The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17
All Frightened But There Was No
Disorder.
One Death Will Result
From Disaster.
Passengers Taken to S0uthamp-
ton and Dover.

Sou. hampton, November 6-fhs req
cusd passengers Of the Patria win spend
the night at Southampton. They were
housed at the Hamburg American COM
pany's expense while awaiting the arr
val of the kaiser Frisderioh. Four Of the
ID s,eneers we're left as Dover end ono Of
the Q, a man named Duplace, will prob
ably te dead before tomorrow rs = result
of his terrible experience In the English
channel. 1t now seems probable that the
Patria will at least be partly saved.
What caused the fire IL still a my stery.
but It is asserted that the fact that the
steamer was on fire was withheld IRON
tie passengers for some time Captain
Frobllch apparently wishing to take his
ship to Hamburg without causing alarm
II pos sibis.
Mr. Duplace has been for twenty years
German consul at San Juan de- Porto
Rico. With him are his wife and Mrs.
Ivers of New York city, fellow cabin
passenger who, teIng n trained nurse and
seeing the distre ss of Mr.. and Mrs. Du-
place has volunteered to stay and nurse
tn consul
The fourth survivor left at Dover is
Captain Frohlioh 5 steward, who went to
the help Cf Mr.. Duplace when the passen e
gers were ordered on deok. Mr.. Duplace
was suffering from anemia and the shock
of the exJ osure aggravated the complaint
30 such an extent that the attending ply :
sioian to Id the correspondent Of the Asso-
oia.ej Press this evening that the consul
had but little chance Of life. Like the
other passengers, MIR. and Mrs Duphce
savei nothing but what they were wear
ing at the time.
Mrs Duplace gives the following des-
cription of their escape:
est was about 1910 yesterday morn
ing, the weather being calm and fine and
several Of us being seated in the deck "a
loon, when suddenly Captain Frohlioh ap-
peareu and shouted: All passengers on
deok.' Every body started forward with
q rush We are afire. said the captain,
but there is no danger, don't get sx-
cited
''Ju;t then smoke began pouring out
through the deck near the smoke stacks.
My sick husband was In his cabin and
undressed. hurried to him and began
to dress him, when In came the steward.
shouting, get out of this quick He
took my husband by the feet and I sup
ported his head. We started to carry him
to the deck but the smoke ohoked Us and
the water from the tire hose swished
around our knees feared that all was
lost; but, going backward through an
other passage, we managed to reach the
deck In safety.
''Thsre all the passengers were crowd ed
togs ther. 1hick clouds of smoke were
Blowing over the whole ship and distress
signals were flying. One pass enger, who
had hastily come from tie bath room,
appeared with scarcely any clothing on.
Others fonnd themselves equally unprs-
pared. The captain tod us tn at he
would 10 ser the boats as precaution.
So We lined 40 Women and children
first shouted tie captain, who was
standing near me. l replied that sup
posed would have To wais fo' ths mems
turn as l co I'D MT lssvs my helpless
husband. Csp,ain Frohlich answered
lns by Fitting my Susband, placing him
In the bottom II orc of the toI's ordering
me to follow and telling the steward to
go with US. Our boat was the fret lo~
cred. We were ell terribly frightened
bnt.thouRn a few cried, there WIS 70 dis
order. The Officers anr orsw did all they
o-uld and enoo lragsd US to lie brave
and cool. While enc heat wss teing low
cred the bottom began to give way. The
women Fcreamed and for u moment 1t
seemed as If the bottom wonld drop ont ;
but the tost was quickly hauled back.
Another boat had no crew. the passengers
doing the rowing.
meanwhile some fishing smacks had
come up and ssrerai passengers noardsd
these; but Cai tlin rIoalich beloved
through the sr oke ttas 10 one should
leave the pairias Loats, 80 hey l. fl the
sIuacks FIon Fihis o-ter we inf 'Ired
that the sa. ~. wio were working osssF-
lessly o ed 70 r1t cut the ire. Fer more
than an tols we lay alongside the liner,
now het and smG Ike covered, oinders and
debris falling over or boats, Through
tie fire we occasionally caught sight of
Captain Frnhiieh on tas bridge He dl
vi!ed his attention between eising orders
to the crew and ioSing with IS Olse
he shouted lAughingly the Il . is in my
cabin. Now l can t get my pipe and you
all know l can't do anything with ut my
pipe
"ihen the Ceres cam AZ AMI hsr car