Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1915 — Steamer Carrying Italian Reservists On Fire In Ocean. [ARTICLE]

Steamer Carrying Italian Reservists On Fire In Ocean.

■Great fear is entertained over the fate of thp Fabre liner Sant’ Anna, reported afire in the Atlantic ocean on her way from New York to Naples. The Fabre line officials have admitted that they are unable to get into wireless connection with the steamer. The ship carried 1,930 persons, of whom 1,703 were steerage passengers, mostly Italian reservists who had left the United States and Canada. The Sant’ Anna sailed from New York Sept 8. She had been known as the hoodoo ship because of the many mishaps that have befallen her. Her sailing was delayed a day by a report that a bomb had been stolen aboard. Diligent search, however, failed to reveal the reported hidden bomb.