The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-18
ship BURNS AND
NE u Lives. J.
Two r Passengers and II I
Seven,O Of Grew Perish
n. on Glen Island.
HEROIC RESCUE
SAVED OTHERS.
Flames Break Forth at Mid
night and Caused Wild Panic.
Fire Started in the Dyna-
mo Room-The Prop
crty Loss About
$25o.ooo.

INV Associated ,Press.)

s. III (Dy Associated PressO
II NEW YORK. December 17.-By the
burning OF the starln Line steamer Glen
Island In Long Island Sound to-day nine
lives were lost and property. roughly es-
tlnlated at a quarter OF a million dollars
was destroyed. Al
NJ That more lives were not sacrificed un-
doubtedly was duo to the personal cour-3
age ofsthe officers and crew and the ex-
celent discipline maintained when a hors''l
rible death for all seemed a lmost Ger. !;
tainty. When the steamer was abandoned
she was flame-swept from stem to stern,
and yet the only persons who lost their,
lives wero those whose escape had been.
entirely cut off BY the fire before ore II the
alarm reached them. Of the tharty-one per- '''Ts
sons, including ten passengers. who sail
cd away on the Glen Island last night,
twenty-five, including eight passengers,
were brought back to day The dead arc:
Passenger Unknown Hebrew ~ oman T an
believed Ito be ROSA SILKEN, wllo lived
at No. 3o6 Hamilton Street, n eW5 Haven
Unknown man. supposed to be o. New,
Yorker. "A ,}isf$ 3sS5 ii a 81 E
+. HENDRICKS assistant en- ~
gineer. si$s iisSss 81 5g3s
4 FRANK BUSH, fireman. If
Fl u IiN BURKE, fireman. N Il
8 OTTO gAIOLFRAN, fireman.
fSO o. BERG, deck hand. Az. "A /: s
PETER BENSON I. deck hand. &. 38
Rush Of Sitting Smoke. IA
he 6 lenN Island left her dock here Eat
$3.50 q clock last mig hit on her turn trip
flor sew I7aven. here we're, ten passen7 q
gers and q crew 81 TWEEN lyon a. me =, n
{cludjDg CAPTAIN Charles T. A1cA llister,
First Mate Ira Larson, Pilot 7 h 10 Ms
Mullen and 8Quartermaster ] ohm o. Brien.
The trip down through thes sound was
without Incident and Just before mid
night, when a bout three miles west of
Greenwich u Conn., Cap tain NlcAlliste
the jpilot$;house and went be low for his.
midnight lunch. AT that time Il. ere was
no indication $of trouble of any kim. but
hardly had \ the captain cached the gal
ley when 4 there ca me a rush OF Stirling
smoke from the hold OF the steamer, anu
every electric light II on board the craft
was extinguishe d. w hen the s# ca plain 'ni.
rushed on deck smoke was pouring from
every passagewaySa and flames were sweep
Ing lip .throug Il the aperture around the
walking beam. Captain N1cAllister sent e't
in the alarm for fire drill, and the men
came st,unb bling out OF their hunks. n
the meantime the steering gear had been
blocked and the pilots, finding Them
selves unable to- direct tho course q = the ne
steamer, hurriedly went to. the 8assis lance
of the other members Of the crew IN saw say.
Ing liye s. = S... 9. :, s5.
to 30 to tho hurricane deck and loosen
one -sof the boats, while he went to the
MAIN deck and tried to loose the Two two
large ii To- boats. The captain managed to-
loosen the port Iii boat. The other llfe-
boat was frozen to the davits. but
sn,alle one was soon ready to be lowered
away S3s .. Il 81 J. & !. .S5sf ~
Scene Of Confusion.
the officers and crew We're work
i,lg there was a fearful scene of confuslon{
among the ten passengers They ran
about the saloons In $disnrra me Wo,s
man who lost her life had been aroused
by tho stcwardess and was OF her way
to ono OF. tho boats when she suddenly
turned and dashed back into the flaming
cabin. 1T is supposed hat she went back
for hpr .valun bles, She was not seen
again, and must have perish ed. here
was no l}ossibil lty OF waiting for5the res
cue OF those who fall ed to appear at once
I'm the large boat were fifteen people
rhey6 included the eight rescued passen-g4
gers and seven of tho crew. including
lilo captain. The large boat was just
about to be lowered when the latter ran
IN ana Jumped In Just In tho nick Of time,
or no, t,o, would, have perlshed. The
smallcrBboat. which Pilot McN1ullIn had
managed to free, carried seven passen-
gers. tg b, II y YES
h The Two boats were rowed as far away
from tho burning steamer rs was neces-a
sary 10 escape destruction, nnd waited
there ana watched The boat burn They
made every effort to find any possible sur
iviyors, but there were none to be found.
Tho burning steamertdrlf fled away toward
the Long Island shore. In the mean time
the tug Bully, which was passing with n
string Of bnrges In tow, sighted the burn
ing steamer, cnst her tow adrft, and
came to the rescue OF persons In the
bpat S. They were taken from the smaller
craft, placed In the furnace room, OF the
tug, clothing was given to them. and
when the steamer Erastus Corning came
along, shortly afterwards. were trans
ferred to the latter md brought TO New
York, Tho fire Is believed to have started
In the dynamo room. hut Its cause rs un-
known $sl e. IA
OME kl(iJgEn SEVERAL ulIRT