Evening gazette, Tuesday, October 27, 1896 · page 8

 

 

 

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FIGHTING lip ll Sill

Thrilling Experience of the Crew of
Steamer Worsley Hall.

TIER, HOLD FULL or COTTON.

 

When the Flames \Vere Discovered,
Vessel Was Hundreds of Miles From
Land, but Contrived to Reach
New York Harbor Safely.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-—The English
ttramp steamer Worsley Hall took refuge at
this port today with her cargo a mass of
lire and her crew exhausted after three
days of unsuccessful effort to subdue the
flames.

' The Worsley Hall is now in the upper
bay, off Liberty island, with a horde of
Wrecking and fire boats round her. Tons
of get. water had to be pumped into the
hp ning compartments before her cargo
c uld be got at by the firemen and wreck-
8 S. .

It is the second cotton fire that has oc-

rred on shipboard in this harbor within
a Week, the Metropolitan line steamer Her«
mann Winter being the other victim.

t, The Worsley Hall is a giant tramp. She
left New Orleans ten days ago for Havre.
E erything went well until last Friday.
J st before noon on that day the chief on-
gineer sought (hptain Cameron, the skip-
pef', and said he feared the cargo in the
forward hold was on fire.

“The men have smelled .fire all morn-
ing,” said the engineer, “and I think it
has made considerable headway. I have
felt the bulkhead that divides the engine
room from No. 2 , compartment, and it is
hot. I wanted to make sure that I was
right before reporting to you.”

Captain Cameron and his chief officer,
the engineer and the carpenter made their
way to No. 2 hatch, and, calling a few
sailors, lifted off one of the covers. A thick
volume of smoke rushed out and drove
them back.

r"Quickly replacing the covering, the men
battened it down securely, and Captain

Cameron gave orders to the engineer to.

tu‘i‘n steam into the compartment, hoping
to extinguish the flames.

The hatch covering had been removed
only half a minute, but in that time all
hands saw enough to convince them that
the fire had been under way for some time.

The engineer turned on steam immedi-
ately and kept the pipe going for three
hours. The steamer was then 550 miles
south by east of Sandy Hook. The steam
made not the slightest impreSsion on the
burning mass of cotton, and finally the
skipper decided to out holes in the teak
deck so as to train hose down below and
flood the compartment. ‘ -

Sailors were soon busily engaged in
smashing the deck, and. late that after-
noon the water was driven into the hold.

A Night of Peril.

Meanwhile the vessel was brought to a
standstill. Throughout the night the

flooding process was continued, but the

heat of the main deck and the redhot con-
dition of the bulkhead forward of the ma-
chinery showed that the flames were still
making headway.

All day Saturday the crew continued to
pour water below, and the deep settling
of the ship by the head‘proved that the
two forward compartments were rapidly
fillin . .

Cagtain Cameron had never given up
the idea of finishing the passage until
darkness fell on Saturday, with the dis-
covery that although the ship forward was

well full of water the fire continued to

burn. -

He called all his men together and asked
their advice. To a man they favored mak-
ing this port. Captain Cameron was like-
wise inclined, so the steamer was headed
for Sandy Hook, where she arrived at 6:30
o’clock this morning, flying signals read-
ing: “Help wanted. I am on fire.”

This infOrmation was telegraphed to
this city, and the fireboats New Yorker
and Zophar Mills hurried down the bay to
meet the' burning ship. They found her
just above quarantine, but a wrecking tug
was then alongside and preparing to cast
more water into the forward compart-
ments.

'The Worsley Hall came to anchor short-
ly afterward, and the fireboats began their
battle with the flames, which were still
raging fiercely in the two holds.

Arriving in the upper bay, the steamer
had 12 feet of water in the two compart-
ments, and the skin of the ship on both
sides was badly burned, as indicated by
the blistered paint on the exposed plates.

The fire had confined itself to the for-
ward part of the craft, which is badly
damaged.

The Captain's Story.

Captain Cameron said to a reporter that
after being notified by the engineer he no-
ticed smoke issuing from the ventilators
under the bridge.

