LOSS OF LINER

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 October 1922, Page 7

LOSS OF LINER

RESCUE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW.

BEAVE RADIO OPERATOR

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

NEW YORK, Oct. 13. Seventy-three passengers and a crew of 145, the entire list, on board the City of Honolulu, were rescued from lifeboats by the freight steamer West Farrallon. According to the latest advices the yacht Cassiana, en route to Honolulu, stood by the burning steamer, aiding in the disembarkment of the lifeboats. The passengers are mostly residents of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other Californian cities, and they were en route from Honolulu. I

Commendation is expressed of the bravery of the radio operator, W. H. Bell, who was oh his first sea assignment. He remained on board until the flames drove him and Captain Lester off the ship, which was then a veritable furnace. The West Farrallon sent a wireless message to the waiting army transport Thomas^ to which the passengers will be shipped, permitting the West Farrallon to proceed to her destination.