The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
NEW YORK NEWS.

tails from the Wreck Of the Cireassian- ,
Tirenty- eight Liues Lost SIR Hundred ,
Feet from .Sore-Hundreds Of Men IN !
Sight, but Unable to 90 to the Rescue.
New YoRK, December 31-Eibers
A. Wood ward, the ex-con6dential clerk
of Boss Tweed, who was arrest
cd in Chicago some three months ago to
answer to indictments for forgery and
embezzlement, and who has since lain in
the Tombs, was yesterday discharged
from custody on his own recognizance.
Woodward handed over to Mr.. Peck
ham number of important documents,
to be used as evidence in the forthcom-
ing trial of Tweed, and moreover trans
ferred TO the city and county of New
York property amounting to $105,O0
besides furnishing security for the resti- |
tuition of $50, 900 more.
1t appears the Attorney General Or
dered the discharge of the prisoner on
his own recognizance, that he might tes-
tify for the people in civil suits, and al
so directed that he should not be rear
rested upon the civil processes pending
him. No nolle prosequi has been enter
ed in the criminal cases, but it is under
| stood that should Woodward's testimo
ny prove valuable, as expected, he nev-
| l.. yr;,l
WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP CIRCAssIAN.
The second wreck of the ship Circas-
sian is the most disastrous that has oc-
CURED on the Long Island coast since
the wreck of the John Milton fifteen
years ago. She ran ashore il blind
ing snow-storm and all on board-thirty
persons-were lost. The crew of the
Milton were frozen stiff in the rigging.
their arms standing straight out in front
of them. The mem on board the Cir
cassian had finished, on Friday night,
all necessary preliminaries for attach
ing the hawser with which she was to be
; drawn off.
During the early hours of the nigh,
the wind freshened little, and the sea
began to run very high until at about
! 6 o'clock, when il began to break cleal
f over her. The men, apprehending dan
: ger, went into the fore-rigging, where
they were ordered for greater safety. AL
l on board, thirty-two souls, all told, re
I mainsd thus exposed until early in tn
e morning, when it was deemed advisabl
;, to shift quarters. as the falling of tn
l. hamper caused by the rolling Of tn
e vessel made it difficult to hold on. Th
v crew was safely transferred to the miz
/ zen, where
1t SIGNALS OF DISTRESS WERE SHOWN
,e All this time the shore was in plai
,r sight The moon was shining bright,
it and the fires built by the crew of tn
l,fe-saving station showed plainly ii
I figures of the crowd on the beach hui
10 rying to and fro in vain endeavors
re aid the men in the rigging.
3, 1T WAS AN AWFUL SUSPENSE
II, For the poor fellows lashed to the ma
ne and yards Of the ship. They saw a
pc tempt after attempt made to establis
n communication with them fail, and eat
az failure seemed to measure their pu
ct chase upon life. Every effort to get
ed boat of shore proved futile AS oft,
vn as it was attempted the sea drove it his
wv and dry on the beach.
nj Captain Henry Hunting, of Life Sa
be ing Station No. 10, now brought me
be tar into service, and several balls with
IN rope attached were thrown out to I
II ship, and but one of the cords reach
the ship. Its hold was not very secu
nm and it presently fell off, and the slend
no thread upon which thirtytwo hum
IN. lives depended was snapped forever.
.ed The station men all the while tn,
,ed endeavors were being made could
men in the rigging quite plainly, a
:, hear
lhe THEIR CRIES FOR HELP.
'ih Many of the weather beaten her
md 49,. ,.ho h.ro hoo, root;,, i,
sels and saving lives since boyho
were moved to tears by the piteous
'en portunities of the wretched men
al shore. The violence of their efforts
e'o save mitigated the suspense they wo
ana otherwise have felt during the ca
ou' hours bat when the last charge was s
'eh' off and nothing else possible to hun
'e effort or bravery remained to be dt
oi' they became unnamed, and many
we're them wept. The nervous exciten
I'm and sudden inactivity utterly incap
we're tated them for any duty. They &C
nee. not leave the spot, aud it only renal
para for them to remain inactive and
AIN their fellows
Y of PERISH BEFORE THEIR EYES.
ned. To leave the beach would only ado
nj the terrors of the death that stared
,'es' victims in the face, and TO remain
active would probably give cause
unjust reproach from the poor helI
\. walters ON the wreck.
Superintendent Hunting and his
met remained and tried to answer calls
J, the wreck, but nothing that was sale
'heS. shore was heard on the ship on acc,
as VI of the direction of the wind. In te
All and suspense morning were on,
pres wind having veered around in the nj
S'S time TO the west southwest. Du
io''. the early part Of the night, before
81 o' men went into the rigging, the CT
e'nh were Stacked, bnt the ship moved OF
10 If short distance and continued thrt
es'l- the night to strike the bottom. L
ironi time she struck the men thought
,and, woulJ lose bar m,s,s I, which thew
49, ,,shaa ,hons,,r.s yh;,e
COL CONSCIOUS OF THE GREAT DANG
0o'- And the utter impossibility Of s..
u Us themselves il the mast should go by
49," board, it heing Of iron, they were
Iroin BILE to slacken the lashing. Son
{ ST. ,ben wit, n,ore self noss,ss;on
~ re- others, had taken thi. continge ncy
'oooi- | their "a Icula tiOns and had NOT secI