Smyrna times., 1877-11-28
ATerribIe Shipwreck.

4 Smn1liap .imong the Lost-The United states slo0p
of war HurcR went upon the rocks near kltty Hawk
North Carolina carly saturday morning. between
and , o'clock The boats were washed from the
davitS and those who were saved reached the shOre
bv swimming The naval vessels I0Whutin anuoUut9Iu
were near her on sunday but were unable to render
assistance on account of the heavy sea Inc suIl-
boat of the wrecklng steamer r. C' D. t % itb ,,ine
her assistance on Sunday ana was upset Will viii li hS
men five of whom were drowned. Inc huron nau @
eleven officers and 12l men OF these only iouI
and thrtyOne men are known 10 nave peeli ~
A hundred persons more went down WIN the
vessel including the commander ana nulnoGT T,n vi
other officers and the larger portion OF the crew" ny
cauSe of the wreck was fearful gale, which carried
away the fore and attSailS the fore ana dlusa!iS'
The bstay was bent before she struck then the mann
mast was Carried away The sea clear over the
shin The disaster occurred eight miles Soulh OF hit!
Hawk and two miles south of Life Saving Station No.
4 Kitty Hawk is a small settlements sixty miles south
of Cape Henry and almost directly opposite Roanoke
Island. A vast succession of sand bars penetrated
here and there by the parallel with the coast
and along its whole length. They are from halt
mile to two miles in width Even when the sea is
comparatively calm there is fierce line OF breakerS
to the danger of which swift and treacherOuS current
adds geaty. The coast has always been considered
dangerous and difficult one to weather i'll storm, as
the sea rises in mountains and with andwaru SCI.
During the year 1876 there two disasters i'll the
The Huron was completely wrecked. and last ac-
counts state that no two pieces OF the vessel are hag
ing together The surf on saturday was luli OF DoeS
and no means of rescuing them the ifeSavlng station
not being manned The Huron was one of the eight
soOpSofwar authorized by act of Congress approved
February 16, 1873. all OF which have already been
launched She was built at Chester. Pa. Her dimen-
sons were as follows Length all 213 feet length
of deck l91 feet depth of hold 6 feet and she of
about go tons register Her battery consisted of one
1l-inch pivot gun four 9nch broadside guns and one
60-pounder rifle. She was bark-rigged. had back
acting compound screw engine of $40 horsepower,
and one of the handsomeSt cOrvettes i'll the
service.
The following officers were drowned Captain Geo.
T. Ryan. Lieut.. S A. Simmons Lieut.. Lambert G..
Palmer Masters Walter French and J. NJ. Wright,
Ensign F. W. Danner Surgeon c. 5. Culbreth, As
sistant Paymasler c. NJ sanders, Chief Engineer +.
NJ. Olsen. Cadet E. L. LoomiS, Captains Clerk J. l..
Gillett Craftsman J. J. EvandS.
The officers saved are Master W. F. Conway. Ensign
Lucien Young. Asst Engineer X. G. Denig and Cadet
Engineer WarburtOn. Mr.. Young is hurt about the
legs. The majority of the officers and men were all
very young and at the time of the accident there
fifteen officers on board and hundred and nine
teen Seamen. Lieut. Palmer TO have been de-
ached. and his orders would probably have reached
him at Port Royal the wedding of his sister was to
have taken place the coming week i'll Washington.