Daily Republican., 1880-06-14

ipe New-London, and New York Lin
bbund for New. York, and which W,
attracted 10 the scene Of the disaster
the signsle Of distress, had eight lif
boats and two RATS. All this life ga,
ing apparatus was atorcs put into ss
vice.
Before the first boat load had been r,
covered fire was seen breaking throug
the main deck Of the Narragansett, an
In very brief space OF time thsreafte
the whole lower deck was one sheet &
flame. The scene was one Of indescri
bable terror. The cries Of terror an
distress were agonizipg. As fast a
they could be launched the boats an,
RATS were filled with passengers take
from the Inflated steamer, or picked u
in the water around it, and they wer
transferred to the steamers New Yorl
and Stonington.
CRAVE UNCERTAINTY.
The most persistent inquiries con
corning the number thus saved fail t
draw forth specific informat Tn
officers of the Narragansett say tina
about zoo persons were put aboard tn
New. York, and so aboard the Stoning
ton. They did not take the names 0
the saved, and as the passenger. Lis
was lost, there Is no way of learning
who we're drowned.
Just as the last raft left the Nara
gansett the fire burst forth on her bur
ricane deck. In twenty minutes aftel
the collision she sunk. Cruising wal
continued for sometime afterward, bu
none were found afoat. The New Yerl
proceeded to New York and the Ston
ington returned to Stonington.
NARRATIVE OF LADY PASSENGERS sAvEr
FROM THE LOST STEAMER.
Mrs. r. NJ. Mulhollsnd, a gentle. faced
light-haired young married lady, OF
Pawtuckst, R. l., was found with her
husband in Room No. Sc, at Earle's
Hotel, yesterday. She wore au en-
broidered night-dress, which still bore
the marks of salt water, and a shawl.
Her eyes were wet with weeping for
her 2,JeaE.old child, Dora, who was
washed away from her while strug-
Cling in the water. She told her story in
a trepulous voice, frequently breaking
into tears. She said: ave were in
our stateroom when the boat struck:
the shock was terrible; the people
screamed, and the lights went out. We
rushed into the cabin where men were
1t work throwing down lifs.preservers
rom above; l got hold of one, and
made my husband take 1t and buckle 1t
around him. Then he got another and
ave 1t to me; held the child in my
srms-poor little thing, she didn't cry
" scream OF all; just held her eyes wide
pen.
Isprang of the deck first, and went
lown under the water; had flung q
hair overheard to hold on to; In rising
caught hold of the chair; then Ed.
yard lowered the baby down to me, and
umped of himsslf-a wave swept him
#.
There were people all around ms
truegling and screaming and crying to |
'od for help; the smoke and flames
'cre rolling up from the stesmer, light
lg up the water with the dark heads
nd forms Of the people on it, some
inging to RATS, some to chairs and
fe preservers, oars, anything they
,uld get hold of. The water swept
YER me, and went down, holding on to
10 baby. l rose again. Some one
sught hold Of the chair, and pulled it
way so sudden that l lost nay hold Of
Dor little Dora, and the waves carried
er off. Here the mother broke out
'bbing afresh.] Oh l can never rest
hen l think of it. l could see her
Dir drifting off, and couldn't reach it,
Iough l struggled like one insane.
l drifted alongside of a mattress.
here was a man olinging to it, and the
attress was borne slowly in toward
% burning boat. The flames made
9 man wild, and as we got nearer he
t 60 his hold and was sucked in by
9 current, shriskipg, right into the
azing FIRE and smoke. 1t was horri-
g. thought my face would roast
th the heat, 1t was 80 intense. Just
| thought was going to follow him
Q mattress swung around little, and
ally floated past the stern just clear
the fire. There was a gentleman float
Z alongside Of me on bed; he had
8 arms tightly clasped around it. He
,ked up and tried to encourage me,
d said: The boats will come soon;
u're getting along we'll. thanked
m, though I'm sure l was so weak l
nld hardly keep hold of the mattress
At last l saw a life boat coming from
Q City of New York. l had already
an it going about picking up people, A
d cried ont as loud as l could, Save
t! save mel The young man who
s standing in the bow-God bless
n saw me and rowed up. He was
thing but passenger, but he saved +
re lives than any other halfdezsn G
n put together. He directed every 2
ing, and the men obsyed him i'm
city. One OF the rowers was drag
'g me out of the water roughly, but
stopped him and handsd me in ten Il
.ly, and got handkerchief from one
the men Che had used his own the
ne way bsfore) and tied it around
neck, and laid me on the bottom Of Z,
, boat. "
10 saved three other people, one Of N
IN lady, Immediately after. One
hem was colored, and somebody in
, boat cried out. Don't save him
6 a niger = white or black, he o.
d, 'I'll save him. And he did save
4. Oh his conduct was most nobls.
was from somewhere in Massachu- N
Is, and gave me his name on card, So
the water washed it oHt. He head i.
the first boat from the StOninqt ton. IN