The New York herald., 1877-11-30
THE HURON.

LIEUTENANT GREENS PARTY RECOVER AND
IDENTIFY NINETEEN ADDITIONAL BODIES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR BURIAL AND
TRANsFEE-AsorHER STORM THREATENED.
LBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
NORFOLK, Va, Now 20, 1877.
The HERALD correspondent, at Nag's Hcal lelcgraphs
that Lieutenant Commander James q. Green. United
States Navy, reports that the bodies OF Lieutenant
Simmons and Ensign banners h,ve been found six
miles north Of tIls station Bodies have been picked up
from there fifteen miles north. Nineteen bodies have
been recovered since yesterday He will take the bodies
OF all tho officers to Sag's Head. He has requested
weeks rasions for nineteen men from the COM
mandant Of the Navy Yard a, Norfolk.
CONTINUING rng SEARCH
Commander Green, after burying the bodies taken
from tho wreck yesterday. placed guard oil marines
at the station in charge oil Lieutenant Harrington and
proceeded with the tug Virginia up CurritucA Sound
10 point nve miles north oi this station, accom-.
panied by Ensgu Clarke aud ave OF the SURVIVORS, as
IN Identification party THIS morning he crossed to
the beach with teams and number OF persons at
tachcd to tho Life Saving Service, and tho work OF
cxhumins ana Identifying the bodies already rccov-
cred was begun and tho prosecution OF the Tor
others continued.
NINETEEN BopiEs IDENTIFIED.
When your correspondent lett the PARTY this morn
ing the Identification OF all the remains was CON-
pleted, including those or Lieutenant simmons and
Master banner, found lato last evening nve miles
north OF here The latter was much disngurcd, but
his namo was found on his clothing. Commander
Green will these bodies Norfolk with the least
possible delay. He Will havc all the other bodies
buried al Nass Head last possible in order that
friends Of the lost may have better opportunity OF
recovering them If desired.
The fact that but ii'tlo the wreck has been dis.
covered on the beach clearly indicates tha, the ship
has not broken up much as generally supposed
The storm signal Is up ana the Eieamer Baker has
disappeared. The patromcn along the beach have
covered a bureau containing important books and
papers The sea is running very hgn aud the Huron
Is being badly battered again. rif ets 4
THE REMAINS OF ENGINEER LOOMS FOUND.
postal card received here by Captain Truxton,
commandant of the Navy Yare, signed by Henry Met.
cali, Lieutenant Ordnance United States Army aud
dated Currltuck Club House, November 20 says tho
bodies Of Cadet Engineer LOOMS aud un unknown
sailor were washed ashore at that place. Tnoy wero
buried In tho sand.
sToRx "TwgNTY MILES YRox sEA.n
Il has been raining horo since yesterday afternoon,
and storm signals again hoistcd last night at
about twelve O'Clock.
TOTAL NrMBER BODIES RECOVERED
Up to midnight tweDty-six bodies had been
covered-twsnty-two sailors and officer from the
Huron, and two surfmcn and Captain Guthrie from
the surf boat ofthc wrocker D. and J. Baker,
COMMUNICATION WITH THE HURON BY LINE
SPEAKER RANDALL DENIES THE STATEMENT
THAT THE INEFFIcIkNcY OF THE LIFE-sAvINo
SERVICE AT KITTY HAWK WAS THE FAULT OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARsIMoNY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90, 1877.
Lieutenant Commander Green, stationed ut tho
wreck OF the Huron, teiegraphs TO tho Secretary Of
tho Navy
Communication has boen established TO tho wreck
by Y linc, and as soon as the goes down moro
divers Will commence work.
Statements having been made that tho reason for
thcro not having been proper service at tho esaving
station, near where the disaster TO the Huron &C.
Cured, was "insunlcient appropriations" Speaker
Randall, In note 10 the Washington agent OF tho
New York Associated Press, says:-'I beg leave TO
direct your attention to tho following cxlrac, from
speech delivered by mo IN the House Of Representa-
tives on tho l4th OF August, 1876
..For nfe-saving and ifc-5oat stations our appro-
priations In excess Of those made last year. Wo
gave this year $237 460 while the amount appropri.
ated last year was $23i,5 $50 Surely wo cannot DO
charged injuring this humane the gov
ernment when we nave Ia this democratic House
appropriated moro than appropriated by the pre-
vous republican House.
IL nnd upon examination OF the act OF last year.
which embraced expenditures Tor tho current year,
that the amount appropriated was $23s, o6O AN in
over either OF tho two previous years. You
will at that injustice has been done by tho
statements to which allusion is made and hope you
will correct the impression thus produced"
Representative Atkins, the present chairman OF
tho Committee on Appropriations. says:-..I have
examined tho law and lind the facts 10 be as stated In
the above letter."