The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-13
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8 SAD AND HORRIBLE CALAMITY.
me steamer Sarraganscu Run Into
andSunk by The Steamer SIoninr.
son-she Goes Down In Four
fhthoms of Water Fully
"a Fifty Lives Lost Par.
tieNIars of the Ter.
rible AFFAIR.

New York, June l2.-It is reported hi,
morning that the steamers Stonington and
NarrseNnsett colhded this morning OF Corn
field light Long Island sound, and that tho
Nrrasansett sunk. Application at the Office
OF President Babcock, of the Stonington line
here confirmed the report butro information
could be obtained. A private dispatch saws
there were number Of lives lost.
SECOND DISPATCH
The steamer Narragansett, which left New
York last evening for stoLington for New
York, colided OIL Connecticut river about
ll!l5. The former took fire and sunk.
THIRD DESPATCH.
Stonington, June l9.-The steamer Ston.
ington arTived ut $50 this morning, with
about nifty survivors of the Narragansett,
The bow Of the former struck the Narrsgsn.
seit three feet aft of the stern, cutting her
down almost TO the wAter-line. The Ston.
ington struck the Narragansett at ll:SO
o'clock, on the starboard side, forward of her
wheel house. The shock bursted a gas tank,
and IN fifteen minutes the Narragsnsett was
on fire. She sank in four fathoms of water.
The steamers, City of New York
and Providence came to her assistance
and all the boats and life RATS of the steam
ers were lowered and put into service. Two
hours elapsed before the last passenger was
picked up, most of whom were transferred
to the City of New York.
The passengers say the officials and crew
OF the Nsrragansett behaved with great cool
ness and nerve
On arrival at Stonington the village was
aroused and men and women FASTENED with
clothing and assistance. Twenty-Five women
we're on board in their night.clothes, one of
whom died, before reaching here, from the
shock. she has not vet been identified. One
man died, Rev. L. B. Lockwood, of the
Sixty.frst Street Methodist church. Now
York. He was on his first trip East.
No estimation can be made of the loss of
life. |, is believed the loss will DO less than
at first supposed.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
says the surviving passengers from the i'll
lated NMragansett all agree that out of a
passenger list of more than 800 large num-
Der must have been lost as the water, bound
burning steamer was alive with struggling
people clinging to RATS and every conceivable
thing 1t is feared that most Of the passen.
gers that were in berths below the main
deck did not have time 10 save themselves.
NUMBER OF LOST.
New York, June l2.-Second Officer Nc
| Donough, OF the steamer City of New York,
says 10 bis estimation not over fiftv were lost
by the collision of the Stonington and Mar
ragansett.
TWO BABIES BURNED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Stilson, of At
lants, were on their way east with their little
children. It appears they took passage on
the ill-iated Narragansett. When the disas.
ter occurred the children, who were locked
up stateroom, were for moment forgot.
ten. 1t is supposed that both
the babies were burned before
any assistance could be obtained,
and the poor mother, when she realized her
loss, was in paroxysm of grief
OTHER INCIDENTS.
An old lady, Mafgaret Mier, of BROOKLYN,
about sixty years of age, was picked up
while floating in the water holding high
above her head an infant, her grand.child,
fifteen months old.
"A boy named Charles Case, about twelve
years of age, residing in jersey City, who,
with his father was on his way to Boston on
the Narrsgansett, was placed by his father
on life raft with the assurance that the lad
would be taken cared of by him. After
II long and severe struggle the father
disappeared under the water. Soon after
boy entirely destitute of clothing was brought
on board Of the City New York.
| GALLANT BoYs.
Several boys from the United States
schooner Tennessee, who were passengers on
the Nsragansett, were very active in organ
izing the crew Of the Narrsgansett and aid
ing to avert panic
AMONG THE SAVED.
are Mrs. Fred. Stilson, Atlanta: w. l.. Pros
ser. Tennessee; j. Smith, Tennessee.
IL is stated that all Of the
Nar-agansetts books and papers
were saved per the captain.
They show the number Of passengers leav-
ing New York at 300
One of the saddest events connected with
the horrible calrmityi is that of Mrs. A. Dix,
Of Brooklyn. wife of A. r. Dix, broker, OF
the firm Of Dix Il Phyfe. Mrs. Dix was on
the Nsrragausett with her three children and
nurse. All were lost but Mrs. Dix herself.
They were ali huddled into life-bost after
the collision, but the boat capsized. Mrs.
Dix, her nurse, baby and little boy and
girl chung to the boat, but the
boat was turned over 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 that we're left in the
boat.
After more than an hour they were picked
up by officers and men in boat from New
York and taken on boa that boat. She
wore diamond earrings, and the diamond
rings on her hands were imbeded in the swol
len flesh. The skin had been torn off her
fingers, hands and wrists by the boats side
aud the ropes to which she had clung for her
life. As soon as the City of New York ar
rived, word was sent to Mr.. Dix, in Wall
street. and he rushed 10 the pier and found
his vile. The meeting Of father and mother,
who had lost their entire family, |
brought tears 10 the eyes of
every one in The saloon. Other survivors
who had not met with 80 great loss forgot |
their own misery for moment in sympathiz. |
ing with the unfortunate man aud wife whose |
children had been drowned. The CITY of |
New York brought to her pier In this city |
about oue hundred and fifty survivors. a
great crowd OF anxi0us friends and relatives
Of passengers had assembled at tho wharf /
IL the ctbin. In the saloon and on deck Of
The Shy OF New York sud on The stganlbnet |