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Show I sl TRANSPORT ON FIRE AT VfHAjr Three Lives Lost and Many PerMjlt' Injured Boat Had Been ScheduWij to Sail on Friday. San Francisco. Shortly befor-fJJE o'clock Wednesday night fire wnsldlji covered In the hold of tho UnjltOtl States transport Meade, which wa,sY('6-have wa,sY('6-have salledW Manila Friday (vjih' moro than 1,000 soldiers and a chJo, of 3,000 tons of army supplies. iTho" vessel Is lying at tho Folsom strot dock, nnd despite the efforts of tbjo clfy fire department, which canto promptly to tho nld of tho officers and crew, tho fire wns not entirely extinguished extin-guished until 4 o'clock Thursday morning. Whllo tho dnmngo lo tthn vessel was not vital, thrco lives were lost and many persons injured. ' Tho dead: Captain Charles Dak)n of San Francisco flro cnglno company No. 4. Fell unconscious Into tho water of tho hold and was drowned. Leaves a wlfo nnd fpn. I Hoscman Thomas Hennessey' of' cnglno cn-glno company No. 4. Suffocated ftb death whllo fighting tho flro In fho' hold. Leaves a wlfo and thrco chll- ' dren. T Third Officer Georgo Wallacn of, tho transport Meade. Suffocatcl whllo 1 climbing n ladder from tho h'dd, and j fell back unconscious, dying a short i tlmo Inter. Was 25 years of ago, ami a native of Sydney, N. S. W r |