Show snip 01 nun ali ead ii in alje absie PLYMOUTH may 12 the f earner from boik may and 2nd for Hiim burK today to day reports clial the cattou in her spontaneously nn ahe alt of the at cret abe fire burned fiercely but waa after tave anxious everything was cot in readiness to abandon llie bt eamer areat right prevailed among the vi ho remal on deck tor forty eight hourd through ane efforts to the fire be cab ins were flooded and two third of the passengers lureacy lu reaca was f pulled w ere injured it is learned that the steamers cargo is greally damaged alter the lire had rained consider aban headway some of those on hoard made preparations tho but were prevented fetoai doing so by the captain falio threatened them hith a revolver when the iron bulk head boora were opened thu heat became BO intense that many persons etere scorched and the colton balei around the passengers luggage took fire cases of lard which formed part of the vessels careo also furnished fuel tor the lames all hope biad been well nigh abandoned and boils had been lowered to leave the steamer when it occurred to the captain to try elriam instead of w ater against the lire this plan BBS put into execution and proved the have presented tha captain etith an address and the crew with various vari ois gifta as evidences of gratitude and esteem for their good work in the of tho an fal dangers that encompassed them all |