‘ ‘I immediately put the ship before the
wind so as to lessen the draft, and a few
hours later got the men to hoist 20 of the
burning bales of cotton from under the
hatchway. The smoke was overpowering,
but the Cingalese sailors worked heroic-
ally.

“A heavy cross sea was running, and
after we had piled 20 of the bales along
the deck a tremendous wave broke on
board and washed the cotton overboard.
We then decided that it would be impossi-
ble to break out the cargo and temporarily
stow it on deck.

“When We finally determined to make
this port, I impressed upon the chief on-
gineer the necessity of getting every pound
of steam possible out of the boilers, as the
safety of all depended upon speed.

“As a matter of fact, the flames raged
so fiercely even after we flooded the com-
partments that none of us felt sure of
reaching port.

“Early yesterday we had to batten the
cabin doors, as the smoke was stifling. A
heavy list to starboard also made our prog-
ress through the water slower than usual,
and We all worked like beavers to save the
vessel as well as our lives. Still the work
was nothing compared to the anxiety of
the last three days.” -.

Cornerstone Laid.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Oct. 27.—The
cornerstone of the new Grand Army build—
ing was laid here yesterday afternoon with
imposing ceremonies. Mayor Houghton
made the address of the occasion.

 

New Primate of England.
LONDON, Oct. 27.—-The successor to
the late Dr. Benson as archbishop of Can
ierbury and primate of all England is Dr.
Temple, bishop of London, who has just
been appointed.

Adam B. Smith Company’s Failure.

SARATOGA, Oct. 27.—The liabilities of
the firm of Adam B. Smith Company, the
dry goods concern which failed, recently,
will aggregate $50,000. The assets are not
stated. -

 

 

 

IN THE Htltll STRETCH

Candidates Hard at Work.

LARGE csowns AT CANTON.

the, Major McKinley Addresses Six Visiting

Delegations—Mr. Bryan Speaks to _
Students at His Alma Mater.
other Political News.

CANTON, 0., Oct. 27.—This is the last
week of the campaign, and it opened with
six delegations from as many states. It
was about 11 o’clock when the first arriv-
ed, and there was a continuous stream of
people from the stations to the McKinley
home. The first to greet Major McKinley
came from Indiana and was composed of
the railway men’s gold standard clubs of
Seymour, North Vernon and Washington,
Ind. The party came in a special train of
six coaches which had been on the way
lince 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The
men for the most part were employees of
the Baltimore and Ohio southwest system.
Their spokesman Was 0. W. Montgomery
of Seymour.

While the Indiana people were being ad-
dressed a large delegation of employees 0'!
the Cleveland, Lerain and Wheeling rail-
road from the shops, from the docks at
Lorain and from along the line waited in
the street at the foot of the bill. This
party was introduced by L. H. Eddy, a lo-
comotive engineer, as 800 stanch support-
ers of the Republican party in the present
campaign, representing all branches of
railroad work.

While the Ohio railroad men were being
addressed the shouts and cheers and the
music of the bands with the New Jersey
delegation were heard approaching the
house. The Ohioans crossed the street to
the lawns on the opposite side to make
room for the new arrivals and reviewed
the magnificent parade, to which Major
McKinley bowed his acknowledgments
from a table at the front of the yard, the
little reviewing stand ordinarily used not

,having been re-erected. The conspicuous
feature of the New Jersey delegation was
the splendidly uniformed and drilled
marching club, the Frelmghuysen escort
of Newark. The streets were Well filled
with spectators as this crowd passed, and
cheer after cheer was given the club.
John R. Gibson of Newark introduced the
New Jersey party, and Major McKinley
responded.
came in later and Were addressed by the
candidate, all of whose Speeches were
loudly cheered.

Watson ‘Vill Not \Vork.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—An Atlanta special

' to The Herald says: “Thomas E. Watson

has announced his definite conclusion in
regard to the. national campaign, which is

from now to the day of election to do"

nothing whatever. All efforts of the Dem-
ocratic leaders to induce him to support
Bryan and urge the election of the silver
candidate without any reference to, the
vice presidency have failed. He will not
withdraw from the ticket. He is at his
home in Thomson and proposes to stay
there until the election.

