The New York herald., 1871-11-23
TEE Bua!IEc STsa..wSalP.
Fuller Details Of the Disaster to the City Of Hew
London : Twelve Persons Now
Known To Be Lost.

/ A0AAoVo AWClv0 FoI5CuS NOV
| Known To Be Lost.
= NORWICH, Conn. Nov. %. 1871.
The loss OF life by The City Of New London dIsas,e,
II greater shan was anticipated. There were only
seven passengers. but OF these William T. Norton.
OF the firm OF Norton BrOshers; @. h. Rogers OF tne
firm OF @. D. Rogers Co, and Harrison n. Aldrich
all OF this CITY, were lost. or the officers and deck
hands known to be lost are william p. Ely, OF Ham,
burg. Conn, second mate; N. W. Baker. OF Nor.
wien, engineer; Henry Dugan, New London. stew
ard; Webster Cooper. second cook; Frank Flowers,
residence unknown waiter; Warren Mitchell, oilcr;
Driscou Sullivan, Patrick Mahony and Thomas
ROurke deck hands.
The New London carried cargo OF heavy freight,
principally cotton, rags, groceries, leather hides
&C., which. together with the boat, is total loss.
On account OF the absence OF the manager Of the
line from the city 1t il impossible to ascertain tho
nsurances. 1t Is understood the boat Ia insured for
100000. The fre-extinguishlng apparatus and
fe-saving appliances ample and IN perfect or
DER, but the rapid spread OF the flames cut on ap-
proach to the boats and saloon, where the life
preseTvers were.
The passengers and crew had to save themselves
by grssping such foating matter as le,l overheard
from the burning boat
A large force OF men and boys have been at the
Of the disaster all dav, and vigilant search
for bodies OF missing passengers and mas been
Instituted, but only succeeded IN nnding the pOdles
Of two men. deck hands. which were brought 10
this city.
viewing the bodies adjourned until tomorrow. -.
Tho officers Of the boat, particularly m. tn captan
snones snd engineer ens receive great praise for
sse I former Escaping ssr bs Lowering 3ns RH @
self nom the paddlcbOx by heaving
line when all avenues q escape were closed py the
q N n nT n
exhausted condition, and the latter losing his liie
after giving iiie-preseryer which he he, rot from
to the only lady passenger, who by Its aid was
but ls supposed to have In some way taken in the
kitchen when the cook went to klude a fire for
poker. heated BY raking down the fire being Ing hung
against pine partition; but nothing reliable u
STATEMENT OF THE BOAT CLERE.
The following Is tho statement OF Charles Harvey
clerk OF the boat:--I in bed when IN fire nrst
broke out, near Montvllle. but was at once called
and assisted IN getting the fire under. careful
search was made Tor hall or three quarters OF an
h6..r and II was supposed that the FIRE was totally
| exttnrulssad. v---....
Mr. Harvey did not retire Again. but went into the
engine room, which IS on the saloon decK, and sat
ana 1t was between i've and SIX A. Nj, shortly after
daylight, that second alarm Of fire was given on
the p ma Y % deck, and almost before any one could
reach from the saloon everything fore and aft was
| In flames.
The noso was already laid, and the pumps were
at work in less than five minutes after the alarm,
but the re spread with such startling rapidty and
the smoke was so stinlnR between decks that was
and the engineer was driven from his post. % lie
opened the safely valves OF The boilers, and 1t was
the Eames tanned By the draueat Which he motios
OF the boat created had spread fore and aft and it
was evident that there was no hope OF saving the
Mr.. Harvey went to the office and took the boats
books, freight list money &e ana went to his state
there tue flames shot up through the moor, and he
was oDliged to leave. He then went forward 70
try to
SAVE THE LADY PASSENGER,
and found her In the forward part OF tine saloon.
man in boat, but he refused to come. Mr.. Har-
vey then lett her and went down over the side to
the the s Ws,sr deck to @ " tho as, s
nre burst out before HIM, and his retreat
being cut on. he was forced 10 leap into
Of clotnes with an overcoat, but fortunately had
removed his boots. He SWAN for tre schooner,
ylng then 200 ards away, but being encnmbcred
By his clothing. and the tide carrying him down. he
EXHAUSTED AND NEARLY READY TO SINK.
Just then there noatcd within his reach piece OF
ioist hi!een feet long, which had already oeen
Bitterly cold water Shortly after he reached 1t ons
other cung tenacIously to the BEAM but settled
ana Lower Lower IN the water s Mr marvey called
out i'm In few moments bis grasp relaxed ana he e'Hs oo
sank MI. Harvey mas no idea Of the length OF time
he was in the water: but ne was one OF the last
utter exhaustion. The boats books le threw over
board before jumping into the river. part or the
money ana freight list nc put In his pocket; but
they were washed out while In the water. He lost
everything but the clothes he wore.
STATEMENT OF J. c. PALMER.
The following Is the statement OF j. y. Palmer:-
About an hour after the first alarm was standing
out on the forward deck, with Messrs Norton,
Hammond, Rogers and Aldrich, when suddenly
man shouted "Ihe gangway Is oil on fire aud
1t Is impossible 70 get through The boat
the names shot up from all parts. went over the
side ol the rail, and let myself down on the guard
and crawed along to the gangwaJ; when reacned
there / saw that the whole OF the inside Of tno
wind was blowing the fire away from the
gangway, and went inside and commenced throw
ing loose boards and light stuff overheard, when
some one sai0 In an authoritative voice.
"Let those things al0nep
replied that we could save nothing, ana had
better save the lives OF those on board.
l finally got hold OF long plank and threw IL
oyerboard and thought that u nobody else took hold
/ lcaped into the water and swan to the plank,
which was some distance Or aud tried TO get to
the schooner near by. While was on the
plank saw boa. nearing me, and ! shouted.
"There Is LAZY OH board; go and save her first.n
Soon after elt some one on the other end OF tho
plank. when l let go, as knew 1t would
nS mold scoons sH' but S as carrsa oss
me below IT, when espled something noatng
toward me which grasped ana found TO be a state-
room door. got on TO the door very much ex.
the burning boat. y became very hot ana
l had to keep dipping my head under
water to keep IRON being burned. was so much
exhausted and my chances appeared so slim that
myself ana was about to let 90 my hold when I
was picked up by some men In small boat.