Show S SEA o PASSENGERS ON OLD OLDA A ATLANTIC LINER ARE THOUGHT TO BE SAFE BE-SAFE SAFE Flames Threaten Ignition to Great Stores of Explosives siv s and Ammunition n Consigned to the A Allied lied Forces Volunteer Physicians and Nurses Aboard Bound for for- Service in the War LONDON March MarchA 6 A A A message from Queenstown Queens Queens- f town says that the fire on La Touraine is fierce 4 ci Otherwise this message is b a repetition of th the one re re- V by Lloyds Lloyd from the wireless station at Valencia J l. l Ireland r i. r The London n office of the Compagnie Generale which owns La ta Touraine is without special information concerning the vessel r j J t 1 f f. v. v J i LONDON N- N Jr March h 6 The 6 The ste steamship shi La T Touraine ural is re reported re p ported afire at latitude north orth and longitude 2014 west according to a wr wireless less mess message e re received here Five steamers have gone to the assistance of f La Touraine the message said sauL The Thc message telling of the fire was received by Lloyds from the wireless station at V Valentia lentia Ireland In addition to giving the he position of the La Touraine it stated that the steamers Rotterdam Rotterdam Rot Rot- Swanmore Cornishman Arabic and others were going to her assistance When La Touraine sailed away from New York February 27 of whom thirty-eight thirty were she had about four eighty-four pass passengers in the first cabin the r remaining maini g six forty-six being in the s steerage The vessel was one of six big liners to leave New Nev York the same day the sailings being the heaviest recorded there for some SOC time At the New York offices of the French line it jt was said this morning that no information regarding the La Touraine had been received Maritime circles however rec received ived word from abroad that all the passengers passengers passengers' and crew were safe but this information was not confirmed there On board the La Touraine were cases cases of cartridges cartridges' in intended intended intended in- in tended for use in iii the European war I List of Passengers The first cabin passenger list f follows AUGUSTE GOULET Montreal EDMOND FRAVEL Montreal J BENOIT DELPUECH New NW York York GASTON LEVY New York EUGENE MOZET San Francisco B. B FEINBERG Er BrooKlyn oKlyn JOSEPH L L. L MAURER New York DR OR J. J L L. L WHEELWRIGHT New EMILE PARES New York York MRS ALICE O. O L L. L ANDREWS DR J. J C. C WALKER Ne New York Boston MRS J. J C. C WALKER New Now York MASTER RALPH ANDREWS MISS CECILE CECILS Bain- Bain Bo Boston ton FRANCOS FRANCOIS New bridge le Mass l ew LOUIS York sin N. N Y WOOD FOSDYCK New York MRS AGNES CRAIB Havana ana ROBERT ALPHONSE Now York MISS HELEN CRAIB Havana RAYMOND ROLF JULES SIMON T Mon Mon- New York treat treal PAUL FAGUET general FAGUET-general general agent of ot RALPH SIMPSON New Haven French line New New- York Also the follow following ng physicians and nurses bound from the Ithe French French hospital in New Y York ok City to the Ameri American an ambulance in Paris Pans Dr John S. S Irwin Dr W. W J. J Braddock Dr A A. A O. O Jimines the Misses Florence Gordon Eugenia H H. H Lyons s Mollie McGrath D Dorothy OConnell O'Connell Victoria Cathlyn Ol Alina Alma Marie McCormick Nellie Burdette Parsons and Beda L. L Peterson eterson and Thomas J. J Burke Jr Sr nurses The fhe crew numbered approximately at ly The vessel was under command of Captain Caussin it was was said with M. M Gaillard as second captain Two wireless operators agot and were aboard Ammunition in HoTd Hord Stored awa away In tho tIme ve vessels vessel's hold was the ammunition which caused keen apprehension apprehension apprehension ap ap- ap- ap as ns to the vessels vessel's fate tate when It became known that a n wn wac raging Aboard It was was was' estimated that the shipment shipment ship ship- ment mont contained at the tho very halt half a million rounds and po possibly several times limes that much Wireless es stations along the Atlantic seaboard directed Ur vain queries through the air to the tha burning ship and the tho lit little lit Ut- tb tle lIo fleet neot of rescuers reported to be around her While the tho crackle of the from powerful stations It I Iwas was thought could bo be heard b by strainers steamers strain steam ers In the Atlantic as os far tar away as aa asLa Ia La Touraine the wireless plants aboard tho thoe o steamers were to too weak eak to send back their an answers W rs All news of La Touraine's f fate tite te It was Willi thought would have ha to come front from tho the other side of the tho Atlantic LA was heavily hel loaded when she nho steamed out of the harbor last Sat In addition to the cases of ot cartridges she h carries rapid fire guns gune and a a. varied assortment of ot supplies forthe forthe for for- the allies allies' commissaries both foodstuffs and clothing Twelve hundred tons of ot other her cargo consisted of uniforms cloth for tor uniforms sweaters and hosiery for tor soldiers In lit the tho trenches There were 1500 DOO cases of machinery aboard as ns well wen as man many hundred wagon wheels and bars of ot silver In addition there thera was waja wasa a large lareo assortment of foodstuffs La Ia Touraine under tho the command of ot Captain Caussin is one ono of ot the tha older trans Atlantic liners having baving been built in 1891 Since Sinco she was wa launched La has played an Interesting part partIn In the history of ot ocean travel She Sho arrived arrived ar ax- ar- ar rived In New York on October 28 8 1913 with two forty-two persons persona which sho rescued rescued rescued res res- cued from rom the tho Uranium liner Volturno which burned at sea sen with the loss of ot 13 iz lives Captain Caussin was on 01 one 8 of ot the tho first commanders of or rescue steamers steam steam- ers era to got a 1 boat t o. over In the tho heavy sea seato seato to aid in rescue work Tho The captain and crew were vere decorated with medals for their braved on this occasion It was the tho car captain of or La L' who warned d tho the Titanic of t th the ti presence of or Ice Icebergs In her cour course e Once before tho the steamer was threatened threat ened by fire when flames names were discovered ere ered cred in tho the stateroom room while sh site lay at her dock in Havre on January 21 21 1903 There were no passengers engers aboard and the tho damage was not serious She wa was waa withdrawn from service for forn n a time In 1907 because of ot serious damage to her machinery The Tho discovery was made mad a just lust before she was 8 1 due to sail 81 from fron New York On another occasion a number of ot her crew were killed by the bursting of or a a. steam pipe The steamer is te feet t long hong with a base ban of ot 66 feet and a depth depth- of t |