The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-17
AN APPALLING ACCIDENT.
Fatal Steamboat CoIliaIon in Long Island
Sound.
NEW YoRK. .Inna 10

and the 6tcniagt0n. which left Stonineton
for New York, collided Off the Copnecti.
cut River about 11.16 last night. Tho
NdrrdJdnsctt, took fire and sunk shortly
afterwards.
SToSIEGToY, June 12.-The .Stonino.
ton arrived here about $50 this morning
with about fifty Of the survivors of the
Na,Tagdnsctt. Tho bow of the former
struck the NdrraganseN three feet aft OF
the stern, cutting her down nearly TO the
water line. The shock burst the gas
tank, and In fifteen minutes the Nara
ganseH was on fire. She sank in four
fathoms OF water. The steamers Cfty
Of Ncto York and Providence came TO her
assistance, and all the boats and life RATS
Of the four steamers were lowered and
put in service. Two hours elapsed be-
fore the last passenger was picked up.
most Of whom were transferred to the
CITY Of Ne,o York. On the arrival at
Stonington the village was aroused, and
men and women hastened with clothing
and assistance. twenty-five women were
on board in their nigh. clothes, one of
whom died before reaching hero from the
shock. One man, the Rev. T.. B. Lock-
wood, of the 68th street Methodist
Church, New York, also died. He v ,s
on his first trip east. No estimate can
be made of the loss Of life; one account
says surviving passengers from the i'll
fated NdrraganseH all agree that out Of q
passenger list of more than three hun
dred, large number must have been
lost, as the water around the burning
steamer was alive with struggling people
clinging to the RATS and every conceiya-
BILE thing. It is feared most of the pas
sengers that were in the berths below the
main deck did not have time to save
themselves.
New YORK, june 12-P. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Stilson, of Atlanta, Ga,
were on their way East with their two
little children. It appears they took pas
sage on the ill-fated MarraganseH. When
the disaster occurred, the children, who
| were locked up in the stateroom, were
for the moment forgotten, and it is sup
posed that both babies were burned
before any assistance could be obtained,
| and the poor mother, when she realized
her loss, was in paroxysm Of grief An
old lady, Margaret Muir, of Br 20 klyn,
about sixty years of age, was pie e up
while floating in the water, hold lg high
| above her her infant grandchild, lifteen
months old. A boy named Charlie Case,
about IL years old, residing in Jersey
City, who with his father was on the
way to Boston on the Narrdgansett, was
placed by his father on life-raft, with
the assurance that the lad would be ta-
ken care of by him. After long and
severe struggle the father disappeared
under the water. Soon after the boy,
entirely destitute of clothing, was brought
on board the City Of Neso York. Sever
al boys from the United States steamer
Tennessee, who were passengers on the
Ma,rogansctt, were very active in organ
izing the crew of the Naryagarsett and in
aiding 70 syert the panic. Among the
saved are Mrs. Fred Stilson, of Atlanta,
see. It is stated that none of the Ndrrd-
gansett's booka or papers were saved.
Her captain estimates the number of
passengers leaving New York at 300.
One of the saddest events connected
w:.h the horrible calamity is the case
Of Mrs. 4. P. Dix, of Brooklyn, wife of
A. P. Dig, broker, of the firm Of Dig &
Phyfe. Mrs. Dix was on the NayTaqan-
sett with her three children and ntiTse.
ALI were lost but Mrs. Dix herself
They were all helped into o life boat
after the collision but the boat was cap
sized. Mrs. Dix, her nurse, baby, little
boy and girl clung to the boat, but it
was turned over in some way three times
and Mrs. Dix saw her baby, her nurse,
and her little boy and girl washed away.
She and another lady w.ss the only ones
left in the boat.
BosroN, June 12.-,According to the
story of Cornelius Henry, of this city,
there must have been q great many lives
lost. He says that at the time the Mar
.,dgdnseH, in which he took passage from
New York, left that city there were be-.
tween 800 and 900 passengers on board
that at that time all the bcrihs and state
rooms were engaged. It was very foggy.
gnd most of the passengers had retired.
"I think that with the exception of the
officers was tho only one on the NafYd-
ganset that was up and saw the Sioning-
ton when she strslck us. We were runs
ming at q pretty fair rate of speed at the
time, as was also the jSSl0nington. She
struck US amidships on the starboard
side, and raked us clear to tho wheel.
The force of the collision caused the
NaYTdgdnscH to list heavily to port, and
In less than FIVE minutes shs went down
as far as the main deck and grounded.
Shortly after that saw q sheet Of flame
shoot up out OF the engine room, and in
less time than ] can describe it the entire
ship was on fire. In moment saw
what had happened. ] rushed for the
hurricane deck aud tried to cast loose
life raft which was there, but eas unsac-
eessfnl. then slid down to the aaleoa
deck and tried to foose another life raft.
but was again unsuccessful. BY this
time the fire had gained such headWay /
hardly knew what to do. I saw. q I:fa
raft floating on the water short distance
| from tho steamer and Jumped overheard
and began pRdd ding, fox 1t, when d short
disialice from she raie I became pretty
well exhausted and had it not been for
o line which Ind heen left towing behind
] would have most aSsured dly been drown
ed sS ,;ss ..'s 3 sss
NEY YoRk, june IL. The Cty Of
NesD YORK bsonght to her pier in thia city;
about 100 snrvivors. A great crowd Of
anxious friends and relGt ives of The I;nas
aanga1n land nsaaI.nh lni il,1 r..
tho cabin, in the saloon, on the! decks Of
the Cfsy Of -Nes0 York and on the steam
boat Issrs the ssee5tS T%Sggs of The most most
heartrending character. Women who;
had lost children and husbands were
| weeping bitterly, and Eoms OF tho men
| who had been IN the water for hours had
scarseiy enough Etrehgt TO sic mp. Lit
| lie girls and little boys were crying and
looking Tor their parents. Scarcely a
survivor was clad IN q complete suit of
| clothes; men and women, ynnnR and Old
were wrapped in blankets or hid sfhrIa
articles of apparel which their kind iel-
iilow-p pagseugers on board the Cfty ,of Neis
York had loaned them. Row q husband
who had learnsd that hia wife or sister