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Show 1 1 ' French Liner is on I i Fire Far Out in Ocean i , Vessel Has From 1C00 to 1700 Italian Reservists on Board. Bound For B Port of Naples H 'J '' Halifax, Sept. 12. Tho French B ' steamer Sant' Anna la on flro at sea, m according to a wireless messngo ro- B , eelved by tho marlno department 1 from tho Capo Raco station lato to- B i night. Tho message said: Bj ' Steamer Sant Anna In distress, on B flro and In need of assistance, post- B Hon, lntttudo 10.23 north: longltudo B 47.30 west. B Tho position given is In tho track 1 of transat'antlc liners. B Tho Sant Anna registers 5S14 tons B and la owned by tho Fabro lino. Cap- tain Pavy Is lu command. Sho -is B ' bound rom Now York to Mcdtterran- I can ports. Reservists on Board i (l i Between 1C0O and 1700 Italian ro- B H A sorvlsts aro passengers on board tho Bj jj j Saut Anna, according to tho local Bj n agents of tho lino, James W. Elwell BJ t & Co., hero tonight. Tho ship also B j carries a large cargo of merchandise. BJ Tho Sant Anna carried no muni- H tlons of war or Inflammablo materials m of any kind, according to Howard E. Bl Jones, a member of the Arm of local B agents. Her cargo consisted chlclly B of foodstuffs. BJ Nearly all of tho Italian reservists B wero among tho Btccrago passengers, BJ Mr. Jones stated, there being compar- B atlvely fow llrst nnd second class cab- BB In passengers. B I Owners Anxious No no of tho members of tho llrm of B , local ngentB of tho Fabro lino had B J received any dlroct Information from BJ tho Sant Anna tonight. They Innulr- B cd anxiously about tho reported po- BJ eltlon of tho vessel given In tho wire- BB ' less messago received at Halifax. BJ I Mr. Jones said that tho position B of the vessol, as given lu tho wireless B messago, would put her about 0C0 B miles southeast of Halifax or nearly 'in mldoccan. B Tho Sant Anna, ho snld, sailed from BJ this port on September S. Sho was BJ duo to reach Naples, her first stop lu BJ from ten and a halt to cloven days. BJ No Munitions Carried B ' "Tho Sant Anna carried no munl BJ tlons of war," said Mr. Jones. "In fact, tho Fabro lino has not been carrying car-rying any arms or ammunition to ports In tho Medllernnean touched by its steamers. I ennnot understand tho cause of tho flro. Her merchandise merchan-dise cargo was mado up of foodstuffs and provisions." Besides tho largo number of Italian Itali-an reservlstB abcard tho Sant Anna, tho ship carried n small number of llrst and second class passengers. Her crow numbered about 100. Tho Sant Anna Is a stoel twin Bcrow steamship. Sho Is R10 feet long nnd has been engaged In transatlantic freight nnd passenger sorvlco for a numbor of years. After touching at Nople3 tho Sant Anna was to stop at Marseilles and deliver part of her cargo. Captain Fnvy, w'10 Is In command of tho ship Is ono of tho ojdest skippers In tho service of tho lino. |
