The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-26
THE WRECK OF THE HURON.
ruE rfTAL CURRENT THAT DROvE THE
y cRiFT TO HER DESTRUCTION


amer she struol-Th survivor. saving
| Themselves by swimming Through tho
urcakers Live Men Vet on the Wreck.
WAsifINuroS, j. G., Nov. 2j. 1 F. M.--Tho
Secretary Of the Navy and the Chief clerk Of tho
nepartmont have both been on duty to-day
awaiting kilograms from near the scene Of tho
uuron's wrcck Excepting brief telegram rc-
coiyod over the wiro belonging 10 the Signal
Onlcc tho Department ia unadvsed Of any
thing further than it had knowledge Of last
night. Homo ls not dcad within tho hearts Of
many who from experience In shipwrccks and
nom d knowledge Of the many possibilities Of
escapc that attend such disasters. are con-
strained to think tlat others in addition TO the
names mentioned among the saved arc ashore
lower down on the dcsolato and barren beach.
and that somc days may yet clnp-o before all
thlt have escaped may be- gathered up. Tho
Huron had good complement Of ships boats.
and Il ia not improbable thut othnrs may bo
honr1 from. Tho Department has complied
the following list OF the lost and saved from the
report received by way of the SiAnal Onico:
Oniccrs saycd-AlUatrr Conway Ensign
Young. Cadet Engineer Warbur,on. and Assist
at Engineer DOING.
Crew saved so far ns the names can BE- made
out-pairick Kane. ordinary seaman: Michael
TranOr. Captain Of nftcr guard: Joseph Muir
ply ships cook; William McIIuGh ordinary
Watts ilrst class ilreman: Petcr Duly second.
claas fireman: Frederick Hoffman, ordinary
sSnsa sasn w n9gsemfn moc cgrb@eE E9D anJ
man: J. W. Twomcy. coxswaln Dominique
0Donnell' ordinary ordinary seaman ,syeeman Aug lipdgrest.
and Robinson; The last Ave are probably ma-
rines. although there are two Roberisons on the
Oflcors lost-Commander Ryan. Lieut. Sim
ons. Lieut. Palmer. Ensign Danner. Paymastor
Sanders.
Two officers. Master Wight and Master
D.. l..lia -.
not yet accounted for also several seamen noe
essary TO mako up the number reported as lost
An observer at the scene OF the wreck reports
The drowned whose bodies have been recovered
- follows:
White men-Thomas Mcfarland. Alexander
Cameron. Barrett Batche. William Green. James
Couch. Colored-Georccw w. Miller and Matthias
saved-onicers- Conway. Master; Dcnig. as
ssnt ePPsneGp5 You1g ensisR hWsr6uriF2n
eriek Hoflmap pan DeEySoy: Dombiniaue 0DoIn-
Joseph Murphy, Frank Wallace. Dennis f.
9essy. Mik9 Traipor, Edward Trainor, Antonio
T BqScks Harry kerg eraS
hichael purkin, Frank May. Robert Sampson.
Patrick Kane VIM. H2usman, August Lind
grest Joseph Hines. and Aaronburg
The signal service observer at the scene Of the
vrock reports at 5:25 p. VI. as follows: The
surfboat OF the wrccking steamer u. S J. Ba-
ker, in attempting to land was swamped with
nino men on board. James ). Ykson. stephen
Boil. Dennis McCay. Willis Walker. and Capt. ].
J. Guthrie. Paymastcr Of the life saving service.
were lost. Their bodies have not been recover
cd. J. NJ. Wight. W. s. French. +. U. Lomis.
and J. J. Burke were all lost from the Huron.
Their bodies have not yet been recovered. Ed
mund Olson OF the Huron is among the lost.
