Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
SAFELY IN PORT.

rr,e r,assanrers and Crew of the Burn
| Steamship Maasdam Rescued by the Rhe1k
and Landed safely I'm New York-Passe1r
gers Accounts of the Disaster
NEW YORK. October 81
The steamer Rhein, which arrived u
day from Bremen, reports that on Octo-
Der oath, at seven O'Clock in the
evening, in latitude 40 deg.,s SO min.
longitude ~ deg, Al min, she fell "a
with the Dutch steamer Maasdam from
Rotterdam for New York. which was n
ablaze. The Rhein took from her boats
the passengers and crew, numbering le6
in all, and brought them to this port.
The Maasdam carried miscellaneous
cargo consigned to New York. The YES
sci was valued at 100000. Ii was about
nine d. m, when the fire was first seem.
The boats of the steamship were picked
ND one by one as the Rhein approached.
w. III. Vandentoon, agent of the steam
ship company, says that the Rhein, with
CAPTAIN Wandered of the Maasdam ana
passengers and crew, will arrive at Ho-
boken at three O'Clock this afternoon
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
Captain Vanderzee of the Maasdam.
burned at sea, makes the following state
ment: eve left Rotterdam October
18th, with eight cabin and ls8
Storage passengers and a crew Of
forty-fye men. All went well until
the Esd, when we encountered violent
gale, during which the petroleum tanks
commenced leaking. Next day at Up. u.
one of the crew, in looking for
leak, placed lighted lamp
near the tank, which exploded with
a loud report, the contents taking
fire and putting the ship in blaze. Every
effort to control the fire was useless, SO
at four D. m. ordered all hands into the
boats. At nine p. m. we were picked up
by the steamer Rhein. No one was lost
or injured in the slightest degree.
James Bray, who was a passenger on
the Maasdam, says:
The fire began about a. m. There waa
much confusion at first, but the admirable
reasSure u.s. The appliances for extinguish.
ing the flames were limited, but the men
worked well. When 1t became necessary to
take to the boats, an officer was assigned to
each boat who saw that the women got in
and that there we're oe esS on t i
and at dark began firing rockets and blue
lights. When the Rhein came up, some Q,
and exposure that they had to be hosted
aboard with ropes. The Captain gave up his
n9om TO snems ana 10 MAKE
lost everything but the clothes we wore
think we foated from to II d. IN.
Abram Saul, of Montague, Mich, an
other passenger, says he thinks the boats
were out from to 10 p. m. The seawas
quite rough. Many of the emigrants lost
sums of moeey Saut's
father claims to have had IS, 500 in gold
in his trunk.
An officer of the Rhein says: The sea
was heavy. When we sighted the burn
ing vessel we changed our course and ran
down on her. The first boat we reached
was the captains. We picked him up
with thirty others, including several
women and children. We soon came
across the other five boats and took all
the occupants off. Had they hoated two
hours longer they must yhave all been lost,
for heavy storm came UP, which only
staunch ship could outride.
Castle Garden Superintendent Jackson
says that the authorities will not allow
any of the Maasdam's passengers to suf-
fer, but would assist and forward them
to their destination.