The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-15
THE SARRAGASsErr DISASTER.
Interestinga Facts and Incidents Con.
nected With This MOst DepIOrabie

From various Eastsrn Papers.1


From Various Eastern Papers,l
An interesting story Arelatmg to the
disaster is to the -effec6 that IN EngliSh-
man, passenger on the Narragansett,
l'saved the lifeu- OF a little girl thrown
from the burning steamer INTO the wa
4 terrpear hun, He swan TO the little
! thing apdflifsed herup IA the water, but
she slipped from his grasp. He tried
sit again, but The same Thing happened,
and was again repeated. Finally he
got her on a plank. and succeeded in
J keeping her there till the two were
picked up by life-bOat administered
to one of the steamers near at hand. o
LOST HER THREE CHILDREN.
Mrs George X. Thayer, of Pleasant
vile, Pa, was one Of the saved. She
Z states that after the shock the officers
I went from room to room and advised
the inmates to dress, telling them az
the same time there was no danger.
Z She SAYS that the men in charge of the
raft that rescued her were forced to let
one poor woman sink, because to take
her on would have periled the safety of
its occupants. A woman with three
children clinging to her clung to the
side of boat near the raft on which
Mrs. Thayer was. The woman tried in
vain to put her children in the boat,
and after repeated attempts they were
finally drowned, whilesshe was saved.
SAVED BY A BALE. OF COTTON. al.
b. A telegram from Mr.. George OsgOOd,
who. with his wife, was a passenger on
| the Narragansett, states that he and
Mrs. Osgood remained on the boat
until the heat became unbearable, when,
/ though he was unable to swim a stroke,
! they leaped into the dark waters togeth-
er. A bale of cotton was fortunately
floating by and husband and wife sue
ceeded in grasping this and clnging
to it until rescued, Mr.. OsgOod was
!. on his way to Newburyport, his native
place. from Nebraska City, by reason
of iH-health. -s.anr. nd ...r-rgsf ,..f
% CONDITION OF THE SToNINGTON.
The Stonington has been hoisted into.
/ the dry-dock, foot of Pike street, and
many people are visiting her. Her
! bows for nearly twenty feet aft and
above the water-line are completely de-
mOlished, and to prevent her from
I filling with water, canvas and blankets
I had been nailed over the hole. Her
: stem-pipe was completely shattered and
} the main deck leading back to the fore
/ castle was twisted and torn up, showing
that the shock was very severe. It was
believed by some who examined the
bows that the damage showed cOnclu-
sively that the speed was greater than
the law allows in fog. Upon the up-
per deck forward was strewn the torn,
/ soiled and drenched clothing of the res
cued passengers, consisting of shoes,
stockings, underclothing and overcoats.
A COFFIN FOR A LIVE MAN.
The report from New London that
William Moves was alive and well in
New York was confirmed ON the arrival
of the New York mail express at Ston-
ington from Boston. On the train
came Mr.. l.. NJ. Thayer, of the Hotel
Dorrence and Nathaniel Grant, both of
Providence, r. l., who are personal
. friends of Mr.. Moves. They brought
with them an elegant casket to place
the body of their old friend in, but be-
fore reaching the undertaker's estab
lishment were surprised to lean from
Herald reporter from New London that
Mr.. Noyes was alive and all right. They
were 10th to believe, but, on viewing
the body, instantly and positively decided
that it was not Mr. Moves.
EVERYTHING UNHANDY. .a H
A passenger says the people expe-
rienced great difficulty in getting the
boats loose. They were tied in ali sorts
of ways, and only by lifting and pulling
this way and that could they determine
where the fastenings were. Not an Of
ficer came to help them; neither did the
deck hands come around. If they had
he has no doubt but that the life-cars
could have been readily lowered and
many lives saved. He could have saved
the children locked up in the stateroOm
if an AK had been at hand. -t-s.
.. A STRICKEN CITY. FTaH nHrH
The residents of Attleboro are more
deeply interested in the Sound disaster
than any other town in the State, be-
cause so many of the iewelTy manusact-
urers are constantly travelling on that
line in the prosecution of their business.
Since the receipt of the intelligence of
the disaster all business has been sus-
pended, and groups collect on the cor
ners of streets to learn any new things.
All were saved except E. j. Horton,
Fulton and the two children of Stilson.
Fulton's body and the two children
were found yesterday. The children
were in the state-rOOm where they had
been locked in by the mother as she left
the room to ascertain the cause of the
noise. The ladies arrived here last
evening and were received by large
crowd of people at the depot. The
mother is completely Frustrated by her
affliction. and it was feared last Sunday
that she would die, but she is now much
improved. Expressions of sincere sor-
row at the loss of Mr.. Horton are heard
on every side, and the inhabitants feel
that they could more easily have lost
other men. He was an enterpriSing
manufacturer of iewelry, was ttifty-twO.
wears old last December, had lived in
town from his boyhood, represented the
town in the last Legislature and was
quite wealthy. He leaves a widow and
one child. The flags in the pub
lie squares and buildings are at half
mast Fulton was a resident Of Attic
boTo Falls and was a salesman So great
is the interest maintained BY the public
that on the appearance on the street of
any of the survivors they are besieeed
by crowds Of eager listeners, and Ire
obliged to recite their experiences.
SOD. Captain Adolphus Greedy, who goes
out as commander. of the .HOwgate Arc
tic expedition. is a handsome Young
New Enghnder. a native OF NeWbury-
mort Mass tall and thin with blue
eyes and black hair and aIook ofplucky
endurance. He has great energy and
ambition I and has. been an unWearied