| Show STEAMER BURNED AT SEA Lives of Six Persons Lost by the Ship legislator legisla-tor Fire Remainder of tin al UOY n1 1oeoc Itould Alle1I AIU I lolelloe Boston Teb 7The British steamer Legislator Capt Tcnnant bound from Ilicrpbol for Colon was burned at sea February 16th In latitude 3123 north and longitude 4410 west The nro broke out on February 13th and hIV fiercely for three days during which lime fireman Thomas Roberts was burned to death Second Omcer James llateman and Seamen Wlllllam Angell were drowned by the capsizing of a boat Third officer Martin and Chief Engineer John Troughead Second Steward John Gaflney went adrift In another boat nnd Chief Cook Fred 11 I Lee crazed with fearful burns Jumped overboard The rest of the crew of thirty men with two passengers Dr Mortimer and wife ot London were rescued res-cued by the fruit steamer Flowcrgate and brought on to this Part arriving here today Pour of the crew Chief KnElncer John Holden Fourth Kngl neer Robert Mlln and Seaman Charles Ibblltlson were so severely injured that they were taken to the Marine hospital upon arriving at this port Ilqlden in I not expected to live The suffering of those who survive the fearful three day In which they were tossed about by the naves while explosion after explosion threalencd to send the lireeaten steamer to the hot torn I makes a tale seldom equaled In the 1neremals 01 the mPTchnt mnrtllo The Legislator l left Herpooi on February 3rd with a miscellaneous cargo Including Phosphate cotton goods and percucclon caps for Colton and Central Amertenll POrts At 4 oelock 011 the morning ot the 13lli without warning an explosion took place trom a hatchway forward 01 inldihllKt followed by n tremendous oulbust of smoke and names The firemen fire-men arid eninrr all cattle tumbling an deck but one sos ot them more or to I so-s burned The missing man wos Thomas Roberts and It wes not unlll 10 days nrterwrd that his charred body yous rocovered during a lull In the IIIP The crew were Iwdly handl ellpet In fighting the flare ns the hose and pumping encln were disabled or consumed Tho tire prood ro > rapidly that the forward part of the bonlln which were eleven men was rut off and Cap Ten nnnt naked for volunlpm to reeuolha temalnder of tile crew Herond Officer llaleman a aid Seaman Angell at one offered to row nlong the side of the ship and brlns the men act One of the basis was launched with dllllculty na there was a heavy sea rttnnlngand bv eareful work they managed to reach the take doomed men All were line Iv laken on board and the boat dropped astern but before the nine mn could I a pulled on the after clock aJTrernen Iou sa caplzOiI the omall boat anci I Iry man was Ihmwn Into lea water After their heroic work Batsman nnd Angell were the only ones who were not rocud In the mPRnllrn through same con 1lon another > hoat had been IlIunehe1 nn1 In It was Third O leEr MarUn and Met Steward Iuhn Oatlney Another Ithr Pea swept them away They leave not hen seen Place The llbUIII g 01 the names still continued tend t an the fire reached tile boxes of recaps re-caps there were almost constant ex Honors During one 01 these i Fred IJ Iee tile chief cook was He severely burned that he Jumped oOrbonnl and iould not bo saved At 8 oclock on the morning of the Kill the Henmer FlnwerRitc from Palermo Italy hove In sight Two hotels vero Immediately lowered tram the Flowergate ana otter thre hours all on board the burning vessel wEre alel ly transferredCapt linnant Ing the lat to leave Some or the creW pod 11 part ul their clotlilnsbut a majority of those on board lost eolthillg The IFcue lOS none to ooou lor as the rescue ergate slnrled hor nalnem the lire was v n but 6 Ling front the after deck of lhi Logisla Inr and the steamer wa probably en rely consumed not many hours after |
