The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-26
LOST on THE OCEAN.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOsT-THE VESSEL
GONE TO PIECES-0NLY THIRTY OF THE
MARINES SAVED.

server at Kitty HAWK reported at ll:d0 a.
NJ. to the chief signal officer as follows:
The United States inan-of-war steamer HUI
ron struck two miles north OF No. station
at 1:30 A. N. The foremost and main top
mast are gone, and the steamer is q total
wreck. Assistance needed Immediately. The
sea is breaking over her. and several bodies
have already washed ashore drowned. The
number on board is about 1876. No cargo.
Second Dispatch.l
| WASHINGTON, D. c., November 24.-The
signal-service observer at Kitty Hawk re-
ports at 3 7. NJ. that the surfmen have just
returned, and report that the Huron has
gone to pieces. Thirty men were saved;
rendered.
Third Dispatch.]
ASSISTANCE WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
WASHINGTON, November 24-Four off,
GERS and thirty men from the Huron were
saved. Captain Ryan was lost. The signal
observer at Kitty Hawk reports that assist
only half clothed and the dead are uncared
for on the beach. The others who persisted
are still in the breakers. ge
The Huron was an iron screw propeller.
four years old and 521 tons. She had been
out from Fortress Monroe twelve hours
when disaster bcfell her. Cautionary sig
nails were displayed when she left. She was
commanded by Commander George Z.
Ryan. There were fifteen marines on board.
| The scene OF the disaster was two miles
south OF Kitty Hawk.
The details OF the saved from the Huron
are meagre. The Government has adopted
energetic measures to relieve the survivors,
and hope to rescue others.
COMPLETELY UNDER TIE WATER.
MACS HEAD. n. c., November 24.-Thc
Huron is completely under the water. The
saved and drowned will be sent to Norfolk.
THE EXCITEMENT AT carbohydrates HAVE
GONE TO THE WRECK.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I
NORFOLK, va, November 24.-There is
great excitement here over the loss Of the
Huron, and many parties have gone to the
scene OF the disaster in chartered steamers.
Full particulars cannot now be given.
The Huron was third-rate vessel, screw
steamer, and carried six guns. She arrived
in Hampton Roads from New York OH Sat-
lrday last, the 9th, and sailed for Havana
on Friday the 23d.
The Latest Account.
LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND CREw-THE DEAD
AND SURVIVORS TO BE BROUGHT TO NOR
FOLK, &C.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I
NORFOLK, November 25-12:32 Il. NJ
On Tuesday the sloop-of-war Huron third
rate) dropped down, was inspected by Adj
miral Trenchard, and sailed on Friday from
Hampton Roads at 1870 p. NJ. A gale was
Of bn ip,n nd 40 l,nr ofo
very low on Saturday. Early yesterday
the rumor OF her loss gained currency, but
was dScredited. At $50 P. NJ. the rumor
was turned into dreadful certainty, and the
newspaper bulletin-boards, containing the
news and protie-map of the coast, was sur
rounded by sorrowful and sympathetic citi-
zcns. The following list Of officers is be-
lieved to be authentic: Commander G. ?.
Ryan commanding; Lieutenant S. A. Sim
mons, executive officer; Lieutenant L. G..
Palmer. navigator; Masters w. p. Con-
way, George w. Mcntz, Walter S.
French; Paymaster Cary n. Saunders;
Surgeon George S. Culbreth; Chief En-
gincer Edmund Olsen; Cadet Engineers
G. s. Willct, Edgar T. Warburton, Ed
mund LOOMS, r. Y. Denig, and Captain
Clerk Gillett. OF the above, four were
saved-Saundcrs, Young, Warburton, and
Denig. There are thirty seamen reported
saved, but their names arc not known. The
Huron struck at 1:30 a. NJ. The foremost
and mainmast are gone and the steamer
broken up. The surf is filed with the
bodies Of the dead. Her complement was
one hundred and thirty-tiye officers and
men. Total survivors, thirty-four.
Kitty Hawk, on the dcsolate coast Of Car.
. DINA, is between Cape Henry and Nag:
Head, eight miles from Signal Station No
5 7. The only line OF wire belongs to the
g signal service, and, besides being imper
, feet is monopolized by the Government
; The wind off the coast at the time the ship
: struck was blowing with velocity of for.
2 ty-two miles.
A wrecklng steamer left for the scene al
, 2o'clock. The United States steamer Pow.
t hatan left Hampton Roads at =. N. fol-
: the scene.
, Captain TruXton, acting commandant Of
, the navy-yard, sent down the steamer
, Chowan with stores, medicines, and sur.
t geon. The Chowan goes by the Inside line
uia the Chesapeake and Albemarle canal
! The steamers Cygnet and Bonita are at the
: scene Of the disaster, in the sound and in.
, side the beach. The bodies Of the dead
: and the survivors will be sent up on these
vessels to this city.
There is universal grief at this awful ca.
lamity. Why the ship sailed in such weather
: is much debated. On one hand, it is said
that Captain Ryan rashly ventured, and
, was anxious to sail. On the other hand, /!
, is affirmed that Captain Ryan and Lieuten'
; ant Simmons went on board the flagship
and demonstrated. The wives OF severa
: officers are in the cities Of Norfolk ant
Portsmouth, and their grief is unspeakable
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