Show os ON F IN wilt OCEIN most jost of the lic voyagers rescued ati a passing vessel ut irieta still adrill adrift 0 on 11 tile hie sea london 19 theldman The inman luman line steamer city vf of Mon menteral Monte teral rul tins has been do de strayed stroy eil by lire fire at As aa anti and 13 persons aboard perished the Moa teral left new York August ath for liverpool liver ool commanded by captain laud news of her destruction was learned upon uon the arrival at queenstown Queens town this worn leoro ing gnp of 0 the british steamer york city captain bonn benn which left baltimore august ath for london this steamer rescued the survivors from the burn ing vessel and brought them to queenstown town the burning of the steamer bleamer occurred on abe alth instant live days after she left now new york A boat con laining ining ta six passengers as arid and seven members member 0 of te the a crew is missing the occupants of this boat are the thirteen atin persons radons reported to have perished pr the ib fated steamer had bad casseu gers on board the passengers and crew of the Non montreal treal were taken kofl the tork I 1 ork eity it bytha by tha tug mount ana and landed at all were accounted for buethe but the thirteen persons in the missing boats it is ia learned that shortly after the alio passengers had bad gone to bed on I 1 he be night n g b t of the loth the ship being in latitude 43 degrees degreed north at the time they were aroused by the alarm of fire are A scene ot of consternation ensued and the pao passengers wor wera greatly terrified when they found great the 0 trao state of affairs aal airs the caused by tho the fire was waa suffocating ne 1 less the passengers dressed and got on dock deck with wit h but little appearance of panic the fire anre originated on in tho the cotton 8 stored in tho the after main hold bold nine streams of water were soon work working ilig on the the iba course of the vessel Ws W s shaped for new miles distant ta T A flames fames spread with rapidity and 9 burst out oat with terrible force the tas midway and after hatchways hatch ways tl ti beat being intense it being apparent that it was im im possible to save the ship all I 1 P a momen tary panic ensued the boats were lowered and the passengers passenger and crew got into them the tha boats soon scattered and one entirely vanished this contained two stewards two seamen and seven passengers and there is but little doubt that the whole boat load perished this particular boat did not contain a fall crew end and loft latt the montreal against the captains order as there was waa time to take lake many more in it the te survivors survivor consider the tha fate of the occupants of the lost boat a judgment for their cowardice A bark was sighted shuly after tho the boat left the steamer fad dud her crew were preparing to pick U up p the our livors when the steamer york ouy city at by the flames of the burning vessel which were shooting up hum bun dreda of feet in the air bore down and with difficulty took all hands on board the rescued people were treated with tho utmost kindness by the captain and crew ot of the york tark city and the passengers pars vilh feet feel ings of the oration ach was adored them the avi k C i 11 proceed ed to london after landing the simi hon treats passengers at Queens queenstown town the survivors in in declaring that tho the officers and crew ot of the cuy city did their best nobly and skillfully the names of those in the misti mg beat are passengers samuel Kan fliman goergo arnold samael mckee in term ter mediate renard kenard woolton boolton Wo olton stephen tupper simon bowtell Bow Row tely toly 8 nache idika crew henry read wm vm P rinney patrick hughes trim mer charles smith interpreter thomas wilberforce Wilber fore forts steward the boats were eight in number rod and consisted of tour fourteen teen I 1 difo i fo boats and pinnacles pin naces these were launched and stocked blocked with provisions the names flames spread with fierceness and the ibe efforts to quench them were wera soon found fat futile W at 8 in the morn ing the passengers pai were marshaled warsh aled on dock deck preparatory to entering the tha boats many were weeping baton bat on tle the whole they were quiet and order ly the family groups presented a sl sight pitiful to see as they huddled huddle in ft fear i ar and trembling There was ahenry albay sm baa ranni running tig and it was with dilli cully the boats boata wore were kept from being smashed TUB the crew worked asplen ion and tile passengers berti placed in the boats in in a comparatively short time jiow how the boats floated with their lea loada dd is a myat mystery ry As thelast boat vat aga pu patting III tig 0 on seve several ral ge 1 erb a and crew were war seen aft they lad been overlooked and were screaming to the boats to return tay were subsequently bravely yes rea cued cited balf bait dead from the and leaf the masts of a abi ship were seen on the tha horizon but ton en hours bours elapsed letora it came near new york lo 10 tho officials 1 the I 1 inman iman line havo have no direct Jy vices ices bout about the oil city 0 of aha be left this city on the ath instant ansta i and was four days ov overdue erdlie aronn from liverpool considerable had began to be ba felt about her bet she had hadano co first farat cabin passengers carried intermediate and 1134 steerage passengers crr the montreal tired over all 41 feet in width or 0 bea beam W and 36 feet deep from spar to keel eel her gross lominago lori nago wis was HOT 1197 she a ana w as built by sobeya co cout of GIa 1141 1 go gowin W in 1871 was an iron screw I 1 steamer and had bad nine bulkheads she bho wag W as equipped oili lipped with compound en having horse power rho was worth iby 11 a insurance is 14 not known the lanyo was principally cotton lard HI and 1 uil the 1 be ww was used for first ftc travel she ba had 1 made voy vo captain laud los has been in tk tha of the line for 25 years and vati considered one of tile the most cars care atil transatlantic trans atlantic catlaina cap laina no one tiro had bad any idea how the fire anra broke broka cut C ut Queens queenstown town 19 Captain laud commander of the city of montreal makes tho the following report on the loth bost the wind was N to tot W about 9 on tho even ng of that day a fire was discovered to ID the ati after hatch among the cotton the ibe tire fire hose were at once connect connected connecter ei I 1 net streams of water were poured down upon the flames and ire fire grenades and fire extinguish er ars were freely used the fire bow ever ver overcame all efforts to suppress it and spread over the upper and low or er decks decka the ship was doomed from tho the beginning of the fire and boats were i actively prepared with provisions blaas on the morning of the ibe the flames burst through the of ar ter hatches the boats vere svere lowered theta was a high sea ben at tile the time and this ibis caused much the women and children were put in the boats anti the wale male gers and crew craw afterwards lock lack of time tide prevented the manning of the be boats boata w with ith their respective crews the met men being compelled to continue until abe lust moment 1110 Out the work nork of keeping hooping down donn the flames all the boats boata left tho the ship by an unfortunate oversight twenty people were left aboard the burning vessel boat no 3 returned and took off six sia of the th num number her boat no 5 with the fourth 0 officer took sir nix mote more A barque bacque was then reported and when till all the boats had bad put their peo pla pie aboard her they returned and took off those remaining on the burn iago teamer it was found that boat no 8 was missing taha was seen to t herself before the wind when she left baft the f bip using her bar oars oara in sup port of the sails sail ahe t ran away from the vessel missel in in direct disobedience to the captains captain la order everybody spent pot the night about the t he german barque bacque Traba nl C captain t at I 1 n scheel from charleston july 21 p for london end and all were thou then transferred to the york city which stayed by through the night and vainly searched for the missing captain laud says anya he be is ia sanguine that the people in boat no 8 are saved as aa the accident occurred in the track of steamers bound east and west the passengers were cool and obedient during daring the crisis and the crew were steady the passengers and crew lost everything they had on board the city of except what they atoo in when the they N went into the boats the origin of the fire captain laud says Is unknown he is certain that it broke out in in more than one place in the cot ton the fhe ship chip was in latitude 13 43 de gaes 58 38 minutes north longitude 43 minutes west |