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Show STEAMER BURNS IN MID-OCEAN r- Cunard Liner Goes to Rescue of Spanish Vessel and Takes Passengers Aboard. New York, Nov 15. A message from Bermuda fo tho Cunard Line this afternoon said that the PannonlB I reported by wireless that she was escorting to Bermuda the Spanish steamer Balmes which was on fir-, and In a sinking condition The cablegram follows ' Pannonia reports by wireless cb-eortlng cb-eortlng to Bermuda Spanish steamer P.almeB. cargo cotton and rum on five In critical condition All Balmes' passengers, pas-sengers, 103 on Pannonia. all well Position about 600 miles east of Bermuda. Ber-muda. We will keep ou fullv poait.il (Signed) JAMES. "Lloyd s Agents " New York N Y., Nov. 15. Meagre wireless dispatches received today told of the reseue at sea of 103 passengers pas-sengers from the burning Spanlsn steamship. Balmes. by the Cunard II ner Pannonia, Though fire was still raging today the Bnlme's crew of 5b were presumably sticking by their vessel, which, conveyed by the Pan nonia. was making for Bermuda which point should be made some time Monday Mon-day Where, how or when the fire broke out on the Balmes was not disclosed ln the preliminary wireless messages She was eastward bound for Spain wlih a highlv Inflammable eargo ot cotton and rum when the Cunarder, bound hither from the Mediterranean came to her rescue This must have been som time after 7 p m , of Wednesday last fo' li that time the Pannonia reported that she was 11 r" mltaa c I nf lmhrnip llpht hilt madf no mention of the Balmes. The Balmes is a comparatively small vessel of Snanish ownership and ra ted as a freighter. The Pannonia Is one of the slower boats of the Cunard line, making something less than 300 miles a day. She was buili In 1304 has a gross tonnage ol ? 851 and is 180 feet long. Steam Collier Lost. Montreal. Nov. 15 The steam collier. col-lier. Bridgeport, sailing from Sydney Cape Breton, with a crew of 42. and a cargo of 10.000 tons of coal, has been lost and probably all aboard have perished, according to an of f i rial announcement mad1 today by the Dominion Coal company, wtetch chartered I he vc m Wreckage found on the shores of Bird Rock island, in the St LawrencS river, told the story of -the tragedy. |