New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
CLYDE LINER BURNED At SEA
THE DELAWARE's PASSENGERS SAVED
~ BOATS. THE CREW O.; RATS

/
oH THE OCEAN KING-rHE VESSEL. slNks
WHILE BEING TowEp INro PORT
An American captain and an American crew
displayed the characteristic bravery ~ the
American sailor on Friday night. when the
/ CLYDE Line steamer Delaware was burned nearly
, To the waters cdFo Not iif- was lost IN this
vessel and The captain and his of, - main
tanned the sirlctest discipline among The men.
and were the ast 10 leave th- ship
or AL the horrors ~ the sea. none i more
dreaded than fire An alarm ~ fir" ON ship
n sea a. rue causes panic among pas-
sengers and cray. ,or the terror Of death hy
drowning IL exceeded by the horror ~ The
prospect 81 being burned to death. No panic
occurred the Delaware. Tho captain
stood AT his post and every man Of the
crew was Ia his place and did his duty The
GREY first Of all saved the passengers putting
them in the small beats After the small boats
had been filled and manned. The remaining
members ~ the crew rugged up RATS out of the
gratings over the matches and set themselves
adr't On these. Captain Ingram. the last 10
leave The vessel. let himself down over The side
Of tho burning steamer ~ rope. and landed
Of the RATS
TIE Delaware left this por; on Friday after
She had on board thirty-two passengers. At
about . H. D. m. Friday smoke was seen com
ing up through the hatchways from the hold
An investigation showed that the ship
FIRE In ine after part ~ the hold. and
that tn" namcs were making rapid head
way. Captain Ingram ordered that IN"
passengers. who hid Jus; turned in. Do
aroused. 81 the same Tim" holes wer" cut
through the hoor Of thc saloon 50 thai water
could 5c poured into the hold When these holes
wer- cut Volumes Of smoke and flame cane Gp
into the saloon. The sailors stood al their posts
and poured water into the hold. Dut win little
success.
AL. TIE PASSENGERS put ~ THE BOATS.
Mcanw hilc Captain Ingram and his officers.
ami Mrs Ellen r. Hill. the strwardess. aroused
the passengers. got them on deck. supplied them
with life preservcrs and saw that each person
had q NE prcserver properly adjusted BY this
timr the Delaware was about twelve miles south
OF Barncgat and OF Cedar Creek, y. j.
When captain Ingram saw that his passengers
were in danger h. ordered all the ere" on deck
and prepared To- lower the boats At th" same
time h. sent Mp signals to attract the attention
OF the lifr-savlng crew a. Cedar Creek. lie then
ordered the boats lowered and the crew. forming
II line let the passengers over the side into the
four boats and soon all the passengers got safe
~ away from the ship.
As there were no more boats left, ana the ne
RATS were In the after part of the vessel "h"rr
the fire vas. the remaining members OF IN" ere"
took M fin, gratlngs from over the matches and
formed TWO RATS. When Captain Ingram gave
them the order they went overheard on these
fran craft Not a man attempted To leave MS
post until he was ordered to do 80. After all
,l,. nd IN lsft
tain Ingram lowered himself over IN" side. and
the last raft pushed of
Prior 10 leaving the ship Captain Ingram had
made every effort To save his vessel When me
first alarm OF fire came h. headed her toward
tn. shore. hoping TO beach her In time. Sne
finally ran aground on the bar OF Island B"ach
While all this was going on on board the
steamer the patrol Of the life-savng crew had
reported the steamer on fire. soon the surfboat
was manned and sent out to the assistance OF
the steamer and ~ passengers. Before the life
saving crow could reach the boats other assist
ance was at hand The fishing smack f 6. Mil
Ter hlCh was near the steamer AZ the time.
saw the iamcs shooting up into the air and came
20 the assistance OF the boats. Almost at the
same time the tug Ocean King. which was some
distance away with a tow. saw the flames. and
anchoring its tow came to the scene OF the IRE.
I'm short time the surfbOat arrived. and be-
tween the tux the smack and the surfboat the
passengers were rescued after having been on
the water in the oIer boats for some time. TIL"
first intention was that some ~ the small boats
should land on the beach. but the sea was run
ming too high for this. and the lies savers
warned them on.
THOSE WHO WERE On BOARD
All the passengers and crew were trans; ir"d
20 the ocean King. and were brought 10 this city !
Yesterday morning. The passenger list Is "a fol- |
lows.