The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

4aB PoRrf1rRfCK CATCHES FTRB
Ss,g At HEH PIER.

mir nren sauarr EiEGcr ana uer Carre. Cens
ptssinE or % o 600 worth or Case on. gns
vsiepea In Rlausr In thc 4 ,riy snorniaE-
msr crow vorcrd to fiS ror Their Lives.
Tho cargo of tho full.riggcd IRON ship Fort
Patrick OF the Port line, Glasgow. caught fire
at the vessels moorings at Pier o, East Rivor,
shortly before daybreak Yesterday, and before
tho flames were conquered tho ship had sunk,
after furnishing a hnc spectacle for thclongshoro-
mon and scasaring men along the river front.
The ship returned on Oct. q from Java with .
cargo Of suRnr, and was reloadinR with kero-
sene. lubricating oil, turpcntinc, benZine, tar.
and resin for Australian ports, and was to have
sailed on Dec. 3. She had on board on Tues
DAY night $4,000 cases Of kerosene, 400
barrels Of lubricatinR oil and thousands
Of packages and cans of other oils, esti.
mated to be worth at least. $4,000. The PORT
Patrick's hold is built after the old-foshioned
pattern, without compartments. so that there
was nothing to prevent tho spread OF the flames
once they started in this, inflammable cargo,
Capt. Frank Hand and his erew OF t wen cnnt
Mcintyre, superintendent OF the pier. whom
the fire started. and all were in their bunk, hut
watch on deck. He NOTICED Q thin column OF
smoke curling up out OF the forward ven.
tongues Of flame leaped out. Thinking the fire
was in the mems quarters IN tho torecastle, he
the Captain and tho seamcn in "a hurry. First
Mate SANITY tumbled into his toRs, and started
for the pier on the run to give the alarm liar aro CAPT.
among the kerosene cases In, the forward pare
Sp t ss h %a,sbi a on t &c prf bsioSs ane sf as they 20 ss eoaid
and get ashore. Danger OF explosion made
flight imperative. The fire spread go rapidly
that thick clouds OF smoke poured out OF the
Before going Capt. Hand ordered the matches
Fire Chief Cruger, who arrived with tho first
fire engines, saw at a glance that he had a dan.
second alarm: The ship and the pier, which is
in black smoke when the second call brought
two fire boats and Chief Bonner. The freinen
climbed aboard the ship and ripped open the
pier, amid other smaller craft, which were
r @en could Sid Or Do d Mns to 1 Try !9 and drown AM gna she sf 9ia nrs,
out. and dozens Of streams were turned into the
hhntGhes' pouring a great flood of water into the
more binding. After the fircmen had been 40
work two hours in this way, a loud explosion
ward hatchway: The force Of the explosion
Fireman Harmon Of 1 engine was rendered un-
conscious. 1t was found that he had. been
overcome, by, smoke. and he soon revived. Two
more explosions shook tho ship and sent pyro-
technic showers. into the air. They drove the
frcmen to the pier for safety.
port Aft snd the bsg shiT ID s sIn9. viii th9 he ship sR'n lifssd the tS
iremen's, work was ended. Crowds went
down to look at the ship during the day as she
deck showing above the water. The Port i at
rick was built at Greenock, Scotland. eight years
ago. and is owned by Crawford q Rowad Of
Her agents, Balfour d Williamson. said that
they gould not tell when she would be raised,
cargo. said that they could as yet form no osti-
mate Of the loss on the cargo.