The Portland daily press., 1880-06-14
AFTER THE DISASTER.
Number Of Bodies Picked Up-A Cap.
sized ifa Root Hound

A Number OF Bodies Picked Up-A Cap.
sized Life Boat Found.
New LONDON, June 12.-The Narragansett
lies headed for and about three miles from
Connecticut shore. The upper part of her
"hog frame" her walking beam and masts are
out of water. Her starboard "hog Frame is
badly burned and all the woodwork of the up
per decks save par. of the hog frame are
burned away She lies in about so feet of
water A wrecking steamer was dispatched
to the scene OF the disaster from New London
this morning give bodies have been recovered
from the wreck up to o'clock this afternoon
four men and one child, the latter beautiful
boy OF or years old dressed in blue flannel
sailors suit, black and red striped stockings
and gaiter boots. On his chin was severe
burn and there We're also burns upon his fore
head. The bodies were taken to Stonngton
Large quantities of stuff floated from the wreck
to-day and were recovered by wreckers and by
various menhaden fishing steamers which have
been cruising about the scene of the catas-
trophe all day. At 7.30 o'clock this morning
the keeper of the North Dumping light picked
up about fiv, miles south of the wreck metal
lie life boat bottom up containing number of
life preservers marked "Narragansett." 1t is
supposed the boat was overcrowded upset and
that all in it were drowned. The officers of
the Narragansett profess to believe that the
number of the lost is very small. Others
think that when the divers penetrate the
cabins Of the steamer many bodies will be dis
covered Allowing for exaggerations it is be-
lieved the total lives lost will be about 80
Since o'clock fishing steamer arrived at
Mantle with six bodies and another boat
brought in two. Who they are has not been
learned.
New LONDON, june 13.-Of twelve bodies
which have been recovered from the wreck
the following have been identified: j. Horton
ton, jewelry drummer, Attleboro, Mass;
William Noyes, New York; Alfred A Reed,
East Greenwich, r. l.; Mrs. William Stevens,
Boston Highlands Mrs. j. X. Little, resi-
dence unknown. William Noyes is brother of
Benjamin Noyes of New Haven who was re-
Gently imprisoned in New Jersey for violation
of an insurance law of that state.
The NarraganSett was boarded by the
assistant inspector OF light boats during Sun
day morning He renders the following report
of her geographical location: Southwest, one
half west OF buoy on west end of Sand shoals,
Horizons Point bears southwest one-half west
from her, Duck Island north one-quarter west
and Corntield light vessel east one-half north
81 miles. She lies in seven fathoms of water.
1t is the opinion of mariners that the Nara
gansett is broken in twain. She is grounded
on the western extremity Of the shoals. But
for her grounding there she would have sunk
out of sight. During the night steamer Relief
of the Coast Wrecking Company arrived at
the scene of the disaster Wrecking schooner
Report still lays along side. The master of
this morning. A part of the wheel house of
the Narragansett was picked up carly this
morning in the race In the opinion of sea
faring men the officers of the Stonington cam
not be blamed for the accident. The courses
of the colliding steamers lay together, but had
the Stonington sounded two successive whis-
ties instead of one in reply to the signals of the
Narransett the accident would not in all proba.
bility have occurred. No bodies have been
recovered today.