The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-25
LOST IN TIE GREAT STORM.
MORE THAN IJFTY PERSONS PERISH
JNG ON LIND 4ND OCEAN
The Steamboat Express Going Down with
Twenty ty-f"ur Persons Mnn Only OF "a
Crew or Nineteen Escaping from ~ Wreck

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'"rhing' ''p'' james L. Barker OF thc st'nm-
boat Express of the Potomac Transportation
Con,anv ,,bo s,i,J from, ,hia ,or, On Tr.s
-, ,, :, '' 80 ~ W "
""'' r'urheu 'o b"lhore Uls morning anu
sni had Iasr ,.rn,,l,t In ,ho ha. oariv an wa.
..i a"u .',. ~, u, Wv WY oa'p on ~ w.
h'suhy morning. vi the crow OF twenty-five
mon and of the nine passengcrs the Captnin
and six Of tha crnw orlv ora ronor,.d
~ " '' w '"Po,N"
ehVcl' FROM tho narrative OF Chpt. bar
ker and tho others saved the following
dotoila mr., givc,. rhc F,nross so,lod from,
~ ,','' W, w. ",n'"' i"v HNp''e' o"uv" i"'"
Baltimore on Tucsday afternoon Tor washing
ton. Alexandria, and GEORGETOWN with a largo
-, :, ,.,',..,., ., 49,, ,-,.',''. -, ....
cargo oil freight ana tho following named pms
scngers; Mrs. Capt. Randolph Jones OF St
Inegoes district. 81. Mnry's County. Md. Mrs.
m"iS n, p"'uh "l phV"h nuhr'' N'' 'i"rS
River; DIR. Dennis O. Burch. Postmaster at
C,,,,,., III, mn. oo, w. -, ~,
N"uhV' n'Hry uHn'ah' Ez5i hoe erec,' D"l-
six-vnar-old son william, Cant. Wnlmsloy of
90 -, " ~ -, -
W" N""ns' "n' 'Wp u"An""n Vol'Ieu "o-
mcn-tOtal. .. She ulso had on board james
n RnrLer Cnntain, I Stono pursrr.I l. I
=, , a, n, -. - ~, 80 ~
Howard hrst oiiir"r; Joseph Haney second
officer; c. W. Bailey. chief engineer; Edward
Prior aeais,an, cr,,ino.r. 1,sc,b y D,u,,lua
rt''r, aSs'-,'h' engineer '"S'Ih H. pous''s
ana Johh bouslhs' quhrteflhaslers' r. hcc
(colorcdl. lookout man; RoM Hawkins. flre-
man. David white fnnl,rnd orcmen. TLca
rin,y or,i H., c,, crn
cool, G,o Grn.n t,oioreu hag'aun, ,nne, r:
Maillas.. a coIored c6S%SsrmaiG; Vim B"rkc5,
hnvds 'r",r,s' ' % VI 'ue N"p'"'n' u"" "'o u0'"
Dow Down IN" T' 6ay ~ ns far as James Point tho
nHi,ng nndy nui no aiHrm ,I wns ,rm , AitSr
y W To- airEh'iui "Atfh, nnI the hohl occnm' IN, m nn
u@ut Rrker ana ' ,h cn,rn , r" CIV, Tnmainnd n
deck; ie DIRE tod ne movemshis OF ne steam
n IN ~ w.. @ n''S ~ vi, VI SUI, ,,'"' III
thss hs sinnmhost wns t.a"d helinssiy snt NM NM
hnie 10 make hranwny. Apout % 'lnrk l,%nr. %
iml SEA or,se over nrr on & ~" pon DOW; s,avlng
away the furniture ana lite5oatsi AGAIN a9ld
hthlh WhN,s HW'pl ",,r ucr. hni ule NhpVhlh
n"n nn"nlnned nll nope fr9c1rinE ne ntrseiS1rs'
