The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
Ti,e sretronoIis p,sasscr.

THE sCRyIf0ks IN TORF0LK--THEIH coADI-
TIoN-M0vEMEETs or THE OFFICERS AND
CREw--THE ONLY FEMALE SURVIVOR con-
DENNIS CAPTAIN ANKERs, &C., DC.
Especial telegram TO the Dipatch.]
NORFOLK, VA, February 4.-The 147 sur
yivors OF the ill.fated steamer Metropolis
are being very comfortably cared for under
the direction Of Mayor Tucker, and our
people generally have contributed all sorts
OF clothing, hats, shoes, &c. The health
officer OF the city, DR.. Sheppard, is contin-
ually in attendance at the temporary home
OF the castaways. The officers Of the ship
are quartered at the Mansion and Purcell
Houses.
3fr. Thomas Collins, of Philadelphia, the
head OF the contracting railroad firm for
the Brazilian work, arrived here this morn.
ing on the Baltimore steamer to look after
his employees and direct their return to
Philadelphia, where they arc anxiously ex-
pected by friends and relatives. They will
leave by the Bay line tomorrow night.
A telegram from Messrs. Lunt Brothers,
of New York, owners OF the Metropolis,
directs that the officers and crew return to
New York tomorrow night by the Old Do
minion line. Several OF the injured, who
are being kindly cared for at the Hospital
OF st. Vincent de Paul, will remain here
eight or ten days longer.
Captain j. II. Ankers reached here to-
night in buggy overland. He says there
are no other survivors on the beach, and
that the bodies continue TO wash ashore,
and are buried and the graves marked.
He will make supplementary statement
tomorrow. He was delighted to find the
survivors so we'll taken care OF. Mrs.
Hewett, the only female survivor, pitches
into Captain Ankers wrathfully ABOUT his
conduct, charging that he left the ship
when there were seventy despairing and
horror-struck people on board. The male
survivors, or some Of them, speak contrary
to this, and commend Captain Ankers for
his devotion and bravery. He escaped
from the ship ia Boynton lifc-saving suit
of rubber.
Mr.. Harrison, the supervising foreman OF
T.. & r. Collins, will leave for the beach
again in the morning, on the steamer Cyg-
net. to look after any OF the survivors who
may have been left behind, and take care OF
the dead who have friends in Philadelphia.
The property saved from the wreck is in
charge OF the agents OF the underwriters.
"A large crowd assembled on the Bay Line
wharf in Portsmouth to witness the depar-
ture OF the survivors, who were sent OFT with
resounding cheers.
Captain Ankers and the first mate OF the
Metropolis received an official investigation
before Captain J. T. Dunbar, the inspector
OF bulls, at the custom-house to-day, and
the condition of the Metropolis when she
put to sea was thoroughly inquired into,
both officers declaring under oath she was
scaworthy.
The Cygnet carried down lot OF collins
to Currituck beach to-day from the navy
yard.
Captain Overton, United States commits
sioncr OF wrecks, sold the fragments OF the
Metropolis at auction on Saturday afternoon
for S1IO, in the presence OF Captain j. II.
Ankers and the agent OF the underwriters,
one half Of the amount going to the wreck
ers on the beach as salvage. The Metropolis
was insured for 100000, and good judges
here think the amount was very ample.