Emery County Progress | 1907-10-19 | Page 3 | Ocean Steamer on Fire

OCEAN STEAMER ON FIRE crew fought flames wh ie the pan str acken passengers Pas senners braved isea lork the A steamer gi ilia which arrived thursday from trieste with 63 passengers had i narrow escape from destruction by fire in mid ocean during a violent on october 3 the crew fought the flames all day before tl ey were eitan bushed while the panic stricken passengers prayed for helu at the moment when the condition of the ceiilia was most ds erate and the energy of every man was feces ar to feht the fire several of crew left the posts and began to lower one vs the slips boats the first officer headed off the little panic by to shoot the first man to start to lower the boat the men retired to the work in which many of th men in the steerage were corn belled to assist