New-York tribune., 1878-02-05
THE RECENT STORM.
THE WRECK OF THE METROPOLIS.

THE BODIES oP THE VICTIMS BURIED IN THE SAND.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-All the bodies that
have been recovered from the wreck OF the Metropolis
have been buried along the beach, from the scene OF the
wreck to dis OF ten miles north, this work having
been performed by tue esaying crews and the citizens
living the beach In that vicinity. The graves are
simply marked by two stakes indicating the head ana
the foot Of tine grave. There are no marks Identifying
the corpses within the graves The survivors having all
left the scene OF the wreck saturday last, there re-
mains no vino can identify any OF the dead
The Chief signal Officer still continues the telegraph Of
fee at the wreck He reported to the Chief Signal Of
fee at s:i5 a. 10 to-day. a. follows:
A woman washed up yesterday was placed In box
and buried by the citizens d'e oiles hoith. Ii PIT
Thomas Pner. living eight miles south nom mere ~
remove the body and nIy u near Hs NOUS ui'I ,' m NJ
Mycr
fhe night patrol Of No saton north side. reported
that the body Of young man about eighteen years o
age. found aud buried by 'he citizens hNe miles
north Of the station, yesterlay evening H. Is Thought
probable that it Is the body OF The cab.nboy, Joseph
Newton.
THE. VESSEL PRONOUNCED sEAwoRTHY BY IFS
OFFICERS.
EoaFoLK. Va. Fen 1.-The Metropolis survivors eft
tLis afternoon by the Bay Line steamer for Philade
paia. The officers ami crew went to Nrwfork by toe
Old Dominion Line. or those reported at the Hospital
st. Vincent last nigh,. only Matthew ToJmiey was abo
leave to-day. The rest are tpD unwe TO be moved
hut ouy three dan scrOarF III, W., john sweeney,
TIE officers of The Aetro Oils were to-day examined at
the Custom House he, Inspector OF Hulls j. Duu
bar and j. T. Bowers, INSPECTOR oI Rollers. wiiha view
to aeccrtaiung the condition OF the shp When ne
sailed Captain Ankcrs uud First Mie DicKcison DOLL
testified thai good condition aud entirely -ca-
worthy: thu the whole trouble Caused by th- an
,liliu. loading OF tlr railroad iion
FAITHFUL WORK OF THE HTF-sAyING CREws-ThE
VESSEL ROTTEN.
WAsIIrxGToN Feb. 4-Thc secretary Of the Trea snry
n received "A dispatch from Captain J. H. MeTryman,
OF the Revenue Marine service, whom he sent to the
scene Of wreck OF the Ne ropOls to invest-
ate the connected with the disaster par
tcularly with reference 20 the action OF the e-sayug
crews McIyman states that the keeper OF Station NO.
gives the facts in relation 70 the operations OF his sta
ton In his dispatch which published this morning.
He says: "Ino much l. eXDeetet Of the e-savng men
on ths coast. The stations are so lar R apatI m
that quick impos-b" when > occur louF or
five miles away from stations The men want more *
~tiseg uo" " t"''
l ie boat mad been taken instead Of the mortar Hp-
paratus, mauy might have been saved, but
:Lo boat could not nave becn got there
without horses perhaps. There was much
excitement AMI confusion among all hahds
on tue wreck and the beach. Under all the
crcumS however tie station men deserve cIedt
for what they were able 60 do. TAe Metropolis was
rotten, and her fragments smaller than those OF
even the Maggie and Lucy"
The last mentioned vessel was schooner Whlch went
about year ago on tue New-Jtrsey coast, ana
very quickly broke IN pieces