The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-21
BOAT BURNS, NINE PERISH
Narin Liner Glen Island Destroyed on
Long Island Sound.
TnE ENGINEER DIES At HIS POST,
oriy One Passenger Was Lost, and She
Would Have Beeu Saved Had She Not
Rushed Back TO the Blazing Cabin to Get
Her Purse-A Hero Who Rau 10 save her
Also Perisbed.

New York (SpcciaD Nine persons
an officer, two passengers and SIX mem
bers of the crew of the Starin Lane BOAT
Glen Island-were burned to death near
Captains Island off Greenwich, Conn.,
In a fire which destroyed the boat on ITS
trip from New York to New Haven
Those who survived were picked up by
the tug Bully and later transferred to
the Erastus Corning, of the same line
and brought to this city.
OF the dead, w. F.. Hendriekson, the
second engineer OF the boat, stuck to his
post until he dropped unconscious TO the
floor, overcome by smoke -Four hre-
men toiling in the hold below were cu
of from all escape by the thick smoke
and the flames, and two Of the deck
hands who were killed were asleep in
their hunks.
One OF the dead passengers was
woman, who lost her life by going back
into her statcroom for her jewels.
That more lives were not sacrificed
was undoubtedly due to the personal
courage OF the officers and crew and the
excellent discipline maintained. When
he steamer was abandoned the flames
sere sweeping over her from stem TO
tern.
OF the ri persons, including 10 passen'
gers, who sailed on the Glen Island q
including passengers, were brought
back on the Bully.
The Glen Island left her pier at
o'clock. The steamboat runs as an eN-
cursion craft to Glen Island in the sum-
mer months and is used in the winter to
carry freight, for the most part to New
Haven, for points in Connecticut, having
been running in place OF the John II.
Starin for some time. With the whole
night before her the steamboat was sent
along at leisurely rate.
The trip down through the sound was
without incident until just before md
night. When about three miles west OF
Greenwich, Conn, Captain McAllister
left the pilothouse and went below Tor
his midnight lunch. Hardly had the
Captain reached tho galley when there
came a rush OF sitting smoke from the
hold OF the steamer and every electric
light on board the craft was cxtinguish-
ed. When the Captain rushed TO the
deck smoke was pouring from every
passageway and flames were sweeping
up through the aperture around the
walking-bcam.
Capain McAllister sent IN the alarm
for fire drill and the men came tumbling
out OF their hunks. In the meantime
the st :ering year had been blocked and
the pilots, hiding themselves unable to
direct the course Of the steamer, hur-
ried to the assistance of ;he other mem
bers of the crow III saving lives.
Captain McAllistci ordered McMulhn
TO 60 TO the hurricane deck and loosen
ono Of the boats, while he went TO the
main deck and tried to loosen the two
large lifeboats. Captain McAllister man
aged to loosen the port lifeboat. The
other boat was frozen to the davits, but
smaller one was soon ready TO be
lowered away.
While the officers and crew were
working there was a fearful scene OF
confusion among the 10 passengers. They
ran about the saloons i'll disarray. The
woman who lost her life had been
aroused by the stewardess and was on
her way to one Of the boats, when she
suddenly turned and dashed back into
the flaming cabin. 1t is supposed that
che went back for her valuables. She
was not seen again. There was no pos
eibility for waiting for the rescue OF
those who failed to appear at once.
In the large boat IS people were anOat.
They included the eight rescued pas
sengers and seven OF the crew, including
the Captain. The large boat was just
about 10 be lowered, when the Captain
ran up and jumped in just in the nick
of time, or he, too, would have per-
ished. The smaller boat, which Pilot
McMullin had managed to free, carried
seven passengers. The two boats were
rowed as far away from the burning
steamer as was necessary TO escape de-
struction and waited there and watched
the boat burn. They made every posi-
ble effort TO find any additional sur
vivors. The burning steamed drifted
away toward the Long Island shore.
In the meantime the tug Bully, which
was passing with a string OF barges in
Tow, sighted the burning steamer, cast
her tow adrift and came TO the rescue
of persons in the boats. They were
taken from the small craft, placed in the
furnace room OF the tug, clothing was
given to them and when the steamer
Erastus Corning came along, shortly
s!terward, were transferred to the latter
and brought TO New York.