The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24


and by tomorrow noon no noticeable number
will remain. During all the pressure Of vast
numbers of visitors the city has been as or.
derby and devoid OF crime as in ordinary
times
Terrible Steamboat Disaster. I
The steamboats, Stonington and Mar
ragansette collided on Long Island Sound
about II :15 P. NJ. June 10. The bow Of the
steamer Stonington was broken in for die.
lance of ten feet from her stern. The Nara.
gansett was struck just abait the forward
gangway, making great breach into which
the water poured in floods. A heavy fog pre-
vailed and the vessels were proceeding at re-
duced speed. The Stonington rebounded a
dozen feet by the force Of the conclusion. The
Narragansett instantly began to I'LL. As soon
as her officers comprehended the nature Of
the disaster they aroused the sleeping passen-
gers, about three hundred and fifty in num-
Der, and made preparations to remove them.
The passengers came hurrving on to the main
deck and when they learned the peril they
were in they became panic stricken, and
the most vigorous efforts of the officers
to restore order were futile. The
many Indies on board were calmer, as rule,
than the gentlemen. There were fewer exhi-
billions OF paralizing fear among them. The
officers made all haste to lower the boats and
provide rafts, but half the frenzied passengers
could brook no delay, and many sprang over.
board and swan or foated close to the sink.
ing craft, making their presence known by
despairing cries for help. The Narragansett
was provided with light metallic life boats and
three patent RATS. The Stonington had an
equal number, and the City of New York had
eight life boats and two RATS. All this life say.
ing apparatus was at once put into use. Be.
fore the first boat load had been sent of, the
tire broke through the main deck. In very
short space of time the whole lower deck was
afame The scene was then one Of indescrib-
able terror. The few previously calm became
panic stricken. One man shot himself in lis
frenzy, and in the ladies' cabin more than q
score OF women lay in swoons. The cries Of
terror and distress were agonizing. The 81.
ticers OF the Narragansett say about 800 5
soes were put aboard the New York, ana 91ity
aboard the Stonington. As the passenger LIST
was lost there is no way oflearning the names
of the drowned. Just as the last boat left the
Narragansett the fire burst forth on the hur.
ricane deck, and in twenty minutes after the
collision the Narragansett sank. The upper
part Of the hog frame, the walking beam and
masts are out Of water Her starboard hog
frame is badly burned, and all the woodwork
Of upper deck, save part of the hog frame. is
burned away. She lies in about thirty feet OF
water. A wrecking steamer was dispatched
to the scene of the disaster from
New London this morning, and divers win be-
were recovered from the wreck to-day, four
men aud child, the latter badly burned in
the face. Large quantities OF stuff foated
from the wreck to- day aud were secured. This
morning the keeper of the North Dumping
light house, picked up metallic life boat, bot
tom up, containing q lot of life preservers that
were marked "Narragansett." 1t is supposed
that the boat was overcrowded, and had upset
and all drowned. It is thought when the div
ers penetrate the cabins m any bodies will be
found. Allowing for exaggerations It is be-
lieyed that the total loss will be about fifty.
Since four o'clock eight more bodies have
been recovered and taken to Mantle, where
collins will be sent by the steamers company.
One Of the saddest events connected with the
horrible calamity is the case of Mrs. A. P. Dix,
OF Brooklyn, wife Of a brother of the firm Of
Dix and Pheyfe. Mrs. Dix was on the Nara
gansett with her three children and nurse.
All are lost but Mrs. Dix herself. They were
all helped into life boat Men tried to lowe
the boat but water poured in and capsized it.
When the Life boat righted again some of the
women were carried away and the men aban-
doned the boat, Mrs. Dix, her nurse, baby, lit
tie boy and girl clung to the boat, but the boat
was turned over in the same way three times
and Mrs. Dix saw her baby,s her nurse, her
little boy and girl washed away. Her dia-
mond rings were imbedded in the swollen
flesh, the skin being torn Of her fingers, hands
and wrists, by the boat sides, and ropes to
which she had chung for life. AS soon as the
City of New York arrived, word was sent to
Mr.. Dix. He rushed to the pier and found
his wife. The meeting Of father and mother
who had lost their entire family brought tears
to the eyes of every one. The other surviy.
ors who had not met with SO great losses for.
got their own misery for moment in sympa-
thizing with the unfortunate man and wife
whose children were drowned.
Church Endorsement Of Rev. Mr.. Kalloch.
At a meeting Of the Metropolitan Bap-
fist Church in San Francisco, California, on
evening of June 16, of which Rev. I. s. Kali
loch is pastor, a preamble and resolutions
were adopted, strongly endorsing Kalloch.
The resolutions say members ofthe church
had heard all the charges that have been made
against their pastor, but his pure and exemp-
larry life has proven them false; that his labors
in behalf of his church and its prosperity un-
der his care, have earned for him the fervent
gratitude of the entire congregation. The
last resolution reads: Resoloed, That
whatever the civil courts or ecclesiastical
councils may decree, we shall regard them IL
the light Of malignant persecuti tons, which can
only bind US more closely to him, cause us to
stand more firmly BY him, until accusations ia
proper form, coming from proper and unpre-