New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-11

Mss III an cngns to German ,S.m girl They hey
one paralyzed, and. although the horror of the sit
hand o doy To o 10 ii ali Ss S
quickly It seemed like a dream thought was
lost too until found that had been dragged up
AWAKENED HIS FAMILY.
J. Vlacikek who escaped with his wife and two
sons from the Storage. is Bohemian To an in
terpiEer he said yesterday that he awakened all
the members of his family and started with them
TO go to the deck At the foot Of the ladder his
daughter turned to look for one Of her brothers
then fell back, overcome by, the smoke. -.
Another PASSENGER said he saw Sotrdne the
out Of the steerags. but all three were lost :,
spouse to the alarm of fire he saw that prompt
work must be done to save the ship He had IN,
pumps set working. The flames soon began , to
S up r the dek names Back
the stern. Captain Wilder had the course Oft, of the
ship changed so as TO get the wnd bout the alarm
spread to the stokers and eighteen OF mem, an
Spaniards, rushed to the deck ana 'red 10 low"
Get away from that boat. you hounds" yelled
The stokers did not obey the order and Chief Chief
Engineer Taylor drew revolyer ana rhr Waiiaes
caught sGo one eF of them by neck and hurled him
to the companionway with me SEa wen back
work cowed into obedience Captain apt IN Mdes
/ had he ufebOatS made READY, out tnc pdSseHbtiS
| were behaving well while the pumps were loIclng
streams of water upon the flames ana the poa aus
| we're not lowered. Signals were sent up but Tor
| two or three hours there was no otner snip IN
| SIGHT The main hatch was opened, ana inc sal,
/ ora threw into the much OF the cargo forward
| ~ I, while the streams OF water were kept going
| Jnst before daybreak the steamship City OF Au:
| drew near enough TO stand Ly and sent boats TO
| The Ieona The passengers were transferred from
| the Jeona while the officers and crew remained
! 70 fight the fire. About two hours later the names
were under control. and then the Leona's pas
sengers were sent back to her Captain Wilder
headed the ship back to New-York. and she got in,
as told In The Tribune yesterday, little before
/ midnight.
THE PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED
After the bodies were removed from the Leona
! yesterday morning a number Of the passengers
| went on the Lampasas. Some Of the storage pas
sengers were taken 10 boarding-hous by an agent
| in the employ Of tho steamship company. Mr.. Nal
lory said Yesterday that while the officers of the
| Leona could not allow newspaper men on the ship
formation about the fire until they had mace re-
port TO the company's agents. yet he had given TO
| reporters all the information that he could get
after he arrived at the pier. and there was no rea
son for secrecy. The Leone was towed to the yard
| of the Morgan Iron Works at Ninth-st.. for in
spection and repairs last night 1t was said that
| the damage to her amounted to about $1,000
The bodies of the victims Of the fire were placed
| In plain pine collins before they were taken TO the
! Morgue 1t was said at the Morgue yesterday that
unless they were claimed by friends In few days,
| they would he buried In the Peters Field. The
secretary Of the Irish Emigrant Society announced
| that the society would pay for the burial of the
| body Of Bridget Sullivan.