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Show FIRE IMPERILS ATLANTIC BOAT Blaze Under Control After SOS NEW YORK, Jan. 29 UP The captain of the coastwise vessel Shawnee wire leased late this morning morn-ing he had succeeded In extinguishing extinguish-ing a fire In the No. 2 hold after a fight of several hours during which he dispatched a peremptory sua aisiress can. Laden with 190 passengers and a cargo of fruits, vegetables and cotton, the Shawnee, of 6209 tons, with a crew of 174, was bound from Jacksonville and Miami for New York when her skipper wirelessed a call from a position off Cape Henry, Va.. for assistance at T a. m. (E. S. T.) The City of Birmingham and the coast guard responded. An hour and 20 minutes later the Shawnee advised all ships In the vicinity the fire was under control. Then, at 9:50 a. m. (E. 8. T.), the captain wirelessed his New York office: "Fire in cotton now out Proceeding Pro-ceeding to New York." The Shawnee radioed Its New York offices It was encountering heavy weather. |