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y THE " MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 1G, 1916. RESCUED PERSONS COMING BY TRAIN Cheerful Contingent Leaves Coos Bay Passengers I ; Praise Company. BURNED HULK IS GUARDED CAPTAIN OF BURNED STEAMERTWHO SAVED ALL ON BOARD, AND MAP SHOWING WHERE DISASTER OCCURRED. Master Says He "Sweated Blood While Driving Blazing Vessel Shoreward in the Race to . ; Save Lives Aboard. MARSH FIELD, Or.. Sept. 15. Spe cial. ) The Congress wreck victims' special train departed from Marshfield this afternoon at 3:45. carrying all the passengers and about 100 of the crew. The train consisted of eight day cars, a. baggage car and a diner, and will reach Portland about 3 o'clock. The passengers had a pleasant time in Marshfield and North Bend and passed the day in visiting and restock ing their wardrobes. Many messages came to Marshfield business men from the outside, authorizing them to supply certain of the stranded persons with clothing: or money. The unannounced guests left Coos Bay in a. cheerful frame of mind and waved their grati tude to the throngs who watched them leave. Sailors Guard Burned Ship. Captain N. E. Cousins returned to the beach late this afternoon with 30 tailors, who will guard the hulk of the Congress until the arrival of the tug Oneonta from Portland to take it in tow for the north. She lies swinging at anchor where she stood last night. Her masts and funnels are standing but the interior Is entirely gutted. Today the hull showed a. decided list, due to the settlement of the interior steel work in the starboard side of the vessel. Owing to the safe having so many valuables, a strict watch will be main tained about the vessel until she leaves. The Congress, although the fire had burned out, was too hot today for much of an examination. Commander Gets Aboard. Captain N. E. Cousins, her com mander, managed to get aboard and made a partial survey. He found, that everything burnable on board had been destroyed. Only three persons are suffering from the effects of their experience. They are: Chief Engineer Martland. of San Francisco; F. Tyson, lineman, Seattle; Sirs.' Margaret Eieg, New Orleans. All will recover. Engineer Martland is at a hospital la North Bend. Mrs. Kieg and Tyson axe on their way to Seattle. Mrs. Rieg is suffering from shock. Martland was overcome bv smoke at his post.. Tyson was overcome while attempting to res cue Martland. Tyson was searching for Martlana when he was located in a pmoke-f illett compartment below deck. Before falling unconscious, he grabbed and rang an alarm bell, which resulted In his rescue. Safe Opening Impossible. Captain John F. Blain, who arrived this afternoon from Seattle, accompa nied Captain Cousins to the beach this evening to inspect the ship and plan for salvage. Some of the passengers were very anxious that the ship should be visited and the safe opened before they left, but this was impossible. No members of the crew would ex press an opinion for publication regard ing the origin of the fire, but they talked among themselves of the prob ability it had been started by a time machine. Much commendation of the prompt ness of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company officials in caring for the passengers was heard. It was arranged that those who wished to return to California might change cars at Eugene and be supplied with tickets and funds. Treatment Pleases Passengers. The passengers probably will be easy to settle with for their losses and in conveniences, as they feel they were treated well by the company. Scarcely any complaint was heard. The fire spread so rapidly that only about 10 per cent of the passengers carried any baggage or wraps with them when transferred to the Michie. All were loud in their praise of the heroism displayed by Captain Cousins and his crew. They were equally ap preeiative of the rescue work and as sistance rendered by Captain George beeley and the crew of the Michie. "We owe a debt of gratitude to the United States Government for the re markably fine service rendered by the dredge Michie," said Captain Cousins. "It was a great stroke of good for tune that the dredge was at the bar when we were forced to drop anchor, We were not able to proceed a bit fur ther than we did, every member of the crew being driven from below by the tire and smoke. "The members of my crew acted like heroes. Every man stuck to his post in tne race of suffocation, and several, niter Deing overcome, wanted to go oacK. "The passengers also behaved splen mniy. a rew nystericai persons ran nbout the deck, but