Show BARR BARK SET AFIRE BY CR W Burning of British Craft Is Said to toI I Have Been Due to In Victoria B C Sept a The steamer I Empress s of Japan from the Orient yes yesterday yesterday yesterday II brought Drought news that the burning i of the British barkentine Howard D Troop which was scuttled at Yokohama as briefly reported by cable was due to on the part of at six mem members members bers bees of the crew The vessel had on board a cargo of kerosene for the Standard OH on company compan when the fire was discovered in the hold hotd Rockets were sent rent up as distress signals A tug tu took the vessel in tow and started for but the fire gained such su h headway that it was necessary to scuttle scuttle tle tie the barkentine hundred cases of kerosene were burned The followed trouble be between between between I tween Captain Duryea and the crew |