Show I TilE UMSiur LABRADOR The discovery of fire f on the Ilench I filcamslilji Labrador just as she was en cring Now YOlk harbor was fortunate Cur thoko who took passage on her as without outside help she must have been a total loss the only strange thing about the case is i in the fact that Mich afire 1 a-fire f could co quickly bur t out in a ship of that nation which I moio than any other lying between transAtlantic ports is noted for discipline and every contrivance known to science fur tho mastery of fires It was pioven in the Oregon disaster that all but the sea watch twin asleep and it i is believed MJIIIU of the latter were asleep else nu doubt feeling so cute having pissed Monlaiik Point light and mado thu Highland Lights which mark the untiance to the haibnr and all incciution HO ncceseaiy at sell was allowed al-lowed tu drop It is i customary in thoso vessels to make a general clearing up when entering a port and a storing away of all appaiatusU for safely at Rea and doubtless xuch will bo found to have been the case on the Labrador A t bard fight will bo I mado by the insurance men I to prove jicgligenco ou the h part of tho oIliccrH of the ship and will be equally I vigorously opposed by the ofllccrH lor I such proof would invalidate the insurance insur-ance claim and cause the lorleittllo of the I officers certificates Hut who will be mado to pay for the imminent risk to the I lives of her hundreds of passengers Who will take up the cudgels for them 1 Had a number of them lost their lives an inquiry would bo made and enil in smoke but as it is no one will lift a voice in their behalf or take steps to prevent pre-vent a repetition of the same carelessness which may result more disastrously Tlie fire f apparatus if watched and properly prop-erly handled makes largo fire on theso vessels impossible and the fact that the Labrador was beached and l gutted sao her proves that her means were neither at hand nor watched The thousands who look ahead to a trip to Europo will be much interested in tho outcome of this unusual case |