New-York tribune., 1886-07-29
FLAMES IN THE LABRADOR,
A sTEAMER BURxrN0 In THE RARsoR.

BRAcAED on TEE Loze TsEkxD euoHn-PAe8KN-
eERs sAHELY LANDED-sLI0Hr DAMAGE
The steamer LaheadeT. Of the General Tnns-
atiAnso Company isls HsvFe fes HswsYoFk wosk go
lnst eataraas Hhs voyaas psssaass one aaa che
tvenUght csbfa passsuesrs were Juss oonRratulaune
themselves ysassraay nosnins upoA their eafs eEvsL
WhaA theg we're sadaealy hroaghs Gnce 70 faee win
efths dreaded dangers Vhich en- aass thess
who Jaarney sha Ths vessel dropped naehsr ~
Quarantine % S:2e q n, and sooaee led shs
fAstling of the aaehof-ehain Osased 70 be heard
than the cry Of "Frsg" CRESTED TIE sars u
psssesFsrs snd erev. Ths aAmes had broken out IN
ths nsarOom tbs saloon deck tass forward oR ths
10 supposed that spark from the funnel wAs csrred
down one ot tAs vsntiAsiDg shafts and started she
blasa These wa mach sxoateuent amonR The passen.
gszs especially anoog 16i lmmiuants vine rushed
peli-sss deck basssgeA the sailors ard 0eosu
vita question: Tue cxctssmeas however. did nss BE-
sems . paae. rhs passengers were promptly
FoaAsnrsd streams Of water we're soon direesed
upon the nro, and the vessoi wee headed
for tie mud-easks sf Ne L0a9 llasd shsrs
she was beaehsa on ogrs Heed, listle bslow Bay
Ridge. about o'clock Here tugboats came 70 her
assistance and By o'clock tae hre extingu1shed
AZ 60ioek stssmor Flstsheg oar1o aoaSsido ana
tsak OF sAs cabin with their Thsy
were landed at the oompseys pier as hortou-sa The
Fletcher then returned 70 Ees Labrador ana carried The
immigrants TO Castle Garden The steamer lay - tes
unuAbaak 9nui $40 .. n With the naing tide ana oy
the assstaaee Of chs was hAalod on a2d es UoO
wa safely moore4 IN bsr deck.
CaVtsa Perisr e HauSsnve, Who b m command OF the
comes Of ssa-farna family. Hts cousin ts an admiral
IN the French Navy. The captain thus describes the
sesne his vessel daring she nrs;
when ws came % anchor % Quarantine was 90 deck
myself guPerintsadag the dropping VI tae aaenss No
second captain Lelanelon. came rannlnE 70 me Ettn
the that the ship was on nrc VINO arst
S:SSsi''S :s:%:S 70 'e come '" ron al s;ds: ones
In few minutes the smoke was dense 10 the
Ss ps Ss The
ourod sp amidshps through ell tbs vsntslasng shaie
WA for tho passengers They were - once summoned
DECK the cabin PASSENGERS In the stern ano . steer
were to aeht the 6smes allowed amidssip. Then
got the rumps TO work There are swo hand pusmEgs E
steamer Il wori reach the aarnes With me
hose II almost impossible to pour stFrams OF waler
loSered sides OF the vessel Ia chasA But We
broke IN the In tne deck snd our nose
ways and through the ventils ors Tue sailors WORKED
order. But %
snOko which pouring up through tue decs might DO
were huddsd together over the torocsste might be cut
on from the eAoiu passengers IN the stern AZ soon -
and made ready TO receive the the lad
and stArWAya which led 70 them over the side OF
Should &C. cut oS from - ZOE ..en there might be ssrrs
loss Of life; 20 decided TO send them back to lon the
maze tnese ignorant and turr6ed people pass tbs
SPOT where tue smoke was pouring out In Volumes Sos
ooSraGed them, until they vero ali safe In place where
escape would be easy.
20 think about the ship As soon the nre broke OUT
began 70 make a the noise could Ti,S tss ses S
We soOp hal doctor on board. who passed .hc
water hatws pouriDR vessel beRnniDe
to collect on the port side aud the ves>eI was nstlbY
alarmugly saw that the time not far on when, u
we should continue " throw water the fire, the
steamer would keel Moreover, preforrei tuat
she must sink sho should sink the middle OF the
cnannti. for that would have rendered the work OF
wrecking difficult SO consulted WITH fil0t watson
Hook and ue told me that there vas level bottom
Long Island shore Accordinsly we got IN er
the gather about US and oher nssst-
ance that the hre vas moro thaa We could handle
unAded 20 I aceepted their help. They we're eoie 10
throw streams water through the PortholeS ana oy
O'Clock the DIRE vas out In tho meantime the psssenh
gers had removed and came up TO tue Der Win
the high ude
One OF the uassengeru. q Frenchman with Van Dyke
beard gestures eloquent than his
wOrda told the-foowiDg story:
was awAkoaed by the CRY Of Gre" and what smell
the passaGeway and ell the time the smoke erew thicker
/ don't know just how long it took me 70 dress; out
oDened the door Of my os6in saw that tho re for
ward. stretched legs IN the direction OF Tue as
passengers bad been quicker than l. Tho ladies were N
an extreuely dshovelled condition. Tue men weren't
nlncb better. Was there . panic Well. it WAS not
great panic but there plenty or exctenenI inc
Immigrants muG frightened than the cabin
and IL really piTful 20 see tho families
hnddlel tgethsr IN little groups on the dook But ator
All there was little danger fhe discipline OF .ho sailors
wss excellent aud the Oicers deserve only rraise-
Louis do BebIan agent Of the ne aroused early
IN the morning BY telegram announcing the nre He
VIA soon at his Office Bowling Green and In corre-
spondence with the LabradOrs officers When The vessoi
came In TO her aock made inspection OF tue damage
s found that tho had been confined 70 the saloon
deck About ten cabins the sarboard side aud abont
eight port side had heeD guted The wooden par
ltious we're badly charrea, out no damage had been
dcne to the hull The majOrity Of these cabins are soo
ond oas but few OF thoss toward tho stern arc INST
class Mr. do Beblan estimated the damage at between
81 500 aud So OO0 and teegrAphed 70 the company
IN Pranca He added that he did not think tie loss var
rantod the expense OF average adjustment the LAD
rador carried a general cargo uhoh was umnlured py
the nre may suffered slight damage from sne
water although the matches were carefully csulked
On saturday tho Labrador will sa Tor Havre no moro 70
return 10 Nez.York. The oOmpaDys new ships will
AXE her place and thOse OF the old vesse TIE Lacra'
dor will IN fnture the line which the 0encfal
Transatlantic Company maintains between st. hazAirc
and the West Indies.
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