Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 48 | 780 Saved from Sinking Steamer

78 SAVED FROM SINKING STEAMER Wounded French and Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese Saved by Timely Assistance By Associated Press HONOLULU T. T H. H I. I May fa 25 Thc The Pacific Mall Mail lal steamship Colusa which arrived arrived ar ar- rived here yesterday from Indian ocean ports en rou route roue to San Francisco brought the tho story stor of how she rescued passengers passengers pas pas- senser a little more than a a month ago aso from Irons the French liner Andre Lebon which sank on eu a mud flat fat with her he decks awash wash In a gale sale In tho thic Straits of oC According to the story told tOlI tole b by tho the officers of of- leers of thc tue Colusa she received the wireless call cal for help from the stranded steamer on the thc I ht of oC April Apri 5 5 The narrow curving channel of or tho the straits made speed sliced dangerous but the tho Colusa made as good gool tood time as possible and reached the Andre Lebon early tho the fol fol- following lowing morning n By this time the tho French rench liner had listed dan dangerously an and the water was I sweeping across her main deck although h the thc gale Jalc had moderated Some of oC the tho passengers h had been landed lande on a small Imal b torpedo boa boat mud island by a Japanese boat With Wih the aid of this vessel sel OO Chinese coolies cooles 50 wounded French veterans and thirty members of th the Andre Andro Lebon crew were transferred to lo the thc Colusa be beIn being being be- be In ing later hater landed in Singapore Nearly early three hundred other passengers were taken off orf h hy Japanese warships which arrived later The Andre Lebon was wa of tons and was waa en route from Irom Sal Saigon on to Hong Hong- kon kong when she strand cd Her passenger list Hat was made up entirely of French sol soldiers s-oh- s rl- rl diers and Chinese coolies who wise had been wounded or otherwise disabled on ott tho the western front in Europe and who had all al been Invalided in from Irons active service