The evening world., 1920-07-12


Ahe passenger list Of the cOmus bul
Mr Cooper said the chip has accom-
modations for 70 first cabin passsn-
trrh 30 second cabin passengers and
f,eb bs IN the steerage II Is carrying full
~ capacity. he believes.
The Comus has played a part In
many thrilling dramas Of the sea.
ltt Built at Newport News. Va. the ship
- was launched In 1899. She is sei feet
p ., long, has As-foot beam and OF 4,saO
\ sons.
III One OF the first accomplishments
= of the Comus was 10 break the rec
ord on the trip from New York to
New Orleans, beating the Southern
Pacific liner Sud by 4 hours and 20
minutes. Thousands OF dollars
changed hands on the New Orleans
water front. The ships name first
figured in a tragedy when cotton
bales shot down a loading chute and
killed a worker in'the hold.
In 1905 the comus was pressed into
service by merchants of New Orleans
for the entertainment OF President
so Roosevelt during his visit there.
y,. Ths disAppsaranes o. Bben c. Web
ster. wealthy lumber man from Ban
sor, Ne, from the deck Of the Comus
81 on the way TO New York from New
st korleans In 1907 furnished a mystery
~ .iresultlng in months Of searching and
offers OF large rewards.
.sd 1t was the Comus that went to the
rescue Of both the Antilles and The
Matanzas in the accidents that botel
eA ~ those ships in 1903. in answer 10 wire
r less calls for help.
In 1913 the Comus made an exciting
race TO the Steamer Momus Of the
rr southern Pacific Line, aflre OF the
m Florida coast with sixty-sevea pas
D Hengers on board. The passengers
d were taken on board the Comus in n
r breeches buoy over a steel cable be-
fFi tween the two ships and were enter
( tained by q dance and concert, while |
the Comus stood by and helped fight
N the fire on the Momus. When the
al4 flames were extinguished the paassn- |
~ gers were retransferred and the two |
sN ships pursued on their way.
Z 20 In 1918. twenty-six Chinese. on their |
y way to New Orleans to work on the
.e, fruit docks there, mutinied on board |
Ii the Comus and almost succeeded in |
s'heaYlng First officer NJ. l. Proctor |
,. overheard. There was hand to hand |
s- battle with the crew and shots were |
b fired, several were seriously injured
gh ana one Of the Chinese was killed.
The mutiny was brought to a sudden
end by Mrs Florence Shaw, stew
/ 4 ardeAs. who attacked the Chinese sin
!, gle handed Her attack surprised
- them and they were subduod and
locked in the hold.
In 1915 the comus ran down a barge j,
off Sea Grit but managed TO save the
seven men on board the craft, which
went down.
Charles +. Burke. No. 1854 Fulton
street. Brooklyn, and Thomas wiggin,
No. l67 West 143d Street, steward
and cook respectively on the Lake
FraIhpton, escaped the wreck through
sthe Allness OF the six months old baby
a. of Burke, who was taken down with
- the whooping cough last week, Be
refused 10 sail and his chum Virgins
stayed with him.
The Shipping Board valuation OF 5000
s q ton sets the loss Of the Lake Tramp
ton AT Sb24lOOO.
~ The Lake Frampton was n steel
steamer built at Lorraine, o., In 1918,
\. aor the United states, Shipping Beard.
y The ship was 241 feet long, 43 feet
beam and registered AGO tons
: AT the office OF the steamship COM
ih pany, No. 20 Beaver Street, ohicAala
said the report OF the accident re-
lceived by The Evening World was
4 the first word IL had had since the
vessel left Saturday.