Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
281 LIVES ENDANGERED;
AMERICANS ARE ABOARD
But Meager News Received From
Liner Bound From New York
to Havre.
FLAMES DESCRIBED AS FIERCE
Steamer Carries Doctors, Nurses and
Vast Quantity of Supplies for
Allies in European
War

LONDON. March o. lhe
steamship La Touraine is aflre
at latitude 1906 north and longi-
tude 2o.I4 west, according to a
wireless message received here.
Several steamers have gone to
the assistance of the La Iouraine,
the message said.
The message telling Of the fire
was received by Lloyds *rom the
wireless station at Valentia, Ire
land. In addition to giving the
position of the Touraine, it IS
stated that the steamers Rotter-
dam, Swanmore, Cornishman,
Arabic and others were going to
her assistance.
A message from Queenstown
saws that the fire on La Touralne
IS fierce
The London Office of the Com
naynie Generate Trans Allan
tique. which owns La Touraine,
is without special information
concerning the vessel.
2s1 Aboard Vessel.
NEW YORK, March 6.-When La
Touraine sailed away. from this port
last Saturday she had aboard eighty
one passengers, of whom thirty-elgh1
were in the first cabin, the remaining
forty-three being in the steerage. The
vessel was one of six big liners to
leave this port the same day, the
sailin;-s being the heaviest recorded
here for some time.
At the local Offices of the French
line it was said this morning that no
information had been received re-
garding the Touraine, which was re-
ported in wireless to London as
being on fire. Maritime circles. how
ever. received word from abroad that
all the passengers and crew were
safe, but this information was not con-
ffrrned here.
Shortly after l o'clock it was announced
at the local offices that no Information as
day and the offices were closed for the
usual Saturday half-holiday-
on board the Touraine were 1854
cases Of cartridges intended for use
In the European war
First-Class Passengers.
The frst-class passenger list follows
Aususte Goulet, Montreal; CASTOR Levy,
New York; 3. Feinberg. Brooklyn; DIR.
J. l.. Wheelwright, New York: DR.. ]. c.
Walker. New York; Mrs. J. C. Walker.
New York: Miss Ceclie Wettach, Balm
bridge, Mass Louis Gautrand. Pough-
keepsie. y, T.: Mrs. Agnes Crab,
Havana Miss Helen Crab, Havana
julius Simon Treult, Montreal; Ralph
Simpson. New Haven; Edmond Fravel,
Montreal Benoit Delpuech, New York
Eugene Mozet. San Francisco; Joseph T.
M4urcr New York: Emile Pares, New
Yori. Mrs Alice o. L. Andrews, Boston
Master Ralph Andrews, Boston: Fran
co.'s Repusseau. New York; Wood Fos-
dycl,, New York Robert Alphonse, New
York, Raymond Rolf Swoboda, New
York, and Paul Faguet, general agent
French line. New York
Physicians and Nurses.
Also the following physicians and
nurses bound from the French Hos
pital In New York city to the Ameri-
can ambulance in Paris: DIR. John S
Irwin. DR.. W. ]. Braddock. Dr. A. O.
Jinies. Misses Florence Gordon
J3ugenia II. Lyons. Mollie McGrath
Dorothy OConnell, Victoria FRANKFORT
Cathlyn O'Hanlon, Ellen O'Hanlon
Alma Marie Mccormick Nellie Bur
iette Parsons and Beda Peterson and
Thomas J. Burke, jr., nurses
The list of steerage passengers, total
Iy,-- Fr.- fFr tod fityn .,