Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-14
SURVIVORS Of A
BURNING VESSEL
TAKEN ON BOARD
ARMY TRANSP0R!
Two Hundred and Sixty-0ne
Passengers and Members
Of the Crew Are Being
Brought to San Francisco
EVERYBODY SAID TO
BE IN GOOD SPIRITS
Work of the ReScuers Was
as Effective as Though
1t Had Been Consistently
RehearSed, Report,

San Francisco, Oct. 13 Cby the
Associated Press,) Tile veteran
United States army transport Is
steaming in the Pacific ocean to-
ward San Francisco with the 26l
passengers and members of the
crew of the liner City of Honolulu,
which is drifting, Il burned out
hulk, on the sea lanes to the SOUTH
west. BY the closest figuring that
can be arrived at by army trans
port service officials here, the
Thomas should arrive Sunday.
The Thomas is capable of twelve
knots an hour, but is usually held
to ten or less, or total distance
of 2S5 miles a day. The point
where she took off the passengers
and crew of the Honolulu from the
Faralon, which rescued them from
the seas about the burning Homo
lulu is some 620 miles southwest Of
San Francisco, the army transport
officials said,
Showed No Fear.
Word from the big transport to
the Associated Press today by the
wireless service of the Federal
Telegraph company was to the ell
feet that the passengers were in
good spirits, and that they evil
IDENTIFY showed no fear when the
fire crept around them on the
great liner and forced them to be
thrust into the sea in small boats
to await what proved to be a kind
ly fate. The tons of water poured
into the Honolulu's blazing COM
partments caused her to list heav-
lily to port and greatly increased
the rescue hazard. Later the YES
sci righted herself so that the boats
could be lowered with greater IA
cility.
Word from the West Faralon to-
night was that the Honolulu was
still burning. Day reports told of
the caving in of her superstruc-
ture, this great work of destruc-
ton starting first with the col
lapsing of one of her stacks and
an after mast before the flames.
The ocean swells sent up clouds
of steam as they Tapped against
her blistering hot sides, but she
continues TO ride the seas easily,
and showed no indication that the
flames which raked her would send
her to the bottom. The blackened
hull was much too hot to be ap-
preached today, according to ra-
dio from the West Faralon to her
agents, Struthers and Barry, here.
The rescue boat was told to "stand
by until it could be deter mined
whether she should tow it to
mainland port or merely wait until
salvage vessels arrived. On ac-
count of the Honolulu having been
changed by the fire from a beau
tiful swift liner to that nautical
hazard known as a menace TO
navigation" she must be closely
watched,
Seven Hours on Open Sea.
All messages received here said
that the work of rescue was as ef-
feetive as though it had been con-
sistently rehearsed, According to
a wireless message from the Thom-
as, the greatest hardship suffered
by the passengers was their eX-
perience of seven hours on the
open sea. while the Thomas, the
West Faralon and the Matson lin
er Enterprise were steaming to-
ward them.
According to a message received
from Captain NJ NJ Walk of the
Faralon, the fire had destroyed all
of the Honolulu's upper works, and
her hull was evidently so warped
and twisted by the flames that sal
wage will be out of the question.
The probable cause of the fire
was given as defective wiring In
the second cabin, according to
from the Thomas. The
usual investigation by the United
States Steamboat Inspection sery-
ice is expected to go into this
fully.