The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-09-25
The Loss Of the Steamship Nets
SOME INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER

We take the following from the St
Lonis Democrat:
New York, September IA ston
lington, Conn, special writes yester.
day: AS l walked to the village station
this afternoon, a little knot of mer
were gathered around four plain boxe!
at one end of the platform, and one
was leaning against one Of the boxes
As | passed, tall, fine looking mai
was standing at one end of it, with ms
eyes fixed upon the sparkling waters Of
the Sound. He turned, and said in a
broken voice, "Piease don't lean or
that, gentlemen. It's no harm, I know;
but in that is all that was my wife,
His lip twitched, and slouclling his hat
oyef his eyes, he turned again to that
TEEACHERoUs SEA,
which rippled 30 gently against the
shore. There was reverential pause.
the little crowd drew back, aud l saw
that the box was marked "Mrs. VIM.
E. Sheridan, Boston," Sheridan, now
of the Globe Theater, Boston, was for
merly member or the dramatic COM
pany at Pixies Opera House, Cincin-
natl, and gallant captain in the Sixth
Ohio during the late war. He tells
this heart-rending story: I was wakeu-
ed By the colored waiter running
through the saloon, crying, owe are
all lost! Save yourselves; the ship is
sinking" Grasping n life preseryer,
he placed it on his wife, and then hav-
ing secured one about his own person,
both ran forward at the moment that
the stern was settling down in The
trough Of the sea. AT this point life
boat was lowered, into which Mr..
Sheridan and wife embarked, but, ow-
ing to some
IISIhSAGEaENT,
the boat Was allowed to strike the wa
ter suddenly, which caused it to careen
over and throw both persons out
Sheridan, who is good swimmer, soon
reached his wife, and, holding her firm
ly around the waist, started out for the
shore; but, after going, he thinks,
few feet, they we're separated by huge
wave. Recovering himself and MOTTO
ing his wife about two hundred yards
seward from him, he attempted to
reach her, but on doing so found that
some unknown man was holding him
by the neck. After using a great deal
of force Sheridan succeeded in shaking
of his incnmbrance, and, although
greatly exhausted, made another at
tempt 10 reach his wife, whom he now
witnessed on billow, ana observing
him, cried:
"oH, WILLIE, SAVE MED
This was the last time lie saw her,
and snpposes that she then sunk. The
agony OF Sheridan on seeing the com
panion OF his life suddenly snatched
from him in such an appalling manner
can better be i'm a gin ed than des-
crihed.
Another correspondent mentions see
Ing two little collins brought up to the
depot; one contained the body of the
child of Mrs. Gerard, who fastened her
two children to her bed when the raft |
broke up and struck out for the shore.
This one was lost in the boiling surf,
which, after beating and bufeting it
till its life was gone, tossed it high
upon the sands and mercilsssly spared
its mother and sister. In the other
was the corpse of Laura Brasher, of
Boston. q child five years old, connect
ed with whose death is
PITEOUS TALE.
There were on the propeller mother
md three children. One, Mamie Bra
'ler, lovely girl of IS, and the other
wins of the age mentioned. When
he vessel foGndered these four were
IN the hurricane deck, each belted
With lifepreservey The mother took
me child in her arms, the daughter the
'ther. and hand II hand they stood
mon the fragile raN which was floated