, 1877-11-27

{sVs" ANoTukH F888kL GONE. |
,sssed a large vesseI, sunk. With her two
ene mssts puust about eght feet out Of water, nud
sopunae'' s0' EXPLANATION.
rho reporter ~ On DJa,u fo o. 1e tss
anu NUT n an that vessel, but aro. not a. trust
eh eTotthY - the previous rcports.
r.s aiuoal. .Scrvtce observer At tho wreck OF
- nnrpn reports At $40 p. m. "a follows:
~ MSn more bo1lca hnvc been recovered. The
~ d running strongly nofthwarf. and Il is
nnsuoS5sb1e nuS5 number VI! come ashore further
nostNE nsrE. The body OF the colored man from the
TT.Fer boat was washed up during thu night"
=, TIE SAVED oo ,r..
M Wtsq5s's9ai IT, e9ri7aa ID Il 2 Noios Ya with oar
osels and th!tty enlisted men survivors .gto rSs Se
e,en ea were transferred to receiving slap. Tho
bGn,,n E.|'as.; Ut Thomaa Mcfarland, coppersntii;
aIe1ander Cameron, pirate n.arino; William
nSrr. SLIPS ycosnan; James Couch. CAPTAIN /
torecsss ~ L. Barrett sesonaslsss hfgman'
9syiF esnlFootn cook; Otto Rotehe, seaman. Tho
ns'fss viii be buried this afternoon.
T1IB C1r1A1a's cLERK.
~ she Huron was John H. Gillette, Of Maiden.
Wis nnme waa not on tho list, ~ hc entered al
pf "N' sTATsMEsr or SURVIVORS.
knAf0Lka NQRs Aus~4HE bnlflFOlH VI tuE
uuyuu have arrived here. Several scameu have
nep interviewed, and make tho following state
mcpt The vessel was heading her course south
southeast, tho Wind blowing strong from tno
hef, md atcamlng along. There was no event
IN excite npprc!lensl0ns of disaster. Master
French had tho deck. She had sighted anu
psssed currtuek Light, and orders M !, we're afve9
iiohs, At :A0 tic vessel struck, when atf handa
r1tlcd on deck. Capt. Ryan mud officers acted
promptly. The crew responded to oil orders
yyIth a!acrity.
Shortly after tho vessel struck boat was low.
arcd but Immediately swatnpel. The veasc}
struck broadslde to tho sca which made cleat,
break over her, swceping everything from thu
decks aud carrying tic boats irom tho lavlis.
Many sratnen mud ot'leers wera WaslIed over
board, and several were killed BY pccos Of the
Treck. Capt. Ryan and Lieut.. Simmons were
Inst seen together. A sca struck tbs yos4cl mud
shey were swept nwny.
Iho vessel broke up fast. Tho aurt bocame
.MoRE AND MoRE Tuntous,
making It beyond nll human Efforts TO hoii Oh.
i was dark. Signals q d!tross wcro made,
Tut 10 response received. No one kuew where
theY were, and eli that did get asf.oro were
vashed thcra ~ tho surf. .,
The cause OF the wreck 10 attributed to local
attraction Ut the compass and strong current
sestuR OF silorr, which made tho vessel "a fur.
der to the southwark ttan her compass courto
tnlleatcd.
An nNsIGN'a STATEMENT.
LucIen Young, Which Is ~ follows: I'VE left
Hampton Roads about II a. IN. Friday, anil
steamed out in charge Of tho pilot. Tho pilot
LIFT Mt ! o'clock. Ind the afternoon watcb: A
stIH breeze and heavy sea were running frum
The soutllcaat. Took departure at i :25 from
Capc Henry, light bearing west By south, dis
tant about live miles, a1tl south by cast three
fourths east unbent chains und secured anchors
{oE sea. About 2 o'clock wo made all plaia
sal!; winl-hau1ed more to the south, nnd took
iu topsails. Ala o'clock, t1se wind increasing.
nlso tho sen increasing, mid tho ship rolling to
Dann.r about O'clock. About j o'clock Mr.
Dauuer told me that tho ]ib and fynxjib stays
wcro carried away au'l thu wtnd wns blowing 4
Ha!e; went to bed about 8:an Was aroused
III. Frguch. ueard Mr. French ask him tho
piled
laosea % again and vas M renronsed about , 10
bottom; heard tlIc Captain sing out % he calnc
from tho cabin 'Iiard down!' / nut OF q coat
tud pair Of pants, ran on deck md found that
VA boTtnE ;s Eae heara ts 9rde; I,,;
could not tako It ~; then nslted ttlg Captain u
He should throw tho guns overheard. IL said,
Yes, do It "a 9rek1y as possible Gut tht
bll2ed, and could not ret It over fos
the soa. The Captain then ordered Inc
to burn al tho signals could. III tho mean
Tins Ill tho port6oata and cnttefs had beer
carried away. Tho sir was lying OH her port
p!1ged broalslde, inclined ut,out forty degrees,
and the scAs were breaking clear over her.
vent into tho cabln aud saved two boxes ol
costcn lights; sent uo tIya rockets, anu
upiNT OVER ONE HUNDRED siGHALs.
Tic set was then stayiny III tho cabin ves,
rapidly. When heard tho word given for ri
hands to 20 forward Us quick o. posslblc. hur
rial I'm i1n0 I'll eterH
some other men, to no forward. Is / passci
the cabin loor Mr. French asked mo II thai
Was all. l toll him 'Ycc: 'Tsen,' lie saij
swo must 20 quick All etarted together
! had hold on Gatltng gun, wlcu very hcayl
sca caue over aud wnsiled uysclf xt,1 at,ou
tive others down to the lcoward. AL but my
self went under tho eaIl, and
rHEr wxNa DROWNED.
Twas caught III the bag sail, aud hurt bath leg
agaIust tfia raG. / Tcaajtcl tho urar Of tt
plue.iuet y,,n md worked mysclf forward,
thought saw Air. French 70 In thu Imain ris
ctur, saw q number of t13up standing in Iii