New-York tribune., 1880-06-30
PRICE FOUR CENqx

PHlCE FQUK CENfk
vn many row boats wers qniotly q tks spek
seyefa! steamers which 1esve 91l12
.,ssS at about the ssIns epe O
en- quickly as they could and asnt out boaf1
be man who was near the burning oeoalnee m
"a me that there were many dead bodleo ~ -
4. n,ts, ~ Z. iwoney. i ot Harlem. Towed oyss g
sr crew that had been on the nyer ~
- one of the crew Of the row-boa4
?. steamer was on iirs We rowed toward hss. w
d sss sss tns n,,otdso ismss spfinFns up all
stsamsr Humphrey, ~, az Ell asss g 8ovsen 81
! his face was torn and bleeding, and ~ WGp r
. covered with blood: Bat even whse he -
steamer, he continued to give orden ffom r.
; to the Seawantaka's crew. saw W0suaN
board first. and jumped over snd rescued tsf.
dred-and-eieh iehteenth-st., assisted IN ssviSS
reporter ! Monday % 8 night is'' = iolloaI
With wsi t9s friends m q n,a. s%sa spssor sss
snd William Porter. r. both 9TH It Sss@ q
Harlem, at tine time Of the accidsnt
we're opposfte Randalps Island when ~
The fire bad got good start, and the fisme1S
burning furiously, She was about fifty Of =
dred feet from the. Sunkcn Meadow Ut tho
breeze blowing at the time, soon csms np Z
we picked up at first Q man and his wifA
daughter, about eighteen years Of age, and n
nsar1 Sns Gd rhs E and th
1sland, where they soon revived under vi
Treatment: 1s;an ;,. W. next picked up . man VII
head inst above the water. We took hf~ =
RandalIs Island. He was pretty thorOugkly
up, put hnally came TO-. saw one woman 4
stood on the stern of tho steamer With 8 baj
| her arms until she was overcome by the hes1
| the smoke, and fell insenable into tie WstAr.
which she was picked up drowned.n z. 3
PHYSICIANS TO THE RESCUE "a
DR.. L. L. seaman, surgeon Of the WARDS r.
Emigration Hospital, said to TRIBUNE ropof
II was just going down to eco patient ct th{
pital when / saw smoke rising above the Islaa& I
first thought the hay-cocks were On fire. Gs>1
little nearer saw the Seawanhaka on ira M
realized as never did before, the true meaDt1
the name Of the spot-Little He'll Gate. I fo
ately had my pocket case with me, and Il ~
great use, for on reaching the shore I isund :
Der Of persona needing resuscitation. There
state Mary Reed, but the idiot vino towsi
ashore had put rope around her neck. and she
so flled with salt water that we could not o
her to Life. Afterward went TO the wreck. D
my boy row pretty close to the Seawsnliaka. g.
s:Es5 r sss fssss p z. e
be did, and backed the boat down to the
wanhaka. There ] saw the charred carcass q
man bent over the guard rail. Across the n
that 1t held him there till he was burned to de-
tied o rope about his body and attempted to
it away from the vesse'. For moment or 30 he X
h and the rope held tight to ths tu
rope. For moment thought Sheehan and =
going to share the fate of those who had died.
by spprSSaSh,ng pro . clos: to the vessel We released
vessel looked about the deck, but saw no bod3S
we're drowned s--tts[1r,-
ASSISTANCE or DR. MACDONALD.
DR.. A. e. Macdonald. Medical SupsrintcnletI
# the Insane Asylum, described tho attempts -
% save life as follows, Ae
"The first person that saw brought ashore ~
DR.. BebOise. He was still alive but wholIyYi
onscious Efforts were made to restore him. I'D
hey were unsuccessful. he died from exhaush1S
beautiful young woman whose name was iesn,61
o be Mary Reed was next brought aslsore Va
ave her life. but could not restore -
D consciousness Next came Q woman who
cen burned fatally about the body. With
ere two children, who were unconscious. and ~
WED many survivors in boats. Some Of r.
ere suffering from exhaustion and were se&f 6j
10 hospital: Others were so anxious to be tangH1o
ls city that they did not Wish to have the l)
turn to the burning steamer. One womAs ~
carer to her than child" F'77
DIR. DoDD's EFFORTS. sfss
DR.. Dodd, Of the medical stat Of the Insane A.
IN. was an eye witness of the scene. and mads ~
flowing statement to TRIBUNE reporter:
" was In my room at the window with an 0Seso.
ass In my hand and saw smoke rising towaxA -,
yer. called out to my friend that the Hanarae..
THO Hospital was on fire. Soon the Seawsnhakn
mo in sight, and tho first thing I saw VA z,
IN throw plank or Q life-preseryes fuxe1s
r deck sud spring after it. II isan,7
me tnat he went undAr the =
heard ds that "a be was rescued. The peotls - =
aid tell there was very little excl jIement. n ~
were too far S but We e sss y Sssy Sss Sc NSiss &
use s'ass ss sss' ass .esssr sss on ,Iss sss s's
canned of any lives being lost q
v so near the shore there I
,wded on the stsrboard side. and z tbs
Iss Gi si. sss:s sd T.: ssa sss
gone 'Ss Sound 5soss: jumped mp: .;
The wind w,s blowing from the west. - n
70 on the deck. on the starboard sido. 4
crew told me aftefward that they oould 3e5< n
ting on the shore Of Wards lsland and SSTS *51
nber jumped over them. - - e - {.<9}
lt was lees than i've minutes fromthe tzi,6S> *
sed Wards Island beach till she Qroand dS7 f}
lex. - sfa1sss& &l3I "
DR.. Neck, my associate and went at d. = ~
boat with supplies Of lime water sndl iSs; q
and other remedies for the burned. We fsssS, ~
J, 1 think his name was Dsvercau. 49, s17 VI
.ed up by sail boat, A physician from -
ons burned IN the hrst and seoond des,
man, who was seen leaning over the
ing out her child TO escape the ~
neg to the bone The eaddest gighs Z c.
Of 2 mother and ? little child. appal 3o
tn old, side by aide, burned to Q crisp Yrs1
IAN had her leg burned OF 70 tho Eno9 I 1<2
was six mQntbS old child. She had 4
ype IN packagss and the horn handle g =
e an eagle's olaw holding "a eng. -:
The Granite State was nesr.E said n, ~
was very tardy 10 lowering her ~
IKE ParayEed boak Not Eili tha -
grounded did she lower the bostss
mactlve indeed. Ws took two elecc{E
: 20 the Sunken Aeadows, and tried ait
dles 70 resnscitate the drowned. but it 4
fhrxSs H. H. /