Show FIRE IN k BIG SHIP new york may 24 A fire that burned briskly in tho the steerage quarters of the big holl holland and american line steamship amsterdam moored a at t the foot of fifth street hoboken gave tho the members of the crew some excite excitement last night the fire was discovered by the captains maln inspector in who noticed a red gleam from one of the forward port lio holes lesof of the steerage deck captain bunjer sounded the ships fire al alarm arm and then climbed to the scene of the trouble rouble several straw mattresses in the forward part of tile the steerage were on fire and the flames I 1 had spread to a wooden partition the hie file 11 fighting force of the ship got lines of huse hose qt streaming reaming on the blaze in ill quick order but captain bunjer not carin caring 11 to 0 o take lake chances h bad ad an officer go ashore and summon the city firemen near tile the fire one of I 1 the larg 3 hat hattries cries leading to the fret freight hold bold forward avas open and inviting the flames there was a lot of valuable freight in the ship when the hoboken firemen arrived the crew from the bremen lock dock above combined forces soon campf came too the had bad the fire under ander control and before great damage had been done the origin of the fire Is a mystery |