report been
received from the sister ship. Comus.
which rescued the passengers of the Mo-
mus
United Wireless and government wire
less operators at Key West are making
efforts TO reach the vessels. The last re-
ports were that the flames were under
control. all passengers We're safe and the
Momus would be able to make port
Savannah. Ga, July 23.-The operator
at the Savannah station OF the United
Wireless Telegraph Company learned
from the steamship Alamo that it had
picked up message from the Momus to
| the station at Jupiter, Fla. The operator
on the Alamo understood that the Mo-
arel after the steamship Conus had
taken off the passengers. The Comus
was still standing by the burning vessel.
The steamship Monus, of the South
ern Pacific Steamship Company, which
left New York on Wednesday for New
Orleans with eighty-two passengers was
reported on fire yesterday off Jupiter
Light. off the Florida coast. The news
reached this city from Charleston. s c.
where it was picked UP by the wireless
station at that port The plight of the
Momus was sent out by her wireless
operator, and was picked up by the
Comus. q sister ship. north bound from
New Orleans. which went at once to her
assistance
Subsequent messages received by Carl
". Jungen, the general manager of the
line, stated that the fire was under con-
troll and that she had anchored in twelve
fathoms- The first message received by
Mr.. Jungen stated that the fire was dis
covered at D. m on Friday in an after
lower hold. All passengers were trans
ferred to the Comus safely and there
was no excitement. The MESA ge which
was signed Boyd master of the
Momus further said that everything
was working We'll and that the Comus
would stand by until ii was advisable
for her to proceed TO New York
AS the passengers on the Momus, y
said Mr. Jungen, are bound for New
Orleans, we may be able TO transfer
them from the Comus to the Proteus
that left New York Yesterday. They
viii then be able to go direct to New
Orleans without as much delay as if they
had come TO New York on the Comus
This will most likely be done if the
Momus is so badly damaged that she
will have to go into port for repairs
don't believe the fire is serious, as the
Momus carried little inf1ammable cargo
She was filled chiefly with cement and
structural iron"
1t was learned yesterday that the
cargo in the after hold which caught
fire was made up of bales of paper bound
together by hydraulic pressure. Sea-
going tugs We're ordered from Tampa
and other ports in that vicinity.
The crew of the Momus fought the fire
from the time it was discovered on Fri
day afternoon until the Comus came to
her assistance. Steam was poured into
the hold continually, and the flames were
prevented from spreading to other parts
or the steamship. When the Comus ar
rived some members of her crew were
transferred to the Momus and assisted Ill
fighting the fire. The transfer of the
pa ssengers of the MomuS to the COmus
was the first thing undertaken when the
vessels met Boats from both steam
ships were used in the transfer, and the
eighty-two passengers We're taken to the
Conlus quickly.
The List of Passengers.
The passenger list is as follows
J. NJ Alexander. Jackson. Miss; W Al
len, New Orleans; NJ l. AiIins, Spring
ned, Mo: William Anderson, Brooklyn;
Mr, and Mrs N B. AYERS y,el Philadeiphia;
Mss s l.. Bartholomew. New York; Mr..
and Mrs Paul Berge, New Orleans; j. Ber-
nard. New Orleans lea sir MrS j Br6a; 5iIdsnt New
New York Paul brown, Meridian, Miss;
II, {. Brown. Philadelphia.
4 Clement. Springfield Mo; J. Connolly,
Rrooklvn. Mr. and Mrs. H. N Cromwell.
NfN p, baSasss New orleans; H. B. Deadly.
New York r DqyaI To1E Ne" Feibdmsn Gr1 New
York; ". 2 Flower. New Orleans; l. II.
Funk New York.
T Goodman, New 1cTk-
L. Haas. New York; the Rev. T; R. Hal
min New York: Walter J. Hanrahan,
brooklyn. \. Y: ", ,vi91 Hansulet' New York;
Mrs p H Jones, New York.
I Levy New Orleans.
Nrs X Mckenzie, New York; w Nc
Kenzie, New York; J. Mckenzie. New
York; Mr. and Mrs. T. S. MAYHEM. Rich
,nond Va. Miss Agnes = Merriam. ArIing-
ION Mass; q Meyer New York; Mr.. and
Mrs r. Midence and Miss G. Midence. New
York: G. A Mitchell. Memphis. Tenn: b.
Moss. New York; Mr.. and Mrs Fl. a.
Moss San Antonio. Tex.
Mrs. II. F. Newhaus. New York.
= F, Provost. New York.
Mr. end Mrs. G. Il. Rea. Bay st. Louis
Mss r. e. Rca, Wesson. Miss: Miss Kate
Rea, Wesson, Miss; f. Rose, Penn Yam
Beach. Cal: ]. r. Ryan. New York.
A Seipel. Opelousas La: f l.. Shapiro
New York; Mrs l. F. Shorey. Boston
Miss s Sishbein. New York; T Smith. New
0rirans. the Misses M and l.. Spence Dal-
las Tex: l.. II. Squier, Philadelphia
= Thompson, Jackson, Miss.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Vernol, Philadelphia
ii Wazhowsk New Orleans II. j.
W-rbe New orleans; J. :. Wilmington.
Nov. Orleans: Mr. and Mrs. G. Witte. New
York W II. Wynne, New Orleans; II. l..
Whitaker. Dallas, Tex
The MoInus is one of four new ships
which the late Z. II. Hartman built for
the Southern Pacific Line. at a cost of
about 81 .2J0,0D0 each.
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