FIRE AT SEA.
burning collier abandoned. By Tslecrapli—Press Asscßlatlnti-Ccpyrlght _ Vancouver, January 8. J he German iour-masted barque Eil"as arrived at Astoria with the captain and crew of the British coliier Batile Abbey, a small vessel of 202 toils, owned by the Abbey Steam Fishing Company, which was burned at sea in December,' wlien her cargo of cotil from Newcastle took fire.
The cargo burned for a week before the crew took to tho whale boat. Tlireo Hays later the Eilbek rescued tliom all. Captain Marsters, in an interview, Raid tho Battle Abbey made a fair passage until three weeks out, then the coal caught on fire. Tho crew foujiht the'flames for day? unsuccessfully "betore iho.v took to tlio boats. • " 1 lie first boat- put out smashed against the ship's side, and the second was stove in. 'Ilie third saved them. Early in the dawn of December 30 they put oif on the ocean seeking thn nearest land, and the Eilbek rescued them on .January i.. ■
The captain believes the ship has blown up befoi'D this, owing to the lingo quantities of gas generated in tho lwlds. '"The captain's wife ami two daughters were on board with him.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1954, 10 January 1914, Page 5
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197FIRE AT SEA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1954, 10 January 1914, Page 5
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