His body has not yet been recovered"
n..A It. a l,.s II =
tho disaster was the news Of the death of Cary
n. Sanders. paymastor OF the ship. He was
first reported IA saved. and this glad intelli-
gcnce was tclegraphcd to his family in Phila-
delpha last evening. relieving their anxious
fears. This morning it was necessary to send
another despatch and To- say instead that he had
been mistaken for Master W i. Conway.
private despatch received from one II the
survivors furnishes skeleton es'ription of
the disaster. The Immediate cau-, the onirer
says, was foggy weather, and n fresh gale blow
ing directly on shore The thick weather pre-
yented any estimate Of the locality Of the vessel
Get, The forcsail and mainsail were rcefed.
Just before the Huron struck the jib staysail
% and III 80 There was VAIN instantly r%f piwSnn SsSnn
q great coniusion as a heavy sen broske oyer
The fatoi vessel. Before any concert ~ action
could bo taken the boats were all washed from
Ae dayits. The first cutter wa, lowered. hut i
swampei ton minutes after in the boiling surf.
Capt Ryan and Lieut. Palmer were carried away
from the Huron and drowned at the same time
None Of the saved escaped in boats nor did they
receive any assistance from the shore. The
thirty y-iour who escaped did SO by swimming.
The feat OF wimm ln@ two miles through brenk-
rcquired tremendous endurance. Many set out
but iew arrived. The inward land current aided
thom and toward the end the suri men came
out after them and helped them in Tho de-
spatch says that the Powhatan. the Swatara and
the tug Fortune are anchored abreast Of the
70 oiier any ass lstnnce. There are men yet on
the wreck of the Huron. with, whom iag com
nunicaton has been made. II the wreck holds
more lives will 6e saved
There is much comment among naval officers
a. 10 the probable cause Of the disaster, and
some Of those whose rank Is high enough in
the service To- permit II, do not hesitate 20 con
ordering the vcssel to sen when the Signal Ser
sice had h9isted the storm danger signal. and
Ing along tho coast. Thcgcneral opinion, based
on tho experience Of nunlbtr Of officers who
Sas sse sss sasd SSnF SS as is h" hna 9s aS
current which sets insllor IRON Fulc Cape
GOWN along the coast as far as Old Roanoke in
sa .s, Yhifh Is now closed by the current driving
Pear ksar Admiral Amy. now on tho. retired list.
rglhteS that while Commanding the old side
PARAGUAY In 1855, he met this current after a
gae2 while going down the coast. and yas set
Ms steam powor To get out toward the Gull
stream and save his vessel. II the gale had
~ sW i r,htihuI, hlt"t meeting the current. he
"9ell AaNc boon unable to escape.
&, An ollcer on duty hero, who was serving on
nlhri mo sloop ot war Swatara in 1863 says
uat alter leaving New York. and getting an
9ing he shaped his course due south as was
sne usual sailing prHticc by all the Aspinwal
~ az havana mail line steamers He soon found,
aiur opening the capes Of the Chesapeake that
a. S wa' setting to leeward 50 strongly tina, he
would soon be Off his course and ashore. and
sram was required before he was able 10 get a
wiier ofilng in the Gulf Stream. He thinks
atI alaI u ny vessel had not been square rigged
snl used steam rs auxuiary, the vessel would
naye boon boachcd. Not many months after
one ol the mail steamers was caught by this
se.urrspt, and ls the gale which produced il was
I'm ,p.pwlny. WIS unable TO get out. and met
Iln A,' Of the Huron. The general opinion is
uAt wien tho facts are known and understood
a. a. ulAlnq whatever can be attached to the pro-
'vS'nhal conduit OF Commander Ryan.
NeNs Is received this evening that n boats |
snvw pt the wrocking steamer Baker was |
,"'npei ~ attempting to make landing at |
~ e',,ng q The Huron disaster, and five men
J'E, a. j. Guthrl", }. o, Yakson. stephen Bell,
MoNpy. and Willis Walter. were lost The |
IIrs, I named was supenintendcnt Of Life Saving
Cape ilntteraa He was in the navy Mt the onen