The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-25
THE SHIP TORNADO ON FIKE.
500 BALES or COTTON IN JEOPARDY.
The Captains Conduct Open to Criticism.

Atuuarter to o'clock Sunday morning II fire,
cause Of which is unknown. broke out in the
hold of the English ship Tornado. lying at the
head Of Marigny street.
The fre wns discovered near the main hatch
way. and us the Tornado was loaded with 800
bales Of cotton, tho fire alarm was turned IN
and nj the Hnms time the American District
Telegraph Company notified the fire tug
Protector. by tho time the Protector
reached the scene steam engines Creole
No and vigilant No. were pumping water
into The ships hold. much to the detriment Of
tho ships cargo. AS soon as Capt. W. II. Ellis
the commander Of the burning ship, had com
Melted contract with Capt. Colburn the former
ordered the fire department to stop pumping
and turned his ship over to the commander OF
the Protector
The captain Of tho Protector, aa soon as he
had adjusted his hose and put down the matches,
commenced forcing the Tornado's hold full
He had hardly gotten the fire under control
whom Capt. Ellis came to. him and ordered
him to stop, at the samo time stattng that the
ten minutes ms agreed. and that he nrop9sed TO
put bis shg IN ho hands q ne 1a int, a1 har
The cam oapan Amy Of ' the Proeetor to prove that the
FIRE was under control, II not ln a.. probability
out. put light down the ships bold and j. had
gulshed. Regardless Of THE proof, and against
the protest Of Cant. Colburn, Chief O'Connor
h"ahes sp 70 BE- ', removed and ordered tho ro do
partment to take charge OF his ship and pamp
water into her.
til he had been ordered twice by Capt. Ellis.a
he then started under protest to put the engines
that were on the wharf to work In the ships
alarm. and when tbs engines responded 70 the
alarm seven Of them were put pumping into the
4 flor tho engines had pumped about seven
feet Of water in the Tornado's hold Capt. Ellis.
fearing that # tho engines put any more watar
them to stop and for the second time put the
ship In tho hands of the officers OF the tug Pro-
tector
Tho officers again went to work. put down
tho hstehea adjusted the apparatus and In y
very few moments the Tornado was again full
Of earbonc gas. . 1914.
Ellis took the ship out of his hands he had the
fire under. control, that he, never told Capt.
chip III ten minutes but did state That as soon
az he had been at work ton or fifteen min
ns he w2n naye s cd ,G @ wnsr
being pumped into the Tornado'a hold, snying
that II would Do more damage than good yet
much damage has been done to the, ships
cargo, besides hurting her sacking Had have
wanted to have pumped water into the Tor
nado'a hold ! could haye thrown 5000 gallons
The Tornado is ship Of l7ao tons burden;
she y from Antwerp. and s Loaded With cotton
Of New Brunswick. and by Robert Stewart OF
London,
Capt. Ellis did not feel particularly inclined
first trip he ever made in the ship Tornado,
that why he had the engines to 60 to work on
did not comply with his contract and extin-
guieh the flames in ten minutes. He was not
positive that the Ore was out when the reporter
was talking to him. which was ut 1880 O'Clock
last night