Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-12

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San Francisco. oct. 12-The pas
scnger steamer Honolulu carrying 900
or more tourists. returning from the
Hawaiian Islands was aHre today in
the pacific Ocean and her passengers
were being lowered into life boats.
The Honolulu sent two s. o. s. calls
before $50 this morning which were
picked up by the Matson Line Steamer
Enterprise which Immediately put
about in the hope of reaching the
steamer In four or FIVE hours.
The City of Honolulu is the recon
verted German liner Frederick der
Crosse. During the war she was
known as the Huron and when tho
Shipping Board allocated her TO the
Los Angeles Steamship Company for
passenger and freight carrying be
tween Los Angeles and the Hawaiia n
Islands. she was renamed. the City OF
Honolulu.
The vessel is 500 feet long and has
twin screw propellers.
Captain II. II. Lester is master oi
the City of Honolulu. Other officers
include William B. Brust, first officer.
Temple Murphy. purser; Austin J
Mummert, surgeon.
Radio calls TO the Honolulu from
O'Clock TO $40 were not answered
the Federal Telegraph Company re
ported.
/ f0h ~Enf oil
aboard the vessel had taken 10 tn,
boats.
Thes first message as received wat
| addressed to the Steamer Enterprise
/ which was in latitude 32i7 north and
longitude 1862 west. The message
said the Honolulu was lowering boats
now" and asked the Enterprise ~
she was coming"
Twelve minutes before the Honolulu
sent word that she was lowering
boats, she put out her second 5. o. S
call. This message repeated the prev
lous position of the burning steamer
as latitude 31.07 north and longitud,
! 1910 west.
In addition to the S. o. S. call tn.
Honolulu said a very bad fire wa
raging" on the vessel and immediate
assistance was asked
The Matson Navigation Company
owner OF the Steamer Enterprise
which is bound from Hawaii 10 tn
mainland, said that their vessel wa
rushing to the assistance OF the burn
ing liner and should reach her be
tween noon and I o'clock.
At 9 o'clock this Federal Telegraph
Company received a wireless messag
saying that passengers were lcavin
> the ship.
A message relayed 10 the Matso
offices at the same time by the steame
Enterprise gave the Honolulus pc
sition as 81, 400 miles east of Homo
lulu"
Thirteen minutes before the passeu
gers began TO leave the burning vess,
, the boats We're lowered, the FEEDER,
Telegraph's message stated.
The Federal Company did not ex
pect TO receive further messages ur
less the radio operators remained o
the vessel.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 12.-Wit
some three hundred passengers aboar
the Los Angeles Steamship Con
pany's new steamer City Of Honolul
was reported by wireless today afil
two days off shore from this POI
on the return trip Of its first voyae
between Los Angeles and Honolulu
The City of Honolulu is a ShiI
ping Board vessel of 1900 tons al
= was allocated to the local compar
e for six months trial for service b
{ tween this city and the Hawaiian i
:. lands. 1t left September % with mo
I than 800 passengers, mostly tourist
D and II is believed large number
these We're returning on the vesse'
The position of the City of Honolu
= at 5.5S o'clock this morning was give
S at latitude 31:07 north, and longitu,
- 40 west. according to the last rad
= advices known here TO have been r
ceived from the vessel which we
: picked up by the Federal CompaI
n beach station at San Francisco.
G Three vessels are known to be ne.
@ the City of Honolulu. the Transpo
= Thomas and the Steamers Enterpri
and the City of Los Angeles.
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