, 1880-11-07
Wreck Of the Sound Steamer
Rhode Island in Nara.
gansett Bay.
The Vessel Run Upon a Rock
During q Heavy
Fog.
She Is Finally Beached, Badly Dam
aged, and in Sinking Con-
dition.
The Passengers and Crew All Trans.
ferrcd to Shore in Safety.
Three Lives Lost by Collision on the
Milwaukee l. St. Paul Railway.

Milwaukee t. St. Paul Railway.
|
WRECKED.
| sptcta5 D,pateh to tbs Chicago T4tbt.ns
| Bosroy, Mass, Nov. &-The steamer Rhode
| Island. Ut the Providence Line to New York,
| went ashore near Point Judith early this
morning nnd Is total wreck. She left New
York Mt the usual hour yesterday afternoon
Ill very heavy fog, and proceeded slowly
and with grent cauti11 with continued
signals and frequent stops. The fog cou-
tiuued thick in the Sound, and at about i
o'clock this morning the steamer struck.
| There was considerable alarm and confusion
! On board. The chandeliers crashed down,
! and for the moment there was total darkness
| at,d danger OF fire. Capt. Mott
| and the officers behaved with great
| GOODNESS, cautioning the passengers ana as
| suring them OF safety, and in q short time
the alarm subsidized. No one knew exactly
where be was in tho dense fog and darkness.
The passengers all put on life-preservers,
assisted by the Captain and officers, and then,
| amid the surglng Of the waves and the grad
1lal opening Of seams and crashing Of timbers,
/ waited for daylight, when q line was
stretched to the shore, and every man,
woman, and child on board was safely
landed a little after o'clock. The
Captain sent TO- farm-housas for
teams and al1 were taken to
Narragansett, from which place many Of the
passengers went over to New York, and
Others were carried to Wick6eld, where they
took the train for Providence. None of the
passengers were injured, but one of the crew
lad his foot crushed, and AIR. Gilfoy, the
head Steward, was seriously hit in the fore
head by the glass from falling chandelier.
The sea WIS heavy and a good deal Of the
freight was washed overheard. The place of
the wreck is bad one, from the nature of the
rocks and the adjacent shore, and, although
east of Beayertail, is exposed to considerable
force from ,n the sea. The passengers were
so0 yards from The Shore At the time 'c'f Of
striking it was low tide. From summary
Of the statement Of passengers, 1t is found
when the vessel struck. The ladies in
particular were. remarkably cool None
shrieked, none tainted, nor was there any
evidence OF selfshness or panic among the
men, which characterized the Narragansett
to put OH life-preservers, but tie
majority were perfectly reassured by the
words of the officers that the vessel was safe.
Stlll II was IN anxious waiting for daylight,
Ine waves beating heayiy aeainst the YES
sfl ht moSrs hg gfoann @ nd sne iuf.ure iaitng
aoout. 1he RreS were promptly puG out III
the furnaces and no disaster @ occurred except
rom o1tAkn'g cuanurHGis. Inc eXtlngulshed
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here at $50 this afternoon. The steamer
cost $500. 600, and was the fastest as we'll as
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boat strucK the chandelier feli With a crash 1
Total darkness and confusion followed. But |
the alarm of the passengers soon subsided,
uIlner u tHe assurance OF Tue o1ncerS That all