The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-07
BURNED AT SEA.
Total Destruction of the Steamer
Lorenzo D. Baker.
ALI on Board, With the Exception oil
Two Sailors, Rescued by q
Passing Vessel.

Gr.pblo Account of the Disaster and the
thrilling Scenes witnessed-The Cap
tain's story.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 23-The whal-
ing schooner Franklin arrived here yester
day with the crew of the steamer Lorenzo
d. Baker, from Port Antonio, Jamaica, for
Boston with fruit. The steamer was burned
at sea. Captain Wiley reports; 1--WE left
Port Antonio on July 10 with cargo oil
bananas for Boston and had six cabin pas
sengers, Mrs. Elizabeth Sine, of Dundee,
Scotland: Josiah Dillon, of Iowa; Lorenzo
d. Baker, of Wellneet Mass; jeremiah
O,Callahan and jeremiah c. O'Callahan, OF
Boston: Ernest B. Thyng, Of Lynn; Law
renee Jensen and Peter Saxfield, sailors
who were working their passage, and nine
teen officers and crew. We had smooth
weather up to the evening Of July l5
"At this time a gale from the southwest
set in, causing the ship to roll some, but not
severely. At midnight there was an alarm
OF fire. went on deck and saw the en-
CINE room in blaze. l ordered the hose
on, but the engineer said he could not getat
the pumps. Then ordered the fire buckets
and alarmed the passengers and ordered the
boats TO be swung out. By this time the
sames had hurst through the top of the en-
cine room and the starboard boat was on
Are We SWING ont the port boat and low
erred her 70 the rail. ordered this one to
he manned Two or three passengers got
into the boat The fire was now within
three feet Of us and the heat was intense
placing the boat,s painter in the hands of a
.ailor and telling him to hold II fast, or.
do,,od the f,rst mate 10 take the bow, and,
su,;n, ,,;ng into the stern. told the men 70
Ia,ya. away thinking as soon as the boat
nos aeoat and detached from the tackles to
return On hoard and get out the raft and
.~,sIl hoat
t,Rnt when lowered the boat capsized or
.,r;lrinu the water and threw us into the
, .ea The man let 90 of the painter. The
mate and riphtei the boat, put the passen
-. "A ard ,va mt avav for the steam
.SIah ha5 dr;fta5 half mile. On In,
g., "n,ea ..o nnonrtered the raft which hat
,, %aS oo,.aous on n and took them into IN,
SS, o., ,hIs zine the ,vrec,r was NOR
- ~ a,,,ay After rowing sone tim
Vnan nta,.a - -, .a;ior Foa,ing on the oono
We P ~, uo said he had come in m
u way ~, orS That four sailors and tw
sn.n srornon Nc ~src on hoard the steamer. hayin
Iae- o,,, ~, S,.nr, the hoats hv the fire ON
sooou had haon droysned In irving 4
MN ,ho s-no,i hoo. The distance betvee
re"on aS a." ,ha hnrn;ns shin was 0raduallv In
ue anu .nS y, 20 se,, schoorer hear;n
so .s ,ha shin She tool~ an some men an
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snen n,ita P.neS .ohoono,. Fr,,irl;p CantaIn RIOS,
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g., ~" .,,or oInn,side the steamer Anotbe
a ,o . 'p ia hoar d,.o,vned IN syvinOino fro,
NJ .,s nor ho,rsn,;, 70 ths snnrs 10 whic
.ue sS,nnS os oi,uo A. mis- time The steam
.no l ss SaS % ,,;,hir ,hree feet of N
.asss [ aS,a and yvas 4 macs of flames fro
water euse anu wss wa san. 's So,,,,d ~ ,h .na5
s.em " svan a. % on, - ,,ventv seve
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