Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-08
SAVED
FROM FLAMING
STEAMER OFF
MONTAUK
Plucky Captain and Grew Re-
main Aboard and Fight Fire
After Life Savers Remove
Human Cargo in Safety.
WIRELESS DISTRESS
BRINGS AID AT ONCE

(ny Evening iieraid a. r. Leased wire)
Ditch Plain Life Saving, Long Is
land, April S---Thc steamer Ontario.
1000 tons burden, Baltimore to Bos-
ton, with 10 passengers and crew
OF 40. was run ON the rocks OF Mon
tauk Point by her captain early today
when iire was discovered Ia her hold
The passengers were transferred In
/ life boats To the tug TascO. from New
London. Conn. which rushed to the
scene In response 10 the OntariO's s.
q. y. wireless signals and after six
hours work the fire was brought un.
der control.
The vessel Is hard aground with a
light sea running and but little wind,
and there Is little danger. apparently.
of her going TO pieces.
Life savers lowered near the vessel
In their boats all morning, ready TO
take OF the crew, but Captain Bond
when the fire was under control. said
there would be no need for their
services.
Two crews OF life savers IN their
boats, and three revenue cutters are
standing alongside. A breeches buoy
was shot 90 the vessels from the shore
when she FIRST went on the rocks at
3 o'clock this morning. but the cap
tain after transferring the passengers
30 a tug, sent word by life savers that
his crew would remain aboard.
Long before daylight they had chop
ped Il dozen holes through the pilot
house and water was pumped by the
vessels own engines into the hold. At
G o'clock Captain Bond sent word
ashore that the fire had been checked.
The fire broke out during the night
and became so threatening that
shortly before O'Clock this morning
Captain Bond ordered the wireless op-
orator to send s. o. s. distress sig
nails. An hour later be turner back
upon his course and drove the vessel
full speed ahead for the reefs on
Montauk Point.
Through the early morning hours
the wireless sputtered along the en-.
tire north Atlantic coast with news
Of the vessels danger. Ten minutes
later the men az this station saw tho
ship on the rocks, hurried on with a
breoches hnoy apparatus and later
dragged their surf boat on It's truck
three miles over the beach TO the
hhA NAhE nAfANitIs
The life savers. reinforced by a crew
from Hither Plain station two miles
away, transferred the passengers in
small boats to a tug and stood OF in
readiness 10 take the crew ashore II
need be.
Although the flames could not be
seen, great cloud of steam and
smoke arose from the burning ship,
and spread haze along the water
front for miles Captain Bond told
the live savers that the fire was con.
lined entirely to the hold
The hull of the vessel was badly
blistered ON the outside. Tho Ontario
Is vessel of 1857 tons net. She Is
290 feet long, OF steel and was built
In 1904. She left baltimore Saturday.
The revenue cutters Mohawk and
Seneca picked up the wireless call al
New York and the cutter Acushnet ar
\ Boston hurried 20 the scene They
were able 20 give but little assistance.
however
/ Al $3.50 Captain Bond sent word
ashore that the FIRE was under con
troll, and the vessel was then hard
aground and apparently IN no danger
OF breaking up. The tug TaacO with
] the OntariO's passengers aboard, was
then Etill alongside. Il Was reported
that the passengers would be landed
al New London. Conn.
I A wrecklng tug Is on the way here
from New York