The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-13
MASSACHUSETTS DISASTER


sselve feet water. She is badly
strained.
The steamer, Bristol, which arrived
this laornins from Newport, d!d rot
strike the heavy gale until after pass
ing Point Judith and Gull island,
about one o'clock, when It was ex-
ceed!ogiy dark, with a heavy narth
wind and sea, which continued till focr
o'clock tails morning. The RrisEol
PASSED the steamer Massachusetts
AT l:21 last night, near Little GullHght
house, at eastern entrance Of Long
Island sound. The Massachusetts was
then headed eastward and was sbout
twenty-five miles east of Horizons
Point.
From this fact il is very evident the
Massachusetts turned around to make
lee anchorage under Long island
! shore Until the abatement of ths gale.
1t was very thick, and the wiod subse-
qaently shifted from egst-southeast to
north. At the time the Bristol passed
the Massachusetts the usual signals
we're exchanged, everything being ap.
psrently as us,lai with her.
Tue steamer Providence, OF the Fall
River Line, which left here last even
lug with about three hundred passen.
gers, iaid-to st the head of the sound
for change in the weather, and was
passed this morning by the Bristol, at
four O'Clock, of New Haven.
GREENS PoINT, Long Island, Oeto-
Der 4.-The Massachusetts, lies brpad>
side TO the shore. The sea is not
breaking over her, bur the surf ii roll
ing up her side eight feet high. The
passengers are being landed by the
surf boats aud sharpies. The steamer
has live life boats ON board, hanging
on davits, not in use. The cause OF her
goin ashore was loss of reckoning in
the storm. The opinion Is that she
will so to pieces. Much of the cargo,
consisting of bales of cotton, oil in bar
rels ald general merchandise, was
thrown overheard. The boat lies about
three hundred feet from shore. Sew
enty lady passengers were on board,
who have bebayed bravtly through-
cut. The tirst passengers were landed
BY Charles Clark aud DaIlss Madison
of East Marion. The schooners of
GreeufoEt and East Marion are doing
service with their sharpies, landing
passengers and rowing 70 aud from the
boat. The life boats ia use are hauled
through the surf by ropes. y bswser
with Z cradle rugged for landing pss-
sengers, is also connected with the top
of the biufis, but it will Rot ba neces-
sary 10 use IT. Two hundred passen-
gers In all we're on the boat. The Ia
dies are ali landed, aud were all safely
ashore by one O'clock. They will
mostly return to New York by train
Gu the Long Leland railroad.
PRoVIDESCB, October G.-The ofli-
Gers Of tbs Massachusetts remain On
or nesf the stranded steamer. The
passengers, however, agree pretty well
on the following story The Masss-
chnsetts LEFT New GeIk at iivo o'cloeil
on Thursday afternoon, with oue hur-
dred aud fitiy passengers and large
freight. The day was s;ot.ay. and lis
violence increased as the beat went
down the sound. About II O'Clock
a terrible gale was reported by the cap
tsin, who said he had lost his lighta,
and the fog was SO thick nothing could
be seen. The whistle was blowing iu-
oessanuy. About il;S0 the engines
were stepped = few miuates, then the
boat went ahead slowly for "a few min-
utes, when the engines stopped. In
hall minute more there was ter;i
ole crash. gaickly followed by Two
mere. SOME of the passengers We're
thrown from their bsrtbs by the
shocks. Terribly frighiened, the peo-
pie poured out of the staterooms. In
"A few niiautes almost every passenger
bad on q life preservsr and walt
ing fer the worst. It was so dark
that absolutely nothing eould be seen,
the wind howled SO that conversation
was almost iBaudihie, while above all
was the ineessani humping and sound
of heavy pounaing, which all knew
was eating cut the bottom Of the
boat The gliding in the state rooms
began TO fall down, and in come Of th,
state rooms the berths even fell 10 til.
floor, so much was the boat sprained
The rods which held the chandelier,
In the main saloon had snapped lik,
pipe stems, and pieces of the side o
the boat bad been broken away. Til,
, water Was risingin the fsTecastle an,
the deck hands set to work 20 lighter
, the boat. Overheard went cotton
-four, sugar, whisky, until at least hal
OF the cargo was in the sea The 9th
er half WAS kept on to balance tn,
boat. Thus the night wore awsy, az.
! lit was night which the passenger
, viii not tsoon forget.