, 1880-06-13

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boats, or II be had sailed up himself, but he
didn't do anything, it was said suppose
| that isn't So" !:
| L. e. noCNEs,
| OF Norton, Mass, a passenger on the Maria
! gansett, says: "Two young men, was
! told, thinking any death preferable to being
burned alive, and not knowing how to swim,
went back to their cabins and shot each otll-
er. One gentleman is reported to have tried
twenty-five life-preseryers before he could
find one that would hold"
t President Babcotk says be Is making every
| effort to get a list of the passengers Of the
! Narrncansett. but' it has probably gone down
| with the boat. - From the best information lie
| could gather, he was led to hope the number
! OF persons lost wbu|d not prove to be more
than twenty or TWENTY-FIVE, and perhaps less
Clerk Herman; on the contrary, says from
seventy-five to one hundred are missing.
A survivors, story. given to reporter Of
| the Boston Ereul3l0 Transcript, says there
we're between 500 md GOO passengers on the
t Narra9ansett, berths and stateroous being
| all occupied. and the cabun-aoors covered
with mattresses T1o thinks ull the passen-
| gers we're aslecp nj the time, and believes not
more than half were saved. Several dead
bodies were taken Oh board the Stonington.
When the CITY of Now York with the sur
| viyors arrived here the scenes OH board aud
| on the pier were Of the most heartrending
| character Women who had lost children
! or husbands ,yero weeping bitterly, and some
I of thn men who had been in the water for
hours had scarcely enough strength left to
sit uu Little girls and little boys were cry
| i1,g and looking for their parents. Scarcely
| q survivor was clad in complete suit OF
clothes. Men and women, young aud old,
we're
WRAPPED IN BLANKETS,
or had single articles OF apparel which their
feItow-passcngcrs OH the City Of New York
loaned them. Many passengers left the boat
soon after its arrival, and went clad In bla1'-
kets, with no shoes and no hats. TO buy SOME
clothing. .
The steamer NarEagnnsett cost $50, 600 in
1sG8. She was repaired last autumn at an
expense OF $3o,0o and was Ill exceAent con-
dition. New boilers were put in about
year ago. Her value to the Company at the
time Of the loss was not less than S3oo,oo0.
She was Insured against hre Tor Sloo,oOo, anu
there was marine insurance upon Aef OF
S3o,oW.
coWARDLY ACTION.
Capt John II. Gushing. Of Bath, Me-, states
that the deck-hands and petty officers OF the
Narragansett went off in the first boat, dis
regarding the claims OF 1he women anu Gull
dren. lie also states that tlree other boats
were manned by strangers, and that the Cap
tain was not seen after he shouted to the
Stonington. Immediately after the crash, to
back up alongside"
IDENTIFIED.
Some of the bodies ut Mantle have been
partly identified, One is Z. j. Horton, of
Attleboro, SIuss. One woman is supposed to
be Mrs. William Stevens, of uoboken, N. D.,
aud another Mrs. J.. K. Little.
The officers claim sfeunts were made and
answered according to regulations.
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