The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-19
SHIPS CARGO AFlRE|
STEAMER BARBARossA COM
PEELED TO RETURN TO HER
DOCK AT NEW, YoRK
SHE HAD A = CLOSE CALL
Cargo Discovered to Re In Flames
Before the Steamer Had Reached
the Narrows-CTewf Was Well
Disciplined and Passengers Were
Not Alarmed-Manxr Tugs and
Ships Hurried to- thedRescue.


NEW YORK, May lSs;;&@9'he North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Barbarossa, which
sailed from Southampton and Bremen at
IL O'clock this morning, swas- discovered
to be on fire while she was passing Sandy
Hook, two hours later, and put back to
pert. The fire was in the forward hold.
The Barbarossa fought the fire with
steam and water, 7and with the aid Of
wrecking tugs and fire boats drowned 1t
out two hours later, while lying at quar-
antine. 5-;, 1s
The steamship while on her way up
the river, after the fire in her hold ha
been put out, hit, the French liner La
Bretagne, lying in her pier in the North
river. showing the Bretagnes bow
through two ice barges, the Richard Eos
was injured, 49, ~ 80.
The cargo in,the Barbarossa's hold will
have to be discharged before the vessel
resumes her voyage. There was Some
furry among the 4S7 passengers when
they discovered that fire, was consuming
the cargo between decks. buts no matches
We're removed and all on board were as
sured that there was no danger When
the steamship started back she set sig
mails reading that she was adlre and want
ed help. These she changed on her way
up through the bay, asking aid to stand
by ready to take off her passengers
Shipping men on the Lookout at Sandy
Hook noted the Barbarossa when she
Stacked her speed off the southwest spit.
and as soon as she broke out her signals
-to 70
possible. kilograms were sent to the fire
department, to he agents and to quaran-
tine.
The captain of the. government steamer
Ordnance summoned his crew and that of
the life saving station at Sandy Hook
and started at once in pursuit of the big
ship, whcih was then under full Roadway,
making for the narrows.. - A number of
smaller craft 'traiIod along in her wake
ii was seen from the shore that the fire
had not got beyond the conrol of the
crew. The decks had not been cleared
of passengers and there was no indication
OF smoke arising from the <battened down
matches. She travelled along at a good
rate in the center of the channel.
FIRE IS CONTROLLED.
At 2:1O o'clock thesaNessel came I'D
abreast Of the quarantine station and
slowed down. The wreeking tug William
Cooley was the first to meet her and was
at once dashed alongside. Hose from the
Cooley's big boilers We're passed up. onto
the deck of the BarbarosSa and the tug at
once commenced pouring water into the
burning compartment. : The hold where.
the fire started was No. 3, and with the
water that was poured, into it and the
adjoining; sections the big liner soon com
menced to go down by the head A big
force of the vessels crew was kept at
work over the section of The deck under.
which the fire burned. =
The fire boats New York and Robert A.
Van Wyck had started down from the
+ battery as soon as word was received
that the big steamship was coming, eba cls
to the city. Shortly safeg they got under
way the Zophaer Mills and boat char
tered by the agents of the North German,
Lloyd line started down. l., They reached
the vessel while she was lying off Staple.
ton and helped fight the fire -. 5s-.T =
At 1925 o'clock the blaze had been en-
tirely drowned =out. Immediately the
Barbarossa started Tor her pier i'm Hoo,
boken under escort of "a fleet of. tugs
Her passengers did not seem particular.
ly concerned over the situation. -
1t is hoped that the steamship will be
able to sail tomorrow. Passengers were
allowed to go ashore. Among the cabin.
passengers on board were DR.. Charles A.
Briggs and family and Mr.. and Mrs w.
D. Boyce, of Chicago. ~