we kept them un der control ana managed to transfer all to tne meboats without accident. "We discoverd the fire In No. 3 hold about 3 P. M. yesterday. The fire did not originate in the steerage, as had been previously reported. The flames spread with greatest rapidity. "The smoke welled forth so rapidly that we were not able to get at the engines to operate our main wireless apparatus. After some delay we got an auxiliary set working, and picked tip the Eureka, Cal., station. We told them to notify Marshfield that we were heading for that port, and to send vessels to our aid. "At that time we were racing for the mouth of Coos Bay. The fire was discovered when we were 25 miles off the coast, and three miles south of the entrance to the bay. "I sweated blood during that run to the bar, but we saved the life of every person aboard and I am thankful for that." After a conference between Captain Cousins and -Captain Blain, it was stated that it was not probable that a tus could start from Seattle with the Congress hull In tow, before Sunday morning. "General" Coxey Files for Senate. COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 15. Jacob S. 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HOT DECKS BURN FEET Splendid Seamanship Credited With Saving Hundreds on Blazing Vessel-Tlirilllng Incidents Mark Rescue Work. (Continued From First Page.) French Senate Approves Loan. PARIS, Sept. IS. The Senate today ry a unanimous vote passed the bill authorizing the new war loan proposed by Finance MUUster Ribot. The bill fassed the Chamber of Deputies yes fceraay The Girls' Store Offers NEW COATS FOR MISSES AND SMALL WOMEN Birthday Sale $8.95 Made of a heavy coating in plain colors and mixtures. Made in style as illustrated with large velvet buttons and collar. Fourth Floor ii 3 We Announce for Saturday A Remarkable Sale of Pure Silk Stockings A well-known hosiery manufacturer's finest samples of plain and novelty effects. Regular $1.50 and $2.0 0 Qualities 98c Pair " Every Pair Perfect First Quality In medium and heavy silk with high spliced heels, soles and toes. In black, tan. white, fancy colors and hand clocked. No mail, phone or C. O. D. orders. Klnit floor. 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Then from a score of ventilators and port holes toward the stern tongues of fire leaped forth. Ten per cent of the crew were still on the Congress when there came a puff from the heart of the ship, and in an instant the flames were curl ing about her from stem to stern. Captain Last to Leave. The last boat to leave contained Cap tain Cousins. They pushed away chok ing In the smoke and blistered by the heat. When their boat came out of the smoke that hid the Congress the passengers lined along the rail of the dredge sent up cheer after cheer for the commander and his crew. The Captain left the Congress hard ly a minute too soon, for before he had boarded the Michie his own vessel be came a seething mass of flames. The transfer of the passengers was expedited by the Government life-saving crew of Coos Bay, which arrived in a power launch soon after the Michie. The steamer A. M. Simpson also reached the scene in time to assist in this work. At midnight, while the schooner A. M. Simpson stood by, the oil tanks of the Congress blew up, and after that the fire began to die down. Many deeds of heroism were related by the passengers today In connection with the burning of the Congress. One act, which resulted in the saving- of a lire, took place on the deck of the Government dredge Colonel P. S, Michie. F. Tyson, of Seattle, lineman on the Congress, was removed to the Michie in an unconscious condition, having been overcome in an effort to rescue Chief Engineer B. K. Martland from the engine-room. Tyson was laid on the deck appar ently lifeless. A physician bent over him and then asked for a pulmotor to remove the smote and gas fumes fro his lungs. No pulmotor was to be had. He is dying," said the doctdr. hoDe- lessly. J. E. Johnson, chief steward of the Michie, stepped forward. "Let me see what I can do" he said ouietly. Wending down he put his mouth to the mouth of the unconscious man and began drawing the poison fumes from the latter's lunss into his own. Minute after minute he labored, making of nimseir a human pulmotor. Suddenly Johnston staggered back all but overcome himself. But even as he did so. Tyson sighed i deeply and opened his eyes. His life had been savea. Valuable Pictures Saved. Professor Mack Eastman, professor of history at the University of British LoiumDia e.t Vancouver, is. (J.. was among those on the steamer Congress refugee train from Marshfield tonight. Mr. Eastman, who ia an enthusiastic amateur photographer, is returning home from the battlefields of Europe, where he obtained some unusual photo graphs. During the fire on the Congress he got out nis camera ana took many pictures. wnne in me midst of this. he remembered that he had left his European photographs in his stateroom which was cut off by smoke. He braved the smoke, iiowever, ajid, oa-Ws handw 50c Hand Dipped "Society Queen" Chocolate Creams With fine coatings, delicious, pure fruit flavors, eight different kinds. Birthday Special, Lb. 35. First Floor. 