Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-06
Mallory Liner, AbIsze, Lands
Passengers in New York
THEN BURNS AND SINKS
Galveston Sept. -, With Car go OF
Cotton and Tobacco. Loss Be-
tween Sc5O,OoO ana 100000.
I iIIN TelCoraull.

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4, go Me ~ ,rtnr,,on,, 80 800 80 :.
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hnstn vas mo1a - dah, IL tha =, ssen.
rers ana onn, tho y, tcI,as
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| of1if eCl] 1I~EO
| An hour late: c.: army Of men was
vainly lighting q fire in the steamers
hold. Finally the ship was scuttled.
rs soon as the Leona made fast to her
| pier. about O'Clock the officers of the
vessel commanded by Capt. Wilder or
dered the crew to try to put out the
fire in the hold without calling the fire
department. This was soon found to
be impossible. and an alarm was sent
in. BY $50 o'clock ten streams We're
playing from! fire engines and six
streams from fire boats. The iremen
had a hard time to get at the flames as
the boat came into her dock stern fore
! nose leaving the burning portion out
in the water. The fire a first was con-
| fined to the forward hatchway, directly
forward OF the formaSt.
| WATER POURED IN
| The matches heinz lifted a tremendous
volume of smoke came out making #
impossible for the firemen to see Soon
tons of water We're pouring into the
doomed vessel and the ship began to
Hist to starboard, settling a little as she
did so. AZ 6 O'Clock about 20 fremen
with the chief and deputy chief We're on
the boat working to keep the fire from
spreading toward the stern 1t was
found to be beyond the efforts Of the
firemen and an order was given to open
/ the fore and aft port holes in order TO
allow the water to enter and make her
settle. The water already pouring into
the boat was managing to run along
the blSe Heels until it had reached aft
ana the ship showed evidence of 1ist-4
ing to starboaru. Most Of the tiremen
finally left the ship by sliding down
hose which WAS fastened to the wheel
| NJ EN- WENT OVERHEARD.
| About half a dozen men who were on
the starboard side Of the boat We're un-
able to get to the pier and kept on
working as IT nothing was happening
to endanEer their lives They rontin
ued until the ship was partially sub
merged beside her pier. The men were
thrown into the water Deputy Chief
Duane and Fireman Thos. Mcfarland.
o. cnsine Ne. Y, had to battle For life
and We're rescued with difficulty. Sew
"ral of the fireboats engaged in the
work of rescuins the tiremen were near
~ carried down by the sinking of the
Le"na.
! At 40 o'clock tonight a report that
shook the deck plates forward showed
the pressure of the gas and possibly
powder in the forward hold. Another.
report came about Is minutes later and
= fh'rti in about 10 minutes. The ex-
r!osl0nS were not serious enough to
cause a further inflow of water.
FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
ut about Sis the flames We're under
control at the main hatchwav and the.
entire work was confined to the for:
WARD hatch. The flames were so per-
siS,ent that they We're not under con
troi TOT a long time. and the New York
| er was kept at the boat playing on her
ali night.
Ihs cause Of the fire is Il mystery
ne ooat lett Galveston on Wednesday,
september =. It was said by one Of
thc passengers that three days ago the
hatchns were battered down and upon
questions beng put to Captain Wilber
re saio the cause. was the high seas.
rom that time the ship was kept at
iu III, speed.
| Inc passengers said that on several
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