Show HE FIRE ON THE U 5 S Sm m MEADE More Than han a Thousand Soldiers On Board and a Cargo of 0 f Army Supplies THREE LIVES WERE LOST Fire Captain Charles Dakin Third Officer Wallace and Hoseman Haseman Thomas Hennessy Injured Heroic Arts Saved Ve iel g J From up Wn to Sailed for lor Manila San F Fob Feb Be lie Below low fore J ore U eloCk CI hUlt night nigh t fifO flo was wall Ills dis discovered oared covered d in I n the tho hold of ot the United States transport tr art which wai waa to t 0 have hao wiled aUed e 1 for or Manila today toay with more than t 1000 I soldiers and a cargo of ot tons IQ of ot army supplies The vessel vessal Is ilL nt t the Folsom J street dock and the efforts of o the city lire de do department d dt par t m anI which thich promptly came camo to t th aid ahi of ot the tie officers nod crew ere the t h e tire fi re reat 91 H not n at entirely extinguished until 4 thIs morning While the tho t h 0 dan dam d dang am ago g to the vessel was wn not vital three lives I were Vere and many persons In Iii TUB TIfF DEAD DJ AD Fire Fir FI Cat Capt Charles Dakin of ot engine No N o 4 Third Officer 0 O Wallace of ot thu tho Meade Hoseman Thomas Thom Hennessy engine No o t I married ma TUB rilE INJURED H JUnED Capt George Wilson of ot the tho Meade houlder broken Battalion Chief Fernandez of ot the tire fire department John Gilbert of ot engine No 13 1 3 Capt D I n 8 Bewell ot of engine No 12 I A Matlock of ot o engine No 9 First Officer Lassak Leok of ot the Meado H n Dabi of or the United States trans transport port service Louts Louis Cook fireman truck No 1 Gabriel l Cuneo unto Al Alex Lack of the th Meades Mende II crew ery horns Frieman of ot transport trap rt ser per service vice H II J S McCloskey of engine No 4 Others whose who e names n me have not yet It been teen ascertained aa were more or less in injured injured TIlE THE MISSING The following are Bre reported aa a miss min Ing Inn Charles CharIe Gill GUI operator for tor Chief Fer Fernandez Fernandez Fernandez D hewn fireman engine 12 The he fart a t that the vessel cue I was wa on urn 1110 ws W first fir t discovered by b a painter on the th main lvin ilek k He lie rushed ru hed to Master tAnn Morris Morrl who WilD gave gal the th alarm 8 rm and Sailing Railing Master Wilson Alarms were vero then hurriedly turned In from the boxes boe In the vicinity DEEDS OP OF HEROISM I Deeds Ded of ot thrilling heroism marked marl ed the lire Sailing Master aHer George Georgo Wilson ot of the Ibe Meade liendo Ill felt down a n hatchway anti lay lar crippled and unconscious with nn an wih In injured hould r Chief Lasak and others other of ot IK the i crew Inow mow down Into th hold boll and managed to struggle back out of the tile pit of ot death bearing the holy of o tho tha master who was WelS borne bore to a n berth out ou of reach rench rach of the thc names flames and ami there fn 3 y lb t 6 wall fames ns Injured ri and ard rescued from loIn death by hy Jos eph r r Pook ook aek of ot Truck No 1 I and an nn un known both loth of ot whom took their In ii Ps In their hands J Dahl Dal of the States Mates transport tran port service Henle Wil oVe cM m and Injured while trying to Ie ue Third Officer Wallace Walace from troi Crol the Iho Ca tate e that fj t overtook him hm came fr n c Sidney SIlney Australia The forepart of ot tho the ship where tho the Ore out conan contained l the personal f t d f tho the of oC the Second Infantry and ani the Thirteenth of sc 1 c ct light artillery anti una tile the loss nr Wa WIS confined to this part ot of f the n pl FEAR FEAn OF AN A EXPLOSION J The hu var of an explosion lon prevailed but hut dill not no k though the tho Ore fire men of theo there lero WAS wa This tt 1 t largo large however sync waH I rp In n No 6 next to the last laRt on the b boat while vh tho the fire Urt I In No N 2 well for lre ard d The enne however famel were eru enl eat tag Ing Ih lr Way ward oY anti and at nt S 2 bd had cut iut through No S 3 compart com part fent anti No 4 anti i were e eating nB their Way t 1 ds the tho bob hol hold 1 whore where the wa lIC stored feiL The utmost Err I ot at tho toso oso In ln charge ed ii rge were direct d toward nn flooding this c compartment an and from front nd cUtting ih the 5 of off ft by a tt volume volum j of ot WI water t r ea ot of the Homes When I it Wa seen that the he flames lames vere eating their r wa way n af aft Capt Wil COn on ho was WI lying injured ond l rous In 1 Irth berth in the cabin Incon II was lift el Cd Iw h hands carried ashore sent ent to the harbor 1 He rl from bad burns In addi ti to his hl Injured tag Ing EIghty dollars In gold be atla carried a 08 treasure to Ma ta guarded Was sa from flom the shirl aol by Tines also 10 ot of I guarded gUard the entrance to tho the dock LOST iris KIS IS Cap Capt lo t his life hI I hiag ot of resolution e n tite firo end ond His at Iro I 18 holly bOlly a At the toot root of n ladder an and i hII out Out i Other firemen stated tint that after ld come out ot of the hold alive Iler enre bf bl d Bi lIe be It anti u it ls is I l l eved that tempt n w by his ut at he the e lae still of rushed hack tl t ty ella hl have be danger langer drowned I it I is la il thought the tite boll ho hc J 3 Vh nU Sullivan Uan the fre brOke out t as In charge of the Cro Ion long miller le opened a hatch and let a l thus 11 art at or down Into the tho hold To 1 th o saving prudent WAS duo had d not of the Ivel lives of ninny many I it he nt thIs the Iho the e