The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-04

steam escaping The low OF Us who were well enough
sat down and ate ttio pie Then report came that
tho snip was leaking through the sternpost. The
news was confined To the officers OF the ship. Tho
captain headed the ship for the shore, supposng We
were ninety miles from Cape Henry. l went ait
among Inc Passengers and did wnat could TO keep
Their courage up returned TO the pilot house and
turned IN at hai.past twelve O'Clock rho pilot house
leaked very badly, causing mo my overcoat
to Keep OIL the water turned out at halipast three
O'Clock. Mr. Cousins, the second mate was az the
wheel with the qunrtormastcr. The nrst mato
the bridge aud sung out that tho starboard side
oil the house, tho smokestack and the boats wero
carried away then went aft 10 look alter the saloon
hatches found the halcnes all open the aitcr
loon, where the men had been pitching out coal
Closed the matches aud went forward and stood
the lookout In front OF the pilot To avail the orders OF
for the life preservers. went Ia The second mates
room and my ROOM got the prcservcrs aud iound tho
passengerssln the saloon had secured prescrvcrs IN
their berths. l went forward and remained
there until the ship struck which was about
seven O'Clock. hung on 10 Tue door
the hurricane deck l grabbed hatch cover In one
hand and hung TO u rope with the other remained
all on the hurricane deck for tear the ioremast would
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SCORES OF DROWNING PEOPLE.
When the ship began " break up went forward and
stood w the ioro rigging until jumped overheard.
While III tue rigging l saw scores OF people drowned.
A. haifpast two O'Clock stripped and jumped over
about ono hundred yards from then. ON the
shore met Captain N. s. Brooks who treated me with
every Kindness al his osidence until started or Nor
folk. lost every thing, bul didp't got hurt
PER.sHgD OK THE SHORE.
believe very many persisted from cold and munger
that could have been saved in the forenoon The
night was SO dark they coud not have saved single
soul had We been hall IAN hour in reaching IT, for tno
vessel could not have possibly held together be-
iieve many who were washed ashore could have becn
saved had they been properly cared for but wc were
miles away iros the house aud tue poor souls
pershed ali along the shore Tor miles. The vessel
rotten. She VAS washed 10 shore III splihtcrs
small enough Tor kludhng wood l picked up .wo
rotten punk old stump that had been
desaying for nifty years All who were saved
far kQg AMI
Mr. Dunton's, whose generous hospitality will long
be remembered by all. Many were wounded, bruised
and spraibed and have crushed limbs; others have
sun backs and ugly scars, which will be carried away
by hem rs lasting mementocs OF the wreck Que poor
soul had his 0rains knockcd out whie on me sup ny
the washing him against an iron SPAR and Hiany
had their necks aud limbs broken. Only thirty.eght
OF those lost came ashore. About sixty were washed
out into the sea ana have not yot been found. me
oldest scaiarlng men mere say the storm was the
heaviest ana strongest they ever saw along this coast
can trulniuy say that each surf that cane rolling
In was from fifteen 10 twenty feet hign. Each man
that was swimming TO shore Was thought 10 be lost
n those noun tains came rolling over him.
STATEMENT or ENGINEER MirrEAGERs.
jacob Mitteagere, hrst assistant engineer on the
Metropolis. makes the following statcment:-
We made pleasant run from Phila ielphia until We
reached "a distance oil 1S6 miles from the Brcakwater,
running 10 the eastward rho ship then commenced
to labor very heavily and sprung aleak around the
ruddcr post About SIX O'Clock there was two feet OF
water In the shalt alley and the crew aud passengers
were put TO work emptying about nifty tons OF coal
overheard. We got tho water down aud tho shalt
alley about two O'Clock At four O'Clock tho CIR.
culating pump broke down. and we then ran the high
pressure until bali.pas a. NJ Al this hour tre-
mendous sea struck the ship and carried away tue
smokestack seven boats, the whistle, the
lators OF the engine room, skyght, after malnsail,
starboard saloon aangwsy the whole way along. and
about twenty tons OF water went below. putting out
the fires IN the engine room.
