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Asahi Shinbun - Japan
‘US liner President Hoover burns at sea’, I. K. Keijin reporting
The US liner President Hoover swept by an out-of-control fire was
abandoned three days ago approxmately 300 nm south east of the Bonin Islands after attempts by the crew to put out the fire failed.
The motor trawler Kongo Maru No. 2 witnessed first hand the tragic
situation. Captain Yashamita of the Kongo Maru No. 2 stated today after arriving in port at Sasebo that there was little anyone on the scene could do. His small vessel was carrying 263 survivors. The Belgian motor vessel Josephine Charlotte that later arrived on the scene also arrived late today in Sasebo carrying the remaining survivors. The Captain of the President Hoover, J. Cameron stated that a check of the manifest shows that 9 crewmen and 12 passengers are missing and presumed dead, 6 crewmen are know to have died fighting the fire and, an unknown number of crew and passengers are injured. 52 persons were admitted to local hospitals from this accident.
An investigation into the cause of the fire which apparently started in one of the ship's engine rooms will be made once the vessel can be towed to port. His Imperial Majesty's Navy has sent a vessel to tow the President Hoover to port. The Japanese people express their sorrow at the loss of these lives in this tragic accident. A previous report that this liner had in fact sunk were premature.
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