Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-10

batchwsys. Ii epread very QUICK.
ly md 7 nlmost ae SOON Ms the
alarm sounded the steernge
aud Storage cOmpanionwaY were
filed with smoke. The cause was
suonts eous com bustion among the
miscella neOus cargo. When the hfe
nau been put out 4. was L. unu inst ten
OF the steorage passengers, both women
ald mon, hsu been sui Gated and
their bodies subs, quentiy burned. Two
of the steerags walters were likewise
lead, and butcher"
Coroner Hoeber asked number
questions regarding he breaking oul
vi thu fire ami the means OF .gress
which the passengers bai. Then he
turned to MIR. Mallory and saiu:
~ consider IL my duty to put Capt.
Wilder under arrest pending investi-
cation into thu deplorsble accident.
But l do not wish 10 put hlm to any
un. ecaseary inco lveuitnce anu viii
accept MIR. M.iiofy's assurance that
ne Will not run away"
tbs being given the iormaIi.lee OF
the night were ended.
THE STORY OF 1HE PASSENGERS.
NEW York, May l0.--lt wa, "A
gru ssome signt on the Mallory steamer
Lepna today. Tbir.een DOdies, black
ened by ire ana smoke, we're lying iu
the tstsamer'J steernge. Men anu
women on deck looked Ms though they
hai passed through an awful ordeal.
Nobody was aiio wed either 10 leave or
BOARD the vessel until alter tue coroner
nsu viewed the bodies and given per-
mlselou for removal. Thomas DJyle,
~ Of af NJ hf, M,
on hie way to Vallejo, Cal, 10 see his
uncis and uunt, will bs detained until
tue inquest. Doyle was am ing the
steera.e passengers who occupied
DuBks Oh the slarDoard side OF the yes.
sci. He said among ths passengers VINO
c uiu speak En llien was young Irish
SRI, L. 2zin Sullivan. on her way to
Los Angels, Gal. Doyle etated he
was lying asleep early sunday morn
Ing when awakened by sufocating
feeling. The apartment was filed
with smoke. He made Tor the com.
pRnionwdy leading to the upper deck
AT tue eutrancs OF the compauionway
the stewart WIS shout,ng. DJyle
started up and iUunp two men had
preceded him. He fell back having
lost his balance and who no started
up again, was assisted 10y sJme one
from behind who pushed MIN up.
On reaching Geck DOyle says his
fret thought was for Lizzls Sullivan
He started INFO the w,m n's siue OF
the sleerage t. rescue ner, but was
pulled Dacg by the crew. The crew
worked like beavers to put out Tue
flames. Matches, burlaps, etc., which
auzht fire, Doyle says, were Stored
only a short distance from the steerage
apartments. Samuel ID. SohiiIerant
fiom Huntmary on his way t. settle ut
Columbus, Texas, said:
"Many lives might hpve been saved
II the crew had done anything 10 help
the smotheFing passengers" rSohilleI.
ant says the general impression Was
That the fiIe was caused by lighted
match dropped into the cargo. He
declares he saw members OF the crew
smoking, and they wore very careless
III throwing away matches. Along
shore today it was thought strange
that the fire was not discovered earlier.
II must have been smouIdering several
dhys.
The bodies OF the victims were taken
to the morgue To-Day.
Cpas. q. MailOry said today: 81 do
not attach any blame to the captain.
Every effort was made to waken the
passengers anu such OF the crew ~ had
turned In, by the usnai fire alarm
signals consisting Of bells and
whistler"