The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-23
Y FLAMES IN MID0CEAN.
rvo PERISH OUT OF THE 27
M ovopLE ON THE STEAMER

..s,n One Of the First to Leave
l' 01s T1.sss,. But He Explains That it
w.. ~ sccidental-A Schooner Comes
"H0 @ Tnst in Time to PICK Up the
survivors. ~ 90 Tho
NJ" sob,ouer Franklin arrived here
l'ins ,-i,g with the crew of the steamer
n Baker, from Port Antonio,
'l51' ;,r Boston, with fruit, before re-
la,--, loI -r,ite. The steamer was burned
S. a uHav saws: "We left Port An
CapI, I,,lr " IA N with a cargo of bananas for
no = a. a1d had six cabin passengers, Mrs.
$50 ~, Sine of Dundee, Scotland; JOSIAH
~ 5aD's5 " Iowa loTa Lorenzo D. Baker, Jr., of
T.laet. Mass, and Jeremiah ~ -;
CaTagbau Of Boston, uncle ana
0oSew. o1s1e Ernest B. Tying OF Lynn j
rTsnes ~CT Jensen and Peter SaxneId
~ Who were working their passage.
y iIi ri1a-oeu officers and crew. We had
~ s1,ootb water up TO the evening OF July
N. dav of ths disaster), when we were
.tt15e 98' 15' and longitude 69' 49,. At
i time a fresh gale from the southwest
il causing the ship to roll some, but not
ysrely.
ANALARM OF FIRE.
GAt midnight there was an alarm OF fre.
vent AMI on deck and saw that the engine
AM was in a blaze. | ordered the hose
Init the engineer said he could not get
tba DuB,ps. Then I ordered the fire
lckets and alarmed the passengers and or
trai the boats to be swung out. By this
|ms the flames had burst through the top
the engine room and the star
ari boat was On fire. We swung
the port boat and lowered her TO tho
"A | ordered this one to be manned.
NO or three passengers got into the boat.
he fire was now within 3 feet OF us, and
heat to those who stood by the boat was
tense Placing the boats painter in the
slds Of a sailor, ard telling him to
[d it fast, l ordered the first
an TO take the bow, and, springing
a TO the stern told the men to lower away,
Blinking as soon as the boat was afoat and
tsched from the tackles to return on
lard and got out the raft and small boat,
they we're comparatively safe and away
Om the fire.
THE BOAT CAPsIZED.
IA "Butin lowering the boat as it struck the
ter it Immediately capsized and threw us
10 the water, and on coming to the sur
A found the man was not holding the
Hnter. He had let 60 of it when he saw
disaster, so that the boat was near us.
png the passengers TO safe hold on the
el in few minutes the mate
nghted the boat. After
ting our company to safe posi-
bHS again we bailed the boat,
ok the psssengers in and looked around
the ship, which had by this time
Eited about half mile away. 1t had
el twenty minutes from the time of
Tering until we were in it again.
EIGHT TAKEN FROM A RAFT.
We put away for the steamer, and when
out half way to it we fell in with
Tatt which had eight persons on it.
noatea with only one end above the
eri having been injured in launching.
took all from the raft into the boat.
WIND had now increased and the sea
high. Some time was consumed with
raIt, and We were a mile from the
eck when we started for her. Afterrow-
some time we picked up a sailor floating
lne gangway steps. From him we
5led tnaV ne had escaped in a small boat
VnaV Iour sailors and two firemen were
" board the steamer, they having got
OA from the boats by the fire. One
'LAA had been drowned in trying to
a'u tle boat. We now found to our
NV That the distance between us and
'alp was increasing, but while the wind
wreck. - NAe''N w ieacn
RESCUED BY THE SCHOONER
an u' tofenoon 10 was rapidly passing awav.
a. " uuF Joy, we saw schooner hear.
toTn On the ship. We saw her Law bv
1He W on some men, and then coma to
10 were soon safely on board the ves-
"Ittu Nv proved to be the Franklin. Can't.
y, 81 New Bedford. We found that
~.t ~ 'aAen hye men from a spar along
'le steamer. Another fireman had
a. uiowAed In swimming from the
. boWsprit to the spar. Al this
" Vlie steamer had burned to 1r;thi,,
hnd tbe So' ~ vi The waters edge. We soon
twenfv.sau,.o,.I.l ',,.,.l Doat, and twenty-five out
aner ,Te.o even u souls souls who had been on the
81 gsro,eI', we're SAFE on board the Franklin.
,Ot Boooous Boso "l5 treatment was accorded us bv
bsst as'99 9I ana Tile crew of the schooner,
Ssid ~ G.rs reSI9erS u had was freely offered
m ,r for OapO' Rose. My voyage will NOT
bort 5Tt = onS month, but l will carry YOU
d 81 Tba and we started for New Red
the vassoi ao fargo was valued at $40, 900
4' vessel was insured for $4,000 '''O