Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-20
TERRIBLE CASUALTY.
Sei!!sien or I0ns ISLAND SouHd-EEeyeE
Persons Reported hissims-EECayy E.Oss
Of Fr0HerEy.

From the New York Tribuncl
sLnnout 30 a N Yesterday the schooner General
S,c%ars an Wet came into collision with the
Island Sound. The schooner struck the steamer.
head -On, forward of the bulwarks on the mort side
& ing IN = large hole through which the water rap
them TO communicate with the wood-w After
me Clty OF Norwich commenced burning she began
10 SINK very rapidly and the progress of the flames
was somewhat checked. In q few minutes the weight
forward pressed her Stern out of the water and sho
Immediately ll went down head first About ten per
sons were on board at the time Of the collision Seven
of theSe possessed themselves of life preservers and
jumped Inyerboard. They were all rescued by the
steamer Electra, from Providence and kindly cared
Tor on board. The other three passengers including
one boy, could not be found in the water, and are
among the missing. Eight of the creEy. which MN
peled thlrty-hVe, arc also missing
49, NAMES OF THE LOST,
IN Inc following are the names of the passengers and
crow VINO were not among the saved by the steamer
EIectra:-John Sullivan. New London: Michael Ho
gan New York; John Fleming, New York Daniel
Driscoll, Norwich John katOn. New York; William
Quinlan. New York; Patrici Donovan, New York:
lanes Cr9ckeT' passenger, son of the chief engi-
ne ne e9iored @i boy 10y (porer) name unknown;
OF 3. u Osgood, Esq, passenger, of Norwich pas
senger (name unknown going to England.
THE SURVIVORS,.
. Those who survive this dreadful accident are the
Captain, D. B. Sturgis; chief mate Charles john
son, New York; assistant mate, James NJ Adams
New London; chef-engineer, James CrockeT. Nor
Wlch; aSsistant-engineer, George ubbard, Norwich;
Ghiet f6 Pli9t aenry L. Traey Norwich; assistant pilot
drews, Narwich; steward, W. IL. Potter, Norwich.
assistant steward, Thomas Spinner. (colored Fort
Deck Hands-Michael McEIahop, VIM. Burk. Rob-
eE e[t sullivan, james Murphy, Timothy DriscoIl.
vid Fraser. Patrick W elSh, Cornelius Collins
0ileT-Elijah Benham. Groton.
Eircmen-Charles Beckwith, Groton; - Smith
TWO brothers; Groton; John Adams New London.
Dock Watchman-Deacon L. IL. Tracy, Norwich
Lookout Watch-George Crooker, Norwich.
II: Turner Mr. n p Douglass. with some eu fbrsc trtr
Others whose names cannot be ascertaned because of
the loss of the list kent by the clerk
FURTHER PARTICULARS
, When the schooner struck the City of Norwich
there was light fog, with an easterly wind blowing
30 light was seen on the schooner and it is believed
that she had none at the time The force of tho col
hslOn carried away the bowSprit, fgure-head and
upper part of the bows of the schooner which was
found to be rapidly leaking, and was abandoned ,by
the captain and crew few minutes before She sank
They were picked up by thesteamer Electra, which
also nad the passengers from the other vessel Every
assistance was given to the survivors by the Electra
Captain j. w. Nye. of the Neptune Steamship Com
pany which lay near the ofthe disaster nearly
two hours. The circumstance of this vessel being in
the wake of the City of Norwich and in an oppor-
tune moment to save the passengers was very foru-
nate the time the disaster happened the passen-
gers ana most Of the crew were in bed, which made
their escape still more perilous. Four boats were
lowered from the Electra in charge of Captain Nye
Mr.. David Crowley the first mate, Mr. Charles B.
Smith, chief engineer, and Mr.. Parsons the pilot to
whom great credit is due for their eXertons in rescu
lng the panlc.strlcken passengers and crew. Some
80 nv IpS SdPt. SIul6ls, TeCelNeu OurnS
around the face and neck but not of very severe
nature.
1t is expected the City of Norwich viii be raised
cargo and all with very little loss to either. The
vessel was four years old about 300 tuns burden
and valued at ?lSO0O9. She is owned by the New
London Steamboat Company, who will send a diving
and WrecklDg party to the scene of the catastrophe
to-day. The schooner Gen. Stewart Van Viet is
owned IN New Haven. and was bound for that place
Witn load OF oysters from New York. She was
badly damaged by the collision.
- - LATEST NEWS FROM THE MISSING.
Mr.. Martin agent of the New London line had no
later intelligence of the missing last evening but is
II hopes of ascertainng further about them to-day
The passenger list was destroyed with the steamer
ana only an approximate estimate can be made of
the number on board. There is still hopes that most
Of the missing have been picked up while struggling
in the water.