Former Resident, on Ill-Fated Zam-Zam, Reported Safe
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 22, 1941
The many friends of James W. Stewart, 36, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] and formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], are greatly relieved to know that he is reported safe in German occupied territory in Western France after the sinking of the boat Zam-Zam in the South Atlantic, last Sunday night. Mr. Stewart was listed among the 120 Americans believed lost in the sinking of the boat. The Germans have stated that all occupants of the Zam-Zam are safe in German territory and they can return to the United States as soon as they can secure passage.
"Jimmy," as he was known to all his friends, was one of 24 young Americans who have volunteered for service with the British and Free French Forces as ambulance drivers under Gen. Charles DeGualle.
While in Bainbridge he lived at "Harmonie Hall." His mother was the wife of the late Harrison L. Beatty. Mrs. Beatty died in 1926.
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