The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-14
DOWN TO wATERY GRAVES
Collision on Long Island Sound,
Between th. Steamers Nsrragansstt and
Stonlnuton-PanIo Stricken PasseH.
gers only Escape from Fire to
to Meet Death Ia Another
Form Loss Of Life Said
10 be Ab'ut Fifty.

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| transferred 10 tue s'eAiler Nlty Vi Ne"
York, Of the Fall River line to Boston, and
, they arrived in New York at l:15 this
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Inc steamer o'on'ps'on "i'i'ou "' SUN
ington, Conn.,, at $3.50 this morning, with
ahout fifty survivors from the Narragan.
oo,, Tho how NJ the fornsr Ia stove In
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nearly 70 tne wafer i'ne' QUO s''uIA 'ne
Narrangansett on the starboard side Tor
ward OF the wheel.house. The shock
h,,o, tho oas ,apk and in fifteen minutes
-, a.. 80 49,, -
tue NaIta9aHse's WAC on u'e' anu 'oou AZ
terwards sunk. The steamers New YORK
and Providence came to its assistance and
,ao,Iy all tho hoa,s and life rafts of the
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Iour s'eaWe'o me'o 'o"e'eu a"u Pu' ="
service. Two hours elapsed before the
Last passenger was picked up. Most OF
,h. nasoo,ssrs wa,a ,,anstsrred IN the
'uo p"s' n"
Gity oil new iotk. fassengefs say tne
officers and crew oil the Narragansett be-
nayed with great coolness and nerve.
Oh the arrival OF the Stoning'on the vii.
age was aroused, and men and women
9sslenea WIN e,o.nius Sos,a anu aSs,uGe Ssua IT,
1hsir nisb,.cIotbes. One died before
reaching the village from the shock, and
her body has not yet been identified. One
man aso uieu' ,,es. ne, f. Ma'haG;s. & "TI SSn,oS %
Nav Nav York who W AZ on his first trip East
Most Of the eastern-bound passengers left
on special tram.
No estimate couid oe made AZ stohlhg'
ton oil the loss OF lie. Ihere was gener-
81 agreement among the Survivors that
out OF passenger list oil over three nun
dred, 0 large number must nave Deen lost,
as the water around the Durning steamer
was awe WIN Strugghhg Peop.et e''usaus .S;ns
TO ralts anu every cohcelVaoie lnlng'
Most oi tne women ptouent 10 oV'n'ns''h
were 10 the WAFER seyets, dnn nouls' .,;.o
one lady hau ABOUT 90 wv in her 'a'lse,
which was loSt' ivy Ao,es VI tne s,esle'
Stonington dieu aitsr peips pIcAeu W
Their remains await iaentlheStlon. ~ 10
feared that most OF tne passengers WHY ~,
were in oerths oeiow the uialn ueeA u'u
not have time 10 save themselves
a PASSENGERS ACCOUNT.
Naw York p,i extra has the follow.
q 'o" :, - I;a.,,,ar ,ron, a nos.
ing account o. tns uisa''et i'ou pa'
senger on the stontngton; soon ai1er the
steamer left Providence tho weather be-
o.,,o ,h;oL Re II o,cl.ck nearly every.
ea'iie 'A''H' ~ saI, It,,
body Was IN otu anu "'' on u""tu d"''s'
At about ll:b there was sudden crash,
and in a moment there gas terrible cen.
t,a;a, Mon woman and chIldrsu in all
.tsses oa NJ nnd,ess rpsbed Irantically from
stAgeS Sa,.hs W Wn snJ rrsSed IN ihe MINER
tneiI peItn' pH a ;aw nnnsrts svervbbdy
uecksi ,D ~ 49, a,,a sinkiny and thsre
Inous"t s,rn,SIe ,nS % n, Iiie n,eseryers. The
Was Was. st ,t,ts, Soat soiJ ,ha a hnat was leak.
olhCeiso " ti'1 ~. U rae Sas no Janusr I,
lng 'otMa.o IT, III ,be % Steamer into Which the
was !nen .. ss1" III H. I'M S"4 Ihe Narragansett.
9voh,sI Ttt.". ~ haan s,rrrk amid. .hips, and
,me ,ne ,as'V ns ,hrss minu,es altar ,bo collision
asmes bnrst out aud almost Immediately
enveloped the entire vessel.
THE scene was irignual' lne ,rs SH.,eaS N.r,a
sausstt sau s' we're W distipctlS audible on the
s,onington. They could be seen leaping
into the water and rushing trSnfiealIy III
oil directions. Ine T,as ooaS SIss i, use of ssysrs
wirn,ss ,On Ssss and . by thai time the Narrsgan.
sett had settled and vas sinking. BY some
bIunder the plugs In the lifeboats were
Ieit out and they filed with water THIS
caused additional delay. The men in the
boats aid not know how to row them. At
Iast thew reached the scene OF the wreck,
and picked upa number oil persons Ist-
inv on life preserves, mattresses, chairs,
tables. planks, &c.
"The scene was appalling, At this
iuncture the City OF New York came up.
and lay of at some distance. She lowered
her boats aud picked up as many OF the
drowning passengers as she could hnd.
rbe rescued persons, l75 In number, were
transferred to the City ofNew York and
returned TO Stonington. Many Of the pas:
sengers rescued were badly scalded, and
othsrs were half naked"
v,oo,a.vsprr pAssEsoER's NARRATIVE.
n,". ,I,....i., a., ~ Tho
j. ID. WILCOX, AoJus''ng Aseu' VI 'ao
New York Life Insurance Company, and a
resident of Chicago, was passenger on
Ns.-sa.n..,, and reIa,ss the following
NarrasanSe'' s'u .e'A'oo So" .n' - ,Lo III
story: Aroused oy the ho'Se o' 'he c"i'
lisiou, he Immediately realized what had
bapnened and hastened from his state
tIs o.r,,,;no III. non,o,oons and coa.
room, cAtIyi"s h,s PaNoHo Pa.nn