The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-10-13
ALL SAFE AS
STEAMER BURNS
Passengers, Officers and Crew
Taken From Blazing Vessel
FREIGHT SHIP TO RESCUE
West FaraIon, After Mad Dash, kr-
rives in Time to Take 217 Persons
Manufactured to Take to Boats

san Francisco. Oct. l3.---\lI HE pas
Senger>, officers and crew Of rhc burn
Ing Steamship City OF Honolulu. which
Was abandoned, are safe. according ~
wireless adyiceS received by !hr Fed
eral Telegraph company from the
freight steamer West Faralom.
The city of Honolulu carried - pas
senger> and l4l officers and members
Of the crew. il total of 211.
Captain II. Il. l.u>ter. of the City
of Hoiolulu. reported that all were
aboard the West Faralon. The cob
dition of the City Of Honolulu WH>
rrprted aS Il gigantic pillar o. tia#s'
and smoke. and WAS declared by Ca.
rain Lester to be critical. The West
Faralon lay ii mile away.
Fire broke 0ur aboard the City Il
Honolulu ami spread 50 rap,d.l lhnt
all those on board I,;,G Ia Take II -.n;,i.
boats. The sea Wa >,:Iunth Wh,i. t
ship was abandoned.
The snip WAS hnlueWard bomd Il
San Pedro. Cal, from Honolulu. an.
WAS 1903 miles east oi Honolulu ANA
go miles southwest Of san Pedro
WHEN HE fire started.
The Np>l t';T:..o; vas taking
aboard the paS>tr@l rs 81 the City Of
Honolulu at :: t., i. Nj. according 10 Il
radio message received by the Federal
Telegraph company. The freight
steamer ut that time WAS i'll iatlsuir
81 degrees. ; minutes north, longitude
13l degrees, - minutes west.
The passenger list Of the City of
Honolulu as received here by radio
from Honolulu includes Mrs. Lucille
Edwards New York Frank Z. Hahn
NapoEeon, O., and Frederick Pillio.
Waterville. O.
The City Of Honolulu is the recon
yerted German liner Frederick Der
Crosse. During the war she was
known as the Huron. and when the
shipping board aIlocated her 10 the
Los Angeles Steamship company for
passenger and freight carrying he
tween Los Angeles and the Hawaiian
Islands she was renamed the city nj
Honolulu. The veSS"! is 600 feet lone
and has twin screw propellerS.
Captain H. r. Lester is master ot
the City Of Honolulu.
Captain and gan" leaving ship
goodbye To You all
Thus waS Signalized by wireless the
abandonment uf the burning steamer
City of Honolulu, - tourist paSSen
GERS having set out in life boats ur
She Pacific ocean. 400 miles east o.
Honolulu on the Hawaiian-San Diego
steamship track.
The wireless message reached Sar
Francisco not long after the lifeb0ats
were put out, and it was supposed the
transfer was made in quick time ant
orderly fashion. Shortly before nine
o'clock in the morning the hprnine
steamer sent word that the boats were
being lowered and thirteen minute.
later that the transfer of passenger.
had begun.
The MaSton Navigation company,
ship Enterprise was t closest YES
sci 10 the Honolulu TO pick up tht
early = O.. :. calls. aud She sent wore
rhul she VAS on her way 10 help.
The steamer Enterprise. the nc;l'St
uf three vessels 10 The Honolulu. hat
LOT reached the burning craft Wh"i
he final message was sent. The mes
age indicated. according To Fedora
Telegraph company. which rereiVet
II. that all of the passengers and crew
:.ad raken 10 the lfehuatS.
he three officers We're the last In rc
main on board and that they Were
leaving.