The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
MINNEHAHA IS
SAFE AT HALIFAX,
FIRE A MYSTERY
cspt. Clarct Says lie Has No
Evidence of
Bomb.
ONE OFFICER DECLARES
THIS WAS THE CAUSE


HALIFAX .Iuiv o.-tar down below
Georges island an Obsolete fort In this
harbor, the Atlantic Transport liner
Ninnehahs lies at anchor, her but
warks towering high above the water,
where n heavy sea IL rolling. caused
by ,bo highest gale Of the season.
How long she must stay there ha' NO.,
vet been decided Tnc fact that she has
cxplosiycs on board makes ii contrary
IN the p.r, regulations TO dock her.
The agents told Tur SvS correspondent
,bis evening that they did not know
,yho,hor or no, the would H."
allowed ,n com, III the harbor and
dock. The harbor master would not
vivo ,Ne hermit unless he got orders
from ottawa or London.
Nothing has developed since the
e%teamships arrival at / o'clock this
afternoon 10 show whether the lire that
broke out in her No. : hold on Wcdncs-
dav afternoon was the result of accident
or o,brrwiso
E.uiosion Follows warning.
.
Gap, o'SFe, - . 80. A.,
ne aurhipS 'lat io"l uo".' $50 49,"
wireless "ain'"s aoou' ~.
cnlnes was 9" oran ,o come
curIeu I'm" ,u"' -, ,ha sbin
from ~. q noru'
uesole" !" ~. .,nr1h,o,,a down and
- ,n,aad On -rbc steam was
s'e"' ""s n,,ors nrossnre M mid
~, ."o to- ,he decreased
n.et d.ninjsh,rg smoke showed that
.o"' =" ,nhar ,ontrol
'ne mTe Nas um arnr tho steam WAS
$3.50. ~, e., ,ba bn,d we entered Hall
sax Il q the captain said. and
there has been no reeu,re"ue ,to,s ~
Capt. Ilaret says tn' 49,, of
the service are as''"St =, s,n,.os
the mpah shlpS sN. ~ r.,so, he
for publications. ana 10 w. No had
assigned the preNi'3 '" ~
TO commun.ca'e ...aro ;s very
AFTER All, III s"'u, nund ro,hiuy
niue J "a" V' ,tan, on tho cause of
10 thAoW ah! .h,, ,tera nm
the nre oe!ohu " a,a that by
douptedI! was an ahi. IN subdue
the use %! stol'u : ., was the smoke.
the hre' An we S'~ -, midnight.
ana that %o sra hroka ont I decided
But Wheh we W. - ~ do v.s to
that the ON! S"'e 80 ~ ross,hIer
make Tor ha''t"N as rrad ,h.rs
When tnt eNPio ,u,a ..ausn
was a violent sho'N ~ h anrer
who were staholhs on tne a. ,h.
were 'hro"h upou - -, .,,y.r
first excitement the upper "a'Nn 49,
was opened freight was 'aneh "e
SO that the workers couIu '.aeh nv
second hatchway. TINS was iouno 10
be unchanged, but smoke was coinlhs
out and a steam pipe inserted. IL was
not long before the fire was under con-
troll. At = o'clock Capt. Claret decldeu
10 make for Halifax.
rho Fire Spreads.
That night inc hrc siiea' W N ~,
hatch. steam was Kept on s'eaui.S w
midnight. when IL appeared MAJ ,ns
fire had been overcome. for' Wouiu
have hr' reached carrier out a heaNy
southw,. ,crly gale and thicK loS KEPT
the ship off Sambro so that she reached
Halifax four hours later than had been
expected.
One OF the officers. who would not al
low his name to be mentioned. said
they were twenty-four hours getting the
Nre under control. Asked II IL was a
homb that caused the explosion he re-
n,ied
..rhare ,s no doub, that a bomb did
the work When was working round
the holds I met suffocating fumes. When
we iett new iorH ie,' ina, We we"
men who loaded us were Germans and
Austrians'
- - - 4.
AS we s,eatheu Wv" %', T,.,,
Isunch iui, Oh Gernians pasSed anS
snou'eu: - W. rrot
my po't,eu ~ a,a rot Lew n
,en -, niacoa 10 our sbin"
' oI "a s ,na 80, s,id I'VE knew
~ ,ha, soro,hi,a VS.
Nnn haso ,ha cantain ordered tho
$3.50 10 no 90, ready About 4.lb in
10 .~f,srpoon there was a great ex-
.he,"n T,nr,,hody rushed on deck 7
ran 10 ,he side and looked for the
,nra,roye for I was sure we had been
,ornedoed Then the smoke began 10
no,r out of one of the Matches"
Tha agents Of the line are anxious 70
have The NIinnehaha brought alongside
one of The piers and wired to Ottawa for
nermission. The harbor master also tele-
rranhed for instructions, but to-nigh,
no reply had been received.
The mort Warden's survey will take
Mace tomorrow morning. The cause
cf the fire may be learned then and
whether it still continues in the hold
,The chance of danger from the mum
tions on board will also be determined
tcsseI IL Expected u" ~~s""e "e'
y.-r.- IN n Few DAYS,
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" was salu at w" ut"V' ~ '"e ~
ternatiohal NsIcaLtlo Ni"ii". So'.'anS
Whlch Owls tu' 'iiin'.,'na' 'n'' "a'
impropdple 'ha' ahs'"ns "ouIu y
known Az 10 tne aus VI :. .Nptoeio
ABOARD me N'an'lc ir"n9p",e ~ w
VI d thorough eN"Lhi''a'lu" "ae '""uo v
the no'u III witch ~ eNpion,oli
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