Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1906 — FLAMES RAGE ON BIG TRANSPORT [ARTICLE]

FLAMES RAGE ON BIG TRANSPORT

Three Men Are Dead and Twenty Others Are Overcome by Deadly Fumes. San Francisco, Feb. I.—Fire broke out late at night in the hold of the transport Meade, lying at Folsom street wharf. The fire raged for hours despite the efforts of the fire department, and fully twenty men were overcome by the deadly fumes, and at least three men were Injured fatally. The dead are: Third Officer George Wallace, of the Meade; B. Hennessey, lineman, of engine 4; Captain Charles Dakin, of engine 4. The following are reported as miss Ing, supposed in the hold unconscious, perhaps dead: Charles GUI, operator for Chief Fernandez; George Brown, of engine 12; W. Reagan, of engine 12; one of the sailors of the Meade, name unknown. At 3 o’clock in the morning the Are was well under control, and the ship was flooded with water, a dozen engines pumping water down the hold.