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Show STEAMER BURNED AT SEA. A Proildca.LiI Rtscu. of Passengers and Crew, "Moitto" limits on iiotiiii. lour llonrs ('niiblete the "Mij thill's llMlliwllai.-riieiirr, (ewes tip Jnt In Time. "Liverpool Atlantic liner burned at Thla bil"f aeutenca, on potters lu various pari of tho clt) , caused somewhat some-what ot Khm.atlon In tho great tea-poll tea-poll of Liverpool ou the veiling of Tuvtda), Dertmlwr --'nd, and the half-clothed half-clothed aril ragged women, boyt and girls win do duly as ttriet m wscr venders bad no dlfllculty In gelling rid ol tho 'fourth elltloa" of thu after-noonsicrs after-noonsicrs An eiut audi as the Hues on the tills Indicated won! 1 attract at-tract lltllu more than palug luterest III an inland ill), tut luru wluret'ie vast ocean trafllo Is witnessed every d ly such mi Item of Metis has a startling start-ling cirect; for the portuf Llvirol Is thu home ot the largest and fasti tt nctuti teamihla olloat, some of Iheiu Islng cablo of carrying upwards uf ritteti hundiixl eoule at a slugle voyage across tho mighty deep. "Atlantic liners" Is Ihu title Lla eu lo Ihu great passenger vet-eils vet-eils tl at uru operatud Utnteti heru nml Neir York, Ilottou, Tldladeli bla, Tortland, Ililtlnwru an I other laces that ei gaku Inthutransatlsiitlo aineu-ger aineu-ger trslllr. Not u day passit whin the an uouuciimut of thu lots of a "liner" woul I not laueeasinsitlon, for there la no time w lieu a numb, r of the large ship aru not out with loils of re-ilous re-ilous human 'night. Hut on this lartliulartlate llisro wire more and finer vessel at si a than Is als)ti the laMidurlug thn u Inter tetsnii. The msgiiHIci nt " Teutonic;," thu lis list of all IheiHian ravrs, uus on litr way tetweeii New urk u I l.lMrpool, us was hi r titter ahlp, the "Majnetlc." both of the Whltu Star llm; there were also out the Ciiuarders "Aura nla"anl "riirvlu," s willaatwn of the Inmati shliM out three or the (lulon H it, all ou the Now Volk route, lhsllcs, there svere n dozuu largo steamsbli which nm dlreit tn thu i tlii r ports niinlloi e I, Thousjnds of men nm draw ti from Llterpool nnd uilglihorliaol fortlm trews ol ovu.ni kOlngTiseela, so the loss of one Is nil eeut of u serious nature forotliirlhun mere lluaucitl reasons. In this articular iase ad lltUnal In teiett waanttaihrd bythe NiMH ior respondent, beciise or llm fait tint two uf thu (luliti etevmr carrlul iiinoug their isiseeuger wile Irom Ulati,Kime en route to (Jriat lirltiin and otlnrs returning from Ihu oil World lo thilr tn mi. tnlu home. Ihu lapirsuirouagirly scaiiiiit, tin ro to llul this tihgtam from thu HUH) lsh bsslnls," sumner, of 1 ondnn. deslro)il by tiro Ml lisu Is wted und well The last tentence n movent the great v elglit that resti d n r an Instant iiwi ulauclng nt tho llrsl word, lor the "Ab)aslnh.," "of Loudon," was tin (lulun aessel Ikiiiii 1 fir Llverioo),wHh three "Morm ti" mll uurlis in Its Hat of psweiigirs. rim loll (.ram ' ' " , taken from the sign lis of Hit "-liiie " out. of Ihu N uMcut, I or Llo) 1 1 m ian)' lirgo luim J' uti I x ilriiiiri MielufiN k II iimlKrlSih.niidslgnilliii u mi whellia if II ) I a Hie u wi stern exlrimlty 1 ai u h wa) loH uthamtoii wtti II o u t So mor.' detail- nil i otdalnel at the (I iinn ni Mr Wcorge llsmsden, the u ariagur, Hi utrht tin Htee" until I reicll 8oiitham ton about midnight Hi had telearupliod 1 1 have the ass4P)ers fur llio contl nvnt nt on fir re enibtrkatlon on the North Hea, and tbuee for the llrltlth Isles to I o tor war led lo Liverpool or iiylntermeillate station they wlshid 1 1 tlop at. At II p, in the passengers were landed at riouthamptnn, but owing to tialtis being