The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21

deeper the ship would sink, He replied: No
deeper l then went into the cabin and saw
Chas House. the second steward l said: Get
your crowbaf out, knock IN the doors, and get
the passengers onto their feet / remember
hearing him tell at least two passengers in the
State-roOms to get up and go to the social haA,
on the hurrican deck. He went through the
starboard side on the main cabin knocking
all doors of stateroom and went through the
port side doing the same. [ raped at
every door on my side of the
cabin. Before I reached the last
door, the vessel keeled over. There were a num-
Der of passengers in the saloon, and l called out
to them to save themselves as best they could.
| then rushed through the main saloon and up
the staircase, climbing to the weather side of
the deck. The vessel keeled over so far on the
port side that all the staterooms on that side were
completely submerged On the weather side of the
deck were three or four passengers. We stayed
there few moments, when the ship righted and
settled
THE SCENE ON DECK.
There was a terrible scene of confusion on
deck. Men and women, some with childeen in
arms clambered up to the deck, clinging franti-
cally to every available projection that offered
resistance. They crowded upon each other so
fast that they could not be counted as they
rushed upon deck, only to be met by some mon
stIous wave and swept off into the sea. Groans
and yells contended with the fury of the gale
hoarse. Sea after sea swept over the ship, car
rylng off everything not made of iron 1t had
been blowing moderately when l retired. but
now there was hurricane Still the moon shone
brilliantly and land plainly visible. l saw
Chief Steward Pitman on deck and told him
to take TO the rigging. ! saw at
this time eight or ten men hanging on the star
board rigging. The chief steward and went
into the maintop with passenger
"A very few moments after the vessel struck
she keeed over, then shifted herposition slightly
as if sliding down off the ledge, and after the
ship filed and sank As the stern went down
the vessel righted, and the swell carried her
head up again the ledge, when she settled
permanently, apparently between powders or
on the hard bottom don't think she shifted
her position than fifteen feet after she first
struck. The at this time was making a
clean sweep over the ship. From the maintop
saw the life raft on the hurricane house. There
were half dozen men standing if waiting for
wave to launch it into the sea- One of the
fremen cut the lashings of the raft with razor
saw one port boat launched and upset"
THE LIST OF SURVIVORS.
The list of the saved foots up twenty
nine, including those at Grayhead whose names
have been ascertained, and the additional name
Of Captain S. Vance. of North Truro, n S. The
steamer SpeedweI, on Friday, while searching
for bodies at distance of several miles from
where the steamer sunk. came across one of the
and nearly sunk to the waters edge. In the boat
tossing about in the water as the waves
raised or lowered the boat was the apparently
ifeless body of Captain Vance. When taken on
board the steamer it was found life was not ex
tinct, and he was so far resuscitated as to, be-
able to walk with assistance when landed at
Vineyard Haven. Strong hopes of his ultimate
recovery are entertained.
The following is a corrected list of the sur
vivors:
engers-Horaoe Waterhouse. Bath. Me-!
James Brown, Lawrence, Mass; F. w. Fair
banks, Gorham, Ne; Captain S. Vance, North
Truro, N. s.; George W. FarnswoIth, Towns
end, Mass Herbert Farnsworth Towns
end, Mass. H. Weidman, Lawrence, Mass;
John L. Cook, Portland Me-: Captain F.
r. Hammond, Gouldsboro Me-; Eugene McCar-
thy, steerage, Somerville, Mass; j. H. Tibbetts,
SOmerville q. 7. Whitcomb, steerage, Hudson,
Ny.
Officers and crew-Captain E. S Wright; first
assistant engineer, H. A. Phillips; second as
sistant engineer. Henry Collins; purser, W. H.
Spauldng; quartermaster, Roderick Macdonald;
steward. A. A. Pitman; porter, E. T. Briggs.
Seamen-John Madden Jno White, Edward
Leary, Robert Gallant.
Firemen-Thos. OLeary, Jno. Hines and
ThOs. Butler.
Waiters-Furher Hanson, Edward OB1ien,
Michael Kennedy.
The passenger-list of the City of Columbus,
corrected, foots up eightyone passengers, cabin
and steerage. There were forty-fve officers sea
men and walters. Total death-list, 81 There
is possibility that the figures will be altered by
the discovery of additional bodies.