Show V V ADRIFT IN V IN SEA DISASTER P PASSENGERS A AND V CREW Of VESSEl JA TAKE E TO DOA BOATS IS Part of Men en Stay Behind I Ito to Work Pumps on Disabled Disabled Disabled Dis Dis- Dis- Dis Craft BULKHEADS GO OUT Craft Ships Wat Water r. r After Losing Propeller By SIR MAYN MAYNARD RD HEDSTROM SUVA Fiji Islands Aug 16 United Press Press Fully Fully a dozen doxen small lifeboats containing passengers passengers pas Pal and crew members of the disabled steamer Tahiti bobbed on the surface of the south Pacific today while four rescue vessels raced to their assistance V Lifeboats were ordered out today I when the cn engine lne room bulkheads orthe of or the Tahiti gave e way after it lost host its propeller It Il learned 1 definitely by radio a advices r received ei ed here that the Tahiti Tahiti Ta Ta- a- a hiti hili carried passengers man many of them being prominent citizens of tho the United States but efforts to learn earn their names were not suc suc- V STAY WITH VESSEL V According to local shipping men the the- Tahiti carried always a a. crew of Pr pC at least men men a and sometimes lad had had Several m members mb rs of ot th the the- with el ith the Tahiti to to to save 5 It If by keeping the pumps wa water water water- er ou out 0 OL or of the toe in ne pumps wa water water water- er ou out 0 OL or of the toe in ne flooded engine r rooms oms Estimates here are that that p persons perSons per per- r- r sons took to to the the lifeboats while perhaps ps a a. dozen dozea or fifteen crew mem members ers remained on the ship V fl The e T Tahiti lost host It its propeller east of t here not far tar from the Int international rna rna- nal dateline V The boats are approxImately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately miles mlles from cI civilization tion Ion making rescue work a difficult I project I The The- Ventura Matson M company I liner the Toua island Intel steamer steam steam- er the tho V a a a. Norwegian Freighter and another r Norwegian fr freighter whoso name name was was was' nat hot 1 t learned ar art are en route to the tile T Tahiti hiU M MAY Y ARRIVE T TODAY DAY The two Norwegian ships ships' na ma may reach the while the Ventura miles away cannot reach the tho boats until some sometIme sometime time tomorrow Captain of the tho Tahiti gave his position as 26 degrees 27 7 minutes minutes min mm- utes south latitude degrees 5 6 minutes west cst longitude Just b before rore he sent his final rInal SOS call which said sald th that t lifeboats were being lowered low low- ered That was the last Jast word from Lom the disabled boat V The vessel essel has shipped tons of oC water through the hole left when Continued on on page Pace 5 6 11 AND CREW OF VESSEL 1 TAKE TO BOATS t. t I. I f Continued from page 1 sst Ml i propeller Despite frantic nr li-nr r by b the crew the stern- stern it t engine room was was flooded soo soon rd and Captain mes- mes tt the bulkheads could not nol d 11 5 J the traIn strain last radio read lUnd b by to abandon ship Eni En- En i room oom bulkheads giving way I Mowing for drift negligible In a atEn 11 HIM tEn nw I I lh thi me Tahiti's s a pV 1 Is Js is HI tw IV 11 HIM nw I I lh me s a pV 1 is HI tw IV southwest of oC south southWinds Winds a a. point almost midway ten en Suva Sura and Apia Samoan Is 1 e Tahiti a no Union mall mail steamer between San Fn Francisco and ty tr t contained many prominent among amont Its passengers Tahiti sailed salted August 12 from New Zealand for Suva the tho vessel essel has lias been by out Instead of four Cour as aa its itsU U Is several hundred miles l of f the International dateline pants of oC th the lifeboats that ltd t vent vard from th the stricken t Tahiti were swept at the tho fey 1 of or the currents from tram Satur- Satur I tito t Sunday Bunday and back to Sat- Sat r ill all at midday vessels speeding east cast 1 crew re and passengers were vere backward from rom Sunday Into tay ay I Ith I th tho steamer is stranded at a almost midway between tween Suva Su Apia Api Samoa dispatches from lare ar ate dated Sunda Sunday those from SaturdayS Saturday S boat I U Is foundered at a a. point 1 the dateline fa 11 1 lILy diy Is la picked up on the vird zd run rua and dropped traveling f CK D i New ew Zealand Aug HIP UP P Passengers Passengers aboard the whip Tahiti distressed today h 6 southern Pacific Pl Included th Allen Alien prore professor of or music musicK K rd university since 1 1918 S and t. t R Ret V. V F. F A. A Bennett Dennett bishop t U. U Roa N New w Zealand |