The New York herald., 1876-10-09
THE BURNED BARK.

gHE EUROPA CONFEDERATION AND ITS VIC
rIMs-rHE SIXTH MAN DEAD.
The story OF the burning of the bark Europa on the
sectional dock and the tragic results OF the conagra
zion excited a widespread interest the city yester
day. and . profound sympathy every whsro
pressed for the unfortunate victims OF the disaster and
The families upon which great bereavement had
some al timo when they were no doubt, least pre-
pared to meet It, 1t had the effect, too OF bringing
the usual swarms of curiosity seekers TO pier No.
g. and all day long odd groups appeared
upon tho river front eyeng the shipping
II the wharves and evidently seeking the vessel which
had been the of SO dreadful an event AS tho
Europa bears very few external marks OF the confa-
grafton IL would have been difficult TO single her out
but Tor the crowd OF people which gathered the
sidewalk opposite She lies upon the sectional dock,
which escaped any damage from the fire. and, the
conhagraton expended itself the stern and amid
ships, nothing visible to the sghtseers yesterday
indicative OF the disaster except the glarng lettering
on the iorecaslie announcing the vessels namo and
occasional dark patches the mizzenmast, whore the
flames had left their traces. During the day several Of
The workmcn who succeeded in making good
their escape from the hold appeared The
and they Immediately became the cynosure OF all
eyes, and soon the centres OF little audiences,
who eagerly listened to every little detail Of the fire
and its results. ~ was down below" said one OF
them, ssearchng the side for spots and found
enough OF them, tor that vessel is regular old hulk
You cut chunks OF wood out of the bottom like
cheese wtha common penknife Besides, the Kerosene
oil that been stored in the hold has covered all tho
planking and soaked through and through till the tim
Der has become almost easy to set fire TO as COM
such things lying about, believe, and Of course
spark would set them in flames. II is very dark down
in The holds OF such vessels the Europa and we had
TO work by candle light Now il is just
likely as not that some one put piece
dropped burned down to the wood and set on
fire, or 1t is possible too, that somc one dropped his
light tho papers haveit Most people say that was
the way II came about For my part, was busy work.
ing forward ana didn't hear any alarm Ill saw the
workmen near me hurrying away; Them as scrambled
along TO what the matter, heard the cry OF
Hurry up, boys; the ships on dre!' You can wager
that lett that place very lively but was so much
occupied in making headway the middle of the
md scramble which ensuei that didn't have chance
bt taking notice OF what occurred. As got above
beard the cry OF 'Firei' again, and before ! was
on deck minute smoke began TO rise aft
and soon after black cloud which nearly choked
person, rolled out Of the hatcnway 1t was like
blast from an exploded oil Can, and was glad enough
to got out OF the way OF it, Then the flames broke
and rolled out OF the poop deck and there rush
came soon and fire boat, believe, brought
Rlo gside, too after while, and the 1ro went out
nearly as quick as il started. The alarm and panic
happened in 50 short time that IT wouldn't be easy
for any one to SEQ much OF what AS going around
him, but il seems to me that the must have been
smotnered with the 1rst gust oil that viIlanous
smoken The remains OF the victims OF the disaster
were taken home by their friends Most OF them
were oil family ono OF them, Dennis Sullivan,
leaving wife and our children. jhe body OF Thomas
Ipgraham nrst conveyed to the Morgue where it
laid till identified by his relatives, who reside in
East New York
John Casey, who had been taken from the burning
vessel III dy ng condition. expired at Bellevue Hos
piial yesterday morning at eight O'Clock. When he
reached the hospital The physicians tanclcd he could
i've only q few minutes, bat IN order to lessen his
agony, which WAS extreme, they administered
anshe.lcs and took every caro- 10 make his last hours
painless possible. His wife came to him, and he
was able to converse with her and bid his lust farewell,
and he fingered through tho night, complaining very
little to the orderly who attended him. The latter,
Thomas Maher by name, inquired OF him the particu-
lars OF the disaster and ho sad that had come about
hrough of the workmen dropping kerosene oil
lamp in the hold He weak, however that Il
not judged proper to further interrogate him.
Yesterday morning he was able 10 take some nourish
ment, but soon after breatLed his last The body IL
horribly dshgurcd the lace burned almost 10 crisp,
and in many places the skin has fallen of The de-
ceased resided at No ~ Sheriff street, ana leaves q
family.