The daily gazette., 1877-11-26
TEE WRECK OF TIE HURON.
Particulars of the Great Disaster
OVER 100 LIVES LOST.

OVER 100 LIVES LOST.
A terrible wreck occurred Saturday
ON the North Carolina coast, near the
mouth of Albermarle Sound, when
the United States steamer Huron went
ashore in the storm that prevailed.
Out Of the 1873 persons on board at the
time scarcely thirty have escaped or
been rescued dcs a. ..-a -0sI $50 eigw
arg sbro. LATEST ADvIcEs. fhnaas .lsl
NORFOLK, VA, Nov. 25.-Adyices
received here at 6 .. m. from the
wreck of the United States steamer
Huron, leaves no doubt Of the drown
ing of Captain George T. Ryan, Lieut..
8. A. Summons, Lieut.. Lambert e.
Palmer, Masters Walter French and J.
M. Wright, Ensign F. w. Danner
Surgeon Geo. S. Culbreth, ,of Delaware
Assistant Pay Master g. NJ. Sanders,
Chief Engineer e. M. Olsen, Cadet e.
M. Loomis, Captains Clerk }. L.. lGil-
lett, Craftsman j. J. Evans. ---r ra.
The officers saved are Master W. T.
Conway, Ensign Lucien Young, Asst.
Engineer r. G. Dening and Cadet Eu-
gineer WarburtoD. Mr.. Young is hurt
about the legs. The seamen and ma
rines known to be saved are Kane,
Williams, Trainer, Murphy, McCue,
Kennedy, Dubois, Watts, Durphy,
Purner, Robinson, Hoffman, Samp-
son, Durgan. Thomas, McHelby,
O'Dowell and Lencreise.
The United States steamers Powha-
tan, Swatara and Fortune, and North
Carolina steamers Bonita and Chowsn
and the Baker wrecking tug of Nor
folk are at the scene of disasterto save
all they can.
The cause of the wreck was fear
full gale, which carried away the fore
and aftsails, the fore and main sails
The jibstay was bent before she struck
then the mainmast was carried away.
Boats were washed from the davits,
and the sea ran clear over the ship,
The captain and Lieut.. Palmer were
the first known to be drowned.
| It is said the Huron's machinery
broke and she raised her sails, but the
truth is not yet known. Her crew
consisted of one hundred and thirty
six men all told, thirteen of whom
were coiored: AL. the colored men
perished. The bodies of Almon Davis
Charles Corson, Thomas Armstrong
and Charles Porter are lashed to the
bowsprit. The saved and the bodies
recovered will arrive at the navy
yard some time tonight. Collins are
now being made for the recovered
bodies. -- Is
The Huron was built at chester,
Pa, in 1915. and was one of the con-
tract iron hull ships. Her first name
was the alliance, afterward changed
to the Huron.
Apprehension is felt by,naval. officers
here that carelessness had a great deal
to do with tie disaster, but nothir g
definite in this regard Is yet knowh.
Great excitement and corresponding
gloom is manifest in the city. Chief
Engineer Olson's wife is here at the
Atlantic Hotel almost heartoroken.
She has the sympaty of our entire
community.
This afternoon when the lifa-boat
of the Baker wrecking steamer attemp
ted to reach the beach from where
the steamer was anchored, she was
swamped and five men from Norfolk
and Portsmouth were drowned.
Among the untortuuates were Captain
J.J. Guthrie. chiet of the live-savipg sta
ton between Hatters and Kittyhawk, who
left here last night on the Baker wrecking
steamer. This has cast additional gloom
over the city. Henry Brooks, reporter
for the Norfolk Virginiau, was swampeo
in the surf-boat and narrowly escaped
J drowning.
! The captain of q schooner says he saw
the Huron Friday at 4p. m. heading eas'
, northeast, with all her fore and aft sails set
The wind was blowing furious from tht
southeast. This was the last seen or heard
of the vessel until she was reported ashore
at LAO a. M, head on, with foremost and
, maintopmast gone and sails blown away.
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