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Arrangements had been made in advance for suppers for the 357 passengers and for box lunches' for the members of the crew. Each of the 10 day coaches was in charge of an officer from the steamer. and passengers and crew obeyed orders irom tne commanders. The Pullman cars supplanted the day coaches in Eu gene before the party proceeded on the Journey northward at about 11 o'clock. a. single rimniin was attached to the rear of the train arriving- -m Marshfield. Among the passengers was William Tyson, of Seattle, linen itw- ard of the Congress. Ha waa nviv-nm by smoke when he went into the first deck above the hold, where he went to rescue ine nrst engineer, having seen ine oiiicer in mat part of the ship few minutes before. I thought he was down there Tv. son stated, in a whiener. a h luv in iuwer germ or a Pullman compart mem, sun suffering from the effects of the smoke. "I was working with the hose. After I got down, the door was shut accidently. I did not vnr.w anything from that time until I began to recover my senses in tha hnnit.i at Marshfield. I have not the slightest Idea how my rescue was effected." Among tne happy Dassencerx nn th. train was Mrs. Barbara Colgrove. of 614 Dexter street. Seattle. She is a very little woman and was traveling ith four small children. th .mi being a Bby of 10 years. Just as the train came to a standstill Kh tu Stella, aged 3, into her arms and called the others, James, 10; Earl. 8. and Margaret, 6. to her side. Mrs. Colgrove stated that rhi-i Joughin. the ship's baker, had assisted her with the children into the life boat. Joughin was a survivor of the Titanic disaster. He assisted a great manv neonln Into the lifeboats," Mrs. Cole-rove stated. "Then, I Jieard later. h fell overboard." Mrs. Colgrove said she had been r 111. and was in bed when the shiD caught fire. "I could smell the rubber burning." she ald. "I did not wait for anything. xaKing tne children 1 went onto the aecic iney all behaved like soldiers, and were not a bit frightened. Every body seemed to be taking the situa tion calmly." As she spoke Mrs. Colgrove dropped a small bundle wrapped in a newspaper. That Is all we have left." she said. recovering it. "It Is some underwear I purchased lor the children at Marsh Beld." I lost my hat and mamma lost her hat, too, little Margaret volunteered. "We got ourselves and we are srlad of that," her mother replied, spreading ner arms arouna ner little nock. M. llolzer. purser of the Congress. said there was no panic aboard the vessel alter It became generally known that the steamer was on fire. From the time of the first alarm until the passengers were finally taken off it was more than three hours, he said. t'Tpu would .have thought it was picnic, ne said. mere was no ex citement. Mr. Holzer stated that the fire orlgl nated In hold No. 3 of the Congress. No'one knows how It started," ho added. "In spite of all we -could do. it continued to gain headway. There was very little wind and the sea was smooth. The oil in the cargo had very little to do with it. in tact, it Is be lieved that the oil is still safe. There was no explosion of any kind." Mr. Holzer, whose home Is In San Francisco, said he bad been on the Congress two years and that during that time there had never been a fire aboard. The crew, he said, fought the flames bravely. Walter Feathering-all related Inci dents of the wreck. "Along about 8:20 I was sitting near tne stern or the boat - and smelled burning rubber. Then I noticed persons running back and forth. We were as sured there was nothing the matter and none of the passengers seemed at all concerned. 