The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23
| NIGHT DISPATCHES.
4 Particulars of the Wrecking
i of the Columbia.
The Position of Europeans in
Khart0um.
Debate on the FitZ John P0r-
ter Bill Continued.
~rv~~-r a ~r-~~@~ ~~ 1%~
MISCELLANEOUS. ETC., ETC.
The Columbia Disaster.

VI BOSTON, Jan. l9.-Fifteen surviv-
\ ors of the wrecked City Of Columbia
arrived this morning from New
Bedford. Many of them are In y
pitiab!e condition and some were too
dazed to give an intelligent account
of the wreck. F. w. Fairbanks, Of
Gorhan', Maine, says he was in his
berth in the st+erage and awOke
somewhat uneasy when tn accident
occurred. He ia of The opinion the
steamer struck on the rocks sew
eral times tefUre abe came UP
Un the.A finally. He made out
three successive shocks and
though it might he that the high
sea Was hurting Ice against her side
When the steamer vas am med upon
/ the rocks, the water rushed into the
steerage and he scrambled out, taking
great p art Of his clOthinx with hi u.
As the vessel filled size kpeled over
and he got into the rigging where he
clung for hours with the sea break.
ing over him and he received blow
across the forehead which stunned
him and another in The chest, tut
his fingers We're then frozen to the
rigging and he was not swept IF. He
attributes his safety ~ q rubber coat
which he hal tied around him and
that kept his clothing dry. Many
more be thinks would have beer
saved, but for the high sea running. |
boats could not approach the wreck. |
When his turn came he ju nped into |
the raging Water and after reaching |
the surf"ce WAS swept within reach |
of the rts :uers lie saw two persons
VIII" made per 10 IS ttap overheard. |
washed awav to d ath, and believes
many met the same fate. B fire the
re.cu- Was attempted. a single b"at
with several Indians In it, Came f o u
the Head, tut they could not ap.
proarh the wreck. They We're en-
gayed IN picking up the floating mat
ter, and while i" the rigging he pilot
told him h- had fixed the cOur-e of hr
vessel and fastened the wheel, and
as he was very cold, went to The
smrkeStark to warm himself. He
remained Il there twenty n.inu es and
when he returned to Ills lsOSt he
found the ship had veered arOun :.
When he ascertaiUed the vessel was
among the rocks and probably im-
pDsSib!e 10 save her, he cut her right
Oh shore and ran her as high rs h- .
could with the r. suit rs given. Al
tho igh she drew II feet of wafer. her
fOrefmt was in IL feet. Mr.. Fair
banks il of the opinion that manv
passengers did not leave tine caDin un-
til t. cir DO lies were washed out hy
wav. 8, which s"on tore off the aft r
part nr the deck ami carried out the
bO lies, furniture and tag gage before
the eyes OF the hnrrified survivors
Oscar Tiago was in the rigging with
him and he peris ed b fore aid came
to hand Mt W IN ~ or child wa I
seen by him alive after the vesst
Went ashore. II th,uk+ M"rt,n, Of Z
the Boston Globe, did not succeed in |
gaining the Dr., k.
New BEDFORD, Mass. Jan. 49, d
The early train from Boston this r
was heavily la'ien with rel t
atIve- and friends "f the victims of I
the City of Columbia disaster. But 9
Ii tie inf 'rnatiOn could be gained n
here r-gardiny individual victims, /
and they have since berm wandering
To and fro along the VIII rves i'npor- {
timing all they met ab"ut the wreck. u
H A. Pm lIips, first assistant engin. b
eer of the City of Columbia, states n
hat when We struck, Garrison. the .
'hief engineer. exclaimed. ''vessel fl
We shut down right eff, Y
and the ship backed off Then we
got bells 10 x, ahe d and she drove r
right on to IN. reef again. 1t did not :,
,een ten minut ~ n-f re she sank. "
had just time I" get life preserver y
Fne boat was Ou -ile the buoy, but a. !.
here WAS u terrific current. The t". " =
I'll number of D -rson. saved " 8 % +
Five dead bodies have been recovered
Seventeen Of the saved ami fur of q
,te d All We're brought here and ak ~
Of then ale supposed 10 be dying o
and are dead. One-third Of the pas. O
'eng.rs We're women and chiIdr-n, "
l It one Of whom 50 far as known
was saved n