Evening star., 1915-09-13
MAY Mean Different Ship.

if his ship were actually on fire or in
distress in any way.
May Mean Different Ship.
"It is possible that the fire which oc-
Cured on the Joseph w. Fordney, one
of the firms American ships. was re-
sponsible for the message regarding the
SAINT Anna said Mr.. Jones. THE
Fordney. which is a freighter. sailed
from Archangel, Russia, August 18, for
New York. Last Wednesday fire was
discovered in one of her holds among
500 bales of fax.
The Fordney put into st. Johns, n.
F., Wednesday and the fire department
there got the flames under control and
the ship sailed yesterday for New
York. The vessel was reported yester-
day by the Cape Race radio station as
being all right
Mr.. Jones announced today that he
had sent the following message to the
home Office of the line in Marseille,
France:
Newspapers report Santana. on fire.
latitude 1923, longitude 47.30. Have no
confirmation of this from captain.
Hope this baseless."
Mr.. Jones also said he had telegraph
ed to Halifax for information.
Wireless Received at Halifax.
The message received at Halifax
stated the SAINT Anna was on fire, in
distress and needed assistance. Her
position was given as latitude 1923
north, longitude 47.38 west. This is
approximately $50 miles southeast of
Halifax, and as the SAINT Annals radio
equipment was not powerful. it was
thought the message had been relayed
by a steamer much nearer Halifax
than the position given for the SAINT
Anna.
The SAINT Anna sailed from New York
September for Naples, Genoa and
Marseille, with seventeen f1rst-class,
forty four second class and 1903 steer
age passengers. With few exceptions
all of the steerage passengers were
Italian reservists who had come to New
York from all parts OF the United
States.
The first cabin passengers are H. g.
Demeli, New York city: Mrs Demel.
his mother; Miss Martha Landry. New
New Haven, Conn; Mrs. A. Leland
Gambinoss and Miss G. Leland Gambi-
nossi of San Francisco. Miss Bertha
Crocker and Miss E. Laughton of Lake
Placid, N. Y: Mrs. J. r. Putnam; Miss
Doando. her daughter, six years of
age; Miss NJ. Barincou, New York city;
Mrs Eleonara Doremus Smith and Mr..
and Mrs. II. G. Beall. New York city:
c. A. Stewart. Philadelphia; Rev. Ed
ward McGrath, Providence, and Miss
F. Feller, Philadelphia.
Carries Cargo of Foodstuffs.
When the SAINT Anna sailed from
sisting largely of foodstuffs. Accord
ing to her owners here there were
no arms or ammunition aboard.
,f
set on fire recently" said Mr.. Jones.
I'VE have had the vessels under the
closest kind of watch while in port
and no Germans or Austrians were
permitted on the pier. We examined
every piece of freight offered as cargo
to guard against bombs and Internal
machines"
1t was said today that the sailing
DELAYED twenty-four hours to permit a
thorough search because the sus-
picions of her officers had been
aroused by rumors that bomb had
been placed aboard.
No Word Received Today.
HALIFAX, n. s., September 13.-The
marine and fisheries department here
has received no word from the liner
SAINT Anna since the brief message re-
ceived last night by way OF Cape Race
telling of her plight nearly 1000 miles
off this port
Agent Harvey said today that the
steamer was directly in the lane of
travel between New York and Mediter-
ranean ports and he believed that by
this time other steamers were stand :
ing by.
The department here is not sending
OUT rescue steamers. because OF the
great distance of this port from the
scene.