The evening world., 1894-08-18

.alo'elock tina morning. 49,; ....
For time the IRE baffiej the efforts
OF the Department. and not until the
keel of the ship rested on tho bottom
of the river and tons of water had been
pumped into her did Deputy Chief REILLY
feel safe in declaring the fire under con:
troll. ....,.. 49,.
Capt. p. @. Libby. with his wife, two
daughters and son. and n crew of seven
meh. were on board. James Caser. a
boy, was on watch on deck.
At 5 o'clock Capt. Libby was awak-
encd by sitting sensation, and imme-
diately went upon deck. Smoke was
coming out Of the fore 'ventilnto.s, and
caser was trying to locate the fire.
There were thousands of cases OF lscr-
osene and many barrels OF benzine and
whiskey in the, hold, and the captain re-
.,l;zed what the fire meant. He yelled
ship afire' as loud as he could
and ordered the boy to run down
the dock and give the alarm. The crew.
awakened by the captains cries. came
tumbling out of their bunke.. and the
captain ordered the matches battered
down. and went to arouse his wife and
children.
policeman on South street, near
,.ni started towards the ship. He had
scarcely crossed the street when he saw
iiames bursting through the deck. He
Immediately turned In an alarm, which
brought Deputy Chief REILLY and en-
elnes 4, 81 and -
The Chapman wrecking Company's
tug. dusler. Was at a pier block away.
anu as the engines came down the street
tan t,tr n..l An Al -
4 had three streams playing On her before
lfe iiis uoa,s reacncu me scene.
As soon ali Deputy .nivi 4.ieiiy ar
rived ana learned of the dangerous
character OF the cargo, ne oruercu II
second alarm turned In. The names
were then burning through the forward
hatchway.
way up alongside of the burning ship
anu served AS a protection for Inc bIg
iron ship I r. Oakes. lying at the next
paying when the other nre boats ar
rived.
At one l.le 1t looked as " the New
was between the burning ship and the
4. Il. Oakes. when the former suddenly
careened The iire boat slowly drew
tried 10 take h'r place. but Deputy
Chief REILLY ordered her away and mad
TO turn couple. Of streams on her be-
fore his command was oDeyed
The heat on the burning ship made the
;. work OF the firemen extremely Danger
Gus. Tine men had to he worked IN
Was 50 intense. Fire Captain Whslen
and Fireman Goodrich had narrow es-
capes. A volume OF smoke from one of
the hatchWAys enveloped them and
forced them to the sioe of me snip.
There they hung until they were IA
viyed sufficiently to return to wor X.
The Ship Charmer was moored on the
other side OF the dock. Beside her on
the dock was piled hundreds of cases OF
oil and hundreds more were In her hold.
The burning oil on the Gen. Knox was
Shsrmer an extremely dangerous one.
d heT mS0o oi s were h east on and she
The dozens OF streams being pumped
into the hold OF the Knox seemed to
RELY held that heroic measures were
Capt. Libby ordered he decks 70 Be cut u
Half an hour later the FIRE seemed
nhaer control, but new danger arose.
The vast volume Of water that had
p ues1 pumped Into the hold caused the
The cry that the ship Was sinking
Vas passed along and The firsmen, on
scarcely done 10 when one OF Z" tRs h BIZ
Low lSwe h,l By tn, the !. erssshing Of the dmbefs
thrown an additional weight on the one
astern. and the strain caused the
spiles on the dock to give way. Ths
ship careened 10 starboard, the CARO-
SHIFTED and the names seemed TO stat
Deputy Chief Richly then ordered ,
third aiaIm turned IN. which brouei,'
four additional snslnss, and two hcoii
steamed over from Brooklyn. but Il Wa
impossibie for her 70 obtain 4, GOOD posi-
n0a The shifting % ihS-cals0 ssuso'
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