Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-26
The Loss Of the Express.

Additional details of the wreck of the steamer
Express in the Chesapeake bay, below Barren
have been received, showing that fifteen per-
SONS out of thirty Two on board have been
saved, and inspiring the hope that others may
tuln up all right yet
THE MISSING PEOPLE
are Leonard j. Howard, first oicer. 45 years Old
OF st. Marys county, recently removed with his
wife and family TO Baltimore; Edward Pryor
second engineer, 35 years old. wife and family
living In Baltimore; Philip Rice, lOOkoutSman,
25 years Old. single, of Baltimore; DR.. ID. c.
Burch. 45 years old, has a family at Milestown
M s. NJ. A. Bacon, st. Marys county, widow of
the late Dr.. James Bacon; Mrs. DR.. Randolph
Jone-, st. Mary's county; Mrs. J. P. Tarleton and
chile, st. Mary'S county; III. UIlman. 40 wears
old, cattle dealer, Lee street, Baltimore, family
OF wife and several children; NJ. Levalran, 40
years old. travelling salesman. has family in
Baltimore; Joseph Haney, second officer. 25
years old, single; Matilda Isaacts, chamber
maid, had husband and family In Baltimore;
Dyson, colored, st. Mary's county; Mr.. Thomas
colored, of Lancaster wharf, Rappahannock.
STORY OF THE PURsER.
The Baltimore Sun has the following: "Pur-
ser +. j. Stone, of the lost steamer EXpreSS
states that every man in the crew stood at his
post to the last, and not one instance Of finch
ing OF panic was seen. The officers and men
stayed sta below, throwing over cargo TO tighten
SengefS until the furnace fires were put out.
and it was then known TO be useless TO try TO
save the boat. The lady passengers were calm
and resigned. Not one cry of terror was heard
The ladies assisted each other 10 put On life
pleserverS These preparations were silently
made for that fight for life which all saw was
inevitable. An audbly uttered prayer here aud
there, moan OF suppressed emotion from one
or another Of the passengers in the saloon were
all The outward evidences given OF the intense
feeling which possessed the breasts of all on
board. In the meantime the Express was fall
ing over as each wave struck her. and she could
not recover from the successive shock. The peo-
PIE helped each other up the now perpendicular
side, where the steamer rested but a brief period
and the next wave tumbled her completely
over. The upper work parted from the huh, and
all who were not Immediately drowned were
noated OH on whatever pieces of wreck they
could grasp. Mr.. Ullman, two colored female
passengers: and Mrs. Tarleton and child did not,
so far as Mr.. Stone knows, get clear of the boat
lie thinks they went under when the vessel
swept of cleared the hull about two minutes
were allowed for every one to do all the good he
could. Mr. stone had on his underclothes only
having stripped for the struggle, except that
he was caught with his overcoat, the climax
having come so quickly that he had not time to
throw it aside. One OF the officers helped him
10 get nd OF the coat In the water and his
limbs were freed. An attempt was made to get
MIS-. Bacon and Mrs. Jones into yawl, but no
boat could live in such a sea. and both ladies
were drowned. While for short time the peO-
pie In the water were to the leeward OF the
wreck they We're sheltered from the gale and
could help themselves and each other in select
ing pieces OF umDer. plankS etc. The dark
ness and the emergency required prompt ac-
ton. When the RATS drifted clear Of the hun
and were struck by the waves helping one
ancIher S was out OF the question. Dr.. Burch
held on to the rail as long as he could and three
times was saved by others when his hold was
breaking but at last he was swept away and
lost. Mr. Stone could at first trace out each
group on every raft. Hawkins, a fireman on
the Express, had stood at his post on the steam
er until waist deep in water. On the raft he
wa, was equally cool and courageous. Willie Bar
ker, the lad, on another raft, was at first de-
moraliZed, and one Of the men held on to him
ma maniuliy, besides taking care of himself When
the DOats from the Shirley came to the rescue
ail hands on the RATS were benumbed and well-
nigh exhausted. Mr.. Stone does not believe
that any of the female passengers of the Ex
pres press @ were saved: Mrs. Isaacs, chambermaid
was seen on mattress, and she had a life pre-
server on, but was swamped In the debris
around s her. The two colored women passen-
gers were never seen after the saloon parted
rom the hull and broke in pieces The thre
fas,i fauies were almost instantly drowned within
lew minutes after the disaster Mr. Ston
Inlnks the two Car1fngtons were carried int
hungary river, and that they and perhaps