The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-27

[SY rKIxoRARH TO THE HERALD
NoRsoLx, Va, Nov. 20, 1871.
sow ru Hxws Was RIO vRo At NORFOLK.
mis- whole section Of country probably mover
- painfully and profoundly shocked with tho moving
hssrsrs Of marine disaster the terrible loss Of the
pn,ssd stAtss steamer Huron ~ Nsg's Head On
saturday evening tho avenue was crowded with PEG.
pie snxeusy and necessarily inquring abou. the un-
fortunate victims and devouring With Avidy tho least
Intelligence or tho startling occurrence 90 fearful in
~ character and results The Huron put 10 sea on
Friday With . ships company Of about one hundred
happy, and the entire crew. from captain TO cabin boy
delighted With the prospect Of . speedy run 10
Havana and pleasant cruise among the West India
Isanda Aiasi Tor tho uncertainty OF human cxpsc.
sationa Scarcely zen hours had elapsed before nearly
Ill Of that gay and joyous company had passed from
fe TO eternity, and tho driving blasts Of tho great
cs.p had ashed thes eternal requiem.
At THE SCENE or rHK WRECK
\ correspondent OF tho HERALD At once visited the
sceke Of the appalling disaster. and reaching the
twenty feet Of water and $50 yards from tho Shore
Everything had disappeared except her bowspris,
which pointed upward very sharp anglo, as n tho
stern had borrowed itself deep IN the sand II will
be several days before tho subsidies sufficiently TO
allow wrsckers get TO work on her When the writer
nrst saw tho remains Of tho itacd ship collection Of
masts, heavy spars held BY rigging wildly toss
ing the ship and assisting materially TO break
her up. The sea was rolling heavily and tho hurting
waves seemed at least fifteen ieot high. All property
washed ashore secured At the life stations, and
me bodies Of unfortunate picked up viii DO
buried and their graves marked tor tho benefit OF
friends and relatives.
AN APPALLING VIEW.
About ten O'CLOCK on Sunday morning Master Con.
v.y and Ensign Young were signalling with tho
swstara for psrnissos to bring tho dead bodies
covered from the wreck 10 Norfolk, through tho
sands. Tho Swatars and Bakers wrecking tug wero
the only vessels Al that hour the scene OF the
disaster Tho Powhatan and Fortune having found It
impossible on account OF the tremendous surf to
sommun,oats with tho shore, had left for Hampton :
Roads few hours earlier. The scene at this hour
vas appalling Broken boats and shivcrsd
Spars covered the beach and the shore Tho
ships bowspr,t with four drowned dashed TO IL,
Of whom was naked, could plainly DO seen, with
she nrst surgips high above thsm then receding
and showing the sad picture again In oil It's ghas III.
mesa The names OF these poor wresches as sscer-
tanned are:-
ALMA DAVIS, THOMAS ARMSTRONG.
CHARLES CARSON. CHARLES PooLER
II was Impossible TO get . boat 10 them. II was
sad sight bsndiu, Of shivsrins mon standing tnero,
bruised and half Naked looking apxlousy Tor signs OF
lie dead bodies from among their lost shipma,es
Departing In their own hcpIessness they presented
oil tho misery that excites TO pity and grief and sad.
mesa Tho node bodies OF eight OF their dead com.
rades piled undcr rude fishing shod only added to
the dssolsteness Of the place.
On arriving at Nag's Hoad wharf, ut ten O'CLOCK
Sunday evening" nrss proceeded up tho coast about
two aud > half miles tho OF tho wreck where
ve found Knsien Young, Master Conway and several
seamen and quito crowd OF tho inhabitants Of both
sexes collected, watching what might OF was
likely TO turn n.y. Ensgn Young was signaling
the svatara to ats sead,ag che dead TO
aud spars, and about two hundred yards distant
portion OF Tho bow OF tho Huron could DO seen. with
three dead dashed 10 tho bowspriI ono OF them
naked. A collection Of masts and heavy spars held
~ NE y,xs)pG were tossing around the fragment Of