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Racing against a fiery death

<b>A photo spread that ran in the Sept. 17, 1916, issue of the Portland Sunday Oregonian. Top: Full view of the burning steamer S.S. Congress, taken from the deck of the dredge Colonel P.S. Michie, with lifeboats in the water. Center: A crew member emerges from belowdecks to clear the smoke from his lungs before going back to fight the fire. Lower left: Filled with passengers, a lifeboat pulls away from the side of the burning steamer. Bottom center: Boats leaving the Congress with passengers, as seen from the Michie. Bottom right: Close-up of passengers in lifeboat. </b>
A photo spread that ran in the Sept. 17, 1916, issue of the Portland Sunday Oregonian. Top: Full view of the burning steamer S.S. Congress, taken from the deck of the dredge Colonel P.S. Michie, with lifeboats in the water. Center: A crew member emerges from belowdecks to clear the smoke from his lungs before going back to fight the fire. Lower left: Filled with passengers, a lifeboat pulls away from the side of the burning steamer. Bottom center: Boats leaving the Congress with passengers, as seen from the Michie. Bottom right: Close-up of passengers in lifeboat.

Mar 21, 2013


By Finn J.D. John
Special to the News-Register

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