The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-23
4 STEAMER Bl RNED.
twenty seven Persons saved and Two
Drowned.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. July 1.-The
steamer Lorenzo ID. Baker, of Boston.
with fruit from Jamaica, consigned TO
the Boston Fruit Company, was burned
at sea on the night Of the 18th instant.
Two of the twenty-seven people on
board were drowned. The remaining
twenty five were rescued by the whal-
ing schooner Franklin, and arrived at
this port to-day.
Captain Wiley. of the Baker. in his
report says We left PORT Autoni0.
Jamaica. July 10th, with bananas for
Boston. and had six passengers. Mrs.
Elizabeth Slime. OF Dundee. Scotland {:
Jonah Dillon. 81 Iowa l.. ID. Baker.
Jr.. Of Well Fleet. Mass. jeremiah |.
Callighan aud his nephew. Jeremiah O.
Callghan. Of Boston +. B. King. Of
Lynn Lawrence Jenson. and Peter
Saxild. sailors. who were working
their passage. and nineteen officers
and crew. in all - persons. At mid
night on July 10Th. when we were IN
latitude 3S. 10. longitude 60 ~ west fire
broke out M the englne.TOOm. The
engineer could not get at the pumps. /
ordered the boats % be swung out. By
this time the flames had burst through
the top OF the englnerOom. and the
starb9ard boat was on fire. We swung
out the port boat and lowered her to
level with the rail. ] had the lady
passenger placed IN the boat and order
ed it manned. Two other passengers
now got iuto the boat, but The men had
gone fOrW ard. The fire was within
three feet of Us. and the heat was in
tense. Placing the boats painter in
the hands of sailor and telling him 10
hold fast. | ordered the first mate 10
take the boat. and springing into tie
stern. told the men al the falls 20 lower
away. but when lowered the boat cap
sized on striking the water. and threw
us into the sea. The man let 20 the
painter. The mate and righted the boat.
put the passengers aboard. and we put
away for the steamer. which had driited
half mile. ON the way we encOun-
tered the raft which had eight persons
on it. and took them into the boat. BY
this time the wreck was more than
mile away. After rowing some time
we picked up a sailor floating ON the
ganguay steps. lie said he had gone
with the small boat. and that four
sailors and two firemen were
ON board the steamer. having been
cut off from the blals by
the fire one fireman hal been drown
ed in trying tO reach tine small boat.
The distance between us aud the burn
ing ship was gradually increasing when
SAW "a schooner bearing down 20 the
ship. She took of me men and then
picked Us up. She proved to be the
whaling schooner Franklin. Captain
five men from a spar along side the
steamer Another fireman had been
drowned in swinging from the Steam
er IS bowsprit tO the ,pars tO which the
sailors chung At the time the steamer
had burned within three feet Of the
water edge and was q mass of 4 mes
from stem 90 stern. The most geuelOu
treatment wa. accorded tO ms by Cap
tain Rose and the crew of the Frank
lin. Clothing and the best of ali
they had was freely given The Frank
Ian voyage was not up for month.
but Captain Rose brought MS imme-
dately into port. The iiremen VIII
6fs bisl6n. Mass
Tne only lady passenger on board OF
the lost steamer was Mrs. Elizabeth
SINE. If Dundee. Scotland. She was
asleep in her berth below when she was
aroused at night By the voice n Cap
tain Wiley. telling her that the ship was
ON fire. She hurried with some
clothing. secured her money AMI
went on deck, where she was
placed in the life boat. When
the craft capsiz.d, she was drawn un-
derneath. She could not swim. but
She had on - life preseryer and soon
came 10 the surface. The mate who
was ON the keel of boat caught her br
the arm and drew her up. when the
boat was rghLei she WAS assisted IN.
md soon after the boat was picked up
by the Franklin.
Am appropriate testimonial. extend
ing sincere thanks and heartfelt graii-
tuIeto Captain Rose and the officers
and crow If the Franklin was siSned
bv the passengers, officers aud crew Of
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