The Evening Bulletin

A STEAMER ON FIRE.

The John Hopkins Burned to the Water's Edge at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, May 21. — The steamship John Hopkins was burned to the water's edge last night. Fire was discovered in the hold of the vessel shortly before midnight, while she was lying at Pier No. 6. She was immediately towed out into and down the stream to Fort McHenry. The city fire department responded promptly to the alarm, but were prevented from going to the steamship by military authorities at the fort. The only route by which the ship could be reached from the south shore lay through the grounds of the fort, but the soldiers barred the way and would not allow the firemen to proceed. During the parley between the firemen and Uncle Sam's troops the flames were spreading rapidly, their only opposition coming from the tug Convoy, which threw a stream on her, but in fifteen minutes she was burned to the water's edge.

The John Hopkins was the property of the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation line. She was 1,470 tons gross register, 242 feet long, 38 feet breadth of beam and 16 feet depth of hold. She was built at Wilmington, Del., in 1883.