| Show The Burulnz of the Lnndlano Special to THE HEHALD Examiner Dispatch New York Feb 22The steamship Egyptian Monarch arrived yesterday and Second Ofilcer Jordan describes the sighting sight-ing of tho ship Loodlana on fire January 16 She the Loodiana had a cargo of petroleum for London Officer Jordan says I was on the lookout The wind was blowing furiously and the water seemed mountains high above us Suddenly I away over tho pnrt bow I taw a glare in 1 the heavy sky Then I saw a sudden flash and there seemed to be an explosion lighting light-ing up the horizon for miles around Seizing Seiz-ing a glass I found that a sailing ship was on firo I sent for Captain Irvin and the Egyptian Monarch was headed in the direction direc-tion of the light At 130 a ns wo rounded to near the burning vessel It was the Loodiana and she was ablaze almost from stem to stern The flames hud nearly reached to tho bows In the bright glare I saw two figures sitting astride the jib boom The glass showed them to bo a man and woman Afterwards we learned they were the captain of Loodiata and his wife There was no hope of saving the vessel even if any one had thought of doing so The flames had run up tee masts and rigging and had obtained such a hold that nothing could stop them until the ship was burned to the waters edge Big patches of burning oil floated around and about us Tno storm had not abated and as wo cut through the waves we seemed to ba sailing through a sea of fire which leaped up an crlly around us We got as near to the Loodiana as possible Tho two survivors I saw us That agonizing cry for help which escaped them at that moment chilled the blood in my veins The man astride the boom clung to a rope with ono hand clasping clasp-ing with his other the waist of a frail looking look-ing woman We launched a boat though none of us believed that the boat would live in such a gale In fact for the first time in its history tho Egyptian Monarch had to throw oil over to calm tile fury of the waves but before we could launch the bout the fire had forestalled us We shouteu to the couple to be of good cheer Their answer an-swer was a piteous cry for help The burning ship was lying with its head to the wind The flames were cteeping slowly toward tho boom hut the tempest seemed to favor the captain and his wife Occasionally the ships stern was tossed high on tho waves when flames were blown along the bows until it seemed as if the clothes of the couple were scorched by tile intense heat The stays supporting the jibboom had been burned away A few minutes afterwards the ship slung uround the flames leaped towards the keclof bowsprit an awful cry of agony went up from those poor tortured ones Down they fell into tho fire lit waves We saw them for one short moment The man was holding on lo the stump of a spar and the woman was clinging to him A heavy wave lifted them up and dashed them against the Bide of the burning vessel We never saw them again We steamed around the blazing blaz-ing hulk in the hope of seeing a boat containing con-taining the crew Then we steamed to leeward for twelve miles but no sign of boat or raft could be discovered We laid around as long as possible but no boat could live in such sea as was running at that time |
