Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-09-05
TEhe wreck of the NIetis.

New YORK, Aug. 80.
A private dispatch from Providence
states that the steamer Metis, after
collision, drifted ashore at Watch Hill
with only her upper deck above water.
Another dispatch says seventy out of the
hundred and fifty were saved. Reports
of the disaster created considerable ex-
element in this city. The Metis was
1859 tons burden, and she belonged to
the Providence and New York steamship
company, and was commanded by Capt.
Chas. B. Burton. A second dispatch
from Watch Hill, r. l., via Stonington,
Conn, Aug. 80, says: The propeller
Metis, Capt. L. Burton, was wrecked
about six miles off this shore this morn
! ing. A dreadful storm prevailed the
latter part of the night, and about
o'clock the propeller was struck by a
schooner, knocking hole in her bottom.
She Immediately began to fill. The pas
| sengers were aroused and warned to Sc
| cure life preseryers. In a short time the
lower part of the boat, engines, etc,
went down about five miles from shore.
4 large number of the passengers and
crew climbed on the upper deck, which
! parted from the hull and flOated. The
waves rolled high and the rain continu-
ed, but the upper works foated and
struck the shore just below the Ocean
House about a quarter to 8 o'clock this
morning. The Metis had on board one
hundred and four passengers, forty-tiye
deck hands, walters, etc. Captain G.
L. Burton of Bristol, r. l., Geo. B.
Hall, agent of the Providence and New
York steamship company, which owned
the steamer, and D. P. McBrien and
wife of the Board of Excise, are among
the saved. At this hour (11 o'clock
a. IN. it is thought that about half of
the passengers are saved The captain
and agent of the line are now at the
Larkin House. The greatest excitement
prevails here among the guests of the
hotels and they are doing all in their
power to aid the sufferers.
WATcH HILL, r. l., Aug, 30, P. NJ.
The government steamer Mocasin left
here at 10 o'clock for the scene Of the
disaster, as did the yacht Josie, Capt.
Lopez, with large crew. One of the
life boats of the 3Ietis has just landed
here. Those saved in this boat are as
follows: Albert S. Gallup, Director of
the Steamship Company of Providence,
r. l.. Hugh Carroll of Stonington, John
Lawl0r of New York, Benjamin jose
plus and Antoine Forrest-the last two
from the Western Islands, and all deck
hands learn from Capt. Burton that
purscr John Latham and Charles An
thonv. Jr.. Of Providence, the freight
clerk. are certainly in the other life boat.
4 lady, with three children, Of Proyi-
dcnce, were lost; names unknown. The
captain and agent of the line refused to
20 into the life boats, and were washed
ashore on the remnants of the pilot
house. The steamer Nctis was lately
altered from a freight to a passenger
boat. and was valued at $4,000 Her
cargo was principally fruit and was
valued at $4,000, Most of the passcn-
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0IoAiNGToN' ~ Aug o.
The following IS the statement of
Capt. Charles l.. Burton, OF the steamer
NciiS, as given to f. Wesley Smith OF
the Albany Argus:
We left New York at 5.15 P. m, on
the 29th OF August. The weather was
OVERCAST anu IaIH(' WIFI fresh "ieeHe
from the southeast. At $40 a, M,
when between the two light houses,
Nontauk Point and Watch HUI, about
i've miles from the Rhode Island shore,
the pFopelor was run INTO by an I'M
known schooner, striking US forty feet
abaft OF stern, or nearly abreast OF the
pilot house The propeller was imme-
diateiy stopped and turned around, and
we endeavored to find the vessel, but
failed to do SO, sent the mates and
pilots belo" to ascertain If the propel-
Ter was making any water. They re-
ported to me that she was not, and we
considered the damage very slight, and
proceeded on our way to Providence.
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