The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19
srEAMRoAr BURNED.
steamer Granite state Destroy ed-Fiys
of Tho Persons ON hoard Missing.

steamer GrRuite state Destroy ed-Five
ofthe Persons on Board Missing.
HARTFORD, May 1s.-News has been re-
ceived here that the steamer Granite State,
hence last night for New York, burned at
Goodspeed's Landing. 4
A special to the Courant from Good
speeds Landing says: The steamer Granite
State burned to the waters edge alta o'clock
this morning. She had large freight, and
Is total loss. She lies sunk on Lords
Island, just above the landing. Five per.
sons are missing. The body OF the second
cook, colored, named Jackson, has been
recovered. i#|y ! r.
The steamer was destroyed this morning
while approaching the dock at Goodspeed's
Landing, forty.one miles below Hartford on
her way TO this city. The flames spread SO
rapidly that nothing was saved. Five lives
are known TO have been lost, four by burn
ing and one by drowning. The drowned
person was Mrs. DR.. @. L. Maine, OF New
Haven, who, with her husband, jumped
into the river. Her husband reached the
shore. An effort was made to reach the
dock, but the fire spread with such rapidly
that 1t was found impracticable. Her
stern was swung in, however, and most Of
the crew and passengers jumped from the
burning steamer. 10 the wharf, while
some jumped into the river and
swan ashore. It is not known how
how the fire originated. The bodies Of the
persons burned cannot be identified. One
body has already been identified as that Of
the second cook, named Jackson. Two OF
the bodies are supposed to be emigrant
passengers. Nine horses were also burned.
The cargo, mostly freight billed to this
city, Is total loss. The steamers hull has
iloated down the river about half mile
below the landing. There Is nothing visi-
bic above the water but her gallows' frame
and walking beam. The Granite State was
owned in this city by the Hartford and
New York Transportation Company. She
cost tie company originally SIS 900, but
has since beer. thoroughly overhauled and
repaired at cost OF $4,000, making the
whole cost s55, 900. She is insured for $4O,-
900. ''I.,,
The body OF Mrs, @. L. Maine, Of New
Haven, was secured. She was on bridal
trip, and sprang overheard with her hus.
band. They sank three times when Maine
became entangled in the paddle wheels
and was saved. It is now thought Mrs.
Maine and the second cook, named jackson
(colored), are the only persons drowned.
two deck passengers are unaccounted for,
however. .-..
The insurance on the vessel amounted
to 100000, distributed among quite a
number OF companies. The cargo was
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000, belong.
ing mostly to Hartford merchants. 1t was
shipped at senders or consignees risk.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
Selloway, clerk Of the boat, when the
whistle for landing at Goodspeeds was
blown, proposed TO send the shipping pa
pers ashore that belonged there as no pas
sengers were to be landed and but little
freight. No fire was discovered until the
boat was within a few feet OF
the dock. selloway hastened to
awake the passengers. Meantime the agent
OF the boat on shore had the head and
midship lines fastened, but the boat was q
few feet away from the dock. Not till this
time had those on shore discovered smoke,
but in very short time the flames burst
out, when most OF the passengers hadgath.
cred on the deck. The boat began 10 swing
away from the dock when the power handle
from the pilot house and engine room was
lost, for the fire had driven the engi.
neer from his post, where be remained
until the bell wires no longer worked, and
the vessel was at the mercy oil the tide. A
howser was seized by twenty men who put
their whole strength to the task Of pulling
the boat to the dock, and after q strong
pull, which at first seemed Of no avail, the
boat began to move inward and planks
were got off and the passengers went
ashore in reasonably good order. 4