The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-26
Lar Steamer Sardania Burns
I;u Harbor Just Outside
! Port of Yaletta.
IyT STORM IMPEDES
THE WORK OF RESCUE
b. All of the Victims We're
irabs. Who We're Oh
Pilgrimage.

META. Island OF Malta Now
II ,,rible disaster, in which more
II, hundred persons lost their
I ,,urred at the entrance to this
In, morning, within sight of the
"a i,7 which was powerless 20 give
sbs British steamer Sardania, OF
herman line. hailiug from Liver
"A hound for Alexandra, with
~ of forty.four Englishmcn,
II srsi and six second cabin Eng
,ssngers and nearly two hundred
a ,lrrims aboard, caught fire, and
few minutes was roaring
surrounded by clouds of smoke,
"a which flames burst upward 10
q, Of 200 feet from explosions IN
N So rauidly did the fire spread
a, frantic efforts of the crew ia
IA, inc fire apparatus proved use
.Iri il seemed but q moment before
-soer works and masts crashed
non the deck, while the ship 5
- sere crushed by the falling
81 quickly burned,
III Between Fire and Sea.
b.iy lay only in jumping over.
Y and taking chances of being
y No. Assistance WAS hurried to
IEuipg vessel from al! the war
Ia Inc harhor aud from the shore.
|: work of rescue was greatly i'm
~ Nv the strong tide that was run
III E2rn the naval launches. which
o. fast as they could bc driven,
unable to 20 alongside. Among
Inbs there was a panic that could
,onirolled. Many of them wcr"
yrihcd 10 jump. and they were
y 10 death Others, casting them
70 the waves, were drowned.
crew behaved with admirable
. a, serving out life preservers 10
|. IL aud working the pumps While
!. became useless, Capt. Littler.
nder Of the ship. took the helm
Lree,ed his ship toward the shore
rEzas ii could be nsviSatcd. He
: /td at bis post.
Officer Frank Watson. all three
En, Seagrsvcs, Hislop and Neil,
p 81 the ship $ company and two
I is passengers, one of them a
,lned Grant. are missing. Fifty
81. bodies have been recovered,
Einty persons rescued. It is i'm
- o. present to say Just how
I Etrs drowned or burned 10 death,
y the list of Arab pilgrims is in
At. but the number will doubtless
Eted one hundred.
r the vessel refused 10 obey her
y, ae drifted around three times,
haDy was beachcd broadslde on
,hs a, the mouth of the harbor,
slll burning, and viii be n total
Survivor Tells Story.
British vice admiral, Sir Ashton
E., and Admiral Fisher di-
/ ,he rescuing boats. Capt, Lit
I9dy' terribly mutilated, was
I THIS afternoon in the presence
1; crowds. which stood uncovered.
slT bodies were also mutilated
q En'd. One Of the rescued pas
gave 2 graphic account Of the
!. Sordania. F." he said, Cleft Va.
III y p:49 o'clock this morning,
as Just outside the harbor, and
,rLss were securing the anchor,
Xls cry Of fire was heard. Flames
q = seen issuing from the port
oosc was promptly brought up
'neam poured down the venti-
."m which the flames were issu-
" ,nis dld no good. in less than
names were streaming out
o.ner yertilators. The whole
a. smidships was wrapped in
~ iae Arab passengers were told
Ge patch, TO which they clung
S'S!, out they refused TO move
Nmliued forward perished ex-
'Ih !. VINO leaDed into the water,
Z We meantime naval pipnacies
~" the scene. They could not
Z AZ Ggse s.Sse on account of the high
e. 'ailng spars, The European
IN. oeing aft, were in compare
wv, and the great majority of
TSs succeeded in reaching
,se Arabs, among whom were
~. Ss,ssn ,saein. and children, chung to-
n,nmneking'. and but few of them
Sr overheard, although urged
"a - = - m .He men manning the boats
49, pick them up.
soa:s Rendered Useless.
= boats were rendered use
Ia w %, u.a,mes, and no attempt was
|ht,sae lhem over the sides. Soon
: NM were blown off with loud
= ItHne .aolowing Arabs into the air
J, bgivs aa ana lnlmriug many of them.
Y fsr nooe order prevailed among
s,XsnbloS aa oaeasiaering the rapidily of
- s,r- aua,r- After few minutes
ohm IN trying to put out the
!. ad remained but to jump
"a no., 81 the Arab women behaved
q !, panic stricken
'Aal b.. oi tne fire is not known,
" ,SnloiI,as mas been made that there
&. hEeve,.' aboard. Unquestiou
6rst explosions occurred, an!
oi y believed that tho rnpid
~ aowjpss names was largely due
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