The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-13

looking Tor their parents. Scarcely sur.
vivor wss clad in n complete suit of clothes /.
men and women, young and old, Ind 10 no
wrapped IN blankets, or had single articles of
apparel which Kind passengers on hoard
Ine City of New York had loaned thcm,
Now husband, who had learned that lila
wife or his slst had arrived 10 the city on
We Wy of New York and had been saved.
would arrive, and two sorrowful persons
would be united, Then women would rlsh
out OF stalerooms and closely scrutinizo a
young boy who happened 10
90 crossing the deck, saying that ha
looked like my boy, Many of the nassen-
gers eit the boat soon after its arrival. and
went clad in blankets with no shoes and no
hatsto buy clothing. w ~
PASsgNaER's STORY. ..,et
Boston, june l2--According 10 tho story
81 Nofnenus Henry, of this city, there must
nave been, many lives lost in The
collision. AZ the time the Narratansett, in
whieh ne took passage from New York, leil
ihat cry there were between three and lour
hundred passepgNrs on board; that at The
Nne III me oerths and state rooms gnre
last OF the ~ passens gers ha ma
retired. think, with the exception OF The
officers, was the only one on tho Narraaap-
sett who was up and saw the Stoninrton
when she struck NE. We were running alta
pretty fair rate of speed at the time, us was
also the Stonington, She struck us amid
ships on the starboard side, and raked up
clear to the wheel. The force Of the col
lislon caused the Narragansett 10 list heavy
to port. In less than five minutes she went
down rs far as the mainl deck and grounded.
Shortly after that. l. saw u sheet of
names start up out of the engine
room, and in less time than can describe IL
rs THE snIP WAS ON FIRR.
The moment ! saw what had happened 1.
rushed for the hurricane deck and tried 10 cut
loose life raft which was. there, but was
unsuccessful. | then slid down post TO the
saloon deck and tried to cast loose another
lite raft, but was again unsuccessful. By
TINS time the lire had gained such Roadway
that hardly knew what to do, | saw life
raft in the water a short distance from the
steamer, and as il was my last chance
Jumped overheard and commenced pad
ding for it, When short distance from the
raft | became pretty well exhausted, and
had 1t not been for line which il had left
towing behind, ! would most assuredly have
been drowned, Mr.. Henry gives much credit
to the officers of the Stonington and Nara
gansett for their efforts, and adds word Of
testimony in favor of the Narrpgansett pass
engers, who were, no said, remar kably
cool under the trying circumstances,
ANOTHER PASSENGERS STATEMENT.
New York, June ia passenger on the
Stoningtoh gives the following account of
the disaster: Soon after the steamer left
Providence the weather became thick. BY
II o'clock p. m, nearly everybody was in
bed and all on boark quiet. About lids
there was sudden crash, and in moment
there was terrible confusion. Mon, women
and children, in their night.cothcs, rushed
tranticly from their berths 10 tho upper
decks, but for few moments
everybody thought the boat was sinking and
there was
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE PREsERvERs.
II was soon seen that the steamer into which
the Stonington had run, was tho Narragan-
sett. The latter had been struck amidship,
and two or three minutes after the collision
the flames burst from the engine room and
almost Immediately enyeloped tho vessel
With flames. The scene was frightful. The
shreks and cries Of the passengers on the
Narragansett were distinctly audible on the
Stonington. They could be seen
LEAPINd INTO THE WATER
and rushing franlicly in all directions.
The boats of the Stonington
were launched after a delay of
several minutes and by that time tho Nara
gansett had settled and was sinking. By
some blunder the plugs in the life boats we're
left out and they filled with water, This
caused additional delay. The mon in the
boats did not know how to row thcm. AT
last they reached the scene Of the wreck and
picked up q number Of persons floating on
life preservers, mattresses, chairs tables,
planks, etc. 1t was at this juncture that the
City of New York and the New London
came up and laid of at some distance.
She lowered her boats and pickedu as many
drowning passengers as she could find When
all hope of further rescue was abandoned,
the Stonington, after transferring some Of the
rescued passengers, one hundred and seventy
five in number, to the City of New York, re-
turned to Stonington. The City of New
York, which was afraid Of going ashore then,
started for New York with the rescued pas
sengers on board. II is not known how many,
if any rem ined on the Stonipgton. Many
Of the passengers rescued were badly scalded
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