“The fusion between the Populist and
Republican candidates for congress in the
various districts seems to be rapidly per-
fecting itself.” ,

Mr. Bryan at His Alma Mater.

JACKSONVILLE, Ills, Oct. 27;—-Perhaps
the noisiest demonstration ever given any
one Within the walls of the chapel or the
Illinois college was the one paid William
Jennings Bryan today by the students of
his alma mater. Shortly after 10 o’clock
he spoke to the students of the college
from which he graduated, and_ the ap-
plause which greeted him seemed out of
place in the room devoted to the devotion-
al exercises of the institution. His address
while of a political nature and adefense of
the double standard theory of finance was
so diplomatically given that no student
within his hearing could take ofiense at it.

An Army Officer’s sturd Statement.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The resignation
of Second Lieutenant Joseph R. Binne,
Second infantry, has been accepted, to take
effect immediately. This officer tendered
his resignation in a long letter setting out
,his belief that a collision between the peo-
ple and the United States army will follow

the election, in which case he wrote that he ‘

cannot conscientiously serve against the
former. ‘

The Connecticut A. P. A.

NEW HAVEN, Oct. 27.—-'l'he Evening
Leader this afternoon publishes a story to
the effect that the A. P. A. in Connecti-
cut no longer exists. A membership of
3,600 in the state has dwindled almost to
nothing, and activity on the part of petty
politicians for personal purposes has shat-
tered the organization.

To Read Bryan's Chicago Speech.

' MEXICO, Mo., Oct. 27—A plan is being
arranged to have Bryan’s Chicago conven-
tion speech read at every courthouse in the
United States between now and election.
The plan has the support of Senator Jones,
chairman of the national committee.

The Massachusetts Is All Right.

WASHINGTON, Oct. zit—Tho naval. in-
spection board, through Commodore Dew-
ey, its chief, has made its report to the
navy department on the recent two dayl‘
sea trip of the battleship Massachusetts
03 the Chesapeake capes. The board finds
that in hull and machinery and all essen-
tial parts the ship shows no defects in ma-
terial or workmanship.

Shot the Wrong Man.

BOSTON, Oct. 27.-—A special from N orth-
boro, Mass, says: A rowtook place among
Italians in the Bailey camp on section 9 of
the Metropolitan aqueduct today. One
discharged a pistol at another, missing
him, but killingathird party not connect-
ed with the trouble. The murderer es-
oaped.

Awful Blaze In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—-Elevator A and
elevator B of the Pacific Elevator com-
pany were destroyed by fire today, with
other small buildings. The loss will ap-
proximate $1,500,000. At 1 p. m. the fire
had assumed such dangerous proportions
that a general alarm was turned in.

Postmaster-s Appointed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.——The fourth class

postmastcrs appointed today were:
Pennsylvania—Sawyer City, M. M. An-
derson; Yeadon, F. E. Vans.
New York—Glenmont, C.‘ S. Pencer.

Prominent Physician Dead.
AUGUSTA, Me. Oct. 27.——Dr. George W.
Martin, 66 years old. one of the leading
physicians of the state and a man promi-
nent in G. A. R. and Masonic circles,
died at his home here today.

 

The three other delegfitions'

 

 

CHALLEMBL-LAGOUR DEAD.

He Wall President of the French Senate
and is. Philosopher.

PARIS, Oct. 27.—M. Challemel-Lacour,
recently president of the French senate
and at one time embassacr of France in
London and minister for foreign affairs, is
dead. ‘

Paul Armond Challeinel-Lacour was
born at Avranches, Manche, May 19, 1827.
He entered the normal schoOl in 1846 and
was first in the competition for graduation
in philosophy in 1849. After the coup
d’etat he was arrested, imprisoned and
then banished, whereupon he went to Bel-
gium and Switzerland delivering lectures,
being appointed professor of French litera-
ture in the latter country. He returned
to France after amnesty had been declared
and became manager of Le Revue Mo-
derne. He was appointed prefect of the de-
partment of the Bouches du Rhone in 1870,
and was in 1872 elected a member of the
chamber of deputies by the Radicals. In
1876 he was elected senator. In 1879 he
was sent as embassador to the Swiss fed-
eration, and in the following year he was
nominated ambassador toflreat Britain,
where he remained until 1882. in which
year he was recalled at his own request.
M. Challemel-Lacour also held the office
of minister of foreign affairs in the Jules
Ferry cabinet of 1883.