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Ramsden, cniei stewara oi inn Congress, stated his belief that the fire was caused by a snort circuit in the electric wiring. Mrs. P. Whetsein and year-old Daoy, of Santa Cruz, were among the last passengers to leave the train in Eugene. "Do you want to go up town to a restaurant, or do you want to eat here at the station 7" asked, an officer of the boat. "It doesn't make much difference, if we can eat," said Mrs. Whetsein. "An automobile will be here In a moment." continued the officer. -'Anything, so it isn't a boat." com mented the wreck refugee. "I think I spent a year In North Bend this afternoon." she stated. M. S. Williams, commercial traveler of Seattle, said the one thing in con nection with the disaster was the al most superhuman way In which Captain N. E. Cousins and the crew handled the passengers. "Captain Cousins' personality pre dominated everywhere." he said. "He is a wonderful man. The crowd Just seemed to feel him. It was an hour and a half before any of the passengers knew that the vessel was on fire. It started about 1 o'clock. We saw thl first smoke at 2:30, but it had been smouldering along for an hour and a half. It was 8 o'clock before It became known that anything serious was hap-, pening. We were transferred to the dredge Michie about 6 o'clock. V "At first the people were a little ex cited, but Just as soon as Captain Cousins noted the' situation was so serious, he Immediately proceeded to calm the crowd. In a very short time everything was running, smoothly. The passengers even began to treat their predicament almost as a Joke. They twitted each other about the life-preservers they had put on being out of fashion, and not the latest from Paris, etc" The chief engineer of the Congress was a real hero, Mr. Williams stated, staying at his post in the engine-room until the heat became absolutely un bearable, when he finally shut off the engines, as the fire crept forward. Women Named to Assist. New Tork. Sept. IB. William R. Will cox, chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee, tonight announced the appointment of a woman's cam paign committee to assist in the Hughes campaign, ine committee will work with state committees and with the women's committee of the Hughes Alliance. ONEONTA TO TOW SHIP PORTLAND TIC TO TAKE BURNED STEAMER TO SEATTLE. Local Marino Men Relieve Steel Hall Is 'ot Badly DmuccI Series of Disasters Canoes Comment. 'Responding to a call from the Pa cific Coast Steamship Company to tow the burned steamer Congress to Seat tle from her position off the entrance to Coos Bay, where she was anchored Thursday night on her passengers be ing gotten away safely. E. V. Wright, manager of the Port of Portland, yes terday sent the tug Oneonta scurrying seaward. The Oneonta is expected to be along side the Congress early this morning and Immediately will get a hawser aboard the damaged liner and start north. The time shemakes will largely depend on weather conditions. Her per formance last month in towing the damaged - steamer General Hubbard from Astoria to San Francisco with a full lumber cargo, also in bringing the schooner Irmgard from San Francisco to the river, has proved that she is as able for her size as any tug on the Coast, and much speedier and more powerful than many. Preparations to move the Congress to the home port of the company were taken here to mean that the ship was In much better condition than earlier reports of the fire Indicated, and that the probabilities are little of the steel hull was damaged. That Is accounted for here by the fact the ship would roll to some extent at sea and her sides would be kept cool, preventing the steel buckling. The fire on the Congress, following in less than a week that aboard the Beaver, which was discovered at sea and extinguished on her arrival at San Francisco, is unusual in the annals of marine disasters on this Coast. Captain Cousins, of the Congress, is commended by Portlanders with ma rine experience, as Is also Captain Mason, of the Beaver, who. with Chief Engineer Townsend. of that shjp. have been praised by officers of the line, as well as Captain J- K. Bulger, supervis ing inspector of the Western district. from death here last night during a night bomb-throwing flight, when at a height of 4600 feet the motor back-fired and the aeroplane went into a "side slip," falling more than 1000 feet before Dargue succeeded in righting it. During his final volplane, Dargue missed smashing into a hangar by only 10 feet. In the darkness. $100,000,000 bond Issue Sought. TOPEKA", Kan.. Sept. 13. An appli cation of the Frisco Railway Com pany to Issue J10O.000.000 of stocks and bonds for the carrying out of a reorganization of the company's af fairs was placed In evidence before the State Public Utilities Commission her yesterday. The Commissioners have taken the matter under advisement. 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