Show TOOK FIRE AT SEA Ten Slcoragj Passengers and Three ol the Crew Parish ox IIIK I llJlIOIIVHI Jmm LIO I he Victims 1na at Up lIVoll Dick With All Itcana I MIL bIT NEW Yogurt My 10Tho Millory Hue sluamsnlp Lou which sailed from tills port Saturday afternion returned re-turned at a late 1 hour last nl lit with lit teen corpses ol men women And children aboard They had been burned aud mil cite on Saturday ulahl Ten of them were steerage pas budgets ono wits the all bulor and Iwo were otowarde Whether they died Irom emtike or flames la I a matter for coujtcture It Is I certain Ibllhr bodlo wr cbrrd buyout recognition before r they were d fo Pulltdout treat the wlecked boserage qurto Trt WII alturlheU > m s bal ben ought under and tile Loo hJ houtledagain for Now Y rk while too lIro1 part 01 the IIlblnl was Iolnl on hr cblu Passetsjers Watched the perrormanOB from the aeok ol Ilia City ol Aguilo of the name line wblc had linseed at an opportune uiomeut Au luclplent mull y among the Italian stokers who fought > to Gainers the vestal 1 and hud to ha beaten tick to their posts added to I tie vlvlj coloring of Ibo traitio voyage About I ucloott on Sunday morning morn-ing when tile Leona was oU D la f ware Breakwater floroe swilt llru broke out In the forward Cargo com parttaent underneath tile steerage lu Which Iwoutylbr passen jar bouoJ tot Ulvoou roxa were asleep They baa arrived from Europe ou Friday MIt wsa alter 2 oclock when First Male Wallace as he paced the brngr laW smjke arising Irom the tjrecattlv lie attended the oaplalu mad the crew and Immedlule eUorls Were made to Cava this lived or tile 4teetage Paaeen gets Wit the first alarm of fire Ibo Italian stokers lu the bold mil upon dick unit tumbling Into one of tb Hu boat were about 10 owing It oil she davits when First < Mate Wallace saw them Calling tile cap aln 10 his ul I alslauce be lulled I the Italians out of the bout alter a B ul > Lorn HchtcnJ allay wtio driven lorwara 10 Ballet the ilther members 01 tau crew 10 I fighting the tire tireTav flames gel nod rapidly Captain Wilder sent up Signal after Igual for Assistance Tnewallordjutcaped down 00 gboitartage deck but more forced back by tall overpowering games The steerage was choked with tile amok and the glimpso tile sallies got 01 II showed the unlorlunt In their try lpg lo gel out at ihiir bunks while some ol there who bad got out wr huddled up on the Flier uaconscious Captain Wilder suit a couple of volunteers vol-unteers dashed Into the steerage despite the smoke and flames an many Passed Reis Be they culd Bud Ibn rturo Ir a 1 bralh 01 air 1h1 started again but saw that It would be suicidal lo attempt another venture For three hours the Ulcers and men battled wltu the flames Tbe cabin iiaesan garb who had been awakened by Ibo noise on deck mined cut of their staterooms state-rooms In their Igbt clothes and It was with great d llUully that they were quieted by Ibo sailors llockels were sent up very few moments but uo Biiewcrlug signal could be seen Those lu the saloon paosige know nothluiiol the loss of Hie In the steerage steer-age Even the men T7ho were fighting fight-ing the Die could only guess what ball happened 10 tile mllng Imml grants About daybreak the signals for OslstuOs wr lowered by the slennur City of Augusta whlcti left this port shortly altar the Leona on her way lo Savannah A half hour later about 5 oolock In the morning the City ol Augusta hove to aloagalde the burning steamer and the saloon pIogOla form notified to prepare > to leave Ibo Looo They were all groins fred to the City of Augusta In safely and the work of fighting the fire was continued Aboul oolock In the msrnlng The flames were under control and the steamer out of danger The pason Refs wr sent back 10 the Loona and too City of Augusta coulnued on bar way lo Bavauuab The Leon put about and returned to port under Der own em Au domination of her steerage compartment was made as soon aa the ship baa costal ell sufficiently and thirteen cirpseo were discovered Their atllludts showed that they were trying 10 escape when death found team Sameluy huddled In a beep others were uu their knees with bauds outstretched as U 1 lo grope Shelf Way through the darkness and the blinding irnjuo Nine cf them were burned so horribly to at they were utterly unrecognizable The flesh du their features