Evening star., 1937-03-14
us. CRUISER SAVES
D. c. WOMAN AND I
ON BURNING SHIP
Mrs. Katherine GrenfeII Ra-
docs She Is Safe in
Pacific Rescue.
BRITISH FREIGHTER
CREW STAYS ABOARD
Will Try to Take Vessel, Ablaze
Three Days, Into Honolulu.
Destroyer Near.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, March 13-The cruiser
Louisville raced more than $50 miles
in less than u hours to rescue eight
passengers adrift in lifeboats from the
flaming British ship Silverlarch today.
The Louisville took aboard four
women and four men passengers in the
midPacif1c maritime drama.
The Silverlarchs crew of 40 chose
to battle on against the flames in her
hold, riSking getting their ship to
Honolulu, 400 miles away.
The Louisville radioed the Associated
Press it had transferred the pas
sengers without mishap" and listed
them as follows.
Mrs. Katherine Grenfell, Washing
ton, D. c.; Miss Helen A. Weller and
Mrs. Michael Weller, Stroudsburg, Pa. :
Mrs. Gladys Norris, New York; Mr..
1. c. Lewis, Darlington. R. l.: Mr..
Harry Dobert, New York; Mr.. G.. N.
Camp, New York, and DR.. A. T.
Wilson, Cincinnati
The message said the passengers
were on world cruise and had ex-
pressed a desire to return to Honolulu.
The Louisville will place them aboard
the destroyer Waters. with Honolulu
as her destination IF the weather
moderates sufficiently" the radio
gram read.
The message said the Louisville
transferred the passengers at Sol
Eastern standard time The Louisville
arrived at the scene at 4:46 pm,
Eastern standard time. The passen-
gers had been adrift less than three
hours
Captain Thanks Rescuers.
Frelghter Capt. F. H Henderson
Wirelessed congratulation to Capt. w.
S. Farber Of the Louisville on his sea-
manship and speed and thanked him
for rescuing the passengers. Neither
ship reported details of the transfer.
The Silverlarch announced her in
tention of proceeding to meet the
Coast Guard cutter Roger P. Taney
and with Taney in attendance hope
to take vessel to Honolulu"
Persistence of the flames. which
alternately had flared and receded for
three days, caused the Silverlarch to
stop her engines shortly before noon
as she was heading with all possible
speed toward Honolulu and the on
coming Louisville.
Sensing new danger Capt. Hender-
son then sent out a call saying the
flames were creeping again" and that
he would stand by pending the
cruisers arrival.
Destr0yerS Race to Scene.
That call, at 2:31 pm. eastern
standard time, brought the destroyers
Rathburne, Talbot, Waters and Dent
also racing to the scene from near
Pearl Harbor, toward which they were
bound.
The steamer Memphis City, which
found herself within 50 miles of the
Sllverlarch, also volunteered aid, but
Capt. Henderson advised her she
could continue on her course.
Capt. Anderson asked the Louisville
for instructions on the handling OF
llfeboats as the cruiser approached
and soon the passengers We're being
rowed to the war vessel.
The oil-laden 5,l22-ton ship de-
veloped fire in her hold early Thurs
day. She reported the blaze, but
shortly thereafter advised it ap-
parently was under control.
The flames leaped up again yester-
day.
Several commercial ships were in
the general area, but not near enough
for quick rescue.
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