New-York tribune., 1907-07-29
DEATH LIST NUMBERS 5
Al Others aboard the Frontenac Be
HcUed AccOunted For.

Auburn. y Y, July 2S-The boiler and a paddle
box protruding from the waters of Dlrs Cove
grim reminders to-day of yesterdays disaster
Cayuga Lake, when the steamer Frontenac was
burned to the waters edge with the loss OF eight
lives and the serious injury OF other passengers.
No more bodies were recovered to-day. and 1t is
believed that all board the vessel have been
accounted for. A revised list of the dead whose
bodies have been recovered and positively identified
follows:
ABEL Grace, of Johannesburg. six years old.
BENNETT Miss Ida NJ, Of Frankfort: n Y. stu
Ithaca
CLINTON Miss Stella who was on her way 10 visit
Mrs Frank Davis OF Ithaca Union Springs.
GENUNG. Mrs. Homer. wife OF DIR. Genung Of Free
GENCNG. Karl Homer. four years old, of Dr. and
Mrs. Homer GenunE
McREARY R,54d Miss 1 Ada G Main street street cohoes Y
MOTT. W. of ithaca.
SULLIVAN Miss Marietta. No. 1881 South
Syracuse, student
The most seriously injured are:
BRUYN Miss Mary No. 41o West Genesee street syra-
cuse burned on face. and left hand
old: burned on face and hands and suirsriGr fron
Jacob DuI
GENUNG. Mrs. ] A. Of Ithaca: burns abou, the face
Miss Motifs body the last to be picked up.
1t floating eighth OF n mile from where the
steamer was grounded \ motor boat owned by
Arthur Post of Utica. struck the body. and the
propeller blades caught the head.
The bow of the wreck lies in only four and a
half feet of water. but the fierce wind at the time
the steamer burned lashed the waves eight and
feet high. Most OF the injured persons We're
hurt by being dashed against the burning boat by
the
The fire was discovered by a small boy who was
one of the passengers. He told Captain Brown
that there smoke and fire in the boat. and
the captain at once started 10 make investga-
ton He searched the boat and found the fire be-
meath the third deck
Captain Brown to-day told his story as follows:
When the boy told me that there fire
the boat went up TO the third deck fast
could go called for the engineer to start the
pumps. and when I got to the upper deck l opened
the valves IN the fire hose. I turned the water
anL threw 1t on TO the fire. but the flames had been
started with rush and were famed more
and more by the wind that was blowing the
lake. l held the nozzle and kept the water going
into the flames as long as could. and then I
that Il was not doing any good and threw the hose
on the deck and rushed back to the pilot house
beach her and the engineer sent her ahead under
fun steam Then rushed back the deck again and
turned the water I held il there as long as
I could and then. seeing that there was not any
chance 20 extingush the flames. left the deck and
paid attention TO the women and children"
4 equipped every with life preserVers that
| could get TO- and the others OF the were en-
gagged In doing the thing. When the fire
drove out I told the and children TO go
forward. and by this time were grounded. The
women We're put over into the water. which at this
point Is about FIVE and half feet deep. Some OF
the women were afraid to get in the water. else
We're too frightesed 10 move, and had push
them into the water Then, even after they were
IN the water. took planks and pushed them along
| into the arms Of the who had come from the
shore and were assisting braveIy in getting the
! passengers out. the last man 70 leave the
| boat and am sure that every was got OF and
| that all that ave dead are those that have been
! found
Thousands Of people visited the scene Of the
wreck to-day.
| The Frontenac small side-wheeler which nuaj
| between Ithaca and CayuRa. was bound for Ca
! yuga carrying fifty passengers and a crew of
twelve when the fire that destroyed her broke out