Переведите пожалуйста. Заранее спасибо! loaded with lumber, the fire spread rapidly and order to abandon ship was…

Переведите пожалуйста. Заранее спасибо! loaded with lumber, the fire spread rapidly and order to abandon ship was given. all aboard piled into the fraillongboats with little preparation. around them lay hundreds of miles of open water off the regular shipping lanes. prospects were pool but they lucky for the Australian Government cutter Comet came along and picked them up again without loss of live!