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Show FRENCH LINER IS ON FIRE FAR OUTJN OCEAN Vessel Has From 1600 to 1700 Italian Reservists on Board and Is Bound for Port of Naples. STEAMER CARRIES NO WAR MUNITIONS No Details Given in Wireless Wire-less Message as to Cause of Blaze; Members of Firm Very Anxious. HALIFAX. Sept. 12. The Kronen 'steamer Sant Anna is on fire at sea. according to a wireless message re-"reived re-"reived by the marine department from i the Cape Rae station lare tonight. The message said: Steamer Sant' Anna in distress, on 6 re and in need of assistance, position, latitude 40.23 north: longv ! tude 47.30 west. The position given is in the track 'of transatlantic liners. The Sant" Anna registers 5S14 tons and is owned by the Fabre line. Cap tain Pay is in command. She is bound from New York to Mediterranean Mediter-ranean ports. Reservists on Board. Between 1600 and 1700 Italian re-eer re-eer are passengers oc board the San: 1 Anna, according to the local agents of the Hue, James W. Ewell 4: Co.. here tonight. The Aip also carries a large cargo of Mrehaadiaa The Sant' Anna carried no munitions of war or inflammable materials of ay kind, according to Howard K. Jones, a member of the firm of local I agent3. Her cargo consisted chiefly of foodstuffs. t Nearly all of the Italian reservists were among the steerage passengers, Mr. Jones stated, there being -ompara-- tively few first and second -class cabin passengers. Owners Anxious. None of the members of the firm of local agents o: the Fabre line had re-. re-. L-eired any direct information from the 1 3am' Anna tonight. They inquired anxiously about the reported position of the vessel given in the wireless message received at Halifax. Mr. Jones said that the position of the vessel, as given in the wireless message, would put her about 960 miles southeast of Halifax, or nearly in mldocean. The Sam' Anna, be said, sailed from 'his port on September S. She was due -to reach Naples, her first stop, in from ten and a half to eleven days. No Munitions Carried. . 'The Sant' Anna carried no munitions of war,' said Mr. Jones. "In fact, the Fabre line has not been carrying any arms or ammunition to ports 1-n the Med-iteranean Med-iteranean touched by its steamers. I cannot understand the cause of the fire. Her merchandise cargo was made up of foodstuffs and provisions."' Besides the large number of Italian reservists re-servists aboard the Sant' Anna, the ship carried a small number of first and second sec-ond class passengers. Her crew numbered num-bered about 100. The Sant' Anna is a steel twjn screw steamship, she is 510 feet long and has heen engaged in transatlantic freight and Passenger service for a number of years. After touching at Naples the Sant Anna An-na wag to stop at Marseilles and deliver Parr of her cargo. Captain Pavy, who 1 1 in command of the ship, is one of the , oldest skippers In the service of the line. |
