Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 17

- CAPTANTESTFES ATSHP FRE QU Brooks Tells U. S. Board He | |8 Saw No Water Coming From Hose Lines. By the Ascociated Press BALTIMORE, July 31.—A Federal board of inquiry heard the command- ing officer of the fire-ravished City of Baltimore testify today he saw no| water coming from fire hoses \lsed; by seamen on the burning steamer. The death list of the fire was defi- nitely set at three today. A missing passenger was located in New York and the body of a missing oiler was found in the water near the beached hull of the ship J. S. Polikoff, Aiken, S. C., attorney, and Abel T. Whealton, crew member from Crisfield, Md., died in the fire ‘The body of & man believed to have been Cy Haynie, missing oiler, was found today near the scene of the fire. Capt. Charles O. Brooks said the erew brought all the ship's hose lines into service but he “couldn’t say" he had seen any water coming from them. Sent Mate Below. “I had sent the second mate below to locate the fire and he blew up the (spea %) tube and said, ‘There's a hell of a fire . .. Turn in every alarm on the sh; Later the first mate ran up and . ‘There’s no water or nothing and not a damn thing we can do. " Capt. Brooks said he tried to signal | the engine room but that he could get no answer from it The captain, & sailor on the Ches- apeake Bay for 35 vears, was one of the first witnesses before the Federal {nquiry board Capt. Brooks reiterated his state- ment that only sabotage could account for the speed of the fire's spread. He said, "It is mysterious that a vessel of the size of the City of Baltimore | d take fire and that within five utes flames would be bursting ver | other " Capt. Brooks also said that a shore resident near the spot where the ship was beached told him of picking up a | kerosene can on the beach after the | fire. The Citv of Baltimore did not use kerosene. he said The sh ster said the deck | POY watchman the night of the fire was a substitute making his second trip, but that the man was an experienced €ailor. He said the watchman could not enter the lower freight holds. which are battened down after the eargo is loaded Missing Passenger Located. A. L. Stephens, president of the line said that one of the 40 passen- gers still H. Paige, had been located alive in New York A member of the crew and a pas- senger were drowned the night of the | fire. The body of a man be i to| have been ar T on the vessel | found todav. b nz the deat | to three. The others aboard the ship | were rescued The fire in the forward hold of the beached bulk was still burning, 48 hours after the accident. A crowd of several thousand persons went to Bay- side to see the wreckage, a mile and a quarter off shore. Small boats at the beach acted as sight-seeing craft, taking passengers off to see the hull ——— D. C. MAN SEEKS POST OOLUMBUS. Ohio, July 31 (P1.— Five candidates were seekingz the po- ition of national commander of the | the World War | were Charles P. | Mass ‘ans are expected to att D. C.; William F. Di rque, N. Mex.: Joseph | irgh, Pa. and Owen | Minneapolis, Minn | indicated that | ) Lz \__ /—\ Payasy, n Marylang ap, Virginja top deck from one end to an- | |t Tells of Fire CAPT.CHARLES O. BROOKS, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. G. N. RAY ELECTED REALTY FIRM HEAD Named by Board to Fill Place Left Vacant by Death of R. H. Hagner. George N. Ray, long associated with { the real estate activities of Randall’ H. Hagner & Co., Inc, was elected | vesterday by the Board of Directors to head the firm, succeeding Randall H. Hagner, who died last Monday. A native of Washington, Ray completed his preliminary stud- jes in Washing- ton schools and then studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. On | leaving the uni- £ . he joined te Clarke man in the cture firm of Waggaman & in the changing of | it avenue from & residen- al to commercial section, Wagga- man and Ray were called on to su- pervise remodeling and prepare plans for the more important new build- ings Ray designed all branches of the Riggs National Bank, some of the| most_pretentious Massachusetts Ave- | nue Park residences and the present | offices of the Hagner company. He | became affiliated with the realty firm | in 1931 as general manager and was | made vice president following the | death of Britton Browne last Auguss, | HONEST DENTISTRY For 36 years we have enjoyed & reputation in Washington for— WORK MATERIALS ADVICE Honest LOW PRICES We Use the New ANALGESIA Honest Honest Honest xcept that of pain rill Convince You DR. FREIOT HOURS: Sunday. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 407 Tth N.W. 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