Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15
Wreckage Found on the Shore
Tells the Story of the
Tragedy.
TOTAL OF AZ PERSONS
SAID TO HAVE PERISHED
Spanish Steamer Ahlaze, ALI Pas
sengers Saved-Fire in Cotton
Cargo of British Vessel.

MONTREAL November 1.-THE steam
collier Bridgeport. sailing from sydney
Cape Breton, with a crew Of fortI-two
and a cargo Of 1000 tons OF coal, has
been lost and probably all aboard have
perished according To an official an
nouncement made today by the Dominion
Coal COMPANY which chartered the
vessel
Wrsckage found on the shores OF Bird
Rock island in the St Lawrence river
told the story Of the tragedy.
According 10 information received BY
the Dominion Coal Company this wreck
age has been identified sufficiently to
make reasonably certain the presumption
that the lost vessel was tiIe Bridgeport
70 word Of the crew has been received.
and the opinion prevails that they met
death ~ the icy waters Of the 81
Lawrence.
The Bridgeport sailed from Sydney No
vemoer / with coal Tor Montredi. Sile
was e-due and fears had been enter
tsl.Eed during the past forty-elGnt hours
INA. she mad failed TO weather the storm
OF the past week.
Brown. Jenkins s Co OF London are
the owners.
Blazing Vessel in Sinking Condition.
NEW YORK, November Ia mes
sage from Bermuda to the Cunard Line
this nerning said that the Pannonia
reported by wireless that she was es-
corting 70 Bermuda the Spanish steam
er Balaes. which was on fire and In
8 sinking condition. All passengers on
beard the Balrnes. 103 in number, were
taken aboard the Pannonla and are We'll
The cablegram follows:
sPannoait reports by wlreless-es-
cortinS to Bermuda Spanish steamer
Balmes. cargo cotton and rum. on nre'
In critical condition. All Balmes pas
sengers, 103. on Pannonia. all we'll
Position about 500 miles east OF Ber-
muda We will keep you fully posted
(Signed) JAMES. Lloyds Agents.
GALVESTON, Tex. November 1o.-The
exact number of passengers on poafu
the steamer Bames, reported anre IN
fhe north Atlantic. is nor known by the
ships agents here. Passengers were
taken aboard at Havana after the YES,
BEL sailed from this port October 81 ana
were bound Tor the Azores. Inc ere"
numbers fifty-five officers and men
The Balnnss cargo consisted OF 5,Go9
bales of cotton taken aboard here ana
200 casks of rum loaded at Havana
Stubborn File IL Cotton Cargo.
SAVANNAH, Ga. No rember 15-With
the decks so hot that 1t Is well nlsh
impossible TO stand tht heat, the BTU
ish steamship Ulida Capt. Robert Nc
Clenahan. from Savannah for liam
burg, which sailed az O'Clock yester-
day. came hurriedly into port this morn
ing ut $50 o'clock with a stubborn hfe
in a cargo of cotton in NO. hatch
The crew. which under the direction
Of the master and first officer, II. Jaco1-
sou. had fought the fire all night as the
SLOW and heavily laden freighter fought
10 regain harbor of refuge, Is worn
out from the strenuous duty
Til. masters wife, Mrs. Mabel Nc
lneuahan was forced to leave her
cabin. which is blistered from the neat
and steam. and u was only bS nercu,
lanean effort that the tire was cohnned
tn the hatch where 1t was dis iscoVered
The big ship is hot from stem to stern
and there is some danger of the hre
eating its way into the other sections
Of The hold No hatch is very hot. and
smoke is slowly forcing its way from
the battencd down matches
Crew Forced Back by Flames.
Tine ship Was forty miles from Tybee
when the fire was discovered by the
first officer The crew lifted the hatch
cover. but we're forced back by angry
flames which curled upward Steam IS
being forced into the hatch by three
fre tugs, the Cambria. McCauley and
Tagrart
The shin has Il cargo OF cotton ana
ltnterS on 5000 bales valued at - to,lV'-
the J'iid.a is owned by Joseph Fisher
& Sons OF Newry. Ireland The damage
will be several thousand dollars fuiiy
covered by insurance The fire was prdc-
tically under control AT 10 o'clock
Overturned Craft Identified.
PORT HURON. Mich. November 15.-
The overturned vessel which has been
lying III Lake Huron a few miles north
est OF lern s-nee sundays great storm