The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
STEAMER STANDS |
BY BURNING LINER
Late Wireless Says Rotterdam
Will Tow la Touraine
Safely To Port
(By the Associated Press

London. March :. Q:0S q ns4-.
La Touraine)-A further ne>seaa
frrom the steamship, La T0or8#rs
received at Queenstown, says that ina
steamer, Rotterdam, Is Standlug rv
prepared to render every assistance
including the transfer Of PASSENGER.
if necessary. Wireless nlessa se- f.ve
been sent out TO the steamers Arabic
Cornishman. SWanmOre, and stan
ford, saying that their aesistarc, iv.
not now required.
Meantime, however. q :. =. s. has
been picked up by a British cruiser aI
patrol duty in the Atlantic and She
had proceeded at top speed to Ue
assistance of la Tourainc. Ber aie
is not considered necessary. a. the
captain Of the Rotterdam has pre4n5.-
ed to stand by La Touraire arr reIs
safely naVigated to por1.
When the Rotterdam reached liz
Iouraine. the crew OF the latter lesa
sci were fighting the ire with every
means at this disposal.
The Fire Nas ';crce
London, March 6.-Tne STEAMSHIP,
| Ia, Tuurain. is afire at Latitude $500
| North and longitude 20.14 wes4 .--
. cordine 10 a wireless received 44sse.
/ Five steamer have gone to har
sistance. the message said
| The wireless was r~ceiNr0
! l-loyds from The station at EGal,.
| Ireland. The steamers Nollrtdau.
! Swanmore. Cornishnlan, Arabic auG
! others We're mentioned as having e..l-
,cto aid La Touraint-
! \ message from QueenetoWu ats
| that the FIRE on La Tuur@ine -
'Ederce.' Otherwise this ne@sy- II
repetition Of the one received eg
I.loyds fIon4 tbs wireless station al
| Valencia.
The London office Of the Com.
uie Generale Trans-At!anti4Je @-icf
owns La 'Touraine, Is without epe#5
Information concerning the vessel
Has Had Eventfui Career.
La TOuraine, 3 steamer ~ #.Gt5
tons. under Captain Caussln, IS ont
Of the older transatlantic liners, hav
,ng been built in 1891. She ha
played an interesting role in ocea.
travel. She arrived IN New York @.
October 2S, 1913, with forty-t0o pc
sons which she rescued from The ifa
| MUM liner NOlturno which burned Z
sea, with the loss Of 1872 lives. Capt5l'
Caussin was one Of the first command
ers Of rescue steamers to set q boa
over in the heavy sea to aid 10 b
rescue work. The captain and grey
were decorated with medals for het
| bravery on that occasion.
1t was the captain Of La Tcufaln
who warned the ili-fated Jitanl- &
the presence of icebergs IN her coufs
, Once before LaTouraine was thre.
ened by fire. Flames were dlsCNFel
, ed in the state roms while she lay
= her dock in HaVre, January Il l@e
. The damage was not serious.
She was withdrawn from scIrH
. for a time in 1907 because oi Serlo,
. damage to her machinery. The d.
.. covery was made just before she w
- due to sail from New York. ON al
- other occasion i member Of her Cr@
= was killed by the bursting Of . stea
e pipe.
When the European war began, u
entire carrying capacity Of La Iou
> alne was reserved for America
= struggling for passage home fro
8 France. She arrived in New 1oF
l. December 18, 1914, thirty-SiY hou
~ overdue because of hurricans sh: e
L countered. High seas swept her r.
' the passengers were battened az;
az below.
The steamer is $40 feet long VIII
beam of 56 feet and a depth or ga