Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-15
Passengers go Crazy and Fight Aboard as Big Ship Races for Shore-Rescue Boats Save All.
 WHOLE SKY LIT UP
 ASLAST SOUL LEAVES Ill-fated Ship Was Finest on Coast, New, and Carried 25O Passengers, and Crew of 17O-Cost $1,250,OO0.
(By Review Leased Wire)

MARSHFlElD, Ore-, Sept. i7. With her hold mass of flames the Pacific Coast Steamship com pany's liner Congress raced against death for the entrance of Coos Bay late today and safely landed her passengers and crew to the dredge Col. p. H. Michie. Shortly after the last soul on board had been disembarked, the Congress fiared up like torch from stem to stern and was eom- pIeteIy destroyed. All the passen- gers and members of the crew were landed from the Michie at North Bend near here shortly after 10 p. m. tonight. None of them suffered from any injury.
 MARSHFIElD, Sept. 14.-FIre t1nioht completely destroyed the Pacific Coast Steamship Compa- ny's liner Congress two miles off Coos Bay. Several vessels which rushed to her aid in response to distress calls, helped remove her passengers and crew. It is be-. lieved that no lives were lost, al- though this will not be learned until all boats which went to the Congress rescue have reported.
 Passengers crazed.
 When the dredge Michie and the schooner Tillamook reached the Congress, they found the liner almost completely shrouded in Smoke and the passengers fight ing frantically to enter the life boats. Despite the strife, how ever. Captain N. E. Cousins and his crew managed to maintain control and the work of transfer ring the people aboard to the res cue vessels was carried out in an orderly manner.
 Heat Intense.
 Before the last boat load, in whic was Captain Cousins. left the Col gress the smoke and heat were a most unbearable. Flames were shoo ing out of the ventilators and up tn passage ways.
 EnveIoped in Flames.
 Shortly after the last boat gC away half the vessel was on fir Soon afterward the flames envelope her from stem to stern. lighting tn sky to a crimson hue. With the win the steamer began drifting into th shoals on Coos Bay.
 The crew of the life saving st tion in a power boat reached th Congress shortly after the Michie an the Tillamook arrived, and helped r move the passengers and crew to tn two latter vessels.
 According to word reaching her the fire was discovered at about D. m. in the second hold in stee age cabin. No word was receive from the Congress, however, regar' ing the fire until nearly p. m.
 Wireless Disabled.
 The main wireless set of the line became disabled at about p. m. an the operator flashed calls for aid b means of an emergency set, gettin the Coos Bay station by the latte At that time the steamer was rul hing for Coos Bay. She was compel sd to come to a stop two miles off tn entrance.
 The Great Northern was the onl steamer on the outside to respond t the call for aid. As she was som distance south and could not reac the scene before 10 p. m. word wa later sent by the Michie that sh need not come.
 Flames Drive Passengers.
 The Congress came to a stop O the Coos Bay about $40 p. m. an was anchored between two buoy with her stern pointed toward tf beach. The Michie was soon at th scene. Boats were lowered at ono and the passengers went on wit great precision and those with glasse saw the forward deck was covere with many persons getting away frol the fiercest of the flames.
 The scene as night closed in wa