Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-28
EVENING STAR
BURNING oE STEAMER ArxEA,


lhe snip Jacob A. StAmler, which arrived St
new ark on Friday from Hsvre, brought the
captain second and third Officers, surgeon.
cnltI sns second assistant engineers, steward.
s Sne M our Passengers Of the steamship Ne
re- 80 % Dol which was burRes ~ sea on
The fire broke on; a, ? O'Clock on the morning
OF me an, while the Meirta was IN latitude a.
~ ,n,rn,s. minutes north Longitude - degrees
the nre wss IN the forward psrt OF the shtp
Inc nre pumps were manned. the steam hose
seIe,ohea oIMsro, lines formed, and every
means put INTO re4uisiuOn for passing wSfer
The passengers and crew WORKED f4ithfoil1
but The hanes gained steadily. srd at daylight
there was no hope OF saving the vessel
A. half-past eight o'clock SAIL was seq
and x soon became evident that the burning
steamer hsd been discovered. Tha y.sspi
proved 20 be the Amerlcsn ship jacob A. STAN
Ter, Captain George sampson, from Hagre,
bound 10 New York, and an response 20 sig
Ual from Captain Summe- law - Tor their ne
lf-i. Ala hope Of saving the MeIita had long
SINE been given MP; but % stay the progress
OF the fisIneS until such time as the passenrers.
mostly women and children, snd cr4N cJuid
get oh called Tor every exertion. There was
no time 70 save anything: indead the passan-
gels IN the storage had fore this lost all their
properly. The boats wee speedily got cut
from both vessels, sni the work OF transferring
the women snd childr u began. the passengers
and crew following. III Off GERS abandonfng the
burning vessel At the iast extremity. Twenty
hour were occupied IN this work. aud a four
CLOCK a. m. or = po.rlb er q, both veS sels hNv-
lng Omitted somewhat In la,i N de- fort y-uine de-
crees four minutes NORTH. lor citude twenty
eight degrees thirty minutes west, no Stanier
got under vay again, lighted on her course by
the glare o. the burning steamer. now com
pleteiy wrapped in flames. The next nora
ing she h d entirely dissnp-sret.
The sddition OF one hundred and eight per
sons % the number OF those on boz I'd the shlp
Stamler, without provisions, caused great dis
trNss- The passengers saved from tn Melita
had nothing tut Whist they wore. and Were ia
most wretched plighr, presenting a piuiable
appearance. Crowded together a they neces-
sarily were on the ship. this was not grestest
beng insufficient for such a number OF months
Tor any length OF time, rendered 10 necessary 60
seek 20 make some other disposition OF a part
OF them, ard Captain simpson accordingly
ordered a look -out 20 b. kept for all passing
vessels, and prompt signals TO be exhibited
board.
The first vessel that appeared was the British
bark Monequsrt, of Prince Edwards Islard
honndfor Liverpool, which how IN sight about
hall past three O'Clock the afternoon of thai
day. The captain agreed TO take fiftean of IN.
shipwrecked mariners, and a6~orainrlv the
chief officer and sixteen of the crew # no M :
lita were sent on board, an excess OF TIVE ox-sr
the number he hsd agreed TO take. On ssa
morning Of the sth the ship kurrachee, OF and
for GreenoSk. was spoken aud visited by Capt.
| Sumner. who, after considerable percussion,
induced her captain TO take thirteen Of Capt
| Summers crew, who were accordingly sent on
board. A little later the Prassian brig Au-
| guste, Capt. Block, from ~. John. N. b,
| bound 10 Newry, was spoken. OPP. Block
expressed his perfect Willingness 10 take all on
only seven seamen and nine passengers were
| sent 10 him