The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-19
TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK,
THE CITY OF COLUMBUS GOES DOWN
On the Trtaehsrous DsVipa BridEs-Ons Hundred
and N!astten PsrAons Drowned-TwsAiy ME
Pa.nussn Recessed and i've Dead Bodies
R'eovtrtd-scenes 1t tho Wreck. = i

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R'eov.r,d--seenea 1t tho Wreck.
.NEw BknronD, Mass, January ls.-Tht
steamer City Of Columbus, which left Bon
ton yesterday for Savannah, was driver
ashore at Davil's Bridge, Gayhead, aud ont
hundred lives are reported lost. The fol
lowing Is Capt. Wright's statementr
p The City Of Columbus LETT Boston at
o'clock Thursday afternoon, carrying eighty
passengers and crew Of fo.ty.flve. A,
3:45 A 81, Friday, the Gayhead light being
south hait.east, the yes,l struck on the
outside Of DEVILS Bridge buoy. Tho wind
was blowing gale west by north. The
vessel Immediately filled and keeled over,
The waller breaking In and flooding tho port
side o(the saloon. All the passengers ex.
cepting few women and children came
on deck, nearly all wearing lie preservefs,
All the boats we're cleared, away but were
Immediately swatnped. The majority oi
the passengers were washed overheard.
Seven passengers left the vessel on life
raft, and about forty more took 10 the
rigging.
\ At 1880 A. NJ. the Gayhead life boat pu,
OF and took seven persons. Another life
boat put of between l2 and l. The reve,
nue. cutter Dexter. came along about 1886
and sent off two boats. Twenty.one per.
sons, one Of whom was dead, we're placed
aboard the Dexter and after all were taken
from the vessel the Dexter proceeded to
New Bedford. Three persons died ate,
going aboard the Dexter.
Four dead bodies were brought to this
city on tho Dexter, one not identified. Two
are identified p Helen Brooks, Of North.
boro. Mass, and G. Fred Chandler, Of
Hyde Park. The other is supposed to be,
from card found in his pocket, q member
Of the firm OF G. F. Richardson & Co.,
Clinton Market, B,ston, One of the pas.
seDgers lost was N. J.. Morton, lately con-
nected with the Boston Gtobe, who was 90
ing South fer his health. i5ssE,' - r :,
: The lodges on which the City OF Colum.
bus struck is considered by mariners Us
one Of the most dangerous points on the
coast The ledses constituting Of submerged
rocks, consisting OF double ledge, the
outer strata OF which is called .'Devil's
Rock" both ledges being called nDsvil's
Bridge ~. Tg .ss: jr1's,'Tt.'
The outer ledge Of DEVILS Bridge is about
eight miles from the main land. On either
eide Of the outer ledge is very deep water,
theupper part OF the ledge formed like the
gable Of q house. s3that vessel striking It
diagonally would naturally keel over on
her beam ends. The courae OF vessels ia
around Gsyhead 10 pass by the outer ledge
on the south. r. i5t..ss -, =.
The City Ct Columbus had so Grst.class
hnd % steerage passengers, about one.
third Ct whom were ladies and children,
and crew OF iorty five. About forty men
men took refuge in the rigging, where they
remained until 1880 A, NJ, when life boat
put Of from Gayhead and teok away seven,
one Of whom died soon afterwards. -
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN DROWNED.
The total number OF persons saved is
23. Five dead bodies have been recovered,
and 10 souls are unaccoanted ior. Seven.
teen Of tho saved and four CT the dead
were brought here, and six supposed to be
living and one dead are at Gayhesd. -
The following is full list OF the lost
VIM. W. Wright and,wiie, Boston; E. S.
Rand, lawyer, and wife, Roxbury; T. N,
Hale, Boston; Levi Lawrence and George
H. Kellogg, residence unknown; Dr., Il. 6,
Bartlett and vile, residence unknown;
Mrs. S. Kean, residence unknown; Mrs. D.
R. Small, Southampton. Mass Mics Beach,
residence unknown; Mre. Giban, resi-
dence unknown; Oicar Tadigi, Turkish
Consul Genera; N. j. Morton, Boston
Globe; Helen Brooks, Northboro, Mass,
Mr.. and Mrs. 9. A Rand and SOD, Boston;
Mrs. Henry Slade, Chelsea, Mass; R. B,
Belyi, wiis and two children, residence
unknown; Mrs. ]. Atkinson, residence un-
knowr; Mrs. L Davis, residence unknown;
Mr.. Ii. ]. kellogg, O. Richardson and
vile, T. T. Hutchins and wife, s. Vance,
residence unknown; Henry L Bachelder
and vile, Dorchester; G. F. James, resi-.
dence unknown; James A. Merrill, Boston;
Henry l.. Daniels and wife. residence un.
knowr; Mrs. JAMES Beall and Miss Beall,
Mrs. Whitcomb, D. W. MITCHELL J. Tib-
bi,ta, l. A. Day, W, Sargent, A. Gum.
mips, D. Eaton, A. Chase and
wife, II. Durland, residence unknown;
Mrs. L. S. Linkham, Lynn; w. Lapham,
G. R Hammond, @. D. Bali, G. F. Frost,
residence unknowu; Joel Nourse, Boston.
sTRERAdE pAssESGxns. ;5,t
Annie Kelley, Susie Smith, G.. Z. God.
dard, 7. AcCarty, g. Hines, O. Griffin, 7.
+. Giddins,gW. E. Wright, August Pear
Bon, J.. R. .Helar, j. G. Whi.ecomb, G. @.
Willet, Brown, Walker, Fosset. The last
three applied for tickets just before the
hour If starting, and their. iull names we're
not obtained.
2 Officers: First mate, Edward Fuller,
second mate, Allen Eldirdge,
Chatham, Mass boatswaiu, Philip Clark,
Boston; Quartermaster, Mcdonald; engin.
eer, Archibald Morrison, Bostor; third en-.
gineer, Coliiut; purser, ". s. Spaulding,
Bostor seconu steward, House, and thir.
ty:thres seameD, names unknown. =
The following members Of the crew are
known to be saved Z Captain Wright,
Assistant Engineer Phillips, Fireman
OLeary, Steward Pittman and Seaman
Madden. \, d, a 5 .3li,'
The following are the names OF those
taken ashore at Gayhead, one Of them
dead, but not known which one: Harry
Collins, third engineer; Wm. spauiding,
Michael Kennedy, waiter; Edward
O,Brien, waiter, john Holmes and one
passenger, name unknown. - -, !. :.
The following are those on the raft,
whose fate is unknown: A. Morrison,
chief engineer; Edwin Fuller first mate;
Augustus Harden, second matt; William