Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-29
SHIPWRE CKED.
The Huron, War Vessel, wrecked off
the South Carolina Coast.

over one hundred Lives LOST.
Washington, Nov. 24.-The obser-
yer at Kitty Hawk, N. c., reports at
11:35 A. NJ, to the chief signal officer
as follows "The United States
man-of-war steamer Huron struck
two miles north of No Z station, on
the Atlantic coast. off North Carolina
at 1:20 A. NJ. Her foremost and
maintopmast are gone. The steam
err is q total wreck. Assistance is
needed Immediately. The sea is
breaking over her, and several
bodies have already been washed
ashore, drowned"
= At 3 P. NJ the signal officer tele-
graphed: "The surfmen have just
returned and report that the Huron
has gone to pieces. Thirty were
saved. All the others persisted. No
assistance was rendered. There
were one hundred and thirty-five
persons on board the Huron"
The Huron was an iron-screw
propeller, carrying four guns, of fl e
hundred and forty-one tons, and OF
the same class exactly as the new
vessels Albert and Ranger, now On
the Asiatic station. She had been
out from Fortress Monroe only
about twelve hours when the acci>
dent occurred.
The Huron sailed yesterday from
Fortress Monroe for Havana.
The following telegram was re.
ceived here at s this evening, and q
copy at once sent to the Secretary oil
the Navy.
Kitty Hawk, p MI have just returned
from the wreck, distance of eight miles
down. There is no man at the wreck at pres
ent. / walked there and back with medicine
and such other articles as / could carry No
horse was available this morning. am COM
pletely worn out. l have just sent man down
te the wreck to ascertain whether Lieut..
Palmer is saved or lost. This morning the
chief officer refused to give me the names OF
those lost or saved. He feared to break tie
news too suddenly to relatives.
MAYOR.
Secretary Thompson has taken
measures for the promptest assis-
lance to be given to the saved. He
has sent steamer to the scene OF
the wreck by way of the canal from
Norfolk, in addition TO the ether
vessels dispatched, lin hopes that
some may be picked up. The Sec
rotary has also telrgraphed to the
signal observatory at Kitty Hawk
to use every possible exertion to re-
lieve the saved, to employ messen-
gers aud send them up to Norfork
and get the people to take care OF
them.
The department expects to get
very foil information tomorrow OF
the wreck, by the steamers that have
left Fortress Monroe and Norfolk in
obedience to the instructions issued
this afternoon.
Norfolk, Va, Nov. 24.-As soon as
the news reaches here to-day that
the United States steamer Huron
was ashore, the wrecking steamer
Resolute was dispatched, and Rear
Admiral rrenchard, commanding
the North Atlantic squadron in
Hampton roads, sent the United
States steamer Swatara and tug For
tune to the scene of the wreck.
A storm ragged all last night along
the coast. The wind blew about
seventy miles an hour. Storm signs
have been flying the past three days.
The Huron was built at Chester,
Pa, aud was first christened the AL.
lance, but was afterward named the
Huron. She was third-rate screw,
SAL tons, and when she went ashore
had q crew of liz men and Is off,
GERS. She carried four guns and was
schooner.rigged. The theory of those
we'll acquainted with the coast is that
the Huron got caught 10 the height
of the gale, and while trying to hold
on head to wind, her machinery. CAV
way her sails were useless aud she
dritted ashore. 1t appears there was
no assistance rendered from shore,
the hfe.saving stations net having
been manned.
The United States steamer Pow