The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-06-14

near the Connecticut river, last Friday
night. The Harraganset was struck
amidships, and two or three minutes
afterwards the vessel was in flames.
The accident occurred at ii AS o'clock
in the night, and the passengers rushed
ON deck in their night clothes. The
scene was frlghtful. The shrieks and
cries of the passengers on the Nara
ganset were distinctly audible on the
Stonington. They could be seen leap
ing into the water and rushing frantic
ally in all directions. The boats of the
Stonington were lowered after delay
of several minutes, and by that time
the Narraganset had settled and was
sinking By some blunder the plugs in
the life boats were left out, and they
filled with water, and this caused addi-
tional delay. The men in the boats did
not know how to row them. At last
they reached the scene of the wreck,
and picked up number of persons
floating on life preservers, mattresses,
chairs, tables, planks, etc. The scene
was appalling. At this juncture the
City of New York came ap, and lay off
at some distance She lowered her
boats and picked up as many of the
drowning passengers as she could find,
when all hope of further rescue was
abandoned. The Stonington trans.
ferred some rescued persons, IT'S in
number, to the City of New York, and
returned to Stonington. Many of
the passengers rescued were badly
scalded and others were half naked.
The Stonington struck the Naraganset
on the starboard side, forward of the
wheel-house, and the shock burst the
gas tank, and in fifteen minutes the
Naraganset was on fire and soon sunk.
The steamers New York and Provi-
dence went to her assistance, and the
boats and hfe-boats of the steamers
were lowered and put into service, and
two hours elapsed before the last pass
enger was picked up. The passengers
say that the officers and crew of the
Narraganset behaved with great cool
ness and nerve. On the arrival of the
Stonington at the village of Stonington,
men and women fastened with clothing
and assistance. Twenty-Five women
were on board and only escaped in their
night clothes. One woman died before
reaching the shore, from the shock.
Rev. f. B. Lockwood, of the Sixty
eighth-street Church, New York, was
drowned. There were over 300 passen-
gers ON the Narraganset, and from 80
to so of them are supposed to have
been lost.
The Senate passed the bill introduced
by Senator Booth to provide for the
payment of unpaid accounts in the
Indian Bureau mostly presented by
citizens of the Pacific Coast States and
Territories, and amounting to $500, 600.
The greater part of them matured dur
ing the years 1885, and have not
been audited simply because the appro-
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portion of the claims belong to San
Francisco merchants. The bill, as
passed, directs the proper accounting
officer of the Treasury to examine and
audit all unpaid accounts heretofore
filed in the Department Of supplies fur
nished and services rendered under the
directions of the Indian Bureau, or its
agents, and in cases where the said SER
vices and supplies are found to have
actually been applied to the benefit of
rhe Indians, to certify and report to
Cangress the balances equitably due on
said accounts respectively, notwith-
standing no sufficient appropriation ex-
listed.
The heat in Chicago for the past few
days has been very severe, the Their
mometer, in the hot part of the day,
indicating ninety in the shade, or a
trihe over Several cases of sunstroke
are reported, of which three or four
have proven fatal A few cases are