The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-11-30

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sana. with 4 ios II stnr~s for = United atAa~s
Surveying expedition on ihc cc@a a Cuba,
The vessel Was caught In the height 10 thc
gale un Care nAtserss, and. while trying In
bold her head - the wind. her machinery gave
WAY. and. her sails being u~ic@a aEainsl such
wind, rhe slowly drifted ashore. The sca
vas running tremendously high. and. being m
iron vcs~el, the Huron soon became total
wreck. Her foremasl and main lormAst wore
the hr~t 10 20 by the hoard. and. IN an incrrdi.
lily short time, she was literally dashed 10
pieces. Attempts wcrc made 10 lower tho
boats. but without avail. Tho sca made 4
clean breach over the huh. sweeping her IN
fortunate crew into the brcakcra. Ia the
darkness and tho storm escapc was rendered
almost impossible, and only thirty persons, ont
of 4 total iag souls on hoard, managed 20
reach the beach In safety, most of them In a
shoekingly bruised condition. The remainder,
10 far as il known At the prescnt writing, wore
drowned In thu surf Or killed BY tho tioating
timhers. Tho ill-fated vessel wAs In
charge OF Commander Y. r. Ryan, OF
the United States navy, who Ia
among the lost. private dispatch received
from one of the survivors of the wrecked
uaitcd States war steamer Huron furnishes
a skeleton description Of tho disaster. Tho
canse. tho otiiocr says waa The iog-
ny weather and fresh gallo blowing lircct:y
upon the shore. Tho thick weather prevented
any cssims,c of tho LEGALITY Of the vessel The
Huron struck between and i.sO o'clock d. m.
There was instantly scene of great confusion
N heavy seA broke II once over the fatcd
eessel. Before any concert ef action could be
taken the boats were washed from the boat
dasits The hrHt cutter WAS lowered, but Il
Nwampod ten minutes after Ia thu
boiling nirf. None Of the saved
escaped In boats, nor did they receive any ~
sisiAnee from the shore. The thirty-four who
escaped did ~ by swimming. Tho feat of
swimming two miles through breakers where
lhe toughest snrf-hoAt could not live required
endurance. Thu inward land cur
ren. aided them, and toward tho and tho surf.
men eame out aftar them and helped them In
4 hoat belonging to the ltfo-sAving service con.
lainlng five men was swampsd In N attempttc
reach tho wrecked steamer, and al on board
perirhed thns swelling tho deAth.list 70 l0a.