Show 3 Missing as Ship Fire forces Crew to flee P PHILADELPHIA II I LAD E L P II I A May lay 18 UP UP-A UP A five-alarm five fire swept a waterfront pier and a merchant I Iship ship Friday forcing forcin nearly 30 crewmen to leap into the Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware River Ri to save their lives Three persons were missing and more than thana a score of others were injured Fire Marshal 1 George Kington set the damage to the pier and the ton freighter Pineland at The missing messing included William Madden ladden a pier timekeeper and two members of the ships ship's crew A police surgeon said a search of the ship failed to reveal any bodies Police said there may be as many as 30 or 40 persons in hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- suffering from rom burns o 0 or exposure U S S. Navy representatives es were sent to the scene to investigate the possibility of sabotage The fire started from an Unknown unknown unknown un un- known source on the pier but spread so rapidly that the five alarms were sounded at intervals of eight minutes The blaze was believed belie to have spread to cons containers containers con con- of oil stored on the pier Most lost of oC the injured were seamen seamen seamen sea sea- men who jumped from rom the ship The ship the Pineland out of Leith Scotland was preparing to take lake on a ton general cargo for Cuba The freighter caught fire at the stern which was jammed against the burning pier The blaze on the pier was brought under control in about two hours but fire engines and continued to pump rater later onto the ship r |