Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-12
Collision and Loss of life.

BOSTON. June 12.-Repcrts are circulating
hero Off colliaion ca the Sound between the
steamers Nairags1 sett aud Stopington. The
former is said to have heen sunk with consider.
able lbs of life.
U pon application O. the cfic, Of President
Babcock. OF tic St uiUctou liue, tho runors Of
the collision betwecn the steamers Stoliagton
and Naraaa.se were coafrmed. hut beyond
that mere fact NJ information cJuI be obtained
at that cfic,.
A private dispatch aboat tho collision SAYS
qli:e lumber OF lives were lost. The collision
occurred near the Connecticut river.
NV York, JUICE l2.--Thc steamer Mar.
ragansctt which lett New York last evening for
StonngtCn and her con- paDion, the S.ouingtop,
which left Stobiogtou for New York, c)lIided
cit the Connoc icut river about lbs o'clock -
The former took fire and sunk 10 four fathonls
CT water. Passengers from both steamers were
transferred TO the City OF New York, which ar
rived 10 New York al 1918 this moruug. 1t
is Impossible 10 ascertain the loss OF llio. Thus
far orlg tWo bodies have bsen recovered.
BosToN. June IA brief dispatch says
that after the collision tho Narrarpars,tt wss
set on fro and afterwards sunk.
AStouics!on dispatch Pags there Hor, 10 lives
lcst About thirty passengers Gro there With
cut clothinr.
SToNINGToN. Conn, jane u The steamer
S;orirgton arrived OF ESQ o'clock this morning
with about so sGryivors Of the Narcagansctt.-
The COW oil the former struck tho Narragansatt
thrco feet alt CT the stern, cutting her down
nearly 10 tic water limo. She struck the Nara.
gats,tt OF ll:30 O'Clock 90 the starboard side
t9rWard CT her wheel htus,. The shock burj
the gas tank, and 10 Is miuutta tho Narrapau.
sctt was on lire. Ste eapk 10 1 lslhoms OF
Water.
New IoRK. Jduc - "A Passenger 90 the
Stouiugton gives tho following LcoOurt of tho
dislste,
Soon alter tho steamer Left Prtvderce the
weather became Thick. BY ii p. N. nearly
every body was in bed and all on board was
net. At ubCu! ll4j there was q sudden
crash and / o moment thcrn was terrible tOl-
iuslcD McD, women and children, 10 oil stages
OF undrcss, rushed iraptieal from their
births and rushed TO the upper docks
For lew moments everybody thought the boat
was slaklcg, ard there was struggle for life
pioicrvers. 1t was soon seen that tho steamer
into Which The Stonipeton had rua was the
NRrragaGsett. The latter had been struck
amldshlps, nd two or three minutes after the
collision flames burst out from the cpcino room
and almost inmt dately invelOped the entire
vessel. Thu scano was frigblfu!. Tho shrieks
aid cries ct tho passengers Oh tho Narrsgansett
were dlstiIc ly audible on the Stoniogtop. They
could be seen eapIng into the water and rush.
ing tranlcll'y 10 all directions. The boats of
The SloniuRton wero lowered hilcr delay OF
several miuuts and by that time the Narragan.
set Eal settled and WITS sukiog. BY s)mo
bIuoder til, plugs 10 tho lifo boats wore left
ou, aud they FLIED with wator. This clused
additional delay. Tho men 10 tho boats did
not koow how 10 row them. A. last thoy
reached tic scoGO OF tho Wr, OK atd p'c xcd up
a numb,r OF porstn5 no,tng on life prasarvars,
mattresses. chsirs, lsb'es. ll4nIs 81. The
sc'ne was aDpaiIlog. At this iuLcture tho City
OF New York, from New L,ndCn, came up and
10y OFT at some dislauce. She lowered her boats
and picked up as many OF tho drowoog pass,n.
gers as she copll fed
When all hopo Of further rcscu.s were absn.
doned tho Stouioeton, alter transferring some
OF tho rescued passengers, Us 10 Iumber, to
the City Of New York, ratur led to Stopiop ton
Tho CITY tt New York, which was afraii OF
going ashore, then started fJr New York. with
iho fc:cu9d passengers on board. 1t is not
known how msuy. it any, remained on tho
otouDgton. Many OF The passengers rescued
Wira badly sc,lIrt others wcrn hall naked.
lie Passengers on the New York exhibited
the greatest I'm. aihy AID compassion for the
sufferers
SSc,nd OIotr McD Enough Ci tic steamer
New L ok say 10 biz stat, rut that ia his es-
timaton there ware not cv,r fifty lives lost.
PROVIDENCE r. [, juno ia disp,.cA
from tho clerk OF the Narraeansett says that
he estimates tho loss OF life ct thirty
Othtr accounts as r. that the loss OF Iire
will not FIJI far short of 300