dtlayei by f.gt and lad weather lhe) did notarise In Liter gooltllltla m.on Ihu -lib, I tat that was two or three days curlier than If no mishap ha befallon Iticm. Ibose whohal oonie rrom Halt Laki (' ly Wire Joseph . Kerr, of Tnyson, Utah enmity) Ira W lulsms of Hynim, Cache roiint), and Jfeph II. llteh ardsofHt. Joseph, ArUilia All Were well Thty were onllrel) wllhuut t aggage, having V Irig oompelle I, In iitumon wltlitheo.titrtatsetig r on Hie' Abys.lnls,"to leave everything, even small hand aali In I., on lhe way nboiil llftecn huttdivd mlhs Irom laud. When the thrve missionaries reached he hotel an 1 rem ve t their uvi rcoats, niieoftlioni, l.ldsr Williams, was lu bis shirt sieves. The weather was llllell) i old, and I Is coitumo ttamid lunoinplute and unrensonabh. "Wliero')our eiat?"he net asked "Olltbu"Abyirslnla," If the tlshe haven't carried ItiiT" herelleil Huliad Wen sick In his Iwrth when called up ou deak, and sill -d on Ills overcoat, theolhsr belug ttrs -d on his vail.... Tho story of the voyage was Hun told. It was not a tale of iscltliig Im I-dints, I-dints, hut one of gnat Isnir, from which they wire dellvi nd by thu In lerpoaillon if Divine Trovldenee. It Is seldom In history that a record to lose lo being wrlttin 'Hailed, anl never heard of has leu iiiangud (o "Vessel burned at tea, all hail- saved," nt lu this Instance. Truly the (loloii line had on this occasion iststeugers who wiru thu special oblec'a of Divine wateliearo Hatunla), Deeeruberl!, was the dale set fir tho "Ab)stlnlu" to sill from New York, but by tl.o Ion Hug of her cargo she waa delayed one day, The vessel was not one t then gular trans. allanlle lies t or Union A Co (being elowir nnlsuisler than an) of the others r&Mitons tsislin), tail ha been engtged lu the Ira te Is twren China anl facu.lt Hhe was not lilted tor general pussenier IraRlr, and had llm Ited accommodations In boili cat In andsteeragu (lsrirr. Iht. "Alaska" having I ecu u' In do. k (orthe wlnlsr, the "Abyssinia ' was I rought to tho New oik and Llvi ol r. ule for a few trlW, W he I she lelt II u first luttnud IL shu had uti a general cargo of cotton, bacon, oil, hardwooi, eu There were ulnetieu cabin and fort) ttrtrayu niseengers,dtstined for vurh us parts of i.uros Considerable rough estht r wat ex-peril ex-peril uiid, an.l n Die m .rtiliignf tho lllth day out, rrlday.Decimber 11 one of the Isillirs got to leaking Thla oiu. id n reduction to half ssI whllo revtln wi re batng made. About noon some exoltemi nt wa otsurvei nruoug the crtw, but aoino lime ilajsed lefore ivou the most In ipisltlve passenger co'll 1 gel auy Information as lo the oaiitv. Tun or Ihne (atsons Irom thu cabin went down to thu euglno loom, and thele dltcovciinl Ihal the place was Hooded to a depth of two or Ihree Itithea with wattr. A little farther forward one ot thu rew w is chopping a bole thn ugh the tlicr, while auother haj u hoto from which Issiieln striam of water. "WhatMii7 Kir. 7" Inquired 1,1 ler Kerr, who wus uesieet the tailor with then j. "it-s, all h,mt imiih, will toon have It uut " was the lespoi.si . "It looks to me lll.ua goo.1 ileal, If I am anylulgo "tall hlder Kirr, who caught ii glimpse of th lltmesthr igh the in wlymtlu aperture In the Hour Ou the deck an Interesting perfoira anou wat going on. Thure wasuodli ordi r, t ut Ibe faoee of the otllistr w.iro an anxious I wk. Hailor wero burr)-lug burr)-lug to and fro lu obedience tnorlers and a git ig of men wi re at it oik lr) lug to llbentooue f the ship's lu.atl, but wllh sxr atiiccae. At tills time no Mttlku ot human life could le tetu excel ton theahlp nothing tut n vast ixisiuseof fojinireslcil wavia audtbn biavt datk clouds from which was