, 1909-02-20

with their hose lines. 1t was then that
it was found that Mr.. Strum had not
come on deck. He was still down III the
smoke-fllcd compartment. A quick order
from the captain to "stand by" and he turn
ed to between decks again.
The strain on the men was intense, but
there was no excitement, and they continued
their t~ire-fghting preparations on deck. 10
the passengers it seemed very long before
Second Officer Strum staggered out on deck.
Behind him came the Captain, and as he put
his feet on the deck the skipper staggered and
fell. The men ran forward, picked him up,
and carried him to one side. Water was
dashed over him, aud within a few minutes
he was restored to consciousness and took
mi of the G~re-fghters again. In re-
turning to the deck the second officer had lost
his Wy. He was stumbling about IL the
smoke and steam when the skipper came to
his rescue. The latter guided his assistant
to the deck lgain, Dut was overcome by the
smoke and gas8 below decks.
For five hours the Korona was stopped
until the fire was e~xtinguished. 1t ate its
way to within five feet of the cotton, and
only by hard work was it kept from spread
ing.
On Wednesday the vessel ran into a
terrific gale, such q one as she must have
bucked time and time again when, as the
Monmouthshire, she brought cargoes from
the Far East and battled with typhOOns
in the China seas. She was labourIng
through terrific seas in the afternoon
whom a feed pipe broke, and the engineers
could just about keep up enough steam
to keep her head up to the seas, So rough
was the weather that they were unable
to stop the engines to make necessary re-
pairs. She crept on through the storm
all day Thursday, i'll which time she made
but 100 knots, and on Friday, when but
1872 knots were logged. On Friday the
weather moderated, and she was stopped
while repairs were effected. For seven
hours she was wallOwing III the sea and
then she started towards port again. The
repairs were made Just in time, for with
in a very few hours after she resumed her
course another storm came down upon the
vessel.
From that time on until port was almost
in sight the Korona was fighting her way
through almost continual storms.
This testimonial commencing the good
work Of himself and crew was presented
to Capt, Carmichael by his passengers
1--WE, the passengers of the Korona on
the VOYAGE from the South Land to New
York, hereby record our thanks to Capt.
james 7. Carmichael, who at the risk Of
death by fire, smoke, steam and foul
gases on Jan. 20 went down INTO the
hold and, after desperate work, with the
help of officers and crew. extiEguished
a fire that threatened the destruction Of
the vessel"
Among the passengers who got in on
the Korona were William I. Patterson Of
Philadelphia, George Allen, q Demerara
merchant on his way to Detroit to marry
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hall of Boston, S. E.
Soke, a mining engineer of Bishops Greek,
Cal; j. II. Duvallon of the French Army,
and L. G. Bradford.
Accordir to those who arrived, about
LOO tourists have cancelled their pas
sage to the West Indies because OF the
alleged yellow fever down there. All the
islands maintain a quarantine against Bar
bados. There is, however, a difference of
opinion among medical men as to whether
the disease is yellow fever. Some maintain
it is the fever, while otheA' are equally GER
tain it is gastric influenza.