The evening world., 1913-08-30
.|MPERATOR SAILS
RACT|ME TUNE
UNHURT BY FIRE
Biggest Ship Carries Record
Number of Passengers for
This Time of Year.
CARPENTERS AT WORK.
Hammers Arranging Below
Repairing Damage as Vessel
Leaves Hoboken Dock.
CARPENTERS AT WORK.

With ne largest passsneu Mt evsr
credited - . usns-AtsanSs stsansAlp
aai,inG this late n ths season. me Ham,
burg Americas liner fmpsrator s1nAsd
from her dock In Hoboksn on schedule
time this morning. none the worse Ear
the fire that destroyed ne contents q
her provts1an room Thursday and COST
the ME Of her gallant sscond offsose
Otto 000racAt.
True TO Shsir promise sAs Officials Of
the line and me Officers Of the big snip
had. With tremendous snsrGy. overooms
me setbarlx caused by the fire. and hong
before the orvwds began to gather ~ tho
psee svsry outward trace of Ire con-
flasration had bsen removed. Hut Tar
down beneath the watsrine q the srsaN
ship . gang Of paintsrv end carpsntsrs
we're at work refitting aad painting the
storeroom even a. the vessel sailed.
And while the crowds Of happy oas-
sensers thronGsd the decks waving
farewell to the thousands on the ptsr.
tho body Of Onicer 0ebracht lay IN the
little mortuary chapel. drapsd In the
German nag and covsraa with the
floral tributes Of his employers. fellow
onicers and New York friends. Ovsr
the taffraf the ships coioss traiisd at
hand played rag-thme.
MANY PA0SgNogR0 OookGo
AFTGR THE FIRE.
Tho lmpsrator carried Il hrae cahea
passenger. 70 second. ~ third and
200 stesraee. Far from causing any
Are appeared to arouse new interest
IN the calling Of the big ship. for ninety
Ave first cabin passengers we're booked
since Thursday.
Julius p. Meyer. vios-directos Of the
line headed the group Of ofheials VINO
stood on the string.pisos Of the pier ana
watched the sailing.
1T certainly 10 . trfSuts 20 the sm.
ciecy Of our ofYicsrs." said Asyse. a.
the last load OF baggage was swung In
board and the 9sngways taken IN a..
most on the dot Of O'Clock. 'Of
course. there was no damage 70 b re-
paired in the ship herself. but Il was .
tremendous task to remove the ruined
contents OF tho store-room and Fsstock
the ship on such short notics."
Meyer said investigation had shown
that tho probable cause of the are was
the short circuiting Of IN slsctriot light
wire.
'"fhs actual AREA OF the f,rs vas very
small" he said. tho principal damage
being by water and smoks. Had the
IRE occurred at seq thore would have
been nothing to fear. either. They
would merely have closed the compart-
mont buikheads and pumped the store
room full OF water. A slight ahortAxe
In the food supply might have resulted.
but by curtailins the number Of courses
nj meal dine no ono would have suf-
fered."
MRS. LESLIE CARTER THE Last
TO 90 ON eoARo.
The nnal all ashore warning had
been sounded and the ofacsrS were just
about 20 order the hrst cabin sang
Ways unslunG when Mrs. Leslie Car
ter, the actress. came painting up the
stairway. followed by . porter tearing
hsr steamer trunk and handbA4S.
I'm too out of breath to aay word"
was her only answer whom Questioned
AZ to tho reason for her sudden and un-
listed departure.
Among the other passengers were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Allen Boas. son