The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-09
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| BURNING At SEA
STEAMSHIP WITH NEARLY
THREE HUNDRED PERSONS
ON BOARD AFIRE
MESSAGE SAYS
FIRE is FIERCE
On Board is 139 Rapid-Fire Guns
and 1884 Cases of Cart
ridges
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Ny ANsoriaira Pr,s.)
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20 Assistance Arrives. o
% LONDON. Mar. 7.-n:03 Il. m) q
o "A further message from the
o steamship La Tourainc. received o
o at Queenstown. says that the u
O steamer Rotterdam is standing O
20 by prepared to render every as o
10 sistance. including the transfer OF o
q passengers if necessary. Wireless
messages have been sent out to- o
. the steamers Arabic. Cornish y
o man. Swanmorc and Stanford O
o saying that their assistance is q
10 not now required. q
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LONDON. March 6-uO:20 a. NJ
The steamship La Touraine is afirc at
latitude 4S.06 north and longitude
2014 west. according TO wireless
received here. Five steamers have
gone to her assistance, the message
said
Th wireless was received by Lloyds
from the station az Valencia. Ireland
The steamers Rotterdam, Swanmore;
Cornishman, Arabica and others were
mentioned as having gone to aid the
La Touraine
A message from Queenstown says
that the fire on &Taas Touraine is
fierce" Otherwise this message Is
Il repetition OF the one received by.
Lloyds from the wirless station ut
Valencia
la TOuraine. a steamer of 3,37S
tons. under Captain CausSin, is one
of the older transatlantic liners,
having been built in 1891 She 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 132 lives. Captain
Caussin was one of the first COM
manders of rescue steamers TO get n
boat over in the heavy sea to aid In
rhe rescue work. The captain and
crew were decorated with medals for
their bravery on that occasion.
1t was the captain of La Touraine
who warned the illfated Titanic of
the presence Of icebergs in her
course.
Once before La Touraine was
threatened by fire Flames were dis
covered in the staterooms while she
lay at her dock. in Havre January 2I,
1903. The damage was not serious.
She was withdrawn from service
for time in 1907 because of serious
damage to her machinery. The dis
coyery was made just before she was
due to sail from New York. On an
other occasion q member of her crew
was killed by the bursting of steam
pipe.
When the European war began tile
entire carrying. capacity of La Tour
aine was reserved for Americans
struggling for passage home from
France. She arrived in New York
December 1S, 1914, &c hours overdue
because of hurricanes she encounter
ed. High seas swept her decks while
the passengers were battened down
blow. |e.:
The steamer is $40 feet long with
beam of Sc feet and a depth OF 34.S.
NEW YOE!N, March 6.-When La
Touraine sailed from tlis port last
Saturday she had aboard 6l passeng.
ers OF whom 80 were in the first cabin
and the remaining 43 in the steerage.
The steamer lias n crew OF 200. The
vessel was one of six big liners to
iienRc this port the same fay, the
saftings being the henyiea recorded
here for sornf, time '..ts5
AT the local offices of tn, French
line today twas said that no addi-
honal information regarding La Tou-
raine was expected before Monday
and the Office was closed for the us.
uai Saturday half holiday. An uncon-
firmed private message from abroad
said all the passengers and crew were
safe.
On board La Touraine were 1884
cases of cartridges intended for use
In tho European war.
stored away IN the vessels hold
when Che left was the ammunition
which caused keen apprt hens' IN as
10 the vasselys fate when !: became
known that fire was raging aboard
While nosrecord was kept as tb the
tonnage of this portion of the cargo.
r WAS estimated that the shipment
contained at the very least half mill
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