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Show rap HESflBD i waaccgp SUP COTOR VESSEL GOESAGilOO HI PHILIPPINES Resident of Bountiful ti Among Craft's Passengers SAW mANCMCO, Jan. f (INS! Ban FrmnHM Mmptny hw4. quarters af tha metorahip Salves' (Mt nfNM Mar AU peas eat gam war i eland" fram the eaia, laet nmu4 la the Pkllipptaa Wlaadn. MANILA, P. L, Jan. 1 (INS) Buffeted by heavy sess and breaking up, the motorihlp SO,- . ver Crest remained fast aground at the aouthern tip of Luzon island tonight, her paseengeri and crew In grave danger. Carrying IS paeccngors. Including ' Mrs, Cora Butter of Bountiful. Utah, five other womaa and oaa child, tha i ' ' - " ' "i 4 L v e I MRS. COKA BUTLEB la danger aa trip vessel, bound for Manila from Baa Francisco, smashed on treacherocts : Montugar point yesterday. Described a total loss In radio messages from a salvage tug which sped to her aid, tha atricken ahlp was reported taking water la both forward holds with waves crashing over her stern. , SituaUoa Treasartoaa Falling In a two-hour attempt to approach cloaa enough to remove the trapped passengers, tha inter-island inter-island steamer Montanes, first to reach the scans, pulled away to await daylight. Har skipper aald tha altuatloa faced by passengers and crew waa "precarious." Among the passengers, according to a list made available by Manila agents for tha Norwegian Silver Paelflo Java Unas, owners of tha vessel, were Mrs. Bertha Parker af Saa Francisco, Mias A. Gottlelb, who booked passes s from Los Angeles; An-geles; Miaa A. Graham of Honolulu: Mrs. Cora Butler of Bountiful, Utah; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. O'Leary of Reno, Nov.; Mr. and Mrs. SchwaJ-ger SchwaJ-ger and son of Manila; G. H, Newport New-port of Manila, and E. F. Mohr-hardt Mohr-hardt and Mias W. Wianer, ad-dresses ad-dresses unknown. (teas Run High Helpless as heavy seas crashed over the stricken v easel, craw members mem-bers valiantly strove to land a Ufa line on a near-by reef while reacusrs were held back by mountainous waves. Once tha crew fired a Una true to lta mark on tha reef, but It was Impossible to attempt landing pea-aengera. pea-aengera. Bound for Manila from San Fran-, ciaco, tha Silver Crest, a vessel af 927S net tons, la ownsd by the Norwegian Nor-wegian Silver Java Line. |