The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-14

New York. Oct. 14-The steamer
Nutmeg State Of the Bridgeport line
was burned TO the waters edge this
morning and is now lying wreck on
| Old Hen reef off Sands Point, few
| miles from Port Washington. l.. l. All
| of the passengers were saved and were
| taken off by the City OF Lawrence,
which was also on fits way from Bridge
port To- New York. The freight was all
| destroyed. An estimate OF the loss
| cannot now be furnished. She BOOK
| fire at o'clock while well out In the
sound and after the passengers were
taken off she was beached by her cap
tain. At o'clock she was practically
a total loss. AS near as could be learn
ed. the fire originated in the boiler room
by a spark flying into part OF the
hold where combustible freight was
stored. The fire spread with great
rapidity and in comparatively snort
time the steamer was wrapped IN
flames from stem TO stern
PASSENGERS AROUSED.
q The fifty or more passengers were
: called by members of the crew, VINO
; rushed from stateroom TO stateroom
l. The Nutmeg State carried a large car
go of mixed freight. but as the seasos
is advanced the freight was not a;
closely stored as during the rush This
fact afforded the flames an opportunity
n TO creep I'm among the articles or frelghl
~ in a Surprisingly short time. AS the
Hfeboats of the steamer were belns
lowered by some of the men among the
~ passengers while the crew was Dusy
RS lighting the fire. the steamer CITY d
Is Lawrence loomed up and doubled hei
,g speed until she was withln a snort uls
- tance of the burning boat. The pas
ia, sangers were all safely transferred III
l7. the small boats OF the two steamers &c
,io the City Of Lawrence.
ed NO SIGN OF PANIC.
ed Some local boatmen who went ou'
til 10 the assistance of the burning steam
er or reDorted that the crew and passen
he gers behaved admirably and there wa'
av no sign of a panic. When the CITY
Lawrence had taken aboard what wa
.th thought TO be all the passengers or IN
.tn donned steamer and found that sh'
Is | could render no further ASSISTANCE Sn
nd started for New York.
a. The flames of the burning steamer
"a which was beached lighted up TN
ndd IA shores for miles around and many per
- sons focked TO the waters euse
! wAtDh
III small boats TO the steamer TO one
, assistance but could not get with
Ice' several hundred feet on account OF IN
intense heat -
when the steamer City Of Lawrenc
arrived at Pier "a, East river W.T.
some OF the passengers OF the Nutme
IN 10 state. ambulances were at once SCI
for. .,. - .,o Nh
an meg state the burned boat arrived
~ the bridgeport line pier, near PECK Sii
about half past O'CLOCK ana report
del mat the steamer was total loss. !
lrse Ia tbat three OF his crew were burn
:, a "a death. and he feared that some
Tho passengers had suffered like IA
IL BURNED TO DEATH.
lrge Samuel Jayne, the baggage mast
ions ,,as lost He got out OF the hold
l1S mich the fire was and jumped owe
fifty hrard TO Escape the flames. passl
lam Yacht which had sailed as clo
L of | 80 the burning boat as she dar'
fac s,eamed up TO the man as the vac
the ouner saw him trying 70 swim
00O.- ravne was picked up. When ne
con- Iaid out on the deck he was dead.
up patrIck Coffey, the mate OF the ves'
ales- v,as in the lower part Of the hold WI
V OF tbe fire started lie could not get o
lddi- and was burned 20 death.
, ef- An oiler. whose name the capt
IS. cou1d not remember NdS III 'hN h'
ord could not get out +.
uIAZE NEAR SMoKEsTACK.
Cantain Brooksreported that the
r,om moo state left Bridgeport at o'cl
''' ME morning, two hours late. He
,hat the first ne knew OF the lire
,,.bcn no saw the blaze around
pe''- s,,ckestack. The fire was burning n
vorce or br,sl<lv then, and he got some
n the - work i'm trying 20 put out the hr
ug Of The steamboat was then hve n
I'm. cost ~ Execution light, headed dire
60 sand Point. and all steam
Iuueu cculd be got up was put on her:
,,1do good time. while state or
Judge intense excitement reigned aboard
from ,,oseel on coming near sand 7
n had ,ho raptain directed the bow o.
g ana t'",t dead ahead FOR the beach. an
tribu- 80, her ashore about n mile east o
apl- ,,oirt There were between thirty
10 % Ine - nassengers on the Nutmeg
reia- Canfain Brooks said. lie was a
,bat come Of them were lost out ne
rc,t sure Everything possible 49, 49,
Cor the passengers. but some Q, IA, =
Of the hurt. ~ they were not buItisu ,,,,,n
, cal The CITY ~ Lawrence, alse oos" -,
MIR. ,ho cs,v cav the fire ana ~