The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-12-15
NEW YORK.
Pug1Hstie.

settled to-day, and accordingly a large
number OF sports journeyed to Newark
n. J. last night, that place being the
starting point. Rookie was eager te
fight, but when the time came to start
Coyne refused to fight to-day stating
that he would fight Rookie at some
future time. The crowd then became
disguised and left. The stakeholder
refuses to have anything more to dc
with the match and returned the money
to the pugilists. Rookie now issues q
challenge to fight any man in the world
at from l40 10 l45 pounds, for one
or five thousand dollars and the mid.
dle-weight championship. t.
Details Of the Late Ocean Horror,
By Liverpool steamer arriving last
night, statements OF survivors Of the
Vile Du Havre disaster were received.
Mr. Waites, a passenger, says that on
Thursday the 20th, the fog cleared of
and the weather was clear. This con-
tinued until Friday night up to the
hour when the disaster occurred.
Lights were all in order when she was
struck by the Loeb Earn amidship.
The force OF the collision was go great
that the Loch Earn cut into the side
and deck OF the Vile Da Havre ten or
twelve feet deep and twenty-five or
thirty feet long. She bean 10 fill i'm
mediately and sunk in t'"ey" mlnuIes.
The scene on board Was hesrtrending
and begared description; in five minutes
after the collision the mainmast ell
with terrific crash. The mast ell
across two long boats filled with PTS
sengers, killing large number instant
" and rendering the boats perfectly
useless. The steamer had six boats
but the time was 80 short
that only two could be safely
landed, viz: the whale boat and
the captains gig. These were not
properly launched before the steamer
settled down and sunk, and three huns
dred and thirteen souls were struggling
in the water at the same moment. A
small number Of those vas picked up
and ,)Acsd IL the two hOata. Happily
for the ."N ."rs the sea was not rum
uiuS hign and eiguty-seven were res
cued, twenty-seven being passengers, six
officers and the remainder crew. Two
hundred and twenty-six went down
with the steamer. The Captain re-
mained bravely at his post and was
rescued three quarters OF an hour after
the collision.
Other passengers say that some were
floating on planks and some clinglng to
lie buoys, casks and other remnants Of
the wreck and that not single passen-
ger was saved who remained on deck /;
the panic WAS so great and the time 30
brief. The captain and second mate
showed great courage; they sunk down
with the steamer but rose again 10 the
surface and after remaining an hour
in the water were saved. The mental
anguish Of tn ose found, but whose rela-
tives were lost, was frightful to witness.
The picture of shipwreck was real
lied in all It's tcrrors. About 8 o'clock
the same morning the American ship
was sighted and bore
alongside. The rescued were all trans.
ferred to her and treated with the great
est kindness. James Bishop, OF Broad
way, New York. hoated three-quar-
tiers Of an hour on a plank and was
saved ty French boat. Henry Belk-
nap OF Boston, swan from the wreck
and was one hour in the water before
being picked up. Mr.. Cramer OF Troy,
sank with the steamer, rose. and foated
an hour before being finally saved.
Henry D. Schaffer, of Chicago, sank
with the wreck, rose, foated on a plank
one hour and was finally rescued. Miss
Anna Hunter, OF New York, sank with
the steamer but rose and fosted one
hour on some timber and was picked
up, the last survivor OF father, mother
and eister. Misses Madeline and Helen
Mi1ter, OF Boston, sank with the stean-
er but rose and the former floated one
hour on timber and the sister over an
hour on the pilots steps, and both were
finally picked up by boat from the
Loeb Earn. A number OF other ladies
and gentlemen were saved after the
tegribIe experience Of sinking with the
steamer.
News Items.
Wm. Dougan was to-day convicted
OF participating with VIM. Carroll in
robbing the brig Matona. Carroll was
sentenced 10 twenty years in the States
prison.
The bankruptcy proceedings against
Jay Cooke & Co., again adjourned to-
day, the proceedings in Philadelphia
which have not yet terminated taking
precedence.
Workmen on the bouleva d, Seventy
second street, to-day fred a blast which
removed over l,G00 tons OF rock and
earth. 1t spread stones and consterna-
ton all over the neighborhood.
A few days ago the detectives arrest.
ed two men on suspicion OF being con-
cerned iu the forgery OF large guam
tity OF U. S. bonds, which were put on
the market. As other arrests are COM
no facts in the case have yet
been made public.
A telegram from Schenectady, New
York, to the Produce Exchange, says
that under the most favorable circum-
stances, it will take three or four days
to move the fifty boats in the canal
living within ten miles west Of that city,
to tide water.
Dispatches received here from the
Cape OF Good Hope state that Kaffir
revolt is apprehended in Natal. In
subordination has broken out among
the Kooloos and some other tribes
which heretofore submitted TO British
authority.
Death or Judge Nelson.
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