The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15
BURNED or DROWNED
Awful FATE or PASSENGERS AND
CAEw OF THE STEAMER
NITMEG STATE

TLi|E5 TEs~E01 ETT Loaf
/ Brutaf Freight Handlers Seized One
al the Liseboats and Drove Back
/ These Who Sought 10 Leave the
Fought Flames :n silence So Long
as There Was Chance 10 Conquer.
REV YORK. Oct. 1.-THE Bridgeport
/ line steamer Nutmeg State va: b cd
! in Long ISLAND sound off Sa ds Point.
l.. l.. at sunrise this morning. and tel
persons we're burned death or GO w d
The deed are: Samuel Jaynes, Bridge
port Conn. baggag mas ter of the NJ.
meg State. body at New York morgue:
| Nils Nilsson one Of the crew ~ tie
/ burned stean,bn~. = X rt recovered
Fl. ola the wreck; Charles F. Ande so
watchman on the o. at body in W elk:
I Patrick Coffey. mate, body II the wrec
| Barnard Hendry. oier. dy In tie
wreck; Thomas Murray, member CT tn
crew. body in wryex: John (oano~;,
member of crew. dy in wrect: IA
/ known woman. passenger. drow ed DoSq
not recovered: unknown g ntl man. pa
senger. drowned. body not recov>Ie
unknown girl. four vars d body re-
+ covered
Most Of the passel gers Whe ESCAPED
suffered nothing m re than shoci 20
immersion in the chilly water, and cniy
four persons were se ut &c The hospital,
TIxo oI,
the outbreak Of she a. INES. and burned
to the waters edge.
The bodies of two of tie victims . tas
disaster drifted ashore abou: n Oh. on
! the beach, about mile trIm the b az,
ing wreck. One was the DO ~ OF Il W. -
/ ia about twenty eight. q d the O h
! girl OF four. The chs 9-ss Clad il three
! night gowns. - "are sco-chet; Down
around. the sGges IAo ~o1n1n d M
| three heavy skirts. one black. an tller
brown and the third gray. $50 wore
two heavy shirt waists ef DIFF re4t ma.
teriai and colors. In her &C ius was
found 81. She mad also bill from the
Hartman Brewing company, dated June
l, 1889. made out to S. w. Daais r..
There was no Indication of fire ABOUT tae
! w0fnans clothing.
FLAMES DISCOVE ED.
The Nutmeg State, with " a kundr ii
! PERSONS On hoard bound fr III coz C.
t4cut towns TO New lork. Vas discover j
on G.> about haif-past .. VIII n she W s
within a few miles o. Sands Point, T. |
The flames were in the how, b cen h .
forward cabin and tie dJnkey eng .
room. The fire vas or tie nla;n dec>
and II seemed to be a small Ere. so Ca g.
Brooks. not wishing t. needl ssh, a. 1 Il
the pass .igers. order d the CT W to wor
as quickly and as q .ietly as pos lib ,
with buckets and hes. For alb ut TWEEN y
minutes the flames did Got Sc m to bs
da1 :serous. and the mel app ar to hava
them in control Sued lily they rSt
Into a furious b'aze anids lip
Baegal en!au oan1ue1 JaSues was de
! tached from the fire fighters and sent
to alarm the passengers end AL tie menl-
bers Of the crew. who were in the for
ward part of the boat He ran throu IN
the pass 1gewa: s On s 'veral d cKs. shou =
ing 30 the passengers and the Sleeping
crew. T!e "a lin d am Gsh ps II g ut
wa, nings urJil he was forced by the
! lanes and sitting srooke &c lump ov.r-
boa, d. The passa- gels in varieu s az 8
of frenzy, rushed from the state rooms
&C the UPPER deck. L'fa> preservers ware
gwen them. and many OF the men ass =
| ed TN putting them on the women and
children.
By this time a considerable s ct on OF
the Nutmeg Sta,e was burning fercely.
and the people forward were comp et.Iy
cut off from communication W tt those
son the after part of the beat. This left
the people on tie rear portIcn In per l.
| Gus position. as the life boats In the
aruidshT I, sect n were surrounded BIZ
flames and there were few poop o si>e
| aid. AS the flames continued to seread
| b til forward and aft. the pilot headed
the Steamboat at full speed for the a. h
at Sands Point.
The drafts swept the FIRE toward th.
rear end of the beat, The passengers In
/ that portion of the beat went as far
back on the Geek as poss;b e, but were
enveloped with black smoke. and the
| flames were ieaping towards them.
threaten: 6 in a few moments to roast
them alive, They huddIed close to the
rear rail In fear wa ting for the steamer
to strike the beach.
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
With shock the Nutmes State struck
the rocky bottom and people seemed to
shoot ON / parts of her They. iuinDed
into the water and tried to reach The
| life boats. which had been launched from
the forward part Of the vessel. All of the
| passengers were in the water Gov a few
| minutes, but many OF the members OF
the crew had become imprisoned in the
forward part f the ship, below decks.
by the flames. There WIS TO outlet in the
thick sides Of the steamboat, except the
small port holes, through which no man
could squeeze.
The last person to leave the burning
| steamer was Bagga gemaster Jaynes, who
gave the alarm to the sleeping passen-
gers. When the smoke and flames forced
him from amidships he, almost exhausted.
| made leap for the sea In doing so he
struck his head against the guard rail
and was stunned, falling to the water
| senseless. launch from the steam
yacht Kismet picked him up and carried
him to the Kismet, where the brave fe-
low died shortly after being taken aboard.
The Nutmeg State had hardly struck