New-York tribune., 1871-11-24

IRE BODIES RECONERED-SIATEMENI Or
CAPT. BROWN.
NORWICH, Nov. 23-The fire in the wreck OF
the City Of New London cxtngshed early this morn
ing. small steamboat and tug were stationed on the
and the work Of dragging the river bottom was
begun. The first body found before 100 feet OF the
rIvcrbcd had been inspccted then two bodies were
found together and the search prosecuted until nine
bodies i all had been recovered As soon as hoy was
taken from the water forwarded hy special train
t. This CITY, and, after being viewed ly III" Coroner
pla ed III" charge of the city undertaken or vrn 10
the friends Of the deceased for ntcIIn,nt.
1HE rIAp.
The following a list Of the ho'ics that have been
identlh,d:
wM. 7. Ely Of Hamburg, c., second mate.
MALL BAkER OF Norwich, hiNi "n-i'cI
HENRY DrGAN OF New Loudon. steward
WAHEES MITCHELL. ~ MontNilic, c.. olrr:
TIMOTHY DRI-C OIL ~ NUrwlcf dccR hand. and Two
other deck hands. names not asccrt.ncd
These with the bodies Of MAnoNEr and EovRKE, found
Yesterday make IL recovered. The bodies of the three
passengers drowned have not yet been recovered hnt
the search proceeding and the other bodies will prob
ably Le found o-uight. There is crowd III the yciny
%! tue wreck large brS oi persons gather on
the here each arrival of the boats The faS-
o al the shipping III the harhor are AZ half mast
sTArIMENr OF CAPT Brown.
Neither the captain the of the burned steamer
hav, idea Of the origin of the lie. TIE captain i.
confident that the frst fire completely "Xtinc'sicd
before TIE second Wa, Il. and L!t there CCid
not have tecn ANY connection between them, as they
were considerable distance apart IL" i"i"wr. is the
captains statement:
At4t .ock yesterday morning we wrrc living at
! an. her oil Mvn,il.o -aton when tc wa:chman gave
ah alarm ~ fire. found {" hc N the klichco ana IN
stanty called all hands 10 quarters ant by n'rachnc
hose and orinSnS II to bear Oh ihc fire. we had
cLtiIey subiucd III 20 minutes. and everything wds
again quiet A, nbou, 5t"y"ch We Weighed anchor and
four miles and were a'rcast OF Wnidcns Island. wien
fire again ic,VcTcd at o'clock. Inls time II
il the polt cangHdy. among the cotton We INSTANTLY
had three streams Of water going, hut water
sp.rnd rapdy and the smoke gathered TO fa-,
that drove the engineer from ms station i'll the engine
When fire past control. ordered the Ilot
TO head the boat ioI the east shore. but there being
boat, she was interchangeable, aud dritcd with The wind.
tbcn grounded at the mouth Of POquetauoc Cove.
w,It cut off iIom ali conlmunicatiou with the beats
The STATE. and statcroOm hall were then h,rd
nci" rs and al were obliged LOOK the best
means II escape they could find. A. the boat then
in TIE middle of the river, there was alt"rnat,"
i; tit boat and so,ne from the oiIInr Doors "anHs
rvcr. The change from bcus almost roasted by nt to
Tie cold chill OF The rIver almost par"! zrd Is
sIutk tlic Water. \ schooner, anchored by,
promptly sent her boat and touk OF 4 number Of on"
pa.,egtrs among t.tlu the only lady ou board, MIs
also alarmed III tine. and the wOtn were az active as
d, n.cn ia diminishing boats viii, The rc,cuc
;naci from the steamer and caught hold OF floating
door with the AID OF Which oatcd o the wnerls,
where hung On TIL war rescued
MRS. WILLIAM T.. ADAMs's STATEMENT
The following Is the statement of Mrs. William T.
Adams, the only lady passenger Oh the boat:
Mr.. Norton took me onto The forward dyrk whcrc Mr.
,nSnrcr came mp ana rnt nr-l%,rr['r W M "'",ni me-;
stood tlc Ta uit i every had left hut M Baker
and myself, and the rre cniucnc"j huing ~. Tnrn
>truck tnc water w, separated and ne>er law rIsi
a.aIn was in The water about Haf an ."uf, and ~
in,n ,scd ~ CAPT snhlh and ms mate who carried
To Capt ChanIlinS, on the west side Of TIC river
TIE! dd every linG for in,, iiI'ied H. WITH clothing
and everything rc>>Ill, and j." d'tri uit ir Tor
their LIudLoss. saw no more Uf Nj. Norton aitr hc
lc1 Iuc oil tine upper deck.
All the missLg men are known 10 have plunged into
the water to IS ape the fire. Nj Nainnoud. vino
-.vcd says himself and Mr.. W f. Merton tlcr
the extreme bow of the boat, and agreed that each
should take OF the Ia ards Of the fata and lower
himself TO the water. each ride of the bow
and til, remain till they could be rescued. This they
did When Mr. Hammond was Rescued, III almost
dying he told the boatmcn TO look on the other
side for Mr.. Norton hut the halyards fonnd
pended in the water and no one nerit TIL, suppositon
j. that Mr. Norton fen from 1t exhausted and
drowned.
One of the most laincnalc facts connected with the
sad disaster is that only short distance below where
the steamer grounded large seawrcd boat capable
| of carrying the entire and passengers hut the
owner. Mr. Partridge. knew nothing OF the situation
| until 1t war too late 10 he OF service.
1IIE
The following are the names of the officers and crew
| who saved
Win. X. Brown, captain; Chas H. Harvey, clerk John
Dnrfcy. second engineer; Russell PARKS. ocr Edward
Even pilot; Cleveland Gecr, second pilot W Dodge.
mate; Chaunccy Hull. whcrl,inan; George Norton,
donkey engineer; John sh;ridan, watrhnan; Mike
wcrih daniel SHAY, ~~ Culiiran, Richard C"uehIln,
John singlcy. deck hands; WIN. James. G. Anthony.
John Dugan John Gun. Walter Wiley, walters; Ben
Purdy, cook +. G.. Kennedy, porter.
The steamer City Of New London Of the hest
boats the Sound she ZOO tuns burden, and
particularly adapted for carrying freight although
her passenger accommodations were excellent Her
trip made May ?2 1863 since which tiuc she has
run with great regularity and without accident. Her
officers among the most trustworthy and capable
avgaturs and engineers OH the sound Capt. Brown
YORK fp 81 ye.rs a"d never sef"s met with amy d
The Granite state has been engaged by the
Company to take the place Of the City OF NrwLndOn.
LATER-MORE OF TIE CREW MISsING-OvER
TWENTY LIVES BELIEVED to HAVE BEEN
NORWICH, Nov. 23-Evening.-The body Of
Harrison K Aldrich Of Norwich late in
the afternoon and the search suspended till
| morrow.
There are now mss,ng W. T. Norton and C. b. Rogers,
| passengers Frank Flowers. water Webster Cooper,
cook and few deck hands, who, II MI lost, ss sup
posed, will swell the number 70 2I or a. The bodies
| were viewed by the COrOper's Jury, II. H. Os-
good foreman. who granted permission for burial and
adjourned the inquest Friday night The boats sae
recovered but there nothing in it of value.
Nothing else saved from the wreck. II is impossible
to ascertain the shippers OF freight II present The boat
WAS insured for twOthirds ita value hut the Company
decline say in which companies.
CRIMES AND CAsUALTlEs-bY TELEGRAPH.
John Bonsal, jr.. age II. committed suicide. in
Baltimore. WedDadsy.
-. The Bclknsp County IN. H. Alnshouse and
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