The sun., 1888-12-08
GOOD-BY TO THE MARYLAND!
THE TRANSPORT BURNED UP WITH
PART OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN.

Thirty Passengers Escape Unhurt-Arourea
from Sleep to Scramble on Her at Porf
Morris-Shc Burns TO tho Waters Edge.
The transport Maryland had just touched
her dock Mt Port Morris at II 40 last night
when she was found to be on fire. She had on
board the sleeper Ticnia from Philadelphia
with eight passengers, the sleeper Magenta from
Washington with eleven, n combination dining
and smoking car, and an express car which
she had taken from the Washington express
which reached Jersey City at 9:1O. There were
altogether thirty passengers on the boat, one
lady In each sleeper. They were transferred to
atugboat and landed ut float near the dock.
They all showed great GOODNESS. None OF them
was hurt Most OF them lost ali their luggage.
When the lre was discovered some OF them
were in their berths and others were enjoying
the river scenery.
All tho cars were on fire before they could be
taken off, The sleepers were hauled out and
left to burn on the dock. The other cars were
left on the Maryland.
Within an hour the Maryland was burned to
the waters edge and destroyed, with the cars
that remained on her. The passengers were
comfortably housed in the Harlem River sta
tion. and special train OF three ears was or
dered to take them on to Boston at O'Clock.
The conductor OF the express was Il. L. Ed
wards. Porter j. G. Allen and Waiter Tucker
the MARYLAND came up to hor pier. when they
heard queer roaring sound. They found the
floor Of tho Maryland burning and the bottoms
OF the cars already smoking
Conductor Edwards of Waverly was In charge
Of the sleeping cars. He said:
About twenty minutes after tho boat made
her landing heard cries of fire and smelled
smoke. was in the eentlemen's end of tho
ticinia writing out my reports. Invent out and
found the fire making up the left stair
case Of the boat into the gallery.
I got back into the car and yelled
fire p Tho passengers were nearly
all in bed. They jumped out and ran off the
boat in their night clothes, some of them get
ting their wraps and clothes and satches. and
some not After all seemed to be out / pulled
out a man who was intoxicated In one OF the
lower berths, and helped out young
woman from q lower berth. BY this
time the car was filed to suffoca-
tion with smoke and flames began to
appear. got out and the train hands and
others who were out there put a rope on the
end Of the Ticinia and dragged the two Sleep
ers from the boat. They were both on fire.
There were four cars in all on the boat. Tho
sleepsrs were on the Harlem end and the coach
and baggage car on the other end. We left
Jersey City at 10:47. All the passengers were
for Boston save one man who was for Provi-
dence. Not one Of them was hurt in the slight
est There was pauic when the alarm OF fire
came The women cried and screamed and
the men lost their heads. The women mostly
saved their day clothing. These are some Of
the names of the passengers:
Col. A. L. Conger, Akron. Ohio; Patrick Suli-
van. Ahladelphia: E. II. Bolles, New Bedford:
Frank Woodman. Boston; Capt. A. ]. Hall
Rockland. Me-. Rev. F. Israel, Salem; II. G.
Miller. Meriden; D. ]. Avery, Chicago; Henry
M. Currler. 292 Devonshiro street. Bostons
Capt. George F. Wiaslow. New Bedford: John
Lang Philadelphia; Charles Bohlen. Cam
bridge
Every one says that the fire started in tho
kitchen of the Maryland, as 1t seemed to spread
from this point.
Tho Captain Of the Maryland is Flood. and
there was q Grew Of seven negroes and twenty
five white men. The negroes were asleep In
their hunks. and clambered down from the
burning boat to boats. None OF them was hurt,
but they lost everything they had.
The fireboat Havemeyer and the patrol were
called up along with as large n land force as
could be OF any use. but 1t was impossible to
save the Maryland.
The Maryland was the biggest double-ender
ferryboat In these waters, and was for long
time the boat with the biggest engines about
New York. and the only boat in the ferry traffic
fitted with steam steering gear. Her main
deck was nearly all taken up with railroad
tracks, on which whole train OF cars could be
accommodated. An upper or saloon deck gave
cabin accommodations. She piled between
Jersey City and the Harlem River terminus of
the New Haven Railroad. She formerly trans-
ported trains at Havre de Grace before tho
bridge was built to Perryville.
The slumbering passengers on the Boston
express for Washington. which gets here at q