New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-27
THE PFcORD OF DISASTERS.

A LIST or THE PRINCIPAL ACCIDENTS OF RECENT
YrARs ON SEA AND RIvER-THE sEAwANIIAKA,
THE NARRAGANsETT. TIE wEsTFIEID, TIE
PRINCESS LOUISE AND OTHER WRECKS.
The wreck of the Victoria, which has resulted
in snch heavy loss Of life, will recall similar disasters
in years Last year was remarkable Tor inc oe
strction of steamships, less than li7 having beeh
lost Three OF these disasters were OF peculiar interest
an excited unusual horror account Of the number OF
persons who were either drowned or burneh-the con
sion between the Naragansct aud stoningtoh III Long
Island sound, the burning Of the scawanhakA III h'N'
River and the laundering of the Florida c"aHt oi 'e
City Of Vera Cruz The NarIngausct of the Providence
line was run into on the night of June by the sion
ington oIthe same line of Cornhed Point The Mar
ragansctt caught Are ana sunk. The scenes OF the
night we're terrible or the $50 passengers who were on
board about fy lost. Close on the heels 81 thS
disaster came the burning OF the scawanhakn by Wmch
about forty lives were Lost The boat ran between tins
city aud Summer resorts the north shore OF Long
Island. on the afternoon Of June 2s, while the sea
Naphaka WIZ abreast Of Backwelrs Island fire broke
out Through the heroisn Of Captain smith, VINO thonEn
badly burned. remained at the wheel the boat was
beached whore she burned 10 the waters "lEe' Ino
recollection NJ the awful scenes Of that afternoon. a. the
passengers with whom the boat was well filed enheaV
ored To save Themselves from death 10y fire and water Is
still fresh The laundering August - OF the
City Of Vera Cruz. she was on her way from New
York to Havana, caused q great deal O. oNclt<meh'
which heightened by the two disasters when had
preceded IL. TbrtyfOu- lives were lost Two "ther h'
cdens which occurred Inst year resulted In heavy o7s
OF ne-the sinking Of the French steamer Once Joseph
which met in collision the steamer Ortiua, OF spezza
on November -. go persons being drowned; ana Inc
laundering seventy miles from Bombay v the British
steamer vingorla, 1870 persons losing their lives
one Of the most dreadful calamties OF recent years
WAS the blowing NJ Of the boilers 81 the Staten Island
ferryboat Westnrld on Sunday. July 81. ISL, just rs
she was about to leave the -lp the foot Of whitehall
ST. There were from POO go passengers on board NJ
the time about eight OF whom lost their lives ana over
one hundred OF whom more or less injured 10y Tue
explosion The forward half Of the boat. where most OF
the messengers seated blown to fragments on
I . night OF August 20 In the following summer a
schooner ran into the propeller Mctis ~ the Providence
Line and sunk her. The Mcs had loi Is~' i,rTr ana
crew If fort -four some of whom Heated nsh"rr
three persons lost their lives hv the accident In S
tcnhcr ls7s. cxcnr-iou steamer me Irhr'~S A.o'
was run down In the Thames AMI about coo tc@ were
lost In November Of the same year the iiamnutS-
American steamer fomuerana came mt" coIii-"h WIN
bnrf and went down N Folkcstonc. sixty n'c lives
were lost On May n, l~7-, the German ir"ncnd 'f"-
scr Kuriur-t, " lille .teamng in d. hru-. h'hhrI,
SQUADRON aud went down almost ium'dlai'N over
500 lives were e-t ia th- DISASTER onc 81 ihr siT1is't
accidents ~ modern times occurred Oh The l-lr o want
on March 2i 1879. In the afternoon th' British tram
Ing ship Eurydcc. AN old """l'ii sailing NtrNt' "a,
seen hy the people shore moving along under Nh
i ,,, Ia,ra,s,y tbr Furydrc VA. not in sight She
had been capsizod and ~ IRE 81 persons on board only
two were saved Nearly 100 lives were lost 10y NE
wreSk 81 the steamer Metropolis on turf1tuck h'h'h
\ G I'm January ISIS The United Statc- ship Huron
ran ashore near orr ION Inlet. y G.. on No'cnhcr H.
1877. in a Storm and war c'inpct'I! ""'A'd N"'''9
six officers and men Wcrc lost.
Within the last forty years the disasters md myai"rcs
of Inc, sea have been innnV Among these =" De re-
u,cuier,I n e great lo-- 80 life 90, Nili" du lttrc
The wreck of the Nurtnrcf with 80 Ir-unr ON "hrd
the l,s of the Arctic vi 500 passengers, o." nv -"rl
OF the CITY 81 Boston by which $50 I-ns u rl-r the
burning ~ the Austria with iJO victims. the -iraudlne
Of the Panama with 400 deaths the destruction Of the
Row Al Chartcr and 4iO lives, the o "i thc r-ld'nt
with 100 persons hoarl. the burning ~ The Iude
incidence when l4Opcr@ous lo-i. aud the wreck az
the Atlantic ich ,sucd In tie death % All persons