fumes fUme men overcome by h In b have hae been t hold could not POM led J ats the next ne t Into it the rOscue 18 hatch r CaDt Pt t Gilbert heavily i laden loden coni bunker er wo Gibert oj of the tho 0 tire lire WM a overcome thre three turning returning by the tho smoke time t and again to Ills work ork last he ot las wa wal carried un r J a Overcome of engine No 4 out bu but revived by smoke nna Ind carl carried r to end And made a heroic at ills his chief Capt Capt Dakin whom hom he hp knew I nelv to bo be In it IL perilous po Ilton almost losing his Ilia own life In In the unsuccessful effort While hute Matock and Drown Brown were wee lighting the names flames In the tM third hold tile the former CornIer standing nearly tit Lit the tile toll tOIl o ot of the tho companionway and passing hose hOlo down was overcome and anti fell tel lie le was wan caught by Matlock who while to support wa Iso overcome anti and the tho pair pall fell un unconscious Unconscious conscious con clous nt at the tile feet of Drown The rue latter latel choked and ull nit but hut really to give In valiantly ought fought hiM bin way up Hut tha Ih ladder first frt with the form 11 of In his atm arm and no then Ihen returned for tor Mat Matlock Matlock lock Drown Brown had scarcely pushed tho tile latter later up Ut the tue ladder to outstretched acme when ho staggered and Ina would have hove Mien but ut for the quick work of ot Curtin and und He n who clutched the tile reeling man anti and drew dress him hll him to safety D Henne scy lineman of ot engine No 4 f work wOk in the tue hold hoM tell fell tel Into the tile water at this morning moring and was wa taken to the receiving hospital ho where he ha died D INTO I TO HOLD Immediately latch after the alarm of lire fire fre tas given glen Capt Wilson Third Officer Wallace and und Dahl Dahi were notified nodded no anti and proceeded to Investigate They descended to the th first hold where they tiley found the cargo on the starboard side of at the tile vessel burning under a slow lire fre which which gave evidence of ot having been beell at work for Cor hours The hold was wa choked with wih smoke antI and the were werl unable to do effective work They hud had scarcely gotten to a the tho second floor loor when the captain staggered and fell fel limp Ilp at the feet of his two to compan companions companIons ions lOls Wallace ailace and Ind Dahl picked pickel him hint UI up timid carried him to his cabin where the Ilia ships hipa surgeon with wih great revived him Undaunted by b the tho terrible experience of ot a n moment before Wallace Walace anti and Dahl Dahi again descended to the second hold at af after atter ter tH directing that an al alarm of ot tire fire fre bo he sent Bent In from rom the wharf Dahl Dahi went first He lie le had hIld scarcely touched tou hed the deck be before before before fore Wallace Valace overcome RaspIng gasping for breath tumbled from tram the middle of at the ladder upon Dahl DabI The Itie latter shouted for assistance endeavoring at nt the name came time to lift his fellow felo up bodily He lie had proceeded ll half way Ia up Ui the lad ladder ladder ladder der with the nil iiii ni but lifeless form of Wallace W In his lila arms when he lie too was overcome and the rescuer toppled backward with wih his burden Both men were carried to the deck teck by firemen but bitt Wallace eoon soon died led Battalion Chief t I N Fernandez with lib 1119 hIl men of the tha lire fire fre department were the tue first to reich reach tho the sene was overcome and Capt CAlt Sewell ewel took command He lie easy fn to tn It that A and John Gilbert Olbert were gotten goten up I antI and then feeling himself getting h struggled In the time smoke until nW ho he tied tlell u a rope around the tue waist of ot Gabriel Cune of or Engine l 12 anti and then to climb to the deck and tell tho th men lilen to pull up ur Cunco Capt Sewell Sewel then fell feli fel unconscious to the deck leek but hut I soon revived revive l lIt I It I required the united efforts of at many engine companies aided by iY y the tho fire tUe on the bay blY to subdue the tire lire i The property loss lo s caused by the tha fire which destroyed nearly near nil ni ll the tile personal effects of oC the tile of ot the outgoing regiments regiment Is 19 variously estimated at from flom to no Inventory of or I Ithe the tile goods lost loit lo t yet yot having been heen taken The Tite damage e to 10 the steamer Itself will wi I not nt exceed 2000 1200 It 1 IB Is expected by b the tha thool e ers s o service that hat time the ol Meadie ili ve e able to sail al tot rot Ma Manila l nila on Saturday next The rhe Meade tel e Is nn no Iron Irol steamer feet foet long Ions feet teet benm feet deep with wll n u gross gr tonnage of ot Sho Sh woe Wil built In 11 1871 nt at Scotland and formerly buit was known UH us II the tile British h Berlin NAVY DEPARTMENT T ADVISED Washington Feb Ieh 1 ITo The quarter quartermaster monster master line hits received l the following die dis dispatch ratch patch from Hupt Devol Desol of the trans transport transport port service nt It San Francisco I Fire I lre discovered at n t midnight In hold No 2 the Meade Mcade to put out tire fire without Hooding hold Fire put nt ut atI 3 I n a m tn and anIl no nov nOlI v pumping out water Third Wallace Walace and all two lo city lire fire firemen lre men mel overcome by smoke and killed k IId report 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