Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-14

but the latter did not appear to answer tc
the signal, and few moments afterwards
the crash came. The captain of the Stoning
ton Immediately ordered his crew to set tc
and save the passengers of the sister boat
Life boats were hurriedly lowered from both
steamers and filled with the now frantic
passengers. Rats, chairs and other articles
were thrown overheard for the purpose OF
saving life. In the confusion great
MANY JUMPED OVERHEARD,
and were not seen again. The Narragansetl
was soon wrapped in flames, and the Stoning-
ton left her side laden with about two-thirds
of the Narragansett's passengers.
There was no discipline apparent on the
Narragansett after the disaster, while the Of
ficers and crew of the Stonington are praised
for their courage and bravery.
The captain of the Stonington soon learned
that his boat was making water forward
The cargo was thrown overheard to Tighten
the vessel, and sail placed under the bow.
The first two boats to leave the Narragan-
sett contained only men, principally foreign.
ers. The third boat contained women and
children.
PERSONAL INCIDENTS
A child was taken frem the arms of its
mother who died on the Stonington after
being rescued and was saved.
Mrs. E. nj. Saule, of Boston, was heard to
say to her child: "Nellle, if jump, will you
follow me?" to which the child responded;
81 will, mamma" Both were saved.
Charlie Clureber was placed on raft by
his father and saved, but his father was
drowned.
None of the Narragansett's books or pa
pers were saved, but her captain estimates
the number of passengers leaving New York
at three hundred.
Mrs. Frederick Stillson, of Atlanta, Ga,
awakened by the noise, ran to her brother
in-law's state-room and called to him. When
they went back into the saloon where her two
little children were asleep, the smoke was so
sitting they could not go in to save them.
A moment afterward the flames prevented
all possibility of saving the children. Mrs.
Stillson lost sight of her brother-in-law in
the struggle for life, but both were saved.
Edward Mulholland and wife lost their
only child, boy 2 years old.
ONE OF THE sADDEsT EVENTS
connected with the horrible calamity is the
case OF MIS- A. f Lux, Oh DfOOHlyu, WIG OI
a brother of the firm of Dix & Pheyfe. Mrs.
Dix was on the Narragansett with her three
children and nurse. All are lost but Mrs.
Dix herself. They were all helped into a
life boat. Men tried to lower the boat but
water poured in and capsized it. When the
life boat righted again some of the women
were carried away and the men abandoned
the boat. Mrs. Dix, her nurse, baby, little
boy and girl olung to the boat, but the boat
was turned over in the same way three times
and Mrs. Dix saw her baby, her nurse, her
little boy and girl washed away.
Her diamond rings are Embedded in
the swollen flesh, the skin being
torn off her fingers, hands and wrists, by the
boat sides, and ropes to which she had chung
for life. AS soon as the City of New York
arrived, word was sent to Mr.. Dix. He
rushed to the pier and found his wife. The
meeting of father and mother who had lost
their entire family brought tears to the eyes
of everyone. The other survivors who had
not met with SO great losses forgot their own
misery for a moment in sympathizing with
the unfortunate man and wife whose chill
dren were drowned.