Baltimore, July 29.
'The Chesapeake Steamship Ca, 88. City of Baltimore, en route to Norfolk, Ya, burned to the water line in' Chesapeake Bay to-day. It was believed that an explosion might have accounted for the blaze.
President Roosevelt. ordered the officials of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and the Navy Department to assist in the rescue work. Navy planes accordingly. prepared for a search at dawn for survivors and the bodies of victims.
The possibility of sabotage in the fire was raised on July 30 by the vessel's master, Capt. Charles Brooks, Capt. Brooks said the blaze spread so rapidly that natural causes might not have been responsible. check showed two persons dead, "two missing, five injured and 41 safe out of the more than 100 persons comprising the passenger list and erew.—United Press Inquiry Ordered Dublin, July 29, Instructions forthe" immediate
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