Show Steamer in m Flames With 97 Passengers Brought gl to Port NEW EW YORK Oct 5 LS AP The AP-The The liner B Byron ron of at th the National Gr Greek ek ekIne Ine line with passengers aboard port pod with a. a at menacing fire In her hat which spread after atH it was believed belle under control Two T City fireboats were ordered to her side at the aLa sta tion lion and pumped t tons ns o of ot water into the burning cargo calgo Official of the Une assured hundreds hun bun eds di-eds of r anxIous c callers that there was no no danger to the tile passengers and that no rio o one had been injured The Th fire is believed to have st started ted from flom spontaneous combus l In l hold hold 5 No 5 The Thc major part Continued en 11 n page 7 7 fr I STEAMER MAKES PORT WITH BLAZE MENACING CARGO Continued from page 1 1 of ot the cargo consisted of tobacco rugs lug and rags Great clouds of black smoke belched from the craft and arid attracted the attention of thousands of ot ob observers observers observers ob- ob servers along the shores of the nar nar- rows A number of tugs and a police launch were standing by and no attempt was made to remove the passengers Apparently there was no panic aboard the passengers being being being be be- ing observed on the decks watching the fireboats Officials expressed sed the belief bellet that the liner would be able to dock at ather ather ather her Brooklyn pier during the day The Byron tons Is owned by bythe bythe bythe the Byron Dyron Steamship company Ltd She sailed from Piraeus the port of Athens September 17 17 and was sva due to dock here today The rhe ship has aboard one fifty-one first-class first passengers passengers pas pas- second-class second and third The naval communications wIreless wireless wireless wire wIre- less station at the Battery received SOS calls from the ship Just after 6 a. a m. m calling f for r help and saying there was a fire tire in the Byrons Byron's hold The ships ship's position was given given- as be between between between be- be tween Ambrose channel and Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth The fireboat William WilHam J. J Gaynor was vas ordered out from Brooklyn and anda a police launch also h hurried to the vessel The naval communications wireless wireless wireless wire wire- less operator was unable to g get t any answer to questions about the fire |