The evening world., 1894-07-18
Oil-Laden Bark Emma I. CroTell
Destroyed Nea, Sandy Hook.
The Captain. His Wife and Gre"
Escaped in a Liteboat
The ship Left This Port Yesterday
Bound for Shanghai.


twelve miles Of -. Isla-L al VA
turned 10 tie Ssts-s @tg= = a-,rLT
dEd the fame. sVr-zt ia: ts.-s rn
no time 10 save anything. 2-1 - pt'
sonaI efec,. Of th= c--E q fg-rt.en
and the captain s14 h-s VIE were &C.
stroyed with the czrzo-
Although The FIRE stare! ss-1; 81
O'Clock last night, nothiaz vas Ero--
Of the disaster ur-ti this ro9r-i-s. when
the Dutch oil tank steamer c-~sr, G--
der the connzn5 az Czpt. Cass@1s. e..
rived at Quzrznure with the crew *
the ill-fz,ed bark-
The Emma 7. CroselL ~l.-h i 1--WE:
by Eugene Carver. ot BoEtsl. hal
cargo when she s;s-s3 ct yest-rtay
OF 1xo cases Of kerosene oil At--- -
ing toved To SEA sn4 pLt-ng TIE Ii.o:
aboard tie ts:;oa boat- --+ sail. g~-=
stretched, and the Tar. fairly stz-t--4 q
her voyage
Everything went veil go;il 81 ociock.
whkH srnoke Ezy s%eu isz-!-z from =
nre-hatch- hssty =Ia -Ii-z-.,- @ss ::
that the IRE Sas raging -=iTS cesEs
near where the oil Ezs st--s1
Capt P.a5I='C1 XIV t-c-l - r-ar1.-
mzble mature Of tc= czrsr -rz- s-y a.
tempt made 70. save TIE $50 ~g-,ti =.
useies.. instes1 =. az 40 Ezys c-d-r-
for the ioSHrlrz ., 'r= ocz-s
There was ngt II grr q : s-s r-zrl-s
al the time, bIt. in sp.ie Il ga; far.
the ssArboar+ NfsbDi- ~zs E-1g- - 49,
lowering IL ami Rendered u-%.es. Ire
port boat however. Ezs safely isursr- -
On board. Sas The Hrtt u y r-t y u -
The ere~ fsiLo~s-- CAPT Ps-1iet.- -
ing the last one 70 Lave
Even then, however. Ter sst'-y y -
not complete. as there rzs 3sCE-r - -
oil exploding a. any rl9r-r'- lr lr---
TO get out o. hArrn's way ih@ cr-S
STOPPED 10 .stch The tax I'm ~.
Just about THAI -u@ h-zTy tcz e
scende1 and through th.s re T>-1 mas
co1Bd BE s<ea far asf ar h4-c- q f--9r-.
Then ~ Was l9s- - sight
Capt Pe,tletoa h4t 4.p1. nae - -
mind 70 ~ z1t Wv tax % - Ia :, !.
yyaen n. RE-: q. 2. =. ~ -. -.
hove IL Eight He coz-ia.s-. Czvt-
H>a3oek stoY5%! ADD ,acsst - 'hs
ereu. ;hez t1rztrE ~ rs..% a-9--.5 -
Returned % ~ se'aty H'7s LAEa"ai'
s.sstsa sas .rl.I.f y =: !.r..sa.
Crouel were .sksa 81 bar! an r.r-1.!
to cr1arzatt1. A, !. 9'-lr-s -?
were hr01xht ~ u chls c.ty - .ae '-E
CAPT P.nd1,an ,s.4 ~. rr-9--..-r
that b. oogh atTans- - her VIA
ever as 70 IN. aus Z IN .--. 81 s;t
that IT aat - ,a-s-t ~ st..-.'s -.
iishted aboard 4. said. while lDz1.ux
Up here with oil, and ire bsrt s-s----t
immediately after heE cargo vas
The Emma T. C-o-es, vas butt, n
ISa. and was I.os toIs register. There
was very lttti. Insurance. Pgnb@r-or.
Carver Il Nichols are the New YORK
Capt a. g. Pend,eton, u IN. Croxer.
his wife. Mr. May Fsrtl>ton, aoi Fire,
PendIeton. Carver 4 Nichoi,. at :. sgu.h
the ting IN New YORK
Old. and Is a cousin OF z. P. Carver. Q:
Boston, the larTer Of the nineteen
owners In the Crove.L Mrs. PendlstOn
{. about forty-eigt'. and is niece 0:
The burning Of II. crow.ll entails q
particularly severe loss on Capt Pendls
ton and his wife. For fourteen years h
has Commanded the Crowell and he In,
vested all his esrrings in the vessel unit
he owned nine-siIty-fourths Interest ir
her. He and his wife also l,et ever
clothes they had on. The captain ISs'
all. even 70 his last shirt. he only vor.
a light underzhirt when the FIRE brokI
out HIS wife saved a shawl, a lit,l.
wore.
Capt. PendIeton CAV. u. following az
s2gn, OF M he loss Of his Tssss 70 al
AT % minutes past last night, Will
twelve miles south Of Fire Island. on
Of the crew told me that a heavy srnOk
called all the crew On deck. The snos
was coming out OF the hatch and t,yT
in huge volumes, and l realized that III
Il ordered all the matches bat,ene-
smother the nre The smoke increase
nrst alarm Ere broke ont from IN
II realized that the vessel was los
and ordered IN. port boat lowered;
cApSized a. II struck the water and "
lowered the stArboari boat: Into II a
banda sixteen in number including TT
vie. got as quickly as possible v
water. and placsd them into the boat an
Also hoi.ted the flag upside down on u
I'VE pushed OF. and In few uanu,.
Of the baIE We sighted the Rzd Croi
steamer I mic, wnich bore down a.
at was just o'clock when We got {
board Of her A. We pulled toWards =
sunis we su beard explosions from II
Capt Pend @ton said h. had all h
cargo IN at o'clock on the sfternoc
OF the day before he sailed. Yest-rds
srs.,nog a,, h had 1.n 'hs f2r S, hs
and no smell Of smoke or fire was Il
ticed.
The oil /. valued at s25,roo The Enu
T. Crowell was valued at 80, no an on
days before .hs saii.&, Mr. Nichois "a
she was partially insured. bat he q
clined 70 give the exact amour
Whether the oil, which IS said 10 pelOl
TO the STANDARD OIL Company, vas t!
sured or not was not ascertai.ed
Mrs. Mary Pendleton, pleasant-tsce
mAtronly lady. said: The loss Of !
Crowley r. a particularly hard one
my husband and myself AL our sa
tngs for many years were lost IN r.
have made many voyages with ?
husband, but this Is the first time
have ever been IN serious danger
7 was, of course, very much Tighten
at f1rst, but when / knew We were or
twelve miles from Fire Island | :
cafmer. j knew We could make !
land in the boat The fire spread
quickly that We could save nothing l.
our lives"
The ships papers and two chronou
tiers were all OF the vessels belongir
saved. The crew, who behaved Y,
we'll also lost everything.
The list Of the Emma T. Crowel
crew is An follows: Captain, A. $. Te
pleton First Mate, b. g. Trefry; Sec
Mate. ]. Nelson; w. G. Crater. o. j,
nings, ii. Torgesen, George Russell, Jc
Jacobson, T. l. Ekman, Theodore ri.
c. II. Peterson, John Peterson, r. il
sen. l.. Sounsen. John Snedrickson q
r. GieDer - =