Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-15
ON FIRE IN MID OCEAN.
Days of Terror for the Passengers OF the
City Of Richmond.

DSSs VI AeTrOr ior t"e Hssse"keTs VI tns
City OF Richmond.
The steamer servia. which arrived at Queens.
tow, v.s..rdav hrorabt ,,.ws of srs as, hood
a, -.
'Ae wy Vi nchmoho. Inc ioho"ns s'ory
was told him by Capt. BEDFORD OF that vessel
On Tuesday at midnight a lady cabin passen-
ger upon pettinp ont of her berth noticed that
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innineoia'eiy gave the Alarm '" tne engineers,
who communicated with the captain, and an
examination was Quickly made This resulted
in the discovery that smoke was issuins from
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""u WIG ''ne,. '"oAe"'0N '"' A0
cotton IN the hold was on hre.
Large volumes OF water were poured down
Until the steam fire annihilators were used no
ammunition of the fire was visible
While the captain and engineers were trying
70 get the hre under control another scene pre-
s,r;" na On uecA 9naer tne US VI ..,o
Here provisions of ali sorts were being carried
by the stewards to the ships boats in view Of
the possible necessity OF abandoning the YES
sel In this work many of the male passengers
assisted.
GALE BLOWING.
Throuphout the reriod of alarm a pale was
b,o,.;nr o., a.. NJ ,...,.;, D,,.;n
>, VAC snip ioAoA
TIC oark hours OF suspense the mass ol
passengers were perfectly calm, most OF them
making preparations to leave the ship. Until
daShght on Wednesday the extent OF the hre
was not known so dense was the smoke
yeioping the decks The sea, too, became 80
neasy tnat IL would nave oeen almost inlpossl-
PIC ior the passengers ana crew 10 put on IN
sue ooats sdcn course nau oeeh oeemeu
necessary. soon after daynSht however, the
Vsp'aiu was aple 70 assure the people 'ha'
az eio M"' 10 ,"Weola'e uahSer; Du' aithouen
e nao peeh eueeAeu ~ rsih"inSu
S,a1 IN .ne ninss Vi oo''on anu hish'
.":r nv nanes q. any "oon' Was ,iu
PoDie .S aiscoter Tue eA'ent OF 'he h.e,
v"ins W .n9 iac' sIat every aperture III tne
'oinC y, he holo hao 70 De CLOSED IN oruer 10
The stewards confirmed their unconventional IN
abandon the ship, and had 2 900 pounds of beef
cooked for the boats. Other stores were also
maze .1 ready and moved away from the vicinity
o ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
slS oN DhoA
Ahe scene On oech ai'er inc oiseo'er! OF 'he
nre was remarkable, many groups Of women
praying feryently and CRYING. but no unusual
excitement nreva;,ed
A passenger saws: ut was a fearful night the
wind scrsecbing tbrcu,b tLo r;going - tLa
sea wasbinq nxer ths Iaala fi.sra w. Et,ia
hone of saferv in cas-, II .bonId hacome nsces.
sary TO take To m. boat. The snsnense was
terrible bnt ALI LCre ms, I.ndidlv owing 70 ,bs
encouraging words of The CAPTAIN and oft;cers
intermediate AZ M pA
Comfortably Installed in tie saloon va from
the smoke and fumes coming from the burning
cottor ;, - 'Ao e
Homes of relief came NJ q ,,c,oct in tho morn.
ing, when sail was sighted ahead. signals Of
distress were onickIv Soi.ted and rocLefs fired
but for two hours no resnonse was elected
Tha, a. .ta.,ra, -, -. -, ~ - -,
and 90 at half speed. evidently with the inten.
ton Of waiting for the CITY Of Ricbmond mis-
vessel was the CounseIio, and attar an n,a,'
change of signals She agreed 70 remain aiona-
side the distressed sieamer The .xtromo
danger of the situation was tins ayerted .nd
yisible rel,ef VA wrt,en o., The Saess 81 ali ~,
board WI
pEArH OF THE COUNSELLOR CAPTAIN.
sad incident occurred at the moment the
Counselor came alongside the City of Rich
mond the cantain of the farmer steamer and
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