, 1877-11-25
Only Tl,irty-four Of Whom
Are known to BE
Saved.
c,,dde1o Floods Alarm the
People of Eastern
Virginia.
co,,+h Carolina Railroad Officials
Learn How It Is Them
selves.
a snec;al Train Goes Through Bridge
Several Persons Injured.
a TOTAL WRECK.

A TOTAL WKECk-
1oss OF THE GUSDoAT uCRoS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 24.-The observer
~ ,,urr,trcl reports at IL 335 m. to the Chief
e;cn,1 Officer Is follows: The United States
ro,-ot-war steamer Huron struck two miles
r,rtb of No, Station, on the Atlantic coast,
otr North Carolina, ut l:20 4. m. Her 1orcnast
ard ;naintrp1:ast arc gonc inc steamers
to,.1 wreck. Assistance is needed immediately.
The sea is breaking over llcr. ond several bou'cs
hare already been washed ashore, drowned.
The number OF loa7l is l55
THE Huron sailed yesterday from Fortress
Monroe for liavana-
Tht, Navy Department has no adT1ccs o1 the
disaster beyond what they received from the
s;roel Office, and they co not diucr from the
rrr,,,,r p1css tlispatc!l.' Tie Department
authorities are taking means to get prompt 1n-
formation. but the facilities arc not gooo.
TIE OFFICERS
Following is q correct list Of the officers OF the
E2ron:
to1l,na,,dcr-G. 2. Ryan.
L.ts3taats-S. /. Simonds, L. 6. Palmer
jfc.t.-s-Wili:aua G. Conway, Walter 4.
Fr:;.r:l - Wright
-Ens;g,ss-YounG and Danner+
surcs,:-G. s. CuthteEt.
Fc.n:a*!c.-Carcy \. Sanders
Ch4t-i -in.g;nc:r-Edv2r1 N. Olsen.
:x1stu.t EEGi,4eeYs-E. G. Een;@, E. +. War
WARRANT AcD PETTY OFFICERS.
.C1;et 0u1rter.,t1:::cr--G. n Nilla--
ucr;er,as:s;.s--Charl,s Chapman. George
Hxn,ij;o ION. a1G Thomas NvFa: lane
l,,:1u.ss'er:s 1cSman-AieSander McChilds-
.I1stcr- a. 4rms-W. L. HoI=cman.
c,;,. Cor:s,e1os's -1ctc-nEga Aarrlty.
fi.; G,u"s-'s .lafe-5a:nc5 Coo:ers-
<h..s Cvr:)ora;-Ale1auacr Dawes.
Yco;aoa-A2bcrt Sailor.
Observation-Disclosures Malcolm and Henry Nc
Court.
Iuci,cers' Ieom1n-Dayid Stcinge.
Sti;j-* I,'ri.cr-GHstav c. Riro'a.
far,satcrs-Charles Poole and Robert Ing
Ea::.
Carpca'er's Na:c-John Collins.
.ar,ny7er-Gcorcc Price.
6rnrtcr Gunuers-,y. L. c. Stark and Edward
L7:,:E.
3:r:;-rn1aSyrs-t1rcen jackson and Herman
F-rs<.
Concentration N. Merrill.
Ca; t1ins Of the eAf;eryxard-Aas Lingert' John
J. Tooa,c:, and Charles Schneider.
Co-s,ca!ns-Jonn Bugbc, Thomas Longhra1n.
Ca3taia Of the Hoa-J- ". sulliva's
Eaar-Dennis Dcasey.
Coo3r-M. F. Emerson.
Commanders Coo1-Matilia Hayes
Iar9-roo,n Cooai-John E. Holland.
Calm CocL-Joscph Murhhy.
.sh,u's Cvo1-Jau,cs +. Pierce.
rd,rant Officers .Cuoks-C. W...Kcithlcy and
Michael T:2:nor.
tain Sicuurd-Frank NcCol1um.