puling it unfiling rain which soou turn itlotuow. An h ur atted by and the ai ngers had not yit i"vuu to realise thu full danger w huh was Uon them, thoili some were getting dm lUtslly untsisy ai set lug on a-lonal urT of tun ke an I touguts of llstne through rirenlngs In tho hold. AI. ut 1! p. in. a long Hue of smikeUcaiiu vlilbl In tho rear and right of lbs ac-std, proballvelght mlhs distant It a Koran steamer wlikli lhe atrulnlng eyes of tliote on deck muM siuwna overtaking the "h)-- slula," on a line si.fnt imr miuritii tlte south. The oataiii had Us n Intently In-tently watchlug the etrougir, nud us Hie ewn.,iia,w!io were now grs Ing the fine tl tiatl in, hurried on dcik, t x. iltiment run high. Hlovtl) Ihonewarrlt il.whlihpro.ed lo tie thu "-I ree," enmu up parall.l wllh thu dl.oilt"! iaal, and signals cf dlstriss won. displayed, riicnisslcr of lhe Uermiii vts.el, Captain Willi Korwl, had ivldentl) Iwin watching tin. other, f r wltblu two minims or the ruing cf the tlguals hu chatigi 1 his luiirsu anl liore donu upon the turning ttiainir, lotuliig tu a ttop about thriu ipurtersof a mile distant, to lii.uro hlsowtimtity. llylhl liniu he colli 1 M Hint the (lulon vessel Whs doomed, an I .lnalM that he u a will lug to Uke all on board. The Buengirs were hud. Hid t-gethcr t-gethcr wlln lluliohnJ facis, eagirly watching thu inotemrnla of tl n "Srei," which wns lo them a met-tengtr met-tengtr of salvation as wtlionm at It had 1 cell u 111 xpei ted two boll la before, Himouf Ihu women, partlcuhiii) thotu w nakonod by sea tliktiess, wi n i ryntg, but thi re was no ooufllaiun. Two of the "-Ipru's" bjtta, tach inauiiid by a crtw of sturl) (Jertuuii sailors, were uulikl) tlroiiloittothe w mt. The primptnistif the nclloii was a strong contrast t the tedious ork of lailin Ii. Iltgtlllin i( tlWAbyaslllla's" boils. The first one till git down kfurw tho fnrituust of Ihu Oerniati'n imuu ii1c.uk. tide but thai mis all. Into It tint women Hire lowen I Thtti follonil rbe malt isueeiii.ers, uud ufur ths.ui tin en w, ( a tain Murray descending last Thu task of tusking Ibe transfi r was far fnm easy an I pltaaant, A blind Ing sliowstorni hal stt in, anl lhe twites ihii s hltli that It was wllh crest iiltlliiilty that thu email Isiats wire Ut 1 1 fr uu being dished ugal. tt the ships' tl! Thu e le were lout red Into tla bouts by inciii., of r t.fitii i 1 aroundtl elrloltis ami vt hi ii it st in tt tn i 't ut rt ta tho si ice ii w i tin i net II l In. fr tu it i c t wa rts If Hi )ll It I IV W U 1 I ill 1 tlltlll On lit n al u do the Hpm," r i tt It Iders who let dots it, nud each srnti ".l Hely tit I Willi line or tw roes, the ' His r ends Ik lot? lu lh hau la of half a tloreri tlouj Clernians Tlun one nflcr another, ut directed, pasaengcra woul I make a grab for the rope lahlir on which, to mount, and oinetlmea wire tossetl far utitof Its reacn Hut thn sailor above hoisted away wllh a will, and most ot the ps.it nger Ted up to the rail much as if they ha I been lugs of sand. One man, a baker on l-oard the "Abvasinla", was caught la'twren n small lst mil Ihestenmer, and was -nnsldentbty bruised, thouali his hi Juries were not dangerous. A lady whoso weight was close to JOO pounds, I loved almost too much for the hoist Ing tarty which hal her In tow. Hhe was held I) two ropes, and one mo mint was awliiglng In mid air, while the next, b) llm movement of tho ve. wl,twadlpj! luto the crest o'au sngrj wave. The nil lime ducklug stool never ill I It work l-rtlcr. It took several minute to get her oer the rait. Iiiitsne was finally lamleit sa'el) on deck, ttlthout sellout lnury, and glvi ti irotniteare llifore lit. lasscnget wero lowirnl from thu " Abyetlnla "lhe llatiic