New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-30

the cry, Put your oprescrvers ont" lie nut onc on
his wife aud imself. Neither OF them had any
straps except the shoudeStraps. which were 80 large
as TO be almost useless. He the life rat, out o'u
not know whaf IL was but Officer Field came along ana
said. " Push the raft overt" This was done. ana nc
threw bis wife on to the raft, having first tied largo
rope AROUND her body. Those remaining on the
deck then got upon the raft, and persons con
stantly cot board OF her from the wa'cr
unfit there forty fifty aboard and she was abou
twelve inches under water. This raft was IN chaIEo "
MIR Buck of Port snd and a sailor from tue Tepne-se:
They net boat about half flied with people 10 the
In the a large coored employe Of ne Doat
was sitting. They called to bin to take toe Old wou19
board wich he did not DO Those on ioe rhl. 'v h
him tnat they would make it 4" hot for HIM" Wnen the
raft difted toward ms boat the coloieu m nenodv
oar 10 keep lem OH This securon by sohepuu
on the raft and the ONLY they had on ooaru.
drowned The raft towcd 70 the CITY of New . DIN
lie noticed two mattresses made 10 on Tue nu
chairs, all OF wicn occupied by pas engrrs n
fcer he that night after the collision was ~
al the crew assisting the passengers: WINE on tle
hurricane deck he boats; all OF Them must ""0
left The steamer bc'Orr h reached tue deck .
John Herman the passenger clerk OF the Narraugan-
Sc l. Unidentified the original passenger lists OF the CON-
pany Ho unable to say how many PassenEohioo
we're ro lIsed bert the nlfh OF the cOlslon ho
thought II likely there might have been ten la. ,,
detail comparison OF tue passenger Hats VIII tho
t Of passengers saved and accounted for preparu S
the con- pany then madc. This examination To-
sull ed IN disclosing fact that thore were twenty
seven names the passenger list which 40 DOT ap
near on the list OF saved and los. There vert
fourteen the passenger list to whlch thei -
a strong doubt whether they appear upon the othei
ist In some Of these there Is slight rcsrm,
bance between the names the two lisa. The isI OF
passengers saved lost and accounted FOR contains 1oo
lanes The twrntyseven who did not appear upon
thai list hut the eguar passenger list SHOWN ha
the whole number OF passengers could nor nave Dcn
less taan 3I2 and adding the fourteen doubtful names
The lIs may nave reached 326 In all probability the
number was even larger. AS tre names OF PASSENGERS
rot taking state berths do not appear on he
regu ar pass niger list Mr.. Herman said ne knew Of no
way which tho number OF Gckeis SOFA on tne iaa'
trip OF the Narrangansett could be accurately hscet
tained His book containing the ticket list nnd never
been recovered. - IN Z,
Cartam Thomas A. Scott, submarine diver. testified
that ne was called the wreck OF the Narraganseti
and arrived IN In person the Sunday morning lot
Lowing the disaster; he found bodes IN inc wreck
that day ne could look INTO the sttterooIns IN the
dies cabin the roofs of which of 10 nearly every
case; few DAYS later he took the body OF Gilbert
ChPsebrO u fireman. from the wreck IL was lounu on
the tsrboard side Of The main deck Just forward o. we
cnuOe-rOOm. ono OF his divers found the DOoy OF u
cciored cr lust aft Of the cCmpanlOn-way on Tue MAN
deck He found one bn1y in the water Inc COasl
Wrecking Company recovered three bodies from the
wreck He was instructed by Captain Ba0cocs 10 no
ali he could To recover bodies but nothing was saId
about the passeugerlst. At the cOncusOn OF Sdp.ain
Scotts testimony inycs cation was ADJOURNED III
uncertain when IL viii be resumed.