The New York herald., 1873-04-04

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comss Of vioaens deaths. me body or M Hewitt,
OF thsfrrof Best& Co.,, sfNew Yorf, vas recos-
nised among the recovered. = - d
dHoUIs YTLLAGn0 rHB coRPs.s.
Itis very saA - ssy that the beussvese pnlseed
afsf thsy wasssd ssaQrs ana we're then turned
adrift again. An emisrant with thirty sovereisns
sewed il his vss; was found. ana ali sf ihem cut
out rhe f9SSer 4 the dead was approached py
the nag'ss.sss: ss;:ssssxzrszssassss,
A large trench II being dug, in which the bodies
Of the rsor unclaimed win be put TO rest.
= 1he Steamer is lrapsdly going tssbisees; she is
broken quite N twes and the wreckers are at work
on her.
,he morning, when aIformal court sf investigation
win be held BY the Board Of Trade and Under
writers. ~ ,,...,af Tees,'s Il .,,sl es,i aflsfH
Ea1l snnNB AT PRosPBCr THURsDAY MORNING.
the weather had been gusu an "Wednesday a.
rernoon. and towards eight O'Clock night became
euite stormy, the wind blowing dead ON shore. and,
according to tho local sutherass. working woe to
the wreck. wAen day dawned this morning the
storm had iullcd, ana the waters Of Prospect har-
Dor were calm and smeeth % glass. boat was
fseedil5 sSSSSed to convey the anxious news
seekers arst 70 the min of death. and secondly. to
the spot where the broken and dismembered At
lantic lies. As the skin shot round the points and
passed among the numerous islets, and rocky
masses that stud the coast there were glimpses
~ tuu0 Mat oiuO ochn on.
ers and tugs beyond number, Row boats manned
BY hardy snermen. that sped full quick to the spot
where were already made East more than one,
whose equipment OF graphing irons, ,drags and
ropes told plainly the mission on which it's crew
was bent The curiosity OF your correspondent
was now reused 70 the highest pitch; and every
rock face, every grass slope, every earth terrace
was scanned, In the hope OF discovering the first
traces Of the dead harvest or the sea. A slow
ascent Of deep dcclvity. marked BY huge pro-
jecting granite masses; Q glance at the distant
breakers, seen from the TOP Of the rock; then, on
turning vast block OF stone, the visitor gasped
for breath, as at his very feet STILL stark and col
with CLASSY eyes opened out to widest extent and
gazing up, lay in rows what not many hours
before had been human beings. Il tfto9 .s. af +
- eft APPEARANCE OF THE DEAD.1saY sgaya {
A feeling deeper than reverential awe, . sensa-
tion. az might be experienced BY one standing on
the threshold OF death, chilled to the very marrow
the bones of the l0eker-0n, and It was with slow
step and haitsverted glance that the cleaner of
news approached this solemn assembly. Then
what sight met the eye There, On the brow Of
that rocky island partly on the stone, partly on the
grassy earth, wet with last nights rain and cut up
| by brown patches OF moss, lay the aged and the
young, the strong and the Feeble equased at last
by the blew that fell 30 suddenly on them.
| Ayi man, woman and child had been, alike
swallowed up by the greedy deep. Side by side lay
they some OF whose faces bore the imprint Of that
peace 20 much spoken Of; etners were set reso-
lutely IT, the last thought Of the living creature
had been duty; and others again revealed nothing
OF the final emotions tnatmust have crowded the
few fast passing ninutes that elapsed ere eternity
opeued.up before shem sa4ss..Y .,,l,,ft
PICTURE OF TIE C0HFsEs. +ns~ls
Me dead ;ay In all positions, too-half recunn-
'btnt,, stifened by death, and icy cold; wildly
syitated, a. the struggle had been long and bit
ter 1 easy and natural, making one almost believe
that NO OF agony had been suffered by the departed;
de1ensive as II resisting the bunetng OF the mad.
-dened waves on the horrid still night the bare
\ clins; In all stages Of ldress, from the well.
to-do emgrant with hts clothes all on, evidencine
his habits, to the weary sailor just relieved from
| his watch, who had turaed In, clad in vet gar
ments; women, whose dresses had been torn te
rags BY the action OF the breakers children as they
might have been In their beds-but one and oil
carefully and reverenttally covered wnere mutila
tions disdgured the FORM tor, alas the work Of res
cue needs, bold and unscrupulous hand, and the
floating body must be gafred as 1t washes by, and
mo matter where the sharp hook strikes, whether
on face or neck or body, 1t cuts and tears fright
Sfuly. Some corpses had been terribly lacerated
that sail cloth had been used to cover up the fea
lures and limbs which love itself could no longer
recognize. Hands. arms. feet and legs that were
bare were seen around, and all were bleached
and shrunken nsrribly.
DEATH APPEARS LIKE LIFE
Faces.were discolsred and blotched red, green
yea. all manner Of hideOus coOrs; and again
there were those lair and rosy as In hfe Gazing
upon some Of these forms one would have sworn
they slept and SO strong was the illnsion that in
stepping by them the step was light for fear o.
waking those who never will wake until the sound
Of the last trump"
u In this awful array Of one hundred and ten
bodies-au that were discovered up to twelve
oclock-Mo faces struck the beholder with
undisguised horror one, that OF a man
whose outstretched arms lent additional force te
the wild expression Of the widely dlstended eyes
These ganed so intensely that their fixed look OF
despair was Q force unequaled by any save that Of
female body, and then, indeed, was the agony OF
death met angriy fercely furiously, depicted with
startling vividness on rigid lineaments and drm.
| set features.
POSITION OF THE WRECK
Leaving this grievous sight and taking boat
once more, the visitor was landed on the narrow
neck OF Mars Island, and traversing rapidly came
full In sight Of the wreck ITSELF nearly covered by
the breaking seas that washed constantly over it.
On Golden Rule Rock itself portion OF the bows OF
the Inflated steamer still showed above the surf,
and directly in front Of the spectator the mssts
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