The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-24
Complaint that the oheers sup
pressed Information of the Fire.

.ressed information of the Fire.
Dover. England. Nov. l7.-Ther5
seems 10 be a general compiaintamone
the passengers Of the Hamburg Amer
lcan line steamer Patria. Capt. Froh-
Itch. which caught fire of Tins port,
"Wednesday. while on her way from
New York. November I. for Hamburg,
that they were kept in Ignorance ~
the outbreak of the fire for about five
hours The passengers who were land
ed here assert that If they had been
notified in time all their baggage
gould have been saved
The Rescued Passengers.
Southampton. NOV. 1.-THE rescued
passengers OF the Patria spent Weanes-
day night at southampton awaiting
the arrival OF the Kaiser Friedrich.
Four OF the passengers Were left al
Dover and one Of these. man named
Duplace. il Is believed. viii die bccanse
OF his terrible experience in the En-
.glish channel.
VIII DC Partly saved.
II now seems probable that the IA
tria will al least be partially saved
What caused the fire is still mystery,
hut Il is asserted that the fact that
the steamer was on fire was withheld
from the passengers for some time,
Can't. Frchlich apparently wishing 70
take his ship TO Hamburg without
causing alarm. il possible
Praises Of Captain and Crew
an are loud in their praises Of the
- .s4rt- trsa4 iIs4n
and the crew. and OF the courtesy
shown them since they were rescued.
Cowden Laughlin. New Yorker. who
Is on his way 10 Berlin. confirms the
statements Of other passenger. regari-
ing the complete absence Of anything
like panic. lie says:
The worst feature was the loss ~
baggage. lost all my diplomas. which
were IN my trunks. The opinion Of All
is that we should have been Informed
ss soon as the fire was discovered.
which would haze enabled NJ 10 save
our effects; but | believe the officers
did not know the extent OF the dan
ger
There is considerable confiic- 81
upinion as ga the date OF the outbrcaa
OF the fire. some of the passengers de
claring that il was Tuesday.
Acted Like Heroes.
A Swedish passenger named Erncs
Monk. in an interview. said. ~Ih'
crew acted like heroes from the begin
ming To the end. The fire originated
I'm the grain. amidships. ! heard il wa
due to spontaneous combustion. an'
rnay have been smoldering for days
But the crew kept the matter quiet un
ill passenger. German. Hans ~cha.
was told by one of the crew yesterda
morning. and the news soon spread
though it was kept from the women
FARTHER Conc-nimcnt Impossible.
The smoke. however. began 10 sho'
Al 1880. AID IL was no longer possibl
TO conceal she fact The captain tol
us WE would haze 10 leave the shil
The womea and children were alarme
and cried great deal. but there ";
little comfuSion. though most Of !
only saved the clothes we were wea
Sng. MANY % the women refused
leave their husbands and had to
forced into the boats. the men con
fortinE them as much as possible. "
followed Immediately. ~ we left q
vessels side We heard the race hors'
IN the hold screaming with pain
The Captain Confident.
The latest accounts ny the fam
are being overcome by the crew. wi
ARE working rnergeticaiiy. and that q
captain Is confident he will succeed
Infringing The steamer into Germi
port. II was also said the effects
the passengers had been wholly
partly saved.