. Around the world in the yacht 'Sunbeam,' our home on the ocean for eleven months . was, until the hose and extincteurs were ready to work, asthey did not know whether or not the hold was on fire, andthe whole ship might burst into a blaze the moment the air was admitted. Allensoon appeared with an ex-tincteur on his back, and themate with the hose. Thenthe cupboard in Mr. Bing-hams room was opened,and burning cloaks, dresses,boxes of curios, portman-teaus, &c, were hauled out,and, by achain o fmen, senton deck,wherethey wered r e nchedwith sea-water g scause
. Around the world in the yacht 'Sunbeam,' our home on the ocean for eleven months . was, until the hose and extincteurs were ready to work, asthey did not know whether or not the hold was on fire, andthe whole ship might burst into a blaze the moment the air was admitted. Allensoon appeared with an ex-tincteur on his back, and themate with the hose. Thenthe cupboard in Mr. Bing-hams room was opened,and burning cloaks, dresses,boxes of curios, portman-teaus, &c, were hauled out,and, by achain o fmen, senton deck,wherethey wered r e nchedwith sea-water g scaused theflames toincrease in vigor, and the extincteur Was used freely, and with thegreatest success. It is an invaluable invention, espe-cially for a yacht, where there are so many holes andcorners which it would be impossible to reach by or-dinary means. All this time the smoke was pouring involumes from the cupboard on the other side, and fromunder the nursery fire-place. The floors were pulled up,and the partitions were pulled down, until at last the. The Yacht on Fire. CAUSE OF THE FIRE. 335 flames were got under. The holds were next damage had been done there; but the cabin floorwas completely burned through, and the lead from thenursery fireplace was running about, melted by theheat. The explanation of the cause of the fire is very a bitterly cold night, a roaring fire had been madeup in the nursery, but about half-past ten the servantsthought it looked rather dangerous and raked it ashpan was not large enough, however, to hold thehot embers, which soon made the tiles red-hot. The wood-work caught fire, and had been smoldering for hours, whenthe nurse fortunately woke and discovered the state ofaffairs. She tried to rouse the other maids, but they werestupefied with the smoke, and so she rushed off at onceto the doctor and Mr. Bingham. The former seized achild under each arm, wrapped them in blankets, and car-ried them off to the deck-house,
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