| Show HUNDREDS BURNED TO DEATH Steamer I 1 Hanl ow Burns a at t Wharf With Fearful I Loss of Lif Life MANY J JUMP MP INTO HARBOR HARBOR l Impossible dbl O Owing r to of or Cur Cargo Cargo RIlIn o 1 Penn 1 mill and c Crew c Sa Sated ong- ong Oct 13 The n-The The British steamer was burned at nt 3 o'clock this Sunday morning while whilo along alongside id her wharf Hundreds of oC Chinese e passengers rs were burn burned d to and a a. valuable cargo was ns de llo the the- All 11 the European Jl passengers ers Pt'S nd md crew were waved saved The steamer t with 50 Chirse Chi Chi- l e pas passengers passengers ngen men mell women and children chil chil- children hil- hil dren and several se Europeans and ami a Including bales bale of oC matting malting bales bale of raw silk an and bales ot of vaster vaste silk arrived from Canton at o'clock this morning and nd was WIS shortly afterward moored at th the wharf Her Bel chief officer reported to CapIt Capala Cap- Cap It ala In Branch that the hip was afire The captain then directed the chief C engineer to turn on th the water through the fire hose This was Impossible forthe for fot the reason renon that within five minutes after 1 the nl alarm rm rma was vas given the tho was ablaze fore ON nn and aft Then Cap- Cap tr trin ln Branch awakened the aan passengers enger who rushed down the gangway the women In their night nightclothes clothes Crew Compelled to Leave t The cr cr- crew w was compelled to leave lea the tho ship which b by this time was a veritable furnace The Chinese Chinese- nese steerage steere steer steer- n age e passengers were thrown Into IIno a aa a rightful panic Horrifying shrieks s and ond cries to save their theil lives Ives were wen heard but escape was impossible ow- ow owing ow O ing to lo the Inflammable nature of ot tho the cargo Hundreds were burned to death and man ninny many others Jumped into th the harbor and were oro drowned drowne Responding to signals from rom rain the Brit British ish Ih cr cruiser 1 Ilo Flora a th the naval m dockyard l dispatched c contingents the ts o a of engines ng and nl assistance NI lanCe The lanu land and unu brigades ori- ori gades ga of or firemen remen made herculean ef efforts r tOrts forts to extinguish there the ther name flames which h to n a helg y of gr over h c r fret I The h. h anon 1 P nv 4 nl l n l-n I. Vi tI 1 I vim l h. h I li l Arta l burn burned rth wR r d fan t 1 accompany d b 1 L t-l t cAmp l z the thC fI at d to a i. i in aO Governor Inor Lathan suggested J 1 the ship but the lie suggestion was found Impracticable JIl Seven Sl l hc Corp Corpses fl Seventy tl s. s The fire was brought under control at it 6 C o'clock n a. a in tn at which time only th he shell and hull of ot the Hunlow re remained re- re The he tome gre WOI work k of ot ra iv- iv covering ering the dead was then begun The fire fIle fighte fighters rs have ha already recovered fCO ered red seventy live en e ty o corpses Many fany of them were huddled together er r and only singed while othe others were tIO incinerated beyond recognition In th the cargo argo OO bales of or raw row c er saved l but tit badly damaged by br water ute The remainder r was totally destroyed |
