FIRE ON TRAINING SHIP.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2006, 13 March 1914, Page 7

FIRE ON TRAINING SHIP.

~—_<h——-. THRILLING SCENES. THEEE HUNDRED BOYS ON BOARD. BJ- Tekßrajli—Press AnwrfiUiim-OttjijTtsflH to-JicjWl, March 11. The Wellesloy training sliip at North Shields is ablaze. Ail tho 290 boys have been rescued, (Rec. March 12, 10.55-p.m.) Lontton., March 12. The eld WelksJey wits <inc of liJnglaiid's wonden v.-sills-, ami was formerly named the Bosea«'Mi. The vessel was launched in 1644. When the firo broke out. three hundred boys were in the schoolroom, and when they learned of ttio danger by the i firebell sujnmcmiitiß other vessels in the | river t# hrip, they quietly left the clasE- ■ rooms. The elder iwys manned the IHLtnps, β-liile the younger boys wore in&rsJiallcd on tho upper deck, ready to lower the boats. The smoke was penetrating the decks and sonK! of the lads had to face tlid suffocating smoke, Kut wore reluctant to leave the pumps till tho officers compelled them. There 'were numerous fttticky inei* dents. Gae boy ran to tho captain's quarters and picked a baby up rind oav- | ricd it oit deck. Four other hoys in | tlie carpenter's shop were imprisoned, aH;I svere uiiable to pass between the iron bars. The resellers' boat cut a hole in the ' woodwork, and the boys ■cniwkd out. The slrij) trurned to tho water's edge- J and sanfc.