The true Democrat., 1899-10-21

the New York morgue.
Nils Nilsen, member Of the crew Of
the burned boat. Body not recovered
from the wreck.
Charley Anderson, wstchman on
boat; body in wreck.
Patrick Cotfey, mate, body in wreck.
Bernard Hendry, oiler, body In
wreck.
Thomas Murphrey, member of crew,
body in wreck.
John Connors, member Of crew, body
in wreck.
Unknown woman, passenger, %
years old body recovered.
Unknown man, passenger; drowned,
body not recovered.
Unknown girl, 4 years old; body re-
covered.
Most Of the passengers who escaped
suffered nothing more than shock from
immersion in the chilly water, and only
four persons were sent to the hospital.
| The steamer was run to the beach at
the outbreak of the flames, and burned
to the waters edge.
The bodies of two victims of the dis
aster drifted ashore about noon, on the
beach, mile east of the blazing wreck.
One was the body Of woman about
% wears old and the other girl of
years.
The Nutmeg State, with over a hun
dsed persons on board. bound from Con
hecticut towns to New York, was dis
covered on fire about $50, when she
was within few miles Of Sands Point
L. l. The flames were in the bow Of
the boat, between the forward cabiI
and the donkey engine room. The fir
was on the main deck and seemed to b.
q small affair, so Capt. g. NJ. Brooks
not wishing to needlesslY alarm tn
passengers, ordered the crew to worl
as quietly as possible with buckets an
hose. For about twenty minutes tn
flames did not seem to be dangerous
and the men appeared to have them il
control. Suddenly they burst into
furious blaze amidship. Baggagema
Samuel Jsynes was detached from tn
fire fighters and sent to alarm the pas
sengers and all the members OF tn
crew who were in the forward part
the boat. He ran through the passag
ways in the several decks, shouting
1 the passengers and the sleeping crew
He remained amidships crying OF
warnings until he was forced by tt
flames and sitting smoke to jump ov'
board.
The passengers in various stages
frenzy rushed from the staterooms
the upper deck. Life preservers we
given them ard many of the men q
sisted In putting them on the wom'
and children. By this time the entl
mile section Of the steamer was bur
ing ferceIy and the people forward we
completely cut off from communl
tion with those on the after part
the boat. This left the people on t
l rear decks in a perjlous situation,
{ ,he Ii fe boats on the amidships da'
were surrounded by flames and the
g we're few of the crew in the rear
: give aid.
( AS the flames continued to spre
8 both forward and aft, and, the pl
x headed the steamboat at full speed
the beach at Sands Point, the dr.
swept the fire toward the rear of
boat The passengss IN that part OF
e. boat went as far back on the rear dc
as possible, but were enveloped W
D, black smoke and the flames were leapl
: toward them, threatening in few L
- ments to roast them alive. They HI
died close to the rear rail in fear, We
- ing for the steamer to strike the bea
With a shock the Nutmeg st
struck the rocks on the bottom
people seemed to shoot from all 81
ifs and tried to reach the lifeboats Wh
me had boon launched on the torW
psrt of the vessel. All the pass
gers were in the water IN few
an ments, but many members OF the cl
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