Show STEAMER IN FLAMES passengers rescued by the timely arrival of another ship vessel carried a carto of linseed which took fire by spontaneous combustion calmness and pluck of the crew london nov 16 the steamer al bortay passing beachy head this morning signalled signal led that she spoke the hamburg american line steamer pat ala sixty five milea from hamburg in tow of a companas comp anys steamer when last seen flames were issuing from the batrla the albertaa Alber tay had stood by the batrla for five hours and left when no further assistance was required hamburg nov 16 the crew of the hamburg american line steamer Is on board the companas comp anys steamer athass At hasl capt philadelphia nov 2 tor hamburg which Is towing the patria toward elbe new york NOT 16 ehll A boss of the hamburg american line received a cablegram which read batrla ill north sea aflame stem to stern spontaneous combustion of linseed passengers on ceres along side and trying to tow batrla into elbe kaiser will transport passengers to hamburg dover eng nov 16 there seems to be a general complaint among the passengers of the hamburg american line steamer batrla which caught fire olt this port today while on her way from new york to hamburg that they were kept in ignorance of the outbreak of the fire for about five hours the passengers who were landed here assert that it they had been notified in time all their baggage could have been saved the passengers of the batrla were entertained with a dinner at st johns school previous to their departure for southampton As an instance of the coolness displayed by the passengers it Is related that a german girl who had been studying art in new york sketched scenes on the deck finally she hurried to her cabin to secure her clothing and found it filled with smoke and all the pictures which she had made in new york destroyed she struggled back to the deck in an almost suffocated condition and was wl h difficulty placed la a boat london nov 16 commenting on the disaster to the batrla the newspapers today enthusiastically note the calmness and pluck of the captain and crew of the vessel and say that the sturdy manliness of these americans and germans will be warmly honored by every englishman |