Strra7e S,enard-t,curgc Roberts.
jack Vi tie D,:xt-rJo.sn T. Robertson.
Cod:Iedrer-Gcor::ce Jones.
THE CREW.
Following is the oilcia: list from the Navy Dc
r1rtrle:.t OF the crew nf the Huron, rs per las-
lnustcr-ro!?, Oc:. !, 1877:
|s<cmcn-Tho,nas Armstrong, Albert Allen
Frank En7n:, William Donovan, Thomas Jenkins.
Charles u. Lane, t. F. Eathgc, George n: Shep-
!::d: Jsmcs Smith, E. H. Trainer ~Anson'e
ordinary stamen-pan,el Burgan, John lays,
William l!oG:e. Fred Hoffman, John 5ohanscn,
Pat:1cE Kane, William slc:.ush, Dan o'Donueii-
LeAe'smen-.A. v. CARR, Thomas Ca7lcy, Charles
C25son ~ Clark I'll Cooper MlcaSeI nncin Dnms
Frank May, HAIRY Sc!son. Acmcn oyerbsns,'
Thomas Price George Pine, bernard Rorcrs,
'"fo H. Toisa saeFb Tbas o' Whtnam, s Jcreaia
Firt:"rA-lIenry ". Avery, ": l.. Jarrett
Thomas n Brown Samuel Clark. David Clayton,
leroy, Edward Donneiy. Peter Duty, conrad :. T.
Hahn, Henry Waters. Frank Watts. Robert "
snsw El,an ,;a;s stan'er hase an!fe" Benson
Ecs:suu--W, r.. Erooks.
FGiAttr-GcOzrc Brown.
. Nceh;";<:xwW1iiiam claa%ick. ] Matthew Green.
:cd Joseph Martin.
RsL1IF poars DISPATCHED.
NoEro1.A, Va. Nov. 2i.-As soon rs the news
reached here today that the United States steam
Ct tltrIr the Nrt.}sfnEr steamer 1AE5{-
lctc w:s dispatched, and Rear A1mira! Trench
srd, commanding the North Atlantic sguaaroh
III hampton koals. seut the Unitet! STATES
steamer Swatara and tug Fortune to the scene
u1 tho wreck.
raeed all last night alon. the coast The "1nd
blew about seventy miles an hour. Storm s!ss
nais have been flying the past three dass'
THE WRECKED VESSEL
The Huron was built ut Chester, Pa. anu was
lrst clristeucd the Alliance, but was Afterwards
named the Huron. She was ti!lli-rate selc",
o:l Tons, and when size went ashore hau . c1cM
,: ll9 men aud fifteen o[i>crs.. She carried
Iour CUES and was s:hooncr-r!g1cd.
low 1T HAPPENED.
1hc theory OF those we'll acquainted Will l,le
coast is that the Huron got caught ID the hcl9nt
q the gale and While trTinG to hold on neaa 70
Tilt wind her machinery gave way, her sails were
Useless and size driitcd ashore. 1t appears
there vas 10 assistance rendered from the shore,
The ile-sayinc stat:uns not having bce.i mannca.
lhc United States steamer foNilat HI Hs' 1eA'
Fortress Monroe for the scene o1 the "rech.
SAVED. ...
The Signal Service observer a. Currtuck re-
ports to tie chief signal officer at $50 2. H. as
follows: Among those saved arc T; L. Nar-
burton. Of Pennsylvania, Cadet Englneer'
Lu:aen Young. Kentucky. Ensign; (. Z. Denie,
Qaio. Assistant Engineer; George 4. Kyan ano
John Murphy, ships cooks. Cary y. sanders,
FennsTlvan;a, PASSED. Assistant Paymasier' )
and Patrick Nance, ordinary seaman.
IL
Tie 1ncn were only Ealf clothed: Inc dcao
are ungared for. Seven are now lying On INC
beach. Others who perished are still in Inc
breakers. Only four officers and thirty men were