The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-09-07
THE NEW NORTHWEsT LODaE MONTANA SATURDAY, SEP
SINKING OF the srfAaaDoAT aaEIls.

SINKING OF the STEAMBOAT laEIls.
S.n y.zsss.,ars sftAs 5~si,as Disasss.
Watch Hill. (C,.) Augss aa-Ths s.na.
ington (Ct) propeller Aseis, Captain Bar.
ton, was wrecked six miles Oh shore this
morning. A dreadful storm prevailed dur
ing the latter part Of the night, and about
O'Clock the propeller was struck by Il
schooner, knocking hole In her bottom,
when she Immediately filled. The passen.
gers were aroused and warned TO secure life
preservers. In short time the lower part
OF the boaf, the engines, ETC., went down,
about five uiles from shore. A large num-
Der Of the passengers and crew climbed the
upper deck, which parted from her and
hosted. The waves rolled high and The rain
continued, but the upper works struck shore
just below the Ocean House, about 8 this
morning. The Metis had on board one hun.
dred and four passengers, aud forty. i've
deck hands, walters, etc. At this hour, II
4 m, it 10 thought about half the passengers
are saved. Captain Burden and Geo. B.
Hull, agent of the line, are saved, having
been washed on the shore on fragments of
the wreck.
New York, September 1.-The number Of
lives lost by the Mctis' disaster is now re.
duccd to g. Several bodies at Watch Hill
await identification. The following IL u
list OF the dead thus far identified Mrs.
VIM. E. Sheridan, Of the Globe thcater,
Boston August Heminway, piano maker,
Boston Miss Mary Wilson, Williamsburg {;
Mrs. G. W. Howard, Rome Laura Brasl,cr.
East Boston; 8. G. uartin, Manchester {;
Jas. Harbinger. New York p. H. Field,
Geneva; Henry Cross, Providence; two
children Of Mrs. Gairar,l, Providence; two
children If Arthur Wcirun. a broker of
Brooklyn. The latter were in charge of &.
c. Adams, who made every effort to fave
them hut they died In his arms in tho
water from exposure. J. 8. Eaton, Boston:
and G. II. Bliss, Providence; Jas. 3. Brad.
ley, SON Of Chief justice: Bradley Of Rhode
Island. when about IL sink from ex lnus.
ton, was savc'l Ivy second engineer D,ane.
of the Mct's. VIII" pulled him upon a sky.
light on which lie Was tio.'ing
Sheridan and his wife jumped in the water
Ms the ship was sinking. Both had life pre-
servers on. but Mrs. Sheridan WAS srpura,e,l
from her husband by the waves and dis.
appeared in the darkness, although he
could hear her voice for some time. Her
body was washed ashore.
A passenger states that he asked the
Pnrscr II any damage was done by the col
lission, to which he replied, "Of course not.
Il Is no use for these small craft 10 run into
Us, for they cant hurt us. anyway" went
back to my state room aud laid down
had scarcely closed my eyes when l felt the
ship settling under me, and l aroused my
wife at once; this Was about % minutes
after l first heard the crash l opened the
state room door and found the saloon full
OF people, many Of them not dressed. and
all in state Of feverish anxiety, breaking
up furniture; trying, in wild way, to
keep our wits about Us, VT launched and
loaded the life boats, threw over bnles Of
cotton, To which We had previously las,,cd
women and children, and tried in short
time to BULL RATS; our time was limited,
however, for We felt the vessel sink slowly
and surely beneath US, and xll hands made
\ rush for the hurricane deck the boat
seemed To sink beneath this deck, for when
It had reached the level of the water i,
hoated away, forming raft of itself, us
we drifted toward land the water seemed to
he full Of human bodies; they driftcd about,
some one way and some another, most If
them going towards land our raft pro
ceeded steadily until we got close to shore,
when big breaker threw US all into the
water; was among the few WHO were
saved by Captain Richie, 0: the revenue
cutter MOccasin, which saved Al persons.
and took them, together with II bodies
picked up near the wreck, to Stonington
late last night; the scene was awful and
heartrending to those engaged who were
saved from periehing, and can only be
by experience Husbands were
looking for their wives, fathers for their
the mother for her child, the son
for his father, and the sister for her brother:
It bergars all description.
Among the saddcst cases is that of 4 young
couple who. with two children-one q boy
Of four and the other baby Of six weeks
were aroused by the steward, buckled ON
life. preservers, and the husband taking the
oldest child while the mother clasped the
babe, plunged INTO the zen. The waves ran
high, and soon husband and wife were swept
apart; the former lost his strength. relax.
I'd his hold from the child, and bath drown.
ed; the mother held her babe above the hun
cry waters until her strength was Exhausted,
and then wave larger than the res, dash.
I'd it from her arms. and she saw I, sink
slowly TO the depths below jus. q she
was completely exhausted. aud the life pre-.
'erver had slipped from her arms, the
came up, and she was recalled to
life which, for the present ut least, 70 hitter
indeed. Il have my husband here" she
'aid. while sitting besides the dead b<,dy in
The Narsgansett House. ''but they never
ian find my babies In 20 large sea-"
Some davs-perhaps weeks must elapse
before cosyect list OF the deal can lie n,ale
'at, Ill the ships papers having been l'st
The Csptsin aud the officers behaved nobly
with one exception, that IF Able Grey, the
Pilot, who, it appears, strapped himself 10 -
sork matras and deserted the ship the mo.
saent be found she wss in danger.
The following statement is made by the
'f''cers Of the Steamship Company The
full list If passengers, officials and crew Of
he steamer Netis shows 1913 on hoard, l4l
Il whom are alive, and the ether 20 have
been found. Many have been rcpor,cd ,o-
lay from various sources who were suDl,os-.
d ~ nave persisted.
New York, September "A SiOningt0n
dispatch says 1O7 were saved from the wreck