The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-06
LINER CAME BACK AFIRE.
ALARM BOUNDED ON n SOUTH
WARK NINETEEN HOURS OUT

Cetten IN ire Lever Fore Hold was Smoking
-BiE SHE Puts About aud stenms Back e
Her Pier IN TWen's-n,no Hours with the
fire wen Oneer oeh'ro'-Mhy Sail To-Day
Tho big steamship Southwark Of tho Interna-
tional Navigation Company's feet, which left
her pier at the foot OF Vesey street at 1 O'Clock
on wednesday afternoon for Antwerp with
freight and pol passengers, got back to the pier
at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon with her for |
ward hold aare.
About $50 o'clock Thursday morning smoke
began TO como from the ventilators OF tho for
ward hold.
The FIRE alarm was sounded. and the forward
hatch was raised. Under the spar deck, in the
steernocyvsy A lot Of baggage had been stored.
o.0oi"""''
Tho crow got this out first. Beneath the main
deck was a lot OF dried brewers grains in bags
o,a .o,,on In haloa Soma NJ tbis vo oot ont
AUG eottos N His 'a,s W soI u
ana stored on DECK, Dut py TINS time tho smoke
was coming up In groat volume. Tho fire was
~ .-N 80"
Inc Matches were REPLACED, steam was turhoo
t,r,oa aovn ,ho yontilators from tho .bin..
turned ao"h inc 'enli,NVorS II" 'ho snlps
nose Inc cargo peiow tho man ueoK consisted
Of more brewers grains. and in tho lower hold
WINS grain In hulk. topped with bales OF cotton,
and still more brewers grains.
The officers assured the passengers that the
Az. oonld hs tont unaor onntro, nil m. ray
across tho Atlantic II necessary. inc snip was
off the Georges Shoals and about 800 miles from
nort At1o o.o,n,k In tho foronoon the Cantain
port Az ioo oiook III Tue renoo .no Sape".u
determined that MS oest course was 10 return 10
New York. and he sped back for this port, flying
sion.Is Witch meant IN tho international code.
eienaS "h'on h'eane ia tno o"0
"Firc in cargo in the hold"
At 10 O'Clock yesterday morning the South
v,ri, ,yos s,ohtoi NJ Firo leland Sbs yas go,ng
"aiN W" SH
but slowly, ana her signals were mistaken Tor:
81 am manageable" but a few minutes later
A.. ,,,a,orn 80 ro,orni,oa o,a oor,,,,.s
inc MISTAKE was reeosniLeu ana corrected.
When word came to the city the company de-
,hs sbin and later Marine S,ner;pte,den Cont
~ s.ip' WY -
Shackford went, down the bay with two more
tugs. AT II o'clock the hre boat the New
Yorker sped off to meet the burning vessel
and the police boat Patrol. with Capt. Schultz
ana a squad or ms men Went also. Ihese two
vessels met the SouthTark at quarantine and
came up with her. those WHO watched the
steamer approach her pier under her own steam
could discover no evidences OF anything wrong
alb ard her, but as sho was warped into tho
was waited ashore.
Tho passengers were gathered along the rails
watching for familiar faces on the wharf and
those whom they recognized.
Without delay n large gang of longshoremen
wore set to work opening up the forward hatch
and getting out the cargo from the upper hold.
Great clouds Of steam came up when the hatch
In half an hour or 80 the hatch of TIL main
ssSE Q Mss r resen at tb ana cs TPenG Selo SRa T 19e ion "a
came 10 the street end OF The pier with its long
ladders, and some Of these the fremen br ueht
80 -. vva,ar iara ~ IA ~ oa.I,e
ava ~ , ma.ur ,esel, anh nney urought
freboat was in the sip alongside ready to turn
On niagara