wore ah jotlng up the main hati'titta), nntl thick w reath of toi'iteiairled upwards, resenting n weir I lctiire ami I the Mini ro surrouu lings of cloud nnd wattr. lty 4 1ft p.m., within four licuttnftir the discovery nf lha Are, tho last ttersuti tiatl ssfely nstohe.1 thu deck of the "Spree." The leitlrecf the other vessel wes ablazs, thellt-nes lat lug around mainmast, shrouds and mils, and burning Irtghtly wllh the grease and tr. A few minutes latr, when thi ' i rie" rttumeil her course, the III fa'ed vos'elai poured it inaatof lln.nlearly outline I against lhe black background of sky and sea Hoon all was lost to view, and night cloattt nrounu as the NeHdeiitsehsr teniner lliwislon In tho ilarkiii-sBotiil storm Oil Ituaid the "Hpree," warmth, dry clothing, footl and all Ibiugs hiiittary for thu comfort of lhe rescued itny t7ere provldial. Tin) hal lostuver). thing exce t what Hie) lull on, not even Iwlug nllowei 1 1 tako their tnmll vall.es with Hum. No ellirt was matle to ave rsutseDgi rt' Inggagi; In fact there waa tittle lime, and tne ilrk was great. The otlleersaud irew of the (Jerniau letat are ssikou of lu terms of hlahe-t rsl.o for their btsve, cutiraiteous and generous conduct, the nlllcairs of lhu'Ab) tslnla" no nleouom luelide.1 for their eoolliuts nod UltCllt line, biitufthe rest of Iheirew Iheouly thtogsi.lit tsttiat m st of them nctetl ugly " llottuvir, lhe istssengers were too lull of grstPude for their re-m re-m irkal le preet rvatlon lu do otltent lie llii'i fill i harllable toward the its.!-Iiessia its.!-Iiessia of Ihclr full w men. The all. abirblnaenltuent was one of Ihauk lo those who wiro the mean of rcu Ing tliein from.lt. ith. anil of praise to the kind nud tuerilfnl Trovulsmat who st ut sin Ii timely aid. Had It nut bean forUie "SireeV'aipMirance all must haw rtthetl within a short time, fur It was not tossltilu for one uf tlte eruall Units to hat. lived In lhe atulin which rage 1 during the night aud next tla). the remainder ut the ao)ago was accomplished vlihout an) pe ial i.M.nt trans) till ir erirpt trial Utwein three an I four o'clock lutoe morning rf Hun It), Dei ember J 'tll.lho "H ree" gat OMMliUtiCe to the ktntiuer "luna," which lind a ttrokeu shaft, and i lckc-1 up two inetiuho wi re thrown Hit i the sea In an attempt talauiKh onoof the"Iona'a"boats, oue of tl.o men died Wily after bilng. taken out of tho water. A to the atute cf the Die on tho "Ab)tslnU,"HlHild that ltwaseiou-taiieous ltwaseiou-taiieous oombuttloulu theouitun. Au-olhiroflnlon, Au-olhiroflnlon, and oue Hint items most reatoitatde In view of the r Id spreatl ot the llaine, I that while kolllng the tire out lo repair tho dam iged boiler, the wood nnd lr.llamm-.bV material close b) aval Igliltesl antfcommutil-catesl antfcommutil-catesl tint fire lo several ham Is if oil an 1 a large iuantlt) of baoon stored In iIoee mxlnilty. ttlsfoilunatu that Here wero very fen sttsiukers on board thu "Ab)s Inls," hud there Iwn n large mi inner a luttilo could not have Ueiinvuldtd, nud It is doubtful whether many more coull liato Uen reetutU with tbo few Isnlsontbe sit unit If. Hut Iravilera nro learning to avoid "tult"thntare brought up from freight service and sent nut lu 1are cf tloiketl vessels, 0 mother like "substitute" vesstl the I linian steanlt r "tltyut Itlclunottd" tame very near, n futt miiithsagu, meeting witli the same fate as me "Al).liitt." Iherlskoufrslghtboata 1 rested umisirailly into ttisengr ten tlce lean hundredfold grenttr ttisn ou tin riKUlar "llnis" It wiuldiebet ter for asmngertovary tin time of tteiar(uri a week or two for mutt com-f com-f irtsln uiean life, and for lea danger au I ipilcker trite. J. 11. A. 1 it mitt- I Dic.,l8Hl. |