Show SHIP SI f Eu EuBY BY FIGHTING GREW FOR HOURS MEN WAGE STUB STUB- STUBBORN STUBBORN BORN DORN WAR AGAINST FLAMES ONLY TO LOSE Exploding Chloride Lime Fills the Schooner With Its Fumes Cargo Careo Valued at Is Total Loss San The Fransisco-The Fransisco The steam schooner Everett which caught Ire fire early Thurs Thurs- Thursday Thursday layoff day oft off Punta Gorda ISO miles north of San Ban Francisco was abandoned as a total loss just outside Eureka harbor After Aller waging n a desperate fight to bring the flames lames under control mem mem- members mem- mem members members bers of the crew were forced from the vessel b by fumes from Crom chloride lime which formed a part put of the cargo They were taken aboard the coast coastguard coastguard guard cutter Cahokia which rushed to the aid of the burning vessel Radio ad advises advices vices received here b by the Federal Telegraph company said that the doomed ship was drifting still burning furiously off Humboldt bar with the Cahokia and the United States destroyer McCawley standing Jy by When the Everett was left eft to Its tale fate off ocr Eureka it was the second time that It had been abandoned Earlier in the day when off Punta PuntaGorda PuntaGorda I Gorda GonIa the crew took to the open I boats as efforts to beach the ship and to control the fire Ire were unsuccessful I With the arrival of the Cahokia the craft was boarded again and a race started for tor Eureka some thirty miles distant As the thc ship reached Hum Hum- Humboldt boldt bar and it looked as though the therace therace therace race had been won the fumes from I the lime became so strong that it was I impossible to continue the fight |