The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-28
RI YDE LINER BURNED AT SEA.
FIERCE FLAMES DROVE THE CREW
FROM THE VESSEL.

,,,,o Burned Steamship Pawnee Was
Round From brunswick and Char
lesion to Boston With n Large
cargo-Crew Picked Up by the
George w. Clyde-Capt. Ingram
Narrowly Escaped by Jumping
into the Sea and Swimming.
Wilmington. N. c., June 7.-The steam
.hip George w. clyde. Capt. Robinson. OF
ne New York Clye Line, arrived in this
mort at II O'Clock this morning with Capt.
d. Ingram and crew of the steamship
1,awnee on board, the Clyde having picked
them up from the small boats very soon
after they abandoned the Pawnee, leav-
ing her wrapped in flames.
An Associated Press representative call
cd upon Capt. Ingram soon after his ar
rival here and was told that the Pawnee
Vyas abandoned off Currituek on the coast
Of this state, little past midnight on
Sunday night.
The fire was discovered about midnight
and had gained such Roadway that every
effort to check the flames was futile. They
loaned in great volume from the forward
hold of the vessel and dense smoke COM
uaetely enveloped the decks.
When the alarm was made Capt. Ingram
was asleep, and no sooner had he rushed
ont and taken in the situation than he saw
that if he saved his crew he must get them
off at once However, the pumps were
sci TO work and threw two streams of
water upon the flames for several min
utes before he gave the order for the boats
A. 4
Captains Narrow Escape.
While the crew were manning the small
boats Capt. Ingram rushed into his cabin
for some valuables which he hoped 10
save. When he reached the ships side
Inc boat had drifted out of reach, and
about that time the smoke shifted SO as
to envelope that side of the vessel and
the captain ordered the crew to row the
boat to the windward side This they did,
but in the meantime the wind shifted
again, the heat and smoke forcing them
10 pull away without their captain.
There were three vain efforts of this
kind made. the boat being rowed to first
one side of the vessel and then the other
in attempts to reach the captain. Finally
Capt. Ingram leaped into the water and
swan two hundred feet or more toward
the boat One of the crew held an oar
out to him and pulled him in completely
In the meantime the George W. Clyde
had sighted the Pawnee in flames and
bore down upon her in time to pick up the
Captain and crew within a few minutes
after they abandoned the burning ship
Pawnee's Crew and Cargo.
The Pawnee had a full cargo
on board, principally lumber, of
which there was between 100000 and
100000 feet. There was also a quantity
OF cotton. She cleared from Brunswick
last Friday. Capt. Migrants family re-
SIDE here, and he will await orders in
this city.
The Pawnee's crew consisted of twenty
one men, with the following officers:
Chief officer, b. McBeth; second officer,
Joseph Parker; chief engineer, Clayton
Plat, and assistant engineer, John Ego
All are well.
The Pawnee. in command of Capt. In
gram, left Brunswick on Friday and
Charleston on Saturday for Boston, laden
with lumber and a general cargo. The
Pawnee was a freight steamer, plying
between Boston, Charleston and Bruins
wick, and had a crew of about twenty
four men, and had no passengers.
The Pawnee was a wooden vessel, built
in Philadelphia in 1890. was 2OS feet long
3S feet beam and 1875 feet deep and regis
tered 1,0S4 tons. She was valued at about
500 900, and was insured.