The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
THE HURON.
An Interesting Story CT the Loss of
the Man-of-War Steamer
Huron,
As Told by the Ensign and Sea-
man of the Unfortunate
Ship.
Man.of.war Wrecked.

huron, Struck Two miles nOrtn Oh station
No. Z, at l:3O a. m. The foremast and
maintop masts are gone, and the steamer is
total wreck. Assistance is needed immedi-
ately, the sea is breaking over her, and sew
eral have already washed ashore, drowned.
The number on bosrd was about l35. No
cargo. The "Huron" sailed yesterday,
from Fortress Monroe for Havana.
NO FURTHER NEWS.
The Navy department has no advices Of
the disaster to the Huron" beyond what
they received from the signal Office, and do
not differ from the regular press dispatch.
The department authorities are taking
means to get prompt information, but the
facilities are not good. The Huron" was
under command o: Commander Geo. T..
Ryan, and her list Of
OFFICERS IN ADDITION
thereto, as tar as known at the department,
was as follows: Lieutenants S. .. Simons
and l.. q. Palmer; Masters, VIM. p. Con-
way, ii. X. Tyler and W. S. French; En-
signs, Lucien Young and j. W. Bonner;
Surgeon, q. S. Calbeith; Passed-Assistant
Paymaster, Garry n. Saunders; Chief En-
gineer, f. NJ Alison; Assistant Engineer,
II. G. Denig, Captain; Clark J.
Delgalvin; Cadet Engineers, f. T. War
burten and f. NJ. LoOmis; Draughtsman,
Jns J. Evans. The "Huron" was an IRON
screw propeller, carrying guns OF fifty
four tons, and of the same class exactly as
the new vessels, "Alert" and "Ranger :"
now on tn Asiatic station. She had been
out from Fortress Monroe only about
twelve hours when the disaster occurred.
LATER
3:l5 p. m.-The signal service observer at
Kitty Hawk, \. e., reports to the chief sig
nal officer at 3 p. m, as follows: ~ surf
man has Just returned, and reports that the
Huron has gone TO pieces. Thirty per
sons were saved; all the others perished.
No assistance could he rendered. There
were l35 persons on board
SENT TO THE SCENE.
NORFOLK, Va, November 24.-As soon
as the news reached here to-day, that the
United States steamer Huron" was ashore,
the wrecking steamer "Resolute" was dis
patched, and Rear Admiral Trenchard,
commanding the north Atlantic squadron
in Hampton Roads, sent the United States
steamer ''Swatara" and the tug Fortune
to the scene of the wreck. Thest ragged
all last night along the coast, the wind
blowing about seventy miles an hour.
STORM SIGNALS
have been flying past for three days past.
The "Huron" vas built at Chester, Pa, aud
was first christened tie alliance" but was
afterwards named the Huron She was
, ,bird.ra,s .craw 40 tons and when She
,.on, asboro had ,.rsw oi IIq mon and a.
,..n nti;c.rs She carried four gnns and
20. sol,..onar r;,,,,J tn. ,hsorr of ,bose
wsn ,c,na;n,sJ ,s;,b tho co,sr !: that
-,
THE HI hoN "oi 'A''hI
in the height OF the gale, and, while trying
TO mold on ana head to 'he "ihd' her ma
chine,s ga ne' san "e
anu a. sue uii''eu as"e
tner was no assistance readereu RON !ne
,hore, tiie iiie-sarihg s.a'io''s not having
oeen hiah.le1; me :. steamer io"ha'
tan mas ie'' ror'res' -noHroe ior 'he 'ce''e vi
the wreck.
Inc 81 ihai service observer at Nilyha"h
reports 10 the ,h'el s's'ai oiIicer o:oo ?: D. mr =,
as as loiioWs: AirDns tno,e "a eu a,e f.
7 80 ~ =, Ean,',ol,,,. t',,s;,,
X. G. Denig, OF Ohio; Assistant Engineer
Geo. X. Ryan; JnO. Murphy, the ships
cook; Carry \. Saunders, OF Pennsylvania !;
Passed Assistant Paymaster Patrick, and
number OF ordinary seamen.
ASSISTANCE WANTED
,l.
immedia'eiS nieh Only haii c.o'hea the
a., ho.ob .,1 o,h.,r, yho ,,ar;shaJ ar. s,;II
in tie breakers. Only four officers and
thirty men are saved. The captain per-
ished. Lieutenant Palmer's name is not
given among the saved, and the bodies Of
the drou ned will be taken to Norfolk to-
morrow. The "Huron" is completely under
water, and total loss.
WASHINGTON, November 24.-The fol-
lowing telegram was received here at s
O'Clock this evening and COW AT once
sent In the Secretary of the Nayy: Kitty
hawE, r. NJ, nave Just returned rom me
Mreck-a distance oi eigh' mics uo"n.
There are no men at the wreck al present;
walked there ana pack win medicine ana
such other articles as cou!d carry. NO
horse was avaiiaoie this morning. ana am
completely worn out. 1 nave JUST
SENT A MAN DOWN
~ ho,t I;o,,.
% tie VIZ " ti. rt;n S". % ,Lr
at:nf a.l'e' e." = $40. 80, =, a ,ha 80
M :. .LIDI. oo - 81 ~ ny =, I n
naw. 10 S,aJanIv 90 ,ba ,.I,,ivss
(Signed,l NAYLoR.
Secretary Thompson has taken measures
Tor the
PRoMPTEsr ASSISTANCE
10 pe gwen 'o INC ssseu' ne nas seh' a
steamer 70 'he Sene 0i 'ae "Ieck py way oi