The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-15
TEN BURNED TO
DEATH OR DROWNED
Steamer Nutmeg State Goes Down in
Long Island Sound.
TWO BODIES DRIFT ASHORE
Impossible for Captain to Control Con-
ardly Freight Handlers.
ILL FATED BOAT CAUGHT FIRE
When Flames Began to Spread Con-
signmept of Cartridges Explod-
ed-The Heat Drove Res
cuing Tug Away
IL FATED BOAT CAUGHT FIRE

| New York. October 14.-The Bridgeport
| line steamer Nutmeg State was burned in
| Long Island Sound off Sands Point L. l.,
| at sunrise this morning and ten passen-
| gers were burned to death or drowned
| The dead are:
Samuel Jaynes, Bridgeport, Conn, bag
gagemaster of the Nutmeg State; body at
| New York morgue.
Nils Nilsson, member of crew of burned
steamboat; body not recovered from wreck
| Charley Anderson, watchman of boat
body in wreck.
Patrick Coffey, mate; body in wreck.
Bernard Hendry oiler; body in wreck.
Thomas Murphy, member of crew; body
in wreck.
John Connors, member of crew; body in
wreck.
Unknown woman passenger, 2S years old;
body recovered.
Unknown man passenger drowned body
not recovered.
Unknown girl, 4-year-olds; body recover
ed.
Most of the passengers who escaped suf-
fered nothing more than shock from i'm
mersion in the chilly water and only four
persons were sent to the hospital. The
steamer was run to the beach at the out
break of the flames and burned to the wa
ter's edge
Bodies of Two Victims Ashore
The bodies of two victims of the disaster
drifted ashore about noon on the beach,
mile east of the blazing wreck.
One was the body of woman about 2S
years old and the other girl of years.
The Nutmeg State, with over 500 persons
on board, from Connecticut towns to New
York, was discovered on fire about half
past five when she was within a few miles
OF Sands Point, Long Island. The flames
were in the bow of the boat between the
forward cabin and the donkey engine room.
The fire was on the main deck, and seemed
to be small affair; so Captain C. NJ
Brooks not wishing to needessly alarm
the passengers, ordered THE crew to work
as quietly as possible, with buckets and
hose. For about twenty minutes the flames
did not seem to be doing any great dam
age, and the men seemed TO have them
under control. Suddenly they burst into
furious blaze amidslnips Bagga geman
Samuel Jaynes was detached from the fire
hghterS and sent to alarm the passengers
and all the members of the crew who were
in the forward part of the boat.
He ran through the passage ways on the
several decks shouting to the passengers
and the sleeping crew. He remained amid
ships crying out warnings until he was
forced by the flames and Sitting smoke to
o,,s asal "s me passengers IN varl-
uo - ~ tieNy ,uSieu from the state
ora -. IN ~ appei uecA' LIE preSerVers
s,stea go nm anu many OF the men as
ohuan ~ pot'ins p'! & uhem on tine women and
children. BY this time the entire middle
section on the steamer was burning fierce
-, iio .iie peopie forward were COM
pei' c' ~ vi io" communication with
tho
viioso oii uhe aieer part Oh the BOAT. This
- - ,n ouo peopie On .ne rear decks IN peril
ous eo1s si'aa.aoh as the Hfeboats on the amid
shfps oaVlts were surrounded by flames,
anu .neio were rev OF tne crew in the rear
~ eise ata AS une names continued to
is. spaeau Dooi @ iorNaro ana art and the pilot
I~a.' ,ie steamboat at full speed for the
Geaen az oaaus foiht, the draft swept the
Ao 'o"aiu oiie rear OF phe poat.
Flames Leaped Toward Them
The nassenoars II, tho+ 49,. - -
went as far hack m tha rear al. ol lne ooat
sible but were anyaIor, -. u1 as pos-
and the aanes u,ara >loor,,s -. ~ ~oiaoA snohe
threa atening in "a, @ps @ ~" aIo 'hen,
them alive rrho,, srSs,s 'e n ~ roast
rail in feor ,,a;.,, s e,ose 70 the rear
strike tha haaah Isy,.a' nv .ne steamer TO
,,aa CO. St.,a, i.n d SHOCK the Nut
and naonlo sao,s,oa =. .T~N, oii the bottom
and tr;ed 70 reoot ~ az 49, tioiil al parts
haar ,a,,,,eSas ~ i .,'o iie ood,s which had
.,essais An y" .ne iol "aio part OF the
water IN fe,, e .r,s. pasneneels rs were IN the
bers of the crew had become imnrisoned in
the forward part Of the ship below decks by
the flames. There was no outlet in the
thick sides of the steamboat except the
small port holes through which no man
could squeeze. The first person to leave the
burning ship was Baggagemaster Jaynes.
gers When the smoke and flames forced