was gone and In Placed the linked binee caarred < and blackened bad been disclosed to view the butcher and the two Wallace were tile I last burned ol any of the dead skull u was easy to Identity tuem Ibe dead were undisturbed They are s 111 lying where they loll and will be removed on Ibo otJer 01 the coroner UJsy Part of the Looaaa cargo couilstsd < of matches wnion were stored near Ibe I wheel hocun and It Is possible that Ibo hie was causal by the matches Tho damage tojtlm vessel and Cargo is I extensive All oclocx title morning Charles It Mallory of the Mallory line and Coroner Uottasr Worded gun Leona Alter viewing the bodies I anJ questioning Ibe captain Mr Mallory said to the reporters present There are thirteen dealt on board But cvirbvdv on Ibo ship Is so excited excit-ed that I have not yet been able to eel a lull report abiul the lire Who eelI do I will give II out This la I all I have been able 10 learn so fail The steamer called on Saturday at 3 clock rm She had fort pI boogtro on board 01 Whom twenty three worstculroge Alia m Bun day mug lug lira was dlseovruJ Ill falling out ol 1 the forward list I tlws7r It spread very quickly I quick-ly and almost us soon as the alarm scuudod the steerage fail steerage oorupanloawar were filled with imoke Ibe cause wont w-ont 0 calls combustion Boiling Ibo Iscolltueuus cargo Whon the IIro Had been put out It was f uod that ten of the steerage passengersboth women wasna aid mou bad been soil oaled and their bodies subs Ineptly burned Two of the stotragill i Walters were likewise dead and n but 0 her Cronor Hostler asked 0 number 0 questions regarding ho treoLlug out in thu tiro and Iho means of egress which the paeseuiters haj Than he turned to Mr Mallory end sal 1 consider It I my duty to put Copt Wilder under arrest pending Investigation Investi-gation Into the deplortb accident But I do not wish to put him to noOn no-On ecissHry Inconvenience I and I will accept Mr Millorys UMUMuce that be will not run away Tula being glv u the formalities of tile night were ended THE BIOUY OF HIE lAS e OEl < S NEW Yoiuc Miy 10IL Wet a Klueoiuo aigul on the Mai Dry s emir Leona today rnlneeu bud I black wined by fire and smoke itera lying lu the ateamets steerage Men and woman on due looked an Ibougb they hnj passed through an awful ordeal NohoJy was Allowed either to leave I or oorU the vessel uutll alter the coroner Od viewed o battles and klven per louforrem3val Thomas Uiyli aged 07 Of Patterson N J whj was ou nU way to Valrjs Cal lo see his uncle Suld until will be JotaloeJ Until the inquest Ujyle WILD noting Ihe otetrajoi ia sengers who occupied books on too starboard old I ol Ibo vessel ves-sel lie said among Ibo asieutera who c ulii aroik Alien was u young Iilsh I girl Ij ml Sullivan I on her way lu Lao Au elB Ua JJJilb dated he was lyiug asleep early Sunday plate lug when uwaiieuea by a tulfocatlng feeling Tne apartment Won filled with smoke lie made for the com aulonv7iy > Juftdlug tj tile upper deck At the entrance of the companionway the ewart wts ehoutlig Ujylu started up and found two men had preosded Him tie fell bACk having lost his balance nod who tm Started up aJlu was assisted t > y suie one train behind who pushed Win up On rtachiun deck Ujyie says Ills first thouuht was for Lliiin Suilivau Restarted Into the Wvm na bide of The steerage lj rescue ocr but was pulled I back by the crew The crow worked like beavers to put oul the fliuies blotches burlap etc which Caught fire Ujylu says were a ored only a short distance from the steerage apartments Samuel D Hoailleraui from nummary his way Uoeltlual Columbus fox > said Many lives mitbt lip ve been Navel II tile crew bad done auyiulug to help smothering passengers Moaillel autrays the ucueral impression woo tuat tne fire was oiusej by a llgbted mulcn dropped Into Ibe cargo lie declares ho new members ot the crew molt Int and they war very caruleos throwing away mutouu AlongShore Along-Shore today It was thought strange that the fire was not discovered earlier 1 It must have been smouldering several uaB The bodies of the victims were tskeu t > the morgue today Chat C Mallory said today 11 do nit attach any blame to Ibo captain Every after was made lo waken the passengers and such ol the crew as had turned lot by the usual tire alarm alguala coasts IDS of bells and Whistle |