Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-16 | Page 1 | Passengers Die on Blazing Ship

PASSENGERS DIE DIEON DIEON DIEON ON BLAZING DIALING SHIP SNIP Br nor Ass Associated oc I ted Press ADEN Arabia May 16 An 16 An undetermined unde unde- number of persons were killed today when the French motor ship Georges Ph carrying passengers from the far east to Marseilles Marseilles Marseilles Mar Mar- seilles was wrecked by fire ire five miles mUes from Cape Guarda Fui Italian So- So The first hint of fatalities came cam late tonight in a wireless message from the he master of the British ship who assisted in taking off the sur sur- Am burying the corpses of ot young French ft-ench girls the message said Georges still burning this evening The Japanese steamer steam Maru passed an empty lifeboat while hurrying hurrying hurrying hur hur- to the rescue In addition to the a soviet ship was standing by bv assisting in the work of getting ot off the passengers The steamer Contractor which also rushed to the scene took off survivors and others were picked up by the Both these ships are due here tomorrow The captain of the burning steamer was vas reported aboard the soviet liner Neff Others of f the survivors survivors survivors sur sur- were picked up by other steamers steam steam- ers ens but details were not immediately available A raft rait with two members of the crew was reported missing The steamer sent its first S SOS 0 S call at a. a m. m MARSEILLES France ce May fay 16 JP A AThe I IThe The The liner Uner Georges reported report report- ed cd burning off oft Italian today today today to to- day was returning from its maiden voyage to China It left Yokohama April 17 and touched at Shanghai Saigon Sai Sal gon Singapore Poona and Colombo It 11 was due at tomorrow and at Marseilles May 28 The passenger cr list has not yet been received here It was assumed that most of the passengers were from lom Indo