New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-15
SOUND STEAMBOAT BURNS.
TWO LIVES LOST AND THREE PERSONS
INJURED ON THE NUTMEG STATE.
HEADED FOR SANDS POINT WHEN THE
FIRE WAS DIsCOvERED-PATHETIC
SCENES ABOUT THE WRECK.


FIRE WAS scOvERED-PATHETIC
SCENES ABOUT THE WRECK.
The Nutmeg state. a passenger and freight
boar Of 1124 tons. plying daily between Bridge
port and New-York was burned TO the waters
edge yesterday morning between and o'clock,
of Sands Point. Long Island. with q loss Of at
least four lives. while at least half a dozen per
sons who were on board are still missing with
probability that some Of them were drowned or
burned TO death
THE DEAD.
corrEY Patrick arst mate Rosyn; burned to death
JAYNE Samuel Y. basFasemaster and nigh watehran;
diei ff.a iailrl.s On head and s'ransuiaton after
arn ' s2 Ena. ii4 Ens.s .s' q No y saato6-'
Unknown rerssr of crew, WIG aiea IN forward fore
THE INJURED
Txq4 '7 ass.osI e. 2 faa3 saFaoa os ss5a: Amused hands
PrHsELL Mrs. J. H.. No. is8 West Eighteenth ST.
VII % JoeA IN No. e2 2S24 s5S 5s s5oaT YS' .Pvd Pesde c
hllsoa -fr Hospital
vii" 70 ai.on see5 % f''fi'' Hos5sL saitsras from
exhaustion.
THE MISSING
ANDERSON. Charles deckhand
According to the stories Of the crew and pas
sengers II IS likely that two or three freight
handlers who had been as, -ep in the forecaste
between decks were burned TO death
AS soon as the fire was found 70 be beyond
control a scene Of Wild terror ensued and the
Captain and other officers Of the vessel found
il impossible fully to control either the crew or
the passengers That there not greater
loss ~ life was due to the timely arrival Of the
steamer city OF Lawrence, Of the Hartford
Line. the Fall River freighter Nashua, the steam
yacht Kismet. belonging to J. Rogers Maxwell.
and the tug Samuel Reed which put out of Glen
cove In time to render assistance Conflicting
stories Of the conduct ~ the crew are told
some - the passengers assert that they We're
awakened by repeated knockings on their state
room doors. and that the crew behaved as well
as could be expected Others assert that some
Of The crew were utterly regardless Of the
women and children. crowdine them back beat
ing them and Jumping into the lifeboats before
the passengers had in opportunity TO get IN.
FIRE NEAR THE sNoKEsTACK
The Nutmeg state left Bridgeport at 815
O'Clock for New-York with about hfty-hve pas
-.ngors and a crew ~ fifty Nothing went
wrong un,g o'clock when one ~ the engine
room employees rushed ny from below and said
that fire had broken out near the bottom Of the
srokestack Captain Brooks was taking bath
rr~uaratory 10 putting on shore clothes and
he made his way 70 the upper deck. and gave
orders that the passengers and sleeping mem
hers ~ The crew ne awakened. The head walter
N \ Williams. a tall and powerfully built
Young co,ored man. and the chief cook quickly
made the rounds Of the s,aterooms and soon the
@r.r
APARTMENTS IN a half dressed state. wild with
anxiety 70 make their escape Captain Brooks
ordered The boat headed for Sands Point, three
o. four miles distant and It was not long be-
fore she grated and shivered On old Hen Reef.
The distress signals were shown and the whistle
sounded for help.
ravrD the haega genaster. was N charge OF
,,a FIRST boat. and there was difficulty IN lower
ln. .f Ha.f dozen men and women jumped
into it when IL cane within reach. flush with
,se deck and the weight being unevenly dis
,rtsutaa caused the end Of the boat to drop as
j. nothing supported IT, A dozen Of the passe"-
aars were dumped INTO the water. and the boat
descended On them with such force as 10 KNOCK
them nearly senseless and injure the boat itsel''
which banged against the SIDE of 'he S'T7'''7'
49, ,t struck the water
N
o, flames All the passengers had either jumped
overheard or had been taken ~. and only Cap
tain Brooks Theodore Weatherwax the pl.ot'
Williams the head waiter and the chief COOK
were n .he burning deck. They were the last 10
leave. .-.....
Meanwhile assistance had arrived. A"''uH"
49,. haze. r,o-ning ueht the city Of Lawrence
-, .ho Tortford Line had seen from "'7-
s..,,. of four or ave miles the smoke pouring
from the Nutmeg state and she lost 70 t,',9 'ao
IN steamine up. reaching the scene ABOUT 80
n.olock she soon lowered all her llfeooatS' anu
,nev circl-d about picking up Il" ~. 'l,s .,d
.'..s..,r.r- and crew The vacht .>isi"e' "'-
,,.m p,,.r freight boat Nashua were aiso
~ .,...,aa 30 the burning wreck AMI they picked
att n,'' a. numher Of passengers It was the kis-
me-, ~. witch reached Samuel jayne. he 0assaEe- i
- and night watchman u the Nutmeg
continued on third pnge1