BREAKERS
AT seven O'Clock went up and reported to tho cap
tam the fires out. Ho replied, 1--WE arc in the
swept away, and tho captain, second mate and
lady passengers and their hu5eands who were IN the
house, were dashed ~ the DECK One OF tho LADIES',
Mrs Meyers, was drowned In the arms OF her hus
band on deck then jumped overheard and swan
ashore with considerable difficulty, but Ieachod the
beach without assistance. went TO Captain Brooks
house Immediately, got hat coat and PAIR VI boots,
and returned beach and rendered all the assist
auce could IN resculng tho survivors while going
;au Chuppe trying TO resuscitate Mrs Harrison, one
Of tho female passengers ~ rolling ner on barrel US
the body lett on the sand, ana Captain Chappel
and myself returned 10 tho wreck
SAVING LIFE.
found the iiieboat Of the Metropolis on tho beach
and myself and seven ohors carried the boat 10
point opposite the wreck ana called ior 20
liicboat and went up tho beach and pulled the sur.
vivors ashore us fast as could get hold OF ther l
rescued ABOUT thirty men In THIS way AT nvo
O'Clock tho toremast Of the Metropolis went over
board on The side and the whole ship broke
up WIN q crashing force. All hands on shore then
Jumped into the water and those who got IN
close enough. All saved were III u perfectly cx.
hausted and destitute Of aud every
thing else. spent the night at Mr. Brooks house
and the day spent the entire day on tho beach
examining the dead and looking for the men OF my
and cugipccr's BOY. The lie crew busted them
selves during the day buryng tho dead about thirty
seven bodies On Friday started Tor Norfolk.
woMAS's HERoIsx.
Among the many soul-harrowing incidents attend-
ing the wreck on Currituck Beach, 1t affords sympa
thizng humanity pleasure 70 record series OF incl
deuts and accdents illustrative OF degree OF COOL
courage and unparalleled herolsm which cannot fail
to shed glorious lustrc the names OF the par
therein. from them rtucct its
upon the American people One Of the chief Instances
OF heroisn. well worthy OF record, was that mani
tested throughout tho entiro day Of the wreck by Mrs
Anne Huet, who being carly assisted from danger
position on the main desk TO one comparatively
secure In tho starboard forerggiDg, remained thcro
until the closing scene a spectator OF the principal
horrors, yet calmly awaiting Whatever tate Heaven
might have In store for hor without fiurmur. Aud
surely her experience during the trying day was OF
KIM seldom encountered by her scx. Scarcely Sc
cured in her new position Sue witnessed the death OF
Mrs. Harrison who, when washed from the pilot
house. was grasped by Quartermaster Poland and al
most immediately torn from his arms by ruthless
breaker, which drowned her there and then, at tho
same time washing her husband IRON tho wreck 10
safety, strange ruling OF Providence. the Same wave
proving the harbnger OF death 70 one and Of lie
10 tho other o. this welded pair Tho tall Of the nain
ana the instant rcnding of tho AFTER portion Of
the ship, with the violent death Of several who had
clustered In the slight shelter afforded by tho saloon
to tho sturboard waist have been most horriy-
ing woman since forced tears to eyes that had
Witnessed death In various forms on many decks and
many ncIds, but only prayers passed her lips. and
those Tor The reIose OF the sous Of the departing
rATnER AND son SEPARATED.
Again, when q lathor aud asunder be-
meath her gaze, the comcly lad OF perhaps ltcen
sinking to his 1nul rest within few cct oil her,
outcry escaped her but a fervent prayer that God
would have mercy ON tho soul so suddenly called 10
Judgment Several times during tho day sno mad
cIasped the hand which had aided her TO her
positon with the murmurcd hope that he would not
desert her, while the brOnzcd sou Of the his
heart aching tho dearly loved wife that he might
never again, could only answer:--
1--WE arc in mo hands vi God, let Us trust In HIM. b"
But most touching OF all her manifestations during
the day was her prayer that her husband might be
admit. TO secure position by her side THIS prayer
her protector was obliged to decline IN view OF tho
paramount claims OF the sick aud injured who had
found refuge there
THE LAST GONE.
Again was her heroic fortitude most manifested
when the uncIouded beams OF the fast sinking
flashed brightly over the last group oil Departing SUR
vivors oil the wreck in their struggle for ile us the
last vestige OF the III tod sh sank beneath them,
torn asundcr and borne down 10 the bottom by tho'
rcistess surt The iorcnast had fallen, and the deck
beams torn IRON their Iastenings, had permitted the
sides Of the ship 10 separate hs starb0ard side gong