The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-12-05
the telegram. Had the Captain been
saved Ensign Young would undoubt-
edly have communicated that fact

saved Ensign Young would undoubt
edlv have communicated that fact.
FROM A VISITOR TO THE WRECK
The following telegram was re
ceived here at eight O'Clock thi
evening and copy immediately sen
to the Secretary Of the Navy:
KITTY HAWK, 81 M-Have jus
returned from the wreck, distanc,
eight miles down. No man at th
wreck at present | walked ther'
and back with medicine and sucl
articles as could carry No horst
was available this morning | al
completely worn out. Have just sen
q man down to the wreck to ascertain
whether Lieutenant Palmer is saved
or lost This morning the chief Of
6cer refused to give me the names %
those lost or saved, fearing to breaI
the news too suddenly to relatives
Sheriff Brinkley will furnish the
steamer Bonitio, in order to carry
the saved and those drowned I.
| Norfolk tomorrow. The Huron is
completely under water, and a tota
wreck (Signed) NAYLoR.
Secretary Thompson has taker
measures for prompt assistance to bt
given to those who have been saved.
He has sent steamer to the scene
of the wreck by way Of the cana
from Norfolk, and the P,whatan and
Swatars, both United States men-of
war, have also left for the same point
on the errand of relief in the hope
that some may be picked up. The
Secretary has also telegraphed to thS
Signal Observer at Kitty Hawk to
use every possible exertion to relieve
the saved; to employ messengers and
send them up to Norfolk and get
people to take every care of them
The Department expects to get full
information tomorrow of the wreck
by the steamers that have left For
tress Monroe and Norfolk iu obedi-
ence to instructions issued this after
noon. Up to very late hour to-
night inquiries continue to be made
at all quarters where it is possible
any information could concentrate as
to the fate of the unfortunate ships
company. 1t is not considered in
any way reasonable to suppose that
there may be some who are saved in
addition to these known TO have
reached shore at the time Ensign
Young and his boats crew landed on
the beach. Rigid lookouts will be
kept, and the hope is not dead in the
hearts of many Of the friends of the
shipwrecked that the prompt dis
patch of stout ships may result in the
discovery alive of some who are
thought 10 be lost
In the last report of the Secretary
of the Navy, under the head Of new
vessels added to the navy since
1852" are mentioned ten ships, and
in the list of vessels, with the de-
scriptive paragraphs alludiug thereto.
occurs the following: Huron, third
rset, built of iron, with full steam
power. in commission and in good re-
port"
KITTY HAWK, III P Mn regard
10 those telegraphed as among the
saved / have been misinfurmed
Carey n. Landers was lost. Part of
his papers and chest are saved. The
life-saving station nearest to the
point where the Huron went ashore.
and at point south of Kitty Hawk,
is not yet ordered into active work,
it is intimsted, because of the sDarci-
ty of the appropriations for that
branch of the service. IL will COM
mence operations on the 1st of De
cember.
The Signal Service observatory at
Nsg's Head reports that Sheriff
Brinkley will furnish the steamer
Bonito to carry the saved and those
drowned to Norfolk tomorrow. The
Huron is completely under water and
total loss.
NORFOLK, VA, Nov. 24.-The the
ory of those acquitted with the coast
is that the Huron got caught in the
height of a gale; and while trying to
hold on head to the wind her ma
chinery gave way, her sails were
useless and she drifted ashore. 1t
appears that there was no assistance
rendered from the shore, the life-say-
ing station not having been manned
The steamer Chowan was chartered
and left this evening with stores and
men for the relief of the survivors of
the Huron disaster.
THE swAMPING OF THE SURF BOAT
KITTY HAWK, Nov 25-6p. NJ
The sea is runnig high, and no as
sistance can be had from the Swata-
ra and the steamer B & ]. Baker, an
chored opposite the scene of the Hu-
ron disaster The Baker attempted
to land a surf boat this afternoon,
which was swamped with nine men
aboard, and the following men were
drowned: Captain j. J. Guthrie,
chief of the life-saving stations from
Hatteras to Kitty Hawk; James
Skyson. Stephen Bell, Dennis Nc
Coy, William Walker. The steamers
Bonita and Cbowan are here, and
will leave for Norfolk directly with
the saved and dead. Ten men aud
four officers are here. The Huron
has broken up to day. and only a
fragment lies submerged within two
hundred yards of the shore. Eight
bodies only washed ashore. -Four
bodies can be seen lashed 70 the bow
spirit, named Almon Davis, Charles
Thomas Armstrong, and
Chas. Porter.
No bodies of the officers can be
found. Psymaster Sanders was not
saved. only Ensign Young. Master
W. Fl. Conway. Assistant Engineer
Il. G Denning, and Cadet Engineer
r. L. Worberton. Mr.. Young is
hurt about the legs. and several sea-
men are slightly injured. Tbev are
nearly all naked. The saved are
distributed about the life-saving sta
tions along the beach. The wires
work badly. and details cannot be
sent save BY boat.
The Captain Of . schooner says be