 

Among his writings are “Le Philo?

sophie Individualiste” and a translation of
Ritter’s “History of Philosophy-”

RAMM IS BULLET PROOF.

Crazy Ohioan Shoots Himself and Feels
None the \Vorse For It.

TOLEDO, Oct. 27.—-Henry Ramm at-
tacked his wife and a party of ladies with
a revolver. He shot at his wife, but miss-
ing her the bullet struck Mrs. Schmidt in
the arm. Mrs. Ramm fled as Mrs. Schmidt
fell to the sidewalk. The maddened man
pursued his wife two blocks, firing at her
constantly. She escaped into a neighbor’s
house. Ramm then returned and began
another fusillade on Mrs. Schmidt, after
which he turned his attention to his step-
son and fired several shots at him without
effect, also turning his weapon on. the
crowd that had collected.

Ramm then walked across the street
and taking off his hat fired a bullet into
his own forehead about an inch above the
right eye. Ramm was taken to the police
station to die, but later he got up and
walked about the room and asked for a
paper to read. The physicians are puzzled.

 

Fire In a Big Mill.

LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 27.—The Wash-
ington mills, which were operated by one
of the largest cotton and dre'ss'gccds man-
ufacturing firms in the'cily, were badly
damaged by fire. Mill 210. 4 and the dry-
ing room adjoining, where the fire started,
were practically gutted, and much of the
stock and finished goods in the other mills
Were damaged by water; total loss, $70,-
000.

Warrant For Merrick Freeman.

LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., Oct. 27.—Re-
corder Greene has issued awarrant for
Merrick Freeman of the defunct firm of
Freeman, Ives & Co. 'On a charge of ‘is-
suing fraudulent and fictitious 'ware~
houSe receipts. The applicants for the
warrant‘were the Officers of the ClintOD
National bank of New York city. "

Germany and Russia.
HAMBURG, Oct 27. ——’I‘he Hamburger
Nachrichten, Prince Bismarck‘s organ,
print!» an article today disclosing the fact
that a defensive alliance existed between
Russia and Germany during the last‘Eix
years that Bismarck was in office, ending
in March. 1890. The article has produced

a profound sensation in Vienna.

1113on In Havana Province.

KEY WEST, Oct. 27.——The latest reports
received here are to the efiect that General
Antonio Maceo, under cover of the insur-
gent demolition cf the town of Artemisa
by dynamite bombs, threw the main part
of his army against Weyler’s trocha and
passed through from Pinar del Rio to He-
vana province. '

._2~_.__.______—.g—_.
Lothaire’s Latest Tangle.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 27.-—Tho suit for $10,000
damages for breach of promise to marry
brought by Miss Van Hecke of this city
against Major Lothaire, the Belgian officer
twice acquitted of the charge of murder-
ing the British trader Stokes, by hanging
him in the Kongo Free State, opened here
today.

A Statement From Canovas.

MADRID, Oct. 27. -— The premier of
Spain, Senor Canovas del Castillo, has rc-
quested the press to announce that the re-
ports said to have been circulated in the
United States that Spain has not the re-
sources necessary to continue the war in
Cuba are unfounded.

To Study Our Technical Education.

MONTREAL, Oct. iii—Mrs. David Sin-
clair of this city is about to take up her
residence in New York for three months to
study the systems of technical education
in use there with a view to the introduc-
tion of similar methods in the schools of
Montreal.

Farm ers' National Congress.

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—’I‘he call for the next
annual meeting of the farmers’ national
congress'was issued today by President B.
F. Clayton of Indianaola. 1a., and Secre-
tary John M. Stab] of Chicago. The meet-
ing will be held at Indianapolis, Nov. 10-
13. -

End of the Long-Lochren Case. ,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The Long-Loch-
ren pension (use was dismissed by the
United States supreme court today on the
ground of abatement by reason of the re-
tirement of Judge Lochren from the office
of commissioner of pensions.

 

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