The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-07
THE T0lRAINE
BURNING At SEA
STEAMSHIP WITH NEARLY
THREE HUNDRED PERSONS
ON BOARD AFIRE
-
MESSAGE SAYS
FIRE is FIERCE
F.
On Board is 13s Rapid-Fire Guns
and 4,594 eses of Cart
ridges
Assistan6e Arrives.
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steamship La Tpuraine. received o
o at Queenstown. says that the %
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by prepared to render every as o
o sistance, including the transfer of o
o passengers il necessary. Wireless O
messages have been sent out to o
o the steamers Arabic, Cornish %
O man. Swanmore, and Stanford o
O saying that their assistance is o
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LONDON, March 6.-t10:20 a. M
i The steamship La I,ouraine is afire at
latitude 4806 north and longitude
20.14 west, according to wireless
received here. Five steamers have
gone to her assistance. the message
said
TIL wireless was lreseiyed by Lloyds
from the station Valencia, Ireland.
Tie steamers Rottasdnm, Swanmore.
Cornishman, Arabic aRl nthsrs were
mentioned as having gone to aid the
La Touraine.
A message from Queenstown says
| that the fire on La Touraine is
fierce" Otherwise this message Is
a repetition of the one received by
Lloyds from the wirless station ut
Valencia.
La Touraine. a steamer of S,37S
tons, under Captain Caussin. is one
OF the older transatlantic liners.
having been built in 1891. Shc has
| played an interesting role in ocean
travel. She arrived in New York on
October 2s. 1913. with AZ persons
which she rescued from the Uranium
liner Volturno, which burned at sea
with the loss of 1872 lives. Captain
Caussin was one OF tae- first COM
manders of rescue steamers to get a
boat over In the heavy sea to aid in
the rescue work. The captain and
crew were decorated with medals for
their bravery on that occasion.
Ii was the captain OF La Touraine
who warned the illfated Titanic OF
the presence OF icebergs in her
course. M
Once before La Touraine was
| threatened by fire. FLAMES were dis
covered in the staterooms while she
lay at her dock in Hayre January 21,
1908. The damage was not serious.
| She was Withdrawn from service
for time in 1907 because of serions
damage TO her machinery. The dis
coyery was made Just before she was
due to sail from New. York. On an
other occasion a member OF her crew
was killed by the bursting of steam
Ipipe. ;is5.
When the European war began the
entire carrying capacity of La Tour
aine WAS reserved for Americans
struggling for passage home from
Franco. She arrived In New York
December IS, 1914. S6 hours overdue
because or hurricanes she ENCOUNTER
ed. High seas swept her decks while
the passengers were battened down
blow.
Tie steamer Is $40 feet long with a
beam of 56 feet and a depth of s4.s.
NEW YORK. March s When La
Touraine sailed from this port last
Saturday she had aboard 81 ps:sseag-
ers OF whom 80 were in the first cabin
and the remaining 43 in the steerage !.
The stean.er has a crew OF 20r. The
vessel was one OF six sig liners to
lease this port the same day, the
saiiings being the hrsyisss accorded
here for some time
At the local offices Of tho French
line today y was said that 40 addi-
tional Information regarding Ia Ton-
raine was expected before Monday
and the Office vas closed Tor tile us
ual Saturday hair hnlii IN u;,cor-
firmed private message from abroad
said all the passengers and crew were
safe q
On board lie TopfAins we're 1851
cases OF cartridges Intended for use
In the European war :,
Stored away in the vessels hold
whtii she left was Ene ammunition
which caused keen apprehension as
to the vsesel' 4 fate when ii became
known that fire was Fagsng aboard /.
While no record was Kept ~ 8 to the
tonnage OF this portion Of the csrSo.
4 vas estimated tlat Tx ahipn enf
leontained at the very least hals q NH
tc6NTfNUED ON LAST PACE