The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-17

nected with this horrible calamity IA
that Of Mrs. A. p. Dix OF Brooklyn,
wife Of A P. Dix, of the broken arm
OF Dix & Phyfe. Mrs. DIX was on the
Narragansett with her three children
but Mrs. Dix. They were all helped
into life boat after the collision. The
fe boat was cspsized and Mrs. Dix,
her nurse and baby, and little boy
and girl olung to the boat, but the boat
was turned oyer in the same way three
times, and Mrs. DIX said her baby and
nurse and her little boy and girl were
washed away. She and another lady
were the only ones left in the boat.
BosroN, June 2-According 70
the story OF Cornelius Henry, OF this
city, there must have been many lives
lost, he says. in the collision. At the
time the Narragansett, in which he
took passage from New York, left thar
city she had between 500 and 4c0 pas
sengtrs on board; that Mt the time all
the berths and state rooms were en-
gagged; it was very foggy; an Of the
passengers had retired; think that,
with the exception OF the officers,
was the only ono on the Nsrrsgansett
that was up, aud saw the Stoning-
ton when she struck us; We were run.
ming a pretty fair rate of speed at the
time, as was also the Stonington; she
struck US amidships on the starboard
side and raked up clear TO the wheel;
the force of the collision caused the
Narrsgansett to list heavily TO port, and
in less than hve minutes she went
down as far as the main deck and
grounded; shortly after that saw g
sheet of flame shoot out of the engine
room, and in less time than can de-
scribe it, the ship was on FIRE;
the moment saw what had
happened, / rushed for the hurricane
deck and tried to cast loose life raft
which was there, but was unsuccessful.
I then slid down post to the aeloon
deck and tried TO cast loose another
life raft, but was again unsuccessful.
BY this time The fire had gained such
head way that I hardly knew what TO
do. saw life raft floating in the wa
| ter short distance from the steamer.
and 1t was my last chance. jumped
overheard and commenced padding for
il. When a short distance from the
raft / became exhausted, and hadit not
been for the line, which had been left
towing behind, / would most assuredly
have been drowned.
Mr.. Henry gives much credit to the
officers of the Stonington and Nara
ganseit for their efforts, and adds
word of testimony in favor OF the
Narragansett's passengers, who be said
were remarkably cool, under the trying
circumstances.
New YORK, June ia passenger
on the 6tonington gives the following
account of the disaster: Soon after
the steamer left Providence the wealth.
er became thick. BY IL P. n. nearly
everybody was in bed and all on board
quiet. About IL :45 p. NJ. there was
sudden crash and in moment there
WAS a terrible confusion. Men, wo-
men aud children in all stages of un-
dress rushed frantically from their
berths and rushed to the upper decks,
but for few moments everybody
thought the boat was sinking, and
there was struggle for life preservers.
1t was soon seen that the steamer into
which the Stonington had run was
the Narrsgantett. The latter had been
struck amidships and two or three
minutes after the collision flames burst
from the engine room, and al
most immediately enveloped the
entire vessel. The scene was
frightful; the shrieks and cries of
the passengers on the Narragansett
were distinctly audible on the Ston-
ington; they could be seen lespiDg
into the water and rushiog frantically
in all directions; the boats Of the
Stonington were launched after delay
of several minutes, and by that time
the Narragansett had settled ana was
sinking, but by some blunder the
plugs in the life boats wers lett out,
and they filled with water; this caused
an additional delay; the men 10 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 pressrvers.
mattresses, chairs, tables, planks, etc.
the scene was appalling; at this
juncture the City Of New York
and New London came up
and LAID of at q distance; they lowered
boats and picked up as many Of the
drowning passengers as they could hnd,
when all hope for further rescues were
abandoned. The StoniDgton, after
transferring some of the rescued pas
sengers, 175 in number, TO the City of
New York, re urned TO St0nIngton.
The City of New York, which was
afraid Of going ashore there, started
for New York with the rescued pas
sengers on board, not knowing how
many, II any, remained on the Ston-
ington. Many of the passengers res
cued were badly scalded, aud Others
were half naked.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 9.-The Demo-
cratic state convention met this morn
ing. The hall, with q seating capacity
of three thousand, was fully occupied.
The convention was called 10 order
by the chairman of the state central
committee.
Hon. Francis Hood, Of Bartholomew,
was chosen temporary chairman, and
the usual committees were appointed.
Ex-Governor Thomas A. Hendricks
was chosen permanent chairman.
Resolutions were adopted iDstFuctIng
i delegates to present the name Of Mr..
Hendricks TO the Cincinnati conven-
tion ss the nominee for president, and
TO vote as q unit on all questions be-
fore the convention.
ANNAPOLIS, June 10.-The'following
are the nsmes of Southern graduates at
the military academy to-day. and their
order Of merit: Cadet Midshipman
Homer @. Prundson, West Virgins,
9Th; Esrnst Wilkinson, Louisians.
10; Arthur G. House, Mississippi, 18th;
Thos. A. Parke. West Virgins, 18th;
Louis Duncan, Tennessee, 10Th: Wm--
@: p. Muir, Kentucky, 81; Charles
Cabiness, Virginia. 22; Joseph NJ.
Dickson, Texas. 29th; Frank Bawdin,
Texas, 81; Horalio T. Filhbrown,
South Carolina, ~; Thos. WoEthing-
ton, Alabama, 44th; Fritz A. Stanton.
Texas. 4th; Theo. c. Derby, South
Carolina, SO; Lewis J. Clark, Alabama.
56th; Jas. s. Brown, Tennessee, Ssh,
Hugh Rodman, Kentucky. 81. phil
lip r. Algers, % large. stood 1fst IN
cadet engineers. Cadet epgigeerss J.
L. Wood, Virginia. 7fb; w. 3. Smith.
virginia, 18th. A. w. StobI, New
York, Was first. Csdsts Algtr and
6tohI divided first honos.
MARSHALL, June 11.-In he HssaeB-
ger issued to-day was an ar icle reject
ing upon Coleman. About len o'clock
be met upon the street r. L. Jen-
ningF, the editor, and asked II he
Ess responsible for the article. Upon
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