The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-23
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IN DISASTERS
NINE LIVES LOST BY THE BURN
ING OF A STEAMER ON LONG
ISLAND SOUND.
Bridge Collapses at Charleston W. Va.
Three OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
on Battleship Massachusetts, Kills
Three Men and Injuries -Four.

New York, Dec. 19.-By the burning
of the Starin line steamer Glen Island In,
Long Island sound Saturday nine lives
were lost and property roughly esti-
mated at $3.50 900 was destroyed. That.
more lives were not sacrificed undoubt-
eddy was due to the personal courage OF
the officers and crew. OF the 81 persons,
including ten passengers, who sailed
away on the Glen Island Friday night,
%, including eight passengers, were
saved Among the dead are two passen-
gers, one woman. Regarding the death
of the woman Capt. McAllister said that
when she returned to her stateroom for
her purse the flames cut of her escape,
though she could be seen at the door
of her room. Fireman Miller" he said,
who had dragged lot Of people out OF
their hunks, said to me: I can't see that
woman roast to death there. I'm going
to get her. told him It was imposs1-
BILE, but Mr.. Miller said, it's we'll worth
a try, anyway and he plunged right
through the fire and reached the woman.
He picked her up, and as he turned to
either jump overheard with her or try
to come back where We were, we could
see that his clothes and her dress were
afire. It was awful. Miller was about
to make a dive with the woman for the
water when the deck under him gave
way, and he and the woman went down
into the flames, both Of them being
killed.
Bridge Collapses.
Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 16.-Three
persons are known to have been
killed and four others seriously in
jured by the collapse OF the suspen-
sion bridge across the Elk river, which
connects East and West Charleston.
At the time the bridge went down there
were six teams and six children on their
way to school, and number Of other
pedestrians on the structure. Those
who went down with the wreckage fell
4 distance Of 40 feet into the Recovered
waters of the river. The dead are:
Mamie Higginbotham, aged II years.
Annie Humphreys, aged II years; Ollie
Gibbs, aged Is years. The injured:
leila Smith, aged II years, compound
fracture of elbow; William Holmes (col-z
ored), driver, cut and bruised; Henry
Fielder, driver, serious internal injur-
les; Elma Tucker, aged Is years, both
arms and leg broken. The accident was
caused by two cables on the north side
slipping from their moorings. When
that side dropped another cable on the
down side of the stream snapped, the
floor tilted and turned completely over.
The bridge was a single-span, 500 feet
in length, and was built In 1852. It has
been known to be unsafe for some time.
Disaster on Battleship. ::
Philadelphia, Dec. 16.-Caught in a
trap and helpless to save themselves
three men lost their lives and four 9TH
ers, including Lieut. WILLIAM c. Cole,
were terribly scalded Thursday by
rush of steam and boiling water in the
fireroom of the battleship Massachu
SETS, lying at the League Island navy
yard. The dead are: Edward Bub, mar
ried, boilermaker and civilian; Andrew
Hamilton, married, boilermaker and CIV
ilian; Charles Rftzel, boilermaker's
helper and civilian.
Lieut.. Cole received his injuries in a
heroic attempt to rescue the others. The
first to enter the firehole was Lieut..
Cole. Without hesitating at becoming
scalded by the hot water and steam he
entered quickly and dragged the men
from the: place to the door; where they
were taken in charge by others. Bub
and Hamilton we're dead when found,
and Ritzel died a few minutes after be-
ing taken on deck.