Further explosions continued to tear up pieces of the deck and super: structure and fling them high into the x. These explosions, as might be sumed, were of tremendous force and soon weakened the structure of the ship which, following a final explosion at about 11.30 a.m., began to sink rapidly by the stern.
The w poured into the ship with such force and rapidity that the fire-and sailors fighting the flames had to abandon ship with the utmost speed, lest they be either drowned or drawn down with the ship. This really ended the fire, although the remained alongside the steamship, which settled slowly into the mud, until late afternoon, when the fireiloat returned to her berth
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