New-York tribune., 1877-11-26
HOPING AND FEARING.

giviur whatever news was IN his possession
and any announcement that was proper ana
possible with the lights that guide him'
Hope is not dead within the hearts OF many VINO
from experience in sGipwrecks and from a hno"I-
edge of the many possibilities of escape that attend
such disasters are constrained to think that o'hes
in addition to the names mentioned among the saved
are ashore lower down on the desoiaie ana oaIIe"
beach. aud that some days may yet eiaps1 before
all that have escaped may be gathered up.
TIE Huran had good compile nent Of ships boats,
and II is not improbable that others may be heard
from. The Department has compi,d the following
st Of the lost and saved from the rcpOr; received oy
way of the Signal Office;
OFFICERS SAVED.
Mister CONWAY.
Assistant 7, ginecr DENIG.
cadet Eng.ne,r wAnBURToS.
OFFICERS lost.
Commander RTAN.
Lieutenant -II'N-.
Iics,euart PALMER
Lu-l-u DAS>tE
Two officers Master Wright and Master French
believed % have been on board are not yet ac-
coiuted for: also several seamen necessary 10 make
up the number reported as lost. The above list OF
name, places Paymastcr Sanders among the lost 4;
Yesterdays report mentioned ths officer as saved
NILS SAVED.
AARouvRG. EDWARD.
AFt.Y. HAREN ".
BrBGoN. MIcnALL
BROOKS. WILLIAM
CLARK, SAMUEL
CALLING. JoHN.
DEuY. DrNNs L.
DEFDTt DANIEL
DCrFY. PLTlG.
DUaKEN. MICHAEL
UAU-ENtS. W. L.
HorrNAS. FEEDEmcK.
HOLLAND. joins 4.
h ANt, l'lt-.h
LrDSEE,r. AlsLsE
N.Hrau. william
NrEpHY J0-LIu. Ships cook.
ODoS>lLL, DoHIS.QuE. ordinary seaman
PRICE lAohAs
E1B..- N.Jus.rH
TrAIS.E. EpVAED.
TEAlS1E. MICHAEL
WArrS. TeA>K. f-scclass seaman.
WILLIAMS. ANF0NlJ.
MIN LOST.
B,RRErr. WILLIAM L.
C,srgoS. ALEXANDER.
CoCCB. d Al1s.
HAye-. VAruts
M,IAEIANl. IulMAs
NlLftt, rao W.
by Tonight thc Department hopes 70 be IN receipt
Of fuller and more satisfactory details. There
thick weather and fresh gale directly on sAore.
Tac fore and aft sails were set with a reef IN the
forcsail aud ma1sal which were carried away.
The steamer struck between ! and 1870 o'clock q.
In. The boats were washed from the Gayits. A
cutter was lowered, but was swampca about ten
minutes later. Lieutenant Palmer was drowned at
about the same time the captain was. The living
saved themselves ly swimming ashore.
There was no all from shore except when near the
beach The men-5f-war steamers Powhatan and
Sva.ara, aud the brig Fortune, are anchored
abreast Of the wreck. Flag communication has
been opened with them through the steamer D. &
j. Baker. No assistance can be rendered from the
steamer as the surf is still very heavy. The sur
yiyors VIII go TO Norfolk this evening.
THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON
so DETAILS YEr RECEIvED-THE WARNINGS OF
TIE SIGNAL BUREAU UNHEEDED-UNFAvoRABL
COMMENTS ON TIE CHARACTER OF THE VESSEL.
lBY TELEGRAPH 70 TIE rElsUVEl
WASHINGTON Nov 2J.--The report o: tie loss of
the Huron has cast great gloom over the City Of
Washington. where many of tie officers who were
on board Of her were well known. the families OF
some Of them being residents Of the Capital. No
information can be obtained from the sceuc
Of the wreck except such as is received
through the Signal Onicc, and that has 10 be sent
by The way of Ncw-Orleaus as the telegraph lines
between here and Washington and Norfolk are all
down Copies Of the dispatches received at the Sig
nal Once are Immediately sent 20 the Navy De
partment, ard TO the Associated Press Office. The
last Of these is expected az about midnight, after
which the telegraph operator at the Signal Station,
near the wreck Will be relieved having been on
duty continuously since o'clock yesterday
morning.
Tie fact that the Huron left Norfolk while danger
signals were displayed by the Signal Bureau has
been severely commented upon to-day Signal Off
Gers saw that their warnings are very generally OBJ
served by the merchant marine, but that naval Off
GERS seem 20 pay little attention 10 them Ii NAV be
that there Was good reason for the Huron 20 90 10
sea on Friday aud 10 sail INTO the terrific storm that
was known 20 be raging outside of Hatteras; bnt.
JUDI ng from present information, the impression is
very strong iu Washington that somebody was 70
blame.
The Huron is one Of the eight new steam sloops
which were built during Secretary Robesons admin
Etraton, and was completed IN 1875. The Whit
thorne Committee In its report made 10 Congress
last session, mentions the Huron in table under the
following head: Relative comparison Of number Of
guns and tonnage Of the English and United States
naval vessels according to Mr.. lIanscom, with some
additional data not given by the Chief of the
Bureau Of Construction and Repair" The following
are the remarks in regard TO the Huron
Alliance; four guns, tonnage, $50; dis
placement in tons, 995. What Mr.. Hanscom
Left out Present condition of vessel in 1s76.-New
shp; boiler dangerous; fimsily built Little speed