Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23


Mass, on the morning of the 18th inst,
and sank soon after. One hundred and
nineteen of the passengers and crew
were drowned. The City of Columbus
had sixty-nine frst-class and twenty
two steerage passengers, about third
of whom were ladies and children, and
crew of forty-fve. About forty men
took refuge in the rigging, where they
remained until 1870 A. NJ, when a life
boat put off from Gayhead and took
away seven passengers, one of whom
died shortly afterward. Shortly after
noon another life-boat put off to
the distressed vessel and meanwhile 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
afterward. After all the persons on the
wreck were taken off the Dexter sailed
for New Bedford, where she arrived in
the evening. The total number of per
sons saved is %. Five dead bodies were
recovered, and 119 souls are unaccounted
for.
The following is full list of the lost:
VIM. W. Wright and wife, Boston; E. S.
Rand, lawyer, and wife, Roxbury; T.
K, Hale, q produce dealer, Boston; Levi
Lawrence, residence unknown; George
Ell. Kellogg, residence unknown: DIR. 81,
O. Bartlett and wife, residence unknown;
Mrs. Skeane, residence unknown; Mrs.
ID. K. Small, Southampton, Mass. Miss
Berth, residence unknown; Mrs. Gikan,
residence unknown; Oscar Iasigi, Tur-
kisb consul-general at Boston; A.
J. Morton, of the Boston Globe;
Helen Brooks, Northb orc, Mass; Mr.,
and Mrs. @. A. Rand and son, Boston
Mrs. Henry Slade, Chelsea, Mass. r.
b. Belyea, wife and two children, resi-
dence unknown; Mrs. J. Atkinson.
residence unknown; Mrs. i. Davis, resi