Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-19


BOSTON, Jan. 18.-F. W. Nickerson d
Son, agents of the Savannah Steamship
line, has received the following dispatch:
New Bedford, Mass, Jan. 18-Te F. W.
Nickerson & Son: The steamer City of
Columbus is ashore on Devils Bridge,
Gsyhead, and fast breaking up. About
100 lives are lost. will leave on the early
train in the morning. Saved by cutter
Dexter.
Signed s. W. WRIGHT, Master.
The City of Columbus left Boston at
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Savannah.
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
The following is Capt. Wright's state
ment. The City of Columbus left Boston
at p. N. on Thursday, carrying eighty
passengers and crew of forty-fve At
3:45 2. m. on Friday, off Gayhead light,
bearing south half mast, the vessel struck
on the outside of Devils Bridge buoy. The
wind was blowing a gale vest by north.
The vessel Immediately filed and keeled
over, the water breaking in and flooding
the port-side saloon. All the passengers
excepting few women and children came
on deck, nearly all wearing life preservers.
All the boats were cleared away, but were
Immediately swamped. The majority of
the passengers went overheard Seven
passengers left Che vessel on a life raft,
and about forty more took TO the rigging.
At 1910 6. m, the Gayhead light boat put
off and took seven persons, and another
Go % hot IL
revenue cutter Dexter came along about
1890 and sent off two boats. Twenty-one
persons, ono of whom was dead, were
placed aboard the Dexter, and after all the
persons we're taken from the vessel,
the Dexter proceeded to New Bedford.
Three persons died after going aboard the
Dexter.
THE SAVED.
The names OF the saved are: Horace
Waterhouse. Bath, Me, John White Prince
Edwards Island; j. W. Fairbanks, Cor
ham, Me-; Thomas O'Leary, fireman; e.
TBriggs, Boston; Furber Hanson, Boston;
A. A. Pittman, Brooklyn, steward; s. W.
Wright, Boston, captain; G. D. Whitcomb,
Hudson, Mass, Fl. W. Farnsworth, Town
send, Mass; Geo. w. Farnsworth, Town
send, Mass; John L. Cook, Portland, Me-;
H W. Redman, Lawrence, Mass; Eugene
McGarry, alias MCCARTHY, Som erville,
Mass; 4. A. Phillips, first assistant en-
gineer, John Madden, Oharlottetown,
Prince Edwards Island; T. R. Hammond,
Goldsboro, Ale.
Four dead bodies of men were brought
to this city on the Dexter, and one not
identified. Two are identified as Helen
Brooks, Northboro, Mass, and G. Fred
Chandler, Hyde Park. The other is sup
posed to be, from card found in his
pocket, member of the firm of G. Rich
ardson & Co.
THE sUFFERINGs OF THE PASSENGERS.
One passenger lost was A. j. Morton,
lately connected with the Boston Globe,
who was going south for his health. The
Iedges on which the City of Columbus
struck are considered by mariners as one
of the most dangerous points on the coast.
The lodges consist of a formation of sub
merged rocks, constituting double ledge,
the outer stratum OF which is called DEVILS
back, and both ledges being called Devils
bridge. The ledges are abreast Gayhead
light on the mainland and extend a little
to the southward OF it. The outer ledge
of the Devils back is about an eighth of a
mile from the mainIa, d. On either side
of the outer ledge is very deep water, and
the upper part of the ledge is formed like
thepable of house, go that a vessel strik-
ing it diagonalIy would naturally
keel over on her beam ends. The course
of vessels is around Gayhead, to pass by
the outer ledge on the south. The City
of Columbus had eighty first class and
twenty-five steerage passengers, about one
third of whom we're ladies and children,
and crew Of forty-hve. About forty
men took refuge in he rigging, where they
remained until 0:30 a. M, when the life
beat put off from Gayhead and took away
seven passer Eers, one of whom died soon
afterwards. Shortly after noon another
lifeboat put off TO the vessel, and mean
while the revenue cutter Dexter came along
and sent off two boats. Twenty one men
were taken from the wreck and placed
aboard the Dexter, four OF whom died
afterwards. After all the persons on
the wreck were taken off the Dexter
sailed for this port where she arrived
this morning. The total number of per-
sons saved is twenty three. Five dead
bodies have been recovered, and 119 souls
ara unaccounted for. Seventeen of the
saved and four of the dead were brought
here, and six supposed to be living and
one dead are at Gayhead. The following
are full list of the lost:
THE LIST OF THE LOST.
VIM. w. Wrighs and wife, Boston.
E. G. Rand, lawyer, and wife, Roxbury
T. K. Hald, produce dealer, Boston.
Levi Lawrence, residence unknown.
George n Kellogg, residence unknown.
DR.. H. @. Bartlett and wife, residence un-
known.
Mrs. s. Keane, residence unknown.
Mrs. D. B. Small, Southampton, Mass.