The Portland daily press., 1875-11-22
MARINE NEWS.
THE SHIP JOHN PASCAL
The Captains Statement of Her Destruc-
ton by Fire

The Captains Statement of Her Destruc-
tion by Fire.
BOSTON, Nov. 21.-The ship Victoria arrived
here to day from Calcutta. She brought in the
officers and crew of the ship John Pascal of
Bangor Me, which vessel was destroyed by
fire on the passage from Calcutta to New York.
portion of her crew has been previously re-
ported as arriving at Plymouth, Eng, and
their statement is fully corroborated by Capt.
Talpey, the master He reports that he left
Calcutta July 18th. Nothing unusual took
place till Aug, 2Stb, AZ days out, when about
midnight we were alarmed by smoke coming
from the half deck hatch. We commenced at
once 10 break out the cargo and took Oh deck
some 300 bags of rubber. Soon after we found
smoke issuing from the fore hatch. Got the
force pump started, lifted the hatch and soon
extlnguisied the fire. 1t was confined in some
bags of linseed under the hatch. We then
broke out cargo down to the lower deck and
threw overheard all that was damaged. Con.
tinued to work till all appeared dry and cool.
We examined the cargo in different parts of
the ship from time to time and could find no
signs of heat Soon after we came into cold
and rough weather. We were off Cape OF
Good Hope for fifteen days with strong north
west gales. After passing the Cape we soon
got into fine weather. We now had little or
no fire, and the cargo in all parts of the ship
was cold and dry. Sept. 2Sth, % or 80 days
after the first, we were again alarmed by smoke
coming from the fore hatch The fire was so
far abaft that the hatch could not be reached
by the force pump. The ship was thoroughly
ventilated that the flames spread rapidly. We
then, as soon as possible, stopped all ventilation
fore and aft, cut boles in the deck and poured
down water: also got a stream on from the
engine and led the hose from the escape pipe
through the deck, hoping to stife the fire, but
without success. We now altered our course
for ST. Helena, 200 miles distant. 1t now be-
came evident that it was impossible to save
the ship. We then made preparations to leave
in the boats when we could not stay by the
ship any longer. At 8 a. M we saw ship; at
IL m. attracted her attention when she steered
for us. She proved to be the ship Victoria,
Capt Atwood, from Calcutta for Boston, who
kindly sent his boat to our assistance. At this
time the fire had driven US from forward and
we had barely time to leave before the fire was
bursting out in different parts of the ship. By
the time we were safely on board the Victoria
the John Pascal was sheet of flame. Every
thing that could be done by all on board to
save the ship was done up to the very last mo-
ment.
Ashore But Not Injured.
BELFAST, Nov 90 The schooner Magnum
Bouum of Ipswich, from Newburyport for
Bangor. went shore on Long Island during the
recent gale, and arrived here to-day with loss
of anchors, but uninjured.
Accident to a Portland Vessel.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Nov. 20.-The schooner
Willis Martin, Davis, Portland, lumber laden
for Baltimore, sprung aleak off Boon Island on
Wednesday night last, and was towed into this
port this afternoon by the schooner General
Grant. She was water-logged and lost her
deck-load.