The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-23
BOAT BURNS, NINE PERISH
Starin Liner Glen Island Destroyed on
Long Island SOund.
THE ENGINEER DIES At MS PCT.
Only One Passenger Was Lost. and shs
Would Have Been Saved Had She Not
Rushed Back TO the Blazing Cabin to uef
Her Purse-A Hero Who Ran TO Save her
Also Persisted.


Also Persisted.
New York (SpeciaD.-Nine persons
An officer, Two passengers and SIN inein-
bers of the crew of the Starin Line boat
Glen Island-were burned 70 death near
Captains Island. off Greenwich, Conn.,,
in a fire which destroyed the boat on ITS
trip from New York 10 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. E. Hcndrickson, the
second engineer of the boat, stuck to ms
post until he dropped unconscious TO the
floor, overcome by smoke. Four flre-
men toiling in the hold below were cut
off 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 stateroom 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
the steamer was abandoned the flames
were sweeping over her from stem to
stern.
OF the 81 persons, including 10 passen-
gers, who sailed on the Glen Island, 22,
including passengers, were Drougn'
back on the Bully.
The Glen Island left her pier at 9
o'clock. The steamboat runs as an ex-
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 ma.
night. When about three miles west oil
Greenwich, Conn.,, Captain McAllister
left the pilothouse and went below ior
his midnight lunch. Hardly had the
Captain reached the galley when there
came rush of sitting smoke from the
hold of the steamer and every electric
light on board the craft was extinguish-
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-beam
Captain McAllister sent in the alarm
for fire drill and the men came tunbling
out of their hunks. In the meantime
the steering gear had been blocked and
the pilots, finding themselves unable TO
direct the course of the steamer, hur-
ried to the assistance of the other mem
bers of the crew in saving lives.
Captain McAllister ordered McMullin
to go to the hurricane deck and loosen
one 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 10 be
lowered away.
While the officers and crew were
working there was fearful scene OF
confusion among the 10 passengers. They
ran about the saloons in 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. II is supposed that
she went, back for her valuables. She
was not seen again There was no pos
sibility for waiting for the rescue of
those who failed TO appear at once.
In the large boat IS people were afoat.
They included the eight rescued pas
seupcrs and seven of the crew, including
the Captain The large boat was just
about to 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
MeMulIin 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
bic 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 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
afterward, were transferred 10 the latter
and brought to New York
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