Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-14
CITY OF Honululus Passen-
gers and Crew on
WAY to Port.
ALL ARE TRANSFERRED
TO ARMY TRANSPORT
United States Ship Thomas
Takes Those Rescued OFF
West faralon.
icy Assc ciated pr.ssl


SAN FRANCISCO. oct I3.-Th:
United States Army transport Thomas
rs stcain!n4 tonight toward San
Francisco with ISL passengers and
the crew Of the steamship Cltv ot
He no!ulu. which is drifting. "A burned
nulk. on tHe sea lanes TO The ssuth-
west. Army transport s.rvic. Of
fciala here figure The Thomas should
arrive sunday. The point where the
Thomas tooH OF the pass"nEcrs am.
crew of the Iionoi;.!g from ,hc West
faraion. which re"cu"d them from
he s"ns ah"ut Tn" burning 'i'nylulu
j. some so miles southwest OF san
Fra...scu.
Word IRON. the ;rausgOr; to tu- A.
soc'ai"d Press tOG.y by thc wirut. ~
service o: ihn federal Telegraph Com
p"ny. "aS To ;he c."ct tnat the
passengers "er- in good sy!rity. and
'hcy evidently showed no fear when
the iiiA crrpt around i!.-nl on the
great Liner and forced them Into the
sea in s'aall boats - await what
proved to be a kindly fate. The tons
Of watcr poured into the Ionvluiu's
compartments caused her Ia lis; hcav-
!ly TO port. according tc word from
the Thonaa.
Honolulu SIM Burninr.
Swinging tho stricken vessels
small boats outbDard OIL the port side.
greatly increased the rescue hazard
Later the great vessel r:ghted her
self 40 inat the boats could lie lower
ed with greater facility. Word from
The West Faralon tonight was tka;
the Honolulu still vas burning Day
reports told OF the caVinE IN OF hcr.
superstructur.. this destruction start
ing with the "oilapsinG Of one Of her
stacks and an alter mast LctDrc tho
famcs.
The ocean Swclls Sent up clouds O.:
steam as IL! !apped aga nst M.:'
hlistsrinc hot Sid-s. hut she continued
Ia ride The seus .asiiy, and shor .A
TO Indicate ns that tho 1nnir. which
ra .cd h"r w"rld s.ri hrr 10 III" BOZ
tom. The hui. wss too hot to he
approached today according to Il r;,d,o
from tho West r'aIa'"n 10 tnr agents.
Struthers y Rarry. here. Tie rcaru.
bf at "as told Ia stand by" until
II could he d.tcrrniroG whrthc. sn.
should tow tito mainland port or
merely wal, until salvage vessels ar.
rived. The Honolulu having been
changed hy the fir" from :, beautiful,
swift liner 10 tina; nautical hazard
known as a "mcnare To navigation"
sho must be closely watched.
Rescue Work Effective.
All messages received here said
that the work OF rescue wac. as cf-
fective as though 1t had been con-
sistrntly rshearsrd.
According to wireless message
from the Thomas, the greatest hard
shiP suffered hy the passengers was
their experience OF seven hours on
Z =. I,
West Fara!on and the Mason liner
Enterprise were steaming toward
them.
according 10 a msssag" from, Cap
tain II. VI. Walk. OF the FaraIon. tho
tire had destroyed all of the Homo
lriu'e upper works. and her hull was
evidently 50 warped and twisted by
the flames tina; salvage would lie oct
OF ;hs question.
T"day's reports are lacking any de-
failing Of psrsonal experiences or of
tn" losses suffered by passengers and
crew. There We're words Of praise
however for the manner in wkicn
Captain fiar l.. Lesser, OF the Hon
olulu and the crew handled tic
emergency. The passengers wanted
:" stay with the b"noiulE according
TO the message from the Themes, in
the b"i!ct that the-iire would be got
ton under control. They were told.
however. tina; the tight against tho
hrc was proving losing one. Tho
arrival Of the Thomas is not 10 b..
made public spectacle, according TO
transport authorities. The public
VIII be Kept OFF the handing dock. but
relatives aLd memhers OF tho press
Wiii be permitted ON the tra nspor,.
ne probable cause of tn. lire vas
given as defective wiring in the seq
ond cabin, according to the message
from The Thomas. Tho usual inyes-
tiSai!"n hN the United States Steam
boat Inspection Service is expected To
go into this fully.