Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
Eight Persons Perish in aFre on a
Passenger Steamer
VICTIMS WERE OF THECRE


New York. oct. il-Thc bridgeport
Steamboat company'g steamer Nutmeg
State. which lcft Bridgeport at 3
o'clock this morning. caught nro three
hours later on Execution Llght and was
totally destroyed At n o'clock II was
known that eight persons had persisted.
as followH:
Samuel Jayne. baEaagcmnstcr Of the
steamer. picked out of the water By the
yacht kiamet: died on board.
Barney iicndry. ollcr.
Unknown woman.
Patrick Coffee. frat mate.
Terrence Brady Of New York. cabin
boy.
Charles Anderson.
Thomas Murphy.
John C0nnern. all Of the crew.
The following We're inlurods
Harry J. wit OF Philadelphia and mis-
mother.
Mrs ". Purcell Of New York.
The steamer city " Lawrence came
In sight soon after the nrr was dis
covered ana stood by 90 rescue tho pas
HcnrDfH and crew. The NutuDr
states ne boats were launched ns soon
~ the city OF Lawrence rot within
capsiSed and Il was feared some pas
acngers wcru drowned
When the city % Lawrence reached
her pier In East River with surviving
passengers land crew " the Nutmeg
State. ambulancea were sent FOR
Captain Charles Brooks OF the Nut
meg state. reported that the steamer
was a total loss. He said that sewn
Of his crew were burned TO death and
he feared that some women and chill
dten were lost by swumpinE u life
boats.
samuel Jayne. the baggaEemaatcr.wa was
lost. He got out OF the hold IN which
the hre was, and jumped overheard TO
escape the flames. The passing steam
yacht kismet picked him ~. When h.
was laid out ON the deck he was dead.
Patrick Coffee. mate. wiz In the low.
or part OF the hold when the IRE
starred lie could not gct out and was
burned 20 death.
An oller WIS In the hold and could
not Ect out, died from inhallnE flames
captain BROOKS reported that the
Nutmeg State lott bridgeport az 3
o'clock This morning The nrat he know
of the IRE was when he saw a hlnso
around TIE smoksaiAak. ~ III
The nrc wac burning rather briskiy
then, and he got some men 90 work In
trying to put II out The steamboat
was then i've miles east Of Execution
Light She wua headed directly for
Lands point, and all steam put on. she
made good time while intense excite
ment rclgncd ON board the weasel.
on coming near Lands Point. the
captain directed the bow Of the boat
dead ahead fnf the beach and ran her
ashore about mile east OF the polyS
Capt, Brooks eaid that the ycsscl went
into twelve and a half feet Of water
before she grounded and eettlcd. There
NsHFtUgHm thirty mud a.
gers on the Nutmcg State. Capt Brooke
said. lie was afraid eomo OF them
we're lost, Everything possible was
done for the passengers.
The city OF Lawrence Sound
steamer which was coming down to the
elty' steamed over towards the burn
ina vessel, il0atH were put out from
her. and BY heroic work the passengers
~ the SutmcE State were taken aboard
the vessel together with the remaining
membern Of the crew. Captain Brooks
reports that the vessel and cargo are
total ioaa. All the top works had
been burned. Captain Brooks said. and
the hold was then SIN on IRE.
o. J. Hurlburt OF bridgeport a
passenger was asleep when the IRE
was discovered. lie said the IRE was
nret eeon BY lnggagemantcr Jayne.
who, after arouslnE all the passengers
he could. jumped overheard and died
from his injuries.
"'rho lire broke out about Ave minutes
after ak. and In a few minutoa was
In full possession Of the boat amid
ships" eaid Mr.. Hurlburt Life boats
and rafta were thrown overheard aa
quickly as possible, and the passengers
were put ON them some OF the life
boats We're % oycrcrowded that they
capeizod. but the passengers, many OF
whom had life preservere, chung on TO
the side ropes until the yacht i<lsmet
arrived and helped them"
The Nutmeg state was valued az
sibO. 900, and Including the cargo II IL
estimated that the total damage done
by the Are will amount In tho nelFhb0r-
hood OF $500. 900 The vessel was built
some years ago AZ N0ank. Conn, and
her grosa tonnage was 1850 tons, She
wac a propeller craft, and had three