Show CREW IS NEAR STARVATION SteaDier l' l 1 Fights I Way 0 Across Acro crol I UK- UK lo lug Deck Fixtures Fixture for Fuel lIet Melbourne Australia Feb 1 l.- l. ManY lan weeks overdue with the distress signal flying the steamer lumber lumber- laden from Astoria Ore to Melbourne limped Into port today with her cabin fixtures blazing under the boilers and the cr crew w all but starved The oil burnIng burnIng burn- burn Ing log apparatus failed carl early In the theo o voyage voyage voy voy- age and tho the steamer fought her wa way across the Pacific on her small coal supply t and fixtures to make steam She averaged less than half speed and before sho ho homade her stores gave out entirely made port Only a few tew of ot her crew when sho she were strong tronG enough for duty arrived |