The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-17
Fire Breaks Out on the Hamburg
American Liner Patrla.
Passengers and Crew Rescued, But Will
Lose All Their Effects.
The Burning Vessel in Tow OF An
other Steamer, Which IS En-
deavoring to Pilot Her Into
Port-Some Hopes That the "a
tria May Be Partly Saved-The
Flames Said to Have Started
From Spontaneous Combustion.

From Spontaneous Combustion.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16-Emil L. Boas
of the Hamburg American line re-
ceiyed a cablegram this morning, which
read:
"Patria in North Sea afiame stem to
stern, spontaneous combustion of lin
seed. Passengers safe on Ceres. Ath-
asia alongside, and trying to tow Patria
into Elbe. Kaiser Friedrich will
transport passengers to Hamburg.
LONDON, Nov 16.-The steamer
Albertay, passing Beachy Head this
morning, signaled that she spoke the
Hamburg American line steamer Pa
tria, sixty-five miles from Hamburg in
tow of a company's steamer. When
last seen flames were issuing from the
Patria. The Albertay had stood by
the Patria for five hours, and left when
no further assistance was required
HAMBURG, Nov. 1.-THE crew of
the Hamburg-American line steamer is
on board the company's steamer Atha-
STA, Captain Voss, from Philadelphia
November I'd for Hamburg, which is
towing the Patria toward Elbe.
THE PASSENGERS ARRIVE AT
SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 16.-The res
cued passengers of the Patria spent the
night at Southampton waiting the ar
rival of the Kaiser Friedrich Four
of the passengers We're left at Dover.
and one of these, a man named Du
Place, it is believed will die of his ter
rible experience in the English Chan
mel.
1t now seems probable that the Pa
tria will at least be partly saved. What
caused the fire is still mystery, but
1t is asserted that the fact that the
steamer was on fire was withheld from
the passengers for some time, Captain
Frohlich apparently wishing to take his
ship to Hamburg without causing
alarm if possible.
Mr.. Du Place has been for twenty
years German Consul at San Juan de
Porto Rico. With him are his wife
and Mrs. Ivers of New York, a fellow
cabin passenger who, being trained
nurse and seeing the distress of Mr..
and Mrs. Du Place, has generously vol
unteered to stay and nurse the Consul,
declining the opportunity to continue
her voyage to Germany.
Like the other passengers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Du Place saved nothing but what
they We're wearing at the time
Mrs. Du Place, III an interview to-
day said: If the Captain had put
ashore as soon as the fire was discov-
cred we would not have lost our bag
gage nor been exposed to such danger
do not know what Mr. Du Place or
eel do i
Mrs. Ivers offered to stay and try and
save my husbands life. We did not
know her on board the Patria, but her
deed is quite in keeping with the gen
erous actions of the American women
whom we had so frequently met at San
Juan since Porto Rico came under
American CONTROL
While waiting for the Kaiser Fried
erich, which arrived this evening
shortly after s o'clock, the passengers
We're cared for on board the Isle of
Wight steamer Carisbrooke provided
for their accommodation by the Ham
burg American Company. They pre-
scented a strange spectacle on their
arrival. Some of the men were wrap
ped in blankets The little children.
several mere babes in arms. We're cry
ing for want of bread. Dinner was
served them Immediately on the Carts
brooke, as, although every attention
had been shown them at Dover, they
had little to eat since morning. Some
were Frustrated with nervous excite
ment and had to be carried on board
the Carisbrooke.
All are loud in their praises of the
GOODNESS and courage of Captain F'roh-
Itch and the crew, and of the courtesy
shown them since they were rescued.
CoWden Laughlin, a New Yorker,
who is on his way to Berlin, confirms
the statements of other passengers re-
garding the complete absence of any
thing like panic. He says: THE
worst feature was the loss of baggage.
l lost all my diplomas, which were in
my trunks. The opinion of all is that
we should have been informed as soon
as the fire was discovered, which would
have enabled us to save our effects, but
/ believe the officers did not know the
extent of the danger"
There is considerable conflict of opin-
ion as to the date of the outbreak of
the fire, some passengers declaring
that it was Tuesday. This, however.
lacks confirmation.
AS an instance of the GOODNESS dis
played by the passengers, it is said
that German girl. who had been
studying art at New York, devoted her
time to sl1etching scenes on the deck
Finally she hurried to her cabin to Sc
cure her clothing and found it filled
with smoke and all the pictures which
she had made in New York destroyed.
She struggled back to the deck in an