New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-22
SAILOR BURNS WITH SHIP
Three Tessels Injured an Hcrb0r
4ccidents-LQuRch Hits FlOat.

Eighteen members Of the crew Of tie BRUSH
sailing ship CreedEno0r. an account Of the burn
ing Of which seen of Passport Long Island
WIS given in The Tribune yesterday. reached
here last evening. telling Of tire wreck. in which
/. appears one man lost his life. Yesterday vas
besides. a day of accidents Three boats we're
more or less disabled. The hfly-foot launch
Ia G@scotte. carrying about dozen persons
some women, and going at high speed ran INTO
the side OF a Baltimore and Ohio float under the
isroo;slyn Br. lge late in the afternoon. large
hole pss stove in the low of the launch
The Howard Carroll. Of the starin Line hit
a mai, barge ana stove hole in her, causing
mitch excitement among me FORMER .essel
gnree hundred passengers.
Tie steam yacht Kismej. owned ny j. Rogers
Maxwell. was in collision with the steamer
Grand Republic The latter's passengers were
thrown into panic.
OF the Creedmoor's crew one wore OH SKINS ana
the others were clothed in rags All agreed that
they had escaped death by an extremely narrow
margin
They said that when tie vessel Was about
forty miles east Of Fire Island "Wednesday
evening fire broke out on the poop Deck just
forward of the main saloon. When the alarm
was given. Captain Humphries put the Creed
moor about. while the members OF ms crew
under Mate NJ NJ Adams. were doing their best
no lights in the part of the ship where the IRE
had appeared, Humphries satisfied that the
fire had been smoudering below before the snip
cleared port and he anxious to get oaeA
into the harbor to see if his suspicion was cor
rect.
When the alarm was given he put the Creed
moor about and set course for SANDY HUM
The presence Of the fire was discovered by an
explosion, which was quickly followed 10y others,
Because of the infiammable cargo CONSISTING u
$4,000 gallons of naphtha, gasolene and ben
zine the fire hose within easy reach ana
the ships pumps We're in excellent trim. Al
FIRST the water poured on the blazing poop deck
seemed TO have no effect, and then. the sltua-
ton becoming more dangerous the snip podl9
were ordered ready for instant use.
After an hours work the fire seemed to be IN
check and at that time the Creedlnoor WAS
moving back to New-York at fair speed llt'e
after 10 p. m the fire appeared again near 'ie
moon deck 1t was clear that the gasolene had
become ignited and it was expected that the OIL
laden ship would blow up at any moment.
Despite this Captain HUMPHREYS and his ere"
sought second time to hold the fire I'm check
INT the streams OF water only seemed to carry
-be fire to other parts of the vessel. and in p
few minutes the struggle was abandoned Inc
lifeboat and the ships yawl were lowered
THE lookout on the forecastle. a Portuguese
sailor named Marc, was called with the olherS'
hut he did not respond. He was called again
Then he leaned the side of the forecastie
and appeared helpless with terror. BY that time
the flames were eating away the sails on the
main and mizzen mast and it too late for
the men in the smallboats to attempt TO go
hack aboard the ship The helpless man was
left TO his fate, was the ships cat, which also
The men had been unable TO take
,-REFDMooR CREWS MARROW ESCAPE.
A few minutes later the ship wrecked bT
a series of violent explosions. Captain Hum
phries the last to get into the lifeboaT- Mate
Jones had charge of the yawl which carried the
others.
The cook who had been caught in the galley.
had his right hand and face severely burned
He was able. however. to climb over the side
Of the ship into the yawl. There he was cared
for as well possible by his comrades. The
ocean at the time Of the abandonment of the
vessel was as smooth mill pond. That
was fortunate for the men, for soon as they
got into the small boats they found another
danger. The ship having been i'm port since
February there need for her boats, and
they had been drying up her deck. The
timbers had shrunk and the seams wide
open, and the boats put into
the water they filled and began to swamp. one
OF the sailors had thought to place n bucket in
each boat. This foresight saved his own life
and the lives of his comrades as the buckets
were used bail out the boats keeping them
ahoat until help came.
At the time the Creedmoor was abandoned
the ship hove to, but when the sails on the
main and mzzen masts had been burned away
the head sails. which last TO go, caught
The wind and for while the vessel all afame,
sped through the water at lively pace When
the foresails caught fire, the burning vessel
halted. and Captain HUMPHREYS and his men.
knowing that the glare would attract attention.
decided 10 remain near the ship Captain
Humphries says the heat was Intense even at
nearly half mile from the side Of the ship
About 1 a m yesterday help came. The four
mssted schooner Joseph b. Thomas of Thomas
.on, Me- bore down. Captain f. E. Siko of the
schooner, had been attracted by the second fire
On the Creedmoor. and fearing that an ocean
liner was burning had crowded on all sail to aid
In the rescue. He was much relieved when he
learned that the fire on an oil ship He
had caused the whistle OF his donkey engine to
be blown at short intervals to encourage the
passengers, who. he supposed. afoat in
small boats.
The Creedmoor's crew We're placed on tug
beat and taken 10 Woods Hole. Mass. From
there they came TO this city by train.
The creedmoor built at Gardner's Creek.
N B., in 1854. She was 2l4.4 feet long. 400
feet beam and 81 feet deep Her register was
l3SS tons. She was owned by James Kennedy.
Her cargo valued at S43.463
THE CARRoLLS COLLISION.
The barge which the Howard Carroll struck
was in tow of tug. The accident occurred at
1870 a. N. The collision was apparently due
10 confusion Of signals. and, although the
Carroll was no: much injured il was dificuIt