T. lounu, ttwo pl w" lniy ,lhSSV Vns,is. M,r.
pbnron nnn nrs rs ynn's, ,,, 9nu aulu%lteH M % tn1 l
,h , carr,na III & 'ne Two ,"nles on un'S nnI p'no'
mem N the stern OF uc vessel. ana warned
i,nIein that the ooat was ABOUT to 60 70 Pieces
ne promised To 20 tn thelr asSisthnce II pos
sibIr Ihe captain then inshei ms young son
his vessel The wind was blowing nt n ratio that
Woulu hot ellow any ohe 70 stahu up 10 u. Wnle
lhe Only ming thM c0uin c0uin pe seen IN the plrh
narSnesS was tne whte ionm on the resihg ~,
waters that again anu again swept over the
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1sconn ,.r; yossph mhhh' Has srdn9 ,Sa
steamer ns no endeavorod 10, cross her deSS,
ana Ts swp, NE ,b .e s snoxe r ne noie De,0rc ne
tSn hsh and pched e % hcadenS into Se the rone6
ua ,he 80 no wno'o or 'no n ,,ois Ling
her dscts clear o'C Gan. Rarper heard ihcc
uespaiing shIIeks OF ,ne phssenseis hnove
M ~ iohi oi ,ne WNes ~ ns tnuy VT. a, smvp. i nway'
be v To dseSyer or mel Rep '"oG any one xbsut Ten oi
5.J "a n, an St,nT ,hve I'm ,,r" ~ ~
t, rat,rieu away AM inuna i % %u,u1 r, .nn,t'rnry @
bow'yor swepi asnin and again by H. waters
away m % 2r more ol tngse GbInGIG to
unti ii went 10 pieces. and then eetiin: nsirido
VI ~. o ~ WI W. 80 r I vn ,n ,',S r. 1br
D"uriaas, on" Of tho auartcrme-ters wns
self IA th,ir frail suppoft mounted on the
tnps Hi VIZ 'norhousS m WIZ GlimiH" 70, tmytir
~, ~ ,h ,on t, ,urn,1 I,,,,m ~ ana
,,., ~ III, ob,n,, No ,,,i.r Neorer to ,La,,
wns n part Of the saloon To- which wore clinging
s,'v,r.f ,rrenna Thn stnrn, v,ns yot ra,,int, IL,
unnhet.J fIrv nni ihcro nnnenrnI httl" hnn. ~,
th'ir b,ine ahi" io Withstand III. hufIrtinrs OF
inc =" thr wrr"k .rainalIy diminish rs one 6y
nnc thcir strepgfh fniInd them md th.v wnrs
swept away.
"A Dr. I'll ,ipt. for nipht houra 10 the wro,L
M, Cuutein nn5 his connnnion siuhte,irn smnii
ni,ngy near them by thr sailors oi which they
were rescued. They were nearly unconscious
- Tic n,l,rr nart nf thr Nvreek Jriftni ashore IN
Barren Island, the men clinginc TO it hcinE
icv 81 thc York River line which wns
Also ashore on the Island Those known
In have bonn saved by the Shirley hre
p ! stone John Douglas William Grant
George Green. and Hiram. u deck hand, out
Of the thirty.onc persons on board. only the
scven named ubovo nre known 10 have boon
rescued and the othcra have in all probability.
tsrishri None Of the pnsscngrrs were ros.
aund and Cnpt Darkor IL convinced that Mi the
ladins perishrd The pungy which rescued tho
CArtain and Quarterinnster landed them nt
Crisiieid on "Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
no fr
baltimore.
Capt Barker IA at his house in Baltimore.
scarcely nblr to move. md receiving the aitrn-
tons of 4 physician. The house hns been be-
sicged all day by friends Of tho drowned pms
songers in this city asking for the n"ws Of their
fat. capt Parker II prosr9tcd mentally and
physically. His only son is among those
drowned
The steamboat Express was n w'll-known
boat in Baltimore. having been runnlngl IN lhe
waters OF the Chrsaprnke since lSll. In the
war she was in the Goycrnmrnt s"rylru. and
was run between Fortress Monroe and Newport
News. Va, as despatch boni Tor Gen. u. !.
her bow. and was one Of the swiieSt despatch
boats in the service. After tho war she was
purchased by, A., Ncedham y soma OF
this city and placed on the rout" up the Poto-
mac. A. that time she was commanded by Capt
1873 she WINS rebuilt Mt cost OF 100000. nm on
tire now hull being placed in her; and forty feet
added 10 her length. She was 2pO leet long, 70
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