Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-25
T~cundering Of the Steamer Express
Twenty Elves lest.

F~cundering of the Steamer Express
Twenty Lives lest.
BALTIMORE, October "a.
Captain Barker, of the steamer Express,
which left here Tuesday for Washington,
reports that his vessel ~foundered in a gale
in the mouth of tine Potomac, and that the
passengers and crew were probably lost.
The Captain was rescued while drifting
with fragments OF the boat. Captain
Barker, in describing the wreck Of the Ex-
press, says the sea was running ut great
height, every wave washing the boat from
stem to stern. Shortly after 5 O'Clock on
Wednesday morning there came a terrific
splash, and the Joiner work parted from
the s~tancheons. The passengers aud crew
had hardly time to realize what had oc-
Cured, before the waves tore through the
saloon deck like so much paper work, and
the following wave swept it off to sea, and
with it nearly all on board. All on board
had secured life-preservers at the earliest
| period Of the gale, and some of the officers
tried to secure the boats, but they
were washed away and broken up.
Immediately after the upper deck had been
carried away, the hull rolled over and sunk
bottom upwards. Those of the passengers
and crew who could reach portions Of the
wreck clung to them, but a heavy sea
washed them off again, and in breaking
down only about eight persons could be
seen. The Express had a crew of twenty
one all told, and as far as known, eight
passengers. 1t is supposed that fully
twenty lives were lost. The following is a
list of the crew and passengers: Capt. Baker;
First Officer, l.. J. Howard; Second Of
ficer, Jos. Haney; Chief Engineer, Charles
W. Bailey; Second Engineer, Edward A.
Pryor; Clerk, Il. J. Stone; Quartermasters,
John Douglass and James Douglass; Look
outsman, Fillmore Rice; Steward, Thomas
Carrington; Walters, Nat. Darlington and
Geo. Walker: Chambermaid, Matilda, tool
ored;) Willie Barker. and five deck hands;
Firemen. Robt. Hawkins and David Wyett.
The passengers were Mrs. Bacon, OF
Bacon's Wharf, st. Mary's county; Mrs.
Jones. st. Mary's county; DIR. A. G. Burch,
St. Mary's county: H.. Uhlman, of Balti-
more, and three or four colored passengers.
James Douglass, wheelsman, who was
timbers from the wreck.
Gen. Pope Declines tn Appear Be
fore tSse Boar 1 Z ntil SubpOnaed.
New YORK, October "a.
General Pope has declined the invitation
Of General Schofield, President of the Mil
itary Board in the Fitz-John Porter case,
to appear before tho board for further ex-
animation unless he shall be regularly
subpenaed. 1t is surmisei that the Presi-
dent or General Sherman will now order
him to appear and testify with soldierly
.frankness, instead of sheltering himself
under pettifogging technicalities. The
board adjourned to-day until Monday.
After the Porter board adjourned, General
Terry arrived, and announced the receipt
Of a dispatch from the War Department
relative to Pope's appearance as a witness.
which said that q conference Il the board
would be held tomorrow, and notified the
counsel and Judge Advocate to attend.
This indicates some peremptory action by
the War Department.
The Storm at the East.
New York, October "a.
The wind is again blowing heavily, with
prospects Of increasing. The accounts OF
the damage by the storm are continually
being received.
LATER. The dispatches from all points
show that the storm Of yesterday was one
OF the most violent experienced for years.
The storm came from the tropics, and
from midnight till noon, rapidly increased
in energy. 1t WIS attended with an UNI
usually heavy rainfall. At Washington the
fall was 1 $500 inches; at Baltimore,
. 74-100; at Norfolk, 2 5000 at Lynch
burg. 2 01-100, aud at ~Smithville, N. c.,
4 32-100. At Cape May the wind was 81
miles an hour. 1t drove the tide upon the
meadows between the city and the main
land, covering the railroad track three
feet, and preventing the train from leaving.
New Railroad Arrangements
New York, October "a.
1t Is stated that the Union and Central
D.nsa. leaslrcata kavo r.nae,lotofl a.sr no
ments with all the Eastern lines. by which
California freights will be loaded separate
in full carloads, and cars run through