| Show BIG STEAMER STEAMERS IS S BURNING ON OREGON COAST Congress Anchors Off Coos Bay Enveloped in Smoke and Flames Burst Forth as Rescue Work Goes On 23 PERSONS ABOARD TIL TRANSFERRED SAFELY All Taken to Marshfield Passengers on Reali Realizing Their Danger Vessel Tessel r Totally Destroyed WIRELESS CALLS AID M MARSHFIELD j Ore Sept 14 Fire Firo tonight completely de do- the Pacific Coast Steamship company's liner Con Congress ess two miles off Coos Bay bar Several vessels which rushed to io her a assistance in response response re response re- re to distress calls helped remove her passengers ers and crew The dredge Col CoI p P. P S S. S chie docked at North Bend near here tonight tonight to to- tonight night with all all the pas passengers engers and the crew of the tho Congress persons safe on hoard board Not a life was lost nor a single person injured In transferring th the passengers rs and crews crew only onh one man fell tell Into the thc wu water er r c l U rr fleig ot of ot St St. t. t LoUt Louis Mo 10 who was ws very cn Ill III was wn transferred carefully carefully care caro- fully from tho Congress to the tho Michie All tho pass passengers and most of the crew w went nl ashore at North Bend where the they are bein being care cared for n r In Wh n the dredge redge Michie and the gas as sc Tillamook reach reached d the Congress Con on gress bre s the they found the liner almost com corn completely shrouded In smoke e an and the passengers pas pas- sener fighting frantically to to enter the lifeboats ts Despite Despite- the stress of or the situation however Capt N N. F K E. Cousins and his crew managed to keep control and the work of ot transferring the persons persons per per- PerSons sons aboard to the rescue vessels was carried out in an orderly mariner manner Before the last boatload in which was tar aM Captain Cousins left the Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress the smoKe an and heat were almost unbearable Flames were shooting out of the ventilators and up the passageways passage passage- ways Shortly at after r the last lifeboat got ot awa away half tho vessel was on fire tire Soon afterward the flames names enveloped doped her from stem stern to stern lighting the sky toa toa to toa a crimson hue hup With th the wind an and tide the steamer then began egan drifting in to towar toward toward to- to war ward the spit on Coos l bay The crew of if r the lifesaving station hia illa in ill ina a power boat reached the Congress shortly horth after afler the tho Michie and ami the Till TIJI Tillamook amoo arrived cd and helped remove th the passengers and crew crow to the tho two latter vessels Aid Id It- It The fire tire was discovered at about out 3 p p. in m. near the second hold in the steerage cabin No o wor word was received from the Congress however cr until nearly nearly nearly near near- ly 5 p m m. The main wireless set of or orthe the liner became disabled led at about 4 flashed lashed calls caUs fo for tor p. p m m. and the operator aid by means of oC an auxiliary set getting getting getting get get- ting tho the Coos COOM ba bay station by y the tile latter At Al that time th the steamer was running for tor Coos bay She was wa compelled t to come to a stop two miles off ore the en entrance en- en trance Tho The Great Northern was the thc only steamer on tho the outside to r respond spond to the calls for tor ai aid As 15 she sho was some distance south and could not reach tho the scene before 10 lJ p. p m. m word was later Continued on Page C o STEAMER URNS BURNS BURNSON ON OREGON COAST Passengers and Crew TransI Transferred Trans Trans- I erred From Front Congress in Nick of Time Continued From om Page Pasc 1 I. I sent by hy the tho MI MIchie that she need not t come The Congress came to a l stop off ort the tho Coos Bay bar at about p m. m and was anchored between two buoys with her hor stern pointed toward the beach Boats were lowered at once and people from the shore saw the people taken acro across s the thc intervening space iri ir the dredge Michie It was was daylight and yet the flames were plainly visible breaking from the stern of the craft The work of ot rescuing rescuing ICS res res- res cuing the passengers ers went on with great precision and those with glasses la ses saw the tho forward deck covered with many persons getting getting- away awny from the tho fiercest of ot the na flames s. s The gasoline schooner Tillamook arrie arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived ri just before the last of or the passengers pas paz ers seng-ers were removed S Scene Seene DC Weird p ni R. Night Fell The as night ht closed In was weird The heavy smoke of or the burnIng burnIng burn- burn Ing irig vessel essel obscured her from sight at several points along the beach but those who went to the lighthouse had hadan hadan hadan an unimpaired I view Several small boats were coming comin down the ba bay and they were lost to sight night ht as the they entered tie tho smoke which hovered over o the burning ship The Simpson which reached the Con Congress too late to assist and the tho Tillamook stood b by after the Michie departed at Several other vessels Including the steamer Yellowstone also were re- re In the vicinity of or the buining burn buin- i ing liner at a late hour tonight The Thc c. c cause uS of or the fire Cire on the Congress Congress Con Con- gress remains to be bc determined It is believed that it must have havo made modo considerable con con- headway before being beins discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered as tho the vessel essel became enveloped in n smoke in a comparatively short time after it became known that she was ablaze Carried d ilu 3 Passengers San Francisco Fj Sept 14 The The ConTess Cong Congress Con Con- g gress Tess which Is the tho largest vessel In Inthe Inthe inthe the fleet of the Pacific Coast Steamship Steamship Steamship Steam Steam- ship company left hero yesterday for Seattle with first cabin passengers ers and 37 in the steerage One hundred and t twelve wehe of ot tim the passengers were froni flOm rom southern California a ports Capt V. V 13 B Cousins Is In command of ot the Congress and the steamer carries a crew of about The Congress Cou which was built In InIn in In at Camden N N. N J. J at a cost of or orl l is a a. steel steamer of tons ons feet long IonS and 55 feet broad She ho Is the finest vessel essel on the Die run be between between between be- be tween San Francisco and Seattle E E. E C C. Ward Yard vice Ice president of the tho Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- Coast Steamship company and H. H Brandt Bandt representing the thc passenger de department do- do left Seattle tonight on a special special ape ape- cial train for Marshfield according t word vord received by tho the steamship compan compan company com com- pan pany here for tho the purpose of rendering all ill possible aid to the passengers of ho tho ConST Congress ss |
