The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-12-04

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The oh
server at Kitty Hawk reports ut 1880
.. N. to the chief signal ol6cee - fnl.
lows: The u. =. man-of.war steamer
Huroa struck two miles north Ct No. Z
station At 100 q. no. Tho foremost
maintopmast arc gone. The steamer
il q total wreck. Assistance 10 needed
Immediately. The sea is breaking
over her. and several men have al.
ready been washed ashore. drowned.
The Huron sailed yesterday from
Fortress Monroe for Havana.
TIE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The navy department has no ad'
vices of the disaster to the Huron be
yond what they received from the
signal Office, and these do not differ
from the regular press dispatch. The
department authorities arc taking
means To get prompt information. bat
facilities are not good.
THE VESSEL.
The Huron was an iron screw pro
peller. carrying four guns Of 53l tons,
and of same class exactly as the new
ve.aels, Alert and Ranger, now On the
Asiatic station. She had been OuI
from Fortress Monroe Oulx about ]?
hours when the disaster occurred.
The signal observer at Kitty Hawk,
y. C., reports to the chief signal o&'
Ger at 3 p. m, n iolIOws: SurfmaG
has just returned and reports that the
Huron has gone to pieces. Thirty
saved. All the Others leri> ned. Nc
assistance rendered.
AMONG THE SAVED.
The sigusl service observer ut Kit!
Hawk remrts tu the chief sigma
Offices at $50 p. M, ~ follows
Among those saved are: f.. T.
Warberton, Of Pa. cadet engineer
Lacien Young. n.y., ensign; K. q.
Deing. o.. assistant engineer Geo. X
Ryan aud Jno. Murphy, ships cooks
Cary +. Sanders, ofPa.. ,,a->ssi assist.
ant pas master Patrick -, ordinary
seaman.
HELP WANTED.
Assistance is wanted Immediately
The men saved are Oaly halt cl"tlc.i
The dead are uncare,i for. There are
seven now lying dead oI Tho :sach
The Others who persisted arc -,ill i,
the breakers. Only four officers ana
thirty men were saved. The captain
persisted. Lieut.. Palmeris name j.
not given. The saved and the bodies
If the drowned will he taken ~ Nor
folk Tomorrow. The Huron !. com
plctely under wafer and to'a! l"--.
THE wEEcH VISITED.
The following telegram was received
here nj 8 O'Clock ihi. evening. and ,
copy at once sent to the secretary I"
the navy:
krrY HAWK. 8 p. III.
l have just returned from the wreck
distant. eight miles down. NJ mar
at the wreck at present. ! walked
there and back with medicine and such
other articles ne could carry. Nc
horse was available this morning.
am completely worn out. Have just
sent a man down to the wreck to ~
certain whether Lieut.. Palmer j.
saved or not. This morning the chief
officer refused to give me the names oi
those lost or saved. He feared t.
break the news too suddenly II rela'
tive.. [Signed NAyLoR.
SECRETARY THOMPSON
has taken measures for prompt as.is
lance to Be given to the saved. liz
sent steamer to the wreck BY way al
the canal from Norfolk, in addition e
other vessels dispatched in hopes sumo
may be picked up. The secretary ha.
also telegspbed to the signal observer
at Kitty Hawk to use every possible
exeriiOu to relieve the saved and T.
employ messengers and send them ~
to Norfolk and get people u take every
care Of them. The department ex.
poets to get very full information To-
morrow Of the wreck by steamers that
have left Fl. Monroe and Norfolk in
obedience to the instructions Issued
this afternoon.
The los ofthe Huron was was not
generally known in this city until
somewhat late in the afternoon, and
as . consequence there were very few
inquiries made at the navy depart.
ment by friends and relatives Of those
on board for details Of the calamity or
As to who had been Lust
or saved. But tonight inquiries are
very numerous in all places where it Is
possible any information can concen-
trateas to
THE FATE or THE UNFORTUNATE.
It il not considered in any way unrea.
sonable to suppose there may be some
who are saved in addition To those
known to have reached shore at the
time Ensign Young and bic boats crew
landed. Yet rigid lookouts will be
kept and the hope Is not dead
with many that the prompt dispatch
Of stout ships may result in the discov-
cry alive Of some now thought to
lie lost. From the list Of names a.
ready received Of those saved and
which contains the name Of only one
line officer. Ensign Lucien Young.
naval officers are inclined to the opin.
on that only one boat from the Huron.
which, under naval rules. ~dhld be
under the command OF . line officer,
succeeded in reaching the shore.
Others not in this boat were thrown
upon the beach. hat in such exhausted
condition "A 10 be unable 10 ave them.