Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-26
Tho loss OF the Huron,

Tic cthera pcE;=;:"d. n; &s;l tAacj "a3 ftI
derei.
A las;r dispatch says :-lfoer riio:r' AMI
thirty Een fr1u. the Huron We're saved. Capt.
Ryan w3s l>,;. The signal observer at hltly
llagk rrI"r;s itar assisanc, is waited I'LL ne
diatc!y Inc m:o ~: only ha!f clothed and
tn: dead are uUcarrd l,r on tie beach. lie
Others vino p>li.be1 arc sill il lie breakers.
The Huron YES 81 iron screw propeller, tru!
years old and 52l tD>s. SIC hsd been out
froua FrEirls. Mprroc lw:;!9@ hours whoa olsas
ter brieii h.r Cau,i juary signals were display
ed wEcD she #. Sb" Vas commanded ty
C2umanir George p. Ryau. There were ill.,
teen uarncs CO boaid. Th;. setn2 ct the cis'
ester y7Ss tgo miles sauti Of kitty Hawk.
The details Of Tic saved from the Huron are
mcagre. The Government has adopted cner,
gct!c Hl3a urrs TO relieve The SURVIVORS, a24
hGpts 10 rescue others.
4 dispatch from Nas's Head, N. c., says -
The Iiurcn j.; completely under the water.
The saved ana drowned 7ii! lie s2Dt to Nor
ioIk.
Dispatches frcm Nolfoi!; say -
There 10 greet excitement herC over the Loss
Of the Ilnrnn, a$d macy parties have gone
10 the sc,rc CT the d;3astcr in chartered
steamers
TIE Huron WIS third nate vessel, screw
steamer, 2nd carIiai SIX gu:s. She arrived
ia Hampton Roads from New York On Saul
day last, tic 2lth, aod sailed Tor llavaoa;, OF
Friday, The :2$1.
GA Tuesday the sioGp Of was Huron. third.
rate, dropped down, WIS Inspected BY AdGiira!
IrcrGhari, ana sailed % Friday from llauip
toa Roads st 4:30 y. II. Z gale was blowing
at the tir2c, and the barometer WIS very aH
o. Saturday. Il sriy yesterday The rurior G! Der
loss gained ,currcncy, but VS. G!scredltcd, At
$50 =. n. the rIlnor Was turned into dreadful
certainty, and the newspaper bulletin boards,
containing the DeT7s AID profile map Of the
coast, were snrrouniod b &;rIGWtul aut: sympa-
thetc clZ:uS
I'hc f0owigE list ot ctIiscrs Is believed! to l,c
authentic -Uoinmandar q. i. Ryan coa,wa@d
ice; Lieut.. s. A. Simmons. cxccu'isc a!hccr;
Lieut. J.. G.. Palmer, NAVIGATOR; Masters ".
y. Conway, Geo. W. MoC'Z, Walters. French;
Paymasrcr Cary n. SAUNDERS Surgeon George
S. CuItrcth; Chief Eneincor Eimuod Olsen;
Cadet EngiDecr5 C. :. Willct, lIjgar 7. War
burtoo, Edmund LOOMS, Il. Y. Denig. and
Captaiu's Clerk Gli!ctt. OF TIC abava, fur
were savcd-&; aunaers Ycuag, Warburlon acd
Dcnlg. There arc thirty scanned reported saved,
but their NAMES arc cot kboRU. The Huron
struck at Lao a. M. IEc icrcUast and main
mast are cnne AID the steamer bTOk ca ~. The
Surl is filled with the h';::. Of the dead. Her
cnm rlriHunt :pas one hundred aud thirty five
officers ard vlct Total survivors, thirty four.
Kitty laws, IN the t'cs 3lajc co1st OF Caro-
lisa, il b3twrcu C.pc lltOry and Nag's Head,
eight miles from sigma! Sta!i01 No. 7. The
only line OF wire hcjog5 to tic sigua service,
ADD, besides hc;ng imperfect, is mcnopoiized by
the & .vcruucnt. The wind off the coast ct
the time he snip struck VS. blowing with q
velocity Of forty two miles.
The steamers Cygnct aud Bouita are at Tic
sc3nc OF tic disaster, in the sound aud inside the
beach. The bodies tf the dad and the survi-
vors y?lII lie scot up on these vessels 10 this
CITY
The wivca OF several off GERS are il thc cities
Of Norfolk All Portsmouth, and their grief is
uD-rcakab'H.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25--IAc sigral service
observer at the wreck reports as follows -
Tt,e ,irowaeL, v>ho-a lido. harn been recov-
cred, are: Waite mcn-Thomas Mcfarland,
Alex. Cameron, Barrett, B2ehe, VIM. Green,
and James Cnnch. CoIo7cd-G2o. ". Miller
and Matthias Hayes.
Officers saved arc Conw4y master; Deois,
assistant cpgiaoc'; Young, Gus gu; Warbuvton,
cadet engineer Nlcn-Peter Duffy, JAS Rob
luson, Fred lI3Tman, Daniel Danay, D1mini
unc O'DoruclI, Harry Nelson. Thomas P.icc
(colored. ,Juo. Calling, Joo. Il Holland, Thos.
i,rlcv las lIrrcs WIN McHnoh LAS NIrr.
Y, :I WIKI II - Ill.,, N;:ai1
nhJ' rtank MaHs DSu"'S H. U i,:mS' '1'C''1cl
lrayaor, NJ. lrHluer, Autnne Williams, pam.
CLARK, Michael Kennedy. Hn: Brooks, Harry
E7ery, Da;icl Bergaa, hlicba:I Dlrkan Frapk
May, Rob-. Sonp*or, Patrick Kane, William
IIsns.,n.r A,ut:! Sin.inrnst. hrsnbnrr
A. 49, r. - S;.,.,o. - 49,, ,h:o,
ht '':c ''ti' ~ ,'Ii''s; .s
weather; W:!H !" ':tS:i sie Di9"ias directly 90
-hcfc. ]hn tore ard at sails We set, aau the
lorcsas a;.L ;::aHs@!!s were rac!:". The vino
carried away The lib STAY, a5d beat ;hg fore
Storm .ajl Tie vessel struck between | and
20 = ~ Tie hoais were yaah:d r;oS, boat
l,,;t nvo,rt tho ti,s, o,!.cr VII, !,,.-.-
WV; 'Ao-i. 49, $3.50, 49, oi.-n
ca at@ w III ''eo iOIu, '-' i-!"n'~. "',l' I!I''
Lieut.. Isinrr was tfoHIca a2fn! ITO ti-'e
the caoi&In ~@a. nc hElA2 saved themselves
BE- sMin :nE ashore.
No aid was reccicod from, Shore czccp. w;:cn
1o,r The beach Tho 1854 Of wsr Sowhatsn sid
sswa;ara, and brig Fortune, aro cow anchored
abreast Of tie wreck. Flag communication is
open with them through lii: etesacr y. j j.
Baker.
No a2;:taEco taI b. eHdeTtd from the s..3GIn-
rr as iha surf is sill VERY heavy, Th3 survivors