Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-01-23
IN FLAMES IN MIDOCEAN.
Two American Vessels Lost
with All on Board.
THE HOLOCAUST AT INDIANAPOLIS.

a Score Of Cripples Burned to Death in
tho National Surgical Instltute-The
NBuildlng Was veritable Death Trap
with HAIRED Windows.
LoUDou, Jan s3-There has beyond an
doubt been two frightful marine disasters
recently, caused BY the burning in midocean
Of two steamships sailing from America,
and IL rs more than probable that IN both
ossses every soul on board hundreds, per
haps, have met death in its most terrible
foxm. Three incoming steamers have re-
ported passing burning steamers, and the
opinion Expressed Il that they were Ameri.
can tank steamers conveying petroleum TO
Europe, But this fact is only well estab-
lished IN tho case o. one Of the burned
. steamers, and there are fears that the sec
ond vessel may yet PROVE to be passenger
steamer.
Saw tho List of tho Grew Die.
This last vessel 70 report passing one OF
the burning ships is the Egyptian Monarch,
Captain Irwin, Of the Wilson nne, which
reached Grayosend yesterday Captain Ir-
win says that he loft New York on Jan. 5,
and that at u. m, on Jan. NJ, in latitude
q north, longitude 10 west, he sighted a
vessel, apparently an American steamer,
which was ON iiro and burning furiously as
though her cargo was petroleum. Her
mests We're burned out and olinging TO the
goar beneath her bowprit were two men,
apparently the last survivors of the crew
Captain Irwin ordered one Of his b0ats away,
but the two men rsforred to dropped over
board and sank soon after they wTe made
out.
In the hope that some OF tho burned
steamers boats might be found in the
vicinity, Captain Irwin steamed around the
derelict during the afternoon and night Of
Jan. 10 The next morning AZ there was
heavy sea aud little or no hope that open
boats could have lived through the night,
the Egyptian Monarch was put on her
course and soon left the hulk smoking and
haring on the western horizon.
An Must Have PerIshed.
The British steamship Imperial Prince,
which left New York on Jan 4, arrived at
Portland on her way to Leith and her COM
mander, Captain Cox, also reported having
passed a burning steamship. Captain Cox
said that he saw the derelict ia latitude
4s degs. north and longitude 10 degs west.
This was during the morning Of Jan 10 1t
viii thus be seen that the Egyptian Mon
arch and the Imperial Prince on Jan l6
sighted a burning vessel in exactly the same
latitude and longitude.
4 Captain Cox added that d heavy squall
came up soon after the burning ship was
sighted and that the atmosphere became SO
thick that the derelict was lost 10 view
fhau Hal
steamer was no longer TO bo seen. Finally.
Captain Cox expressed the opinion that alI
the burned steamers crew must have perish
ed, as no boats could have lived through tho
weather experienced at the time and after
the ship must have been abandoned.
The above reports establish beyond a
doubt that steamer was burned during the
night Of Jan. IS, and that she was still ahoat
during part Of the morning Of Jan 10, and
that she WIS destroyed by fire in latitude As
degs. north and longitr.- = degs. west,
or say about hundred miles southwest Of
Cape Clear, south Of Ireland
The Second Disaster.
The second vessel reported on fire was
seen Jan. II, IN latitude 43 degs north. and
longitude ~ degs. west She was seen by
the commander Of the British steamship
City Of Dundee. He described her as being
a large steamer, American built, and that
she had been abandoned. The City Of Dun
I dees commander could not see any boats
I though he made search for them, and came
70 the conclusion that as there was heavy
sea on that all hands had persisted. This
( burned vessel was seen about ninety miles
I west Of the Azore islands and about l50
miles southwest Of where tho Egyptian
\ Monarch and Imperial Prince sighted a
/ burning ship.
Hence it is concluded that two steam
I ships, both American, have been burned at
sea with the loss Of all hands. The spot
where the City Of Dundee sighted a burning
derelict may be said to be exactly half way
between New York and the town Of Oporto
IN Portugal.
There are a number Of petroleum laden
vessels at sea bound from the United
States for Europe This number includes
the Bear Creek, which left Philadelphia for
London on January 6; the Loodiona, which
sailed from New York for London on De
cember l6, with a crew Of thirty-eight men
the steamship Allegheny, which left New
York on January 1 for Marseilles, with
crew Of thirty.hve men. The steamship
Wllkomen from New York on January g.
IS also at sea with thirty-four men on board.
Among the vessels which might have
been near the scene Of the disaster but are
not Of United States build, are the Senator
lken, from New York Dec IA; j. f. Gra-
ham, from New York, Dec 81, and Nicosia,
which sailed from New York Dec IL.