The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-13

afterwards the flames prevented all pos
sIbility Of saving the children. Mrs-
Stillson lost sight Of her brother-in-law
In the Struggle for life, but both were
saved.
Edward Mullholland and wife lost
their only child. . boy two years old.
0he the the saddest events connected
with the horrible calamity Is the case Of
Mrs. A. p. Dir. OF Brooklyn, wife Of
the broker Of the arm Of Dix a Plyfif.
Mrs. Dix was on the Narragansett
with her three children and q nurse.
All are lost but Mrs. Dix herself. They
were all helped into life boat. Men
tried to lower the boat to the water,
then jumped in and capsized 1t. When
the life boat righted again some Of the
women were carried away and the men
abandoned the boat. Mrs- Dix, her
nurse, and little boy girl elung 10
the boat, but the boat was turned over
in some way three times, and Mrs.
Dix saw her baby, nurse and little girl
was he'd away. Her diamond rings are
embedded in the swollen flesh. The
skin was torn OF the fingers. hands and
wrists by the boats sides and ropes to
which she had clung for life. As soon
rs the City Of New York arrived, word
was sent to Mr.. Dix, and he rushed to
the pier and found his wife. The meet
ing Of the father and mother who had
lost their entire family, brought tears
to the eyes OF every one Of the other
survivors who had not met with SO
great loss. they forgetting their own
misery for the moment in sympathy
with the unfortunate man and wife
whose two chilren were drowned.
Lizzie Peaks, passenger, says: Ev-
erybody was out Of his senses. l asked
4 man, passenger, TO save me; he
pushed me away and said he had
enough to do 10 save himself. BY this
time the boat was sinking; the water
was up to my knees on the main deck
where l stood. l knew / should be
burned II I staid where was, and the
water was gaining on me all the time.
l went to the rail. The captain and
some other men-everybody who could
help-were getting the last life boat
down. The captain said to the men 10
hurry up; they seemed too much fright
ened TO help. The captain lifted me
into the boat before they lowered her.
Another lady ran to get in. She slipped
and broke her wrist, but she got in.
When they lowered the boat, and rs
soon rs she touched the water, all the
men, captain and all, jumped in. No
other ladies got in. A lady and her
baby not more than eight months old
were left behind on the deck. She
begged US 10 let her in, but the boat had
lloated away several feet from the
steamer and we had no oars. She kept
ON beseeching US TO save her. The last
We saw Of her she had her hands raised,
crying for us to come. We had TO go
then, because the steamer was becom-
ing wrapped in flames. There was only
little spot left where the fire had not
reached, and she was standing there
crying. The gentlemen took their hats
and padded to get the life boats away
from the burning Narragansett. In
about fifteen minutes another life boat,
not us full as ours was, came up and
gave US two oars. A lady, gentleman
aud three children were then In the
water near our boat. They begged to
get In, but we told them no, the boat
would capsize. They hung on to the
stern Of our boat. / don't know what
became Of them after that. We saw
two other children, n boy about six
years old and girl little younger, in
the water. They seemed to have no
life prcservers. 1 saw them sink little
distance of. We rowed up TO the City
Of New York and she took us in.
found on the City Of New York good
many rescued persons. Some OF them
were injured. A lady who had been
clinging to n rope on the Narragansett
had lost all the flesh from the inside Of
her hand, which was open to the bone.
Almost all were drenched and were
shaking with chills. The passengers Of
the City Of New York wrapped them in
blankets and gave them whisky.
One gentleman said he had lost his
wife and Oldest son. He had only his
youngest son with him. A lady said
she had lost three children. Another
lady said she had lost two children. 1t
was said everybody could have been
saved IL the captain OF the Stonington,
who ran into US, had sent out boats, or
IL he had sailed up himself, but he
didn't.
L. Z. Rounes, of Norton, Mass, q
passenger on the Narragansett, says:
Two young men, was told, thinking
any death preferable to being burned
alive, and not knowing how to swim
went back TO their cabin and shot
each other.
One gentleman Is reported to have
tried twenty-five life preservers before
he could find one that would hold.
President Babcoek says he Is making
every effort to get a list Of the paosen-
gers Of the Narragansett, but the pas
senger list has probably gone down
with the boat. From the best informa-