Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-16

CURED our second mate.
For why?" drawled the Yankee,
''She wouldn't have sunk nohow. Pc
troleum's a floating cargo, young man.
All the flames have reached the stun
at last
AS he spoke the dull, steady glare
shed by the burning ship suddenly
leaped into a great white flash; foun-
tains of clear fame seemed to shoot up
into the crimson sky and descend into
the water in torrents of sparks; the
ocean was revealed in the brilliant mare
to it's furthest confines, and the shape or
our vessel stood out as clearly as ever
she showed under the high noontde sun
1t was a magnificent, awe-inspiring
spectacle, heightened yet, perhaps, by
the sense of peril it conveyed. the
enormous gush of brilliant flame lasted
whilst you might have counted nun
dred; it then began to die down and
spread out though losing nothing OIL ITS
dazzling brightness l guessed the eX-
plosion that must have taken pace
when the fire had first communicated
with the petroleum had liberated the
stuff, which was now beginning TO all
fuse itself over the surface OF the sea
A very few moments of watching SUI
ficed to determine this. Within nv
minutes a tract of water, stretching 10
at least a half mile on every hand OF
the burning brig. was converted inuo
sheet of lambert, crawling hane, III
the midst of which the glowing vessel
stood forth like the set-piece OF some
Titanic display of f1reworks--a lurid,
gorgeous outline, palpitating through
the fumes like the tropical African moon
viewed through a silVery curtain or NIL
asma It was terrific and suDllme
spectacle, though already the heat OF
that immense confiagration was renuer-
ing the stagnant atmosphere insufLefa-
BILE.
A sudden panic fell upon the Ihen
grouped together on the main deck al
the sight Of that roaring ocean OF hre
slowly but steadily rolling towards US
They came along in a hurried, confused
manner towards where the captain anu
mates stood crying out that the pdrque
was doomed, that nothing could save
her from the on-coming liquid lre, anu
that their one chance was to fly Tor tn9lI
lives whilst there was yet time cap
tain Tarbuck seemed bewildered by TINS
sudden terrifying confrontment; ne
merely gazed idly at the confiagrauon'
and from II to the faces Of the seamen,
amongst whom were the crew OF Inc
brig herself, but made no answer 70
their clamors
"By the Talnal, then, shipper, but
they men are right" cried the Yankee
captain, catching Tarbuek by the arm.
See how the olazin' stuff rolls TOWARDS
us. Twill be licking our sides IN an
other few moments Come, sir, LIE IS
too precious to risk By idling-aad such
a death as that, too"
He sprang down the poop LADDER, anu
ran TO the mainchains, ALONGSIDE winch
still foated the boat in which he ana
his people had boarded Us. His exam
pie proved highly contagious: nothing
spreads like cowardice in panic. Inc
men made bolt after him, ana saw
them scrambling over the CHAINS anu
dropping into the beat in feVerisn haste
| took ore look at the approaching sea
Of fire, and then q great horror seized
upon me.
"He is right" 1 called. eCome! We
shall be burnt alive if we tarry.
Both the mates followed me down the
Quarterback ladder; the INSTINCT OF self
preservation was too strong for their
sense OF duty But Captain Tarbuek
stood in the same staring posture, as
immoYable as a statue. SSH shouting
to him to hasten and join US, ] sprang
over the bulwarks and plunged into the
midst Of the frenZied crowd in the boat,
the two mates following close upon my
heels. Captain Tarbuck turned his
his head once to look a IS but never
changed his position.
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