Willmar tribune., 1904-11-23
STEAMER BURNED
TO WATERS EDGE
FREIGHTER MOHAWK. Is DE-
sTRoYED BY FIRE ON LONG
ISLAND SOUND.
ALL ON BOARD BUT
ONE ARE RESCUED
Crew Of rs and Two Women Taken OFF
by Another Ship-Six Sailors Res
cued After Drifting About in an
Open Boat for 18 Hours.

by Another Ship-Six Sailors Res
cued After Drifting About in an
Open Boat for 18 Hours.
New York, Nov. 10. - While bound
down Long Island SOUND on one OF her
regular passages for this city and New
London, Conn.,, the freight steamer
Mohawk, Of the Central Vermont rail-
road, took fire Off Horizons Point, L. T.,
and was burned to the waters edge early
Friday. Her crew: of Is men and two
women, wives of officers of the Mohawk.
was rescued by passing steamship and
taken to Fall River, Mass. The watch
man alone is believed to have persisted,
The Mohawk left New York Thursday
evening with a full cargo of general
merchandise. She had % persons on
board, including two women. AS the
steamer passed Horizons Point the
lighthouse keeper saw flames breaking
from the boat and few minutes later
she was wrapped in flames. Assistance
was near at hand in the form of the Fail
River line steamer Boston, which had
closely followed the Mohawk down
the sound, and those on board the
burning steamer with the one ex-
ception noted, were sobn taken off.
The flames had passed beyond
all control, however, and she was
abandoned to her fate. A few moments
after the Boston had resumed her inter-
rupted voyage there came the sound OF a
heavy explosion and a mass of blazing
debris accompanied by burst Of flames
shot up from the center of the aban-
doned fraghter
One Life Lost.
When dawn came the steamer was ly-
ing fast on the bar off Horizons Point
and only portion of her upper works
showed above the surface. This grad
ually disappeared as the fire ate it's way
into the hull of the boat. The lighthouse
keeper was unable to make out the
name of the abandoned steamer, and it
was not until the rescued crew reached
Fall River that the name of the unfor-
tunate craft was made known. At the
same time it was learned that one life
was lost by the burning of the steamer.
A watchman who was on duty when the
flames were discovered failed to reach
the Boston when she stood by to give
assistance and it is supposed that he lost
his life. Attempts to send assistance
from shore to the burning steamer were
unsuccessful. The Rocky Point life
saving crew put out in boat, but were
driven back by the intense heat. Later
a. volunteer crew from Peconic started
out and stood by the burning hulk wait
ing for the fire to burn itself out. The
fire continued to shoulder during the
forenoon and frequent explosions scat
tered burning embers and clouds of
ashes over the water.
The Mohawk was a comparatively
new steamer, having been built at Ches-
ter, Pa, in 1876. She was of 2,15O net
tons, 265 feet in length, 43 feet beam and
1853 feet deep. She had cargo of gen.
eral merchandise and piled between New
York and New London, Conn.
Six Sailors Rescued.
New York, Nov. 10. -- After IS hours
in an open boat six men of the Philadel-
PAAo oNAOOACA IAuAly NAY were
recued by the steamer Granada which
arrived here Friday. The Naylor was
abandoned about 300 miles from Ber-
muda after hopeless struggle with the
hurricane which passed up the coast
last Sunday night Her sails had been
ripped away by the gale, her fore boom
broken and water was pouring into her
hold in a flood through the center board
box when the crew got away in the life
boat, leaving all their personal effects
behind. They had been drifting about
for 18 hours when sighted by the Grana-
da. Their hurried departure left no time
to provision the lifeboat and the men
were in desperate straits when the
Granada came to their assistance. The
Naylor was under command of John r.
Wilson, and left New York in ballast
November for a Virginia port. The
schooner was off Hog Island, Va, when
the storm struck her.