FIGHT WITH FIRE AT SEA.
RELIEF BY WIRELESS. By Telegraph—Prcw Association—Copyright. New York, July 24. When the Southern Pacific Companyls steel screw steamer Momus, of 6878 tons gross, was off the coast of Florida, on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, a fire broke out on her....:.'. .
The ; crew had a desperate encounter with the flames, the fight lasting all night. . Ultimately wireless communication ■with the C'omus, another vessel belonging to tho Southern Pacific Company, was established, and the vessel came to the assistance of the Momus. ' . All on board, the Momus—S3 passengers and a..nreiv of 125—were rescued,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 878, 26 July 1910, Page 7
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100FIGHT WITH FIRE AT SEA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 878, 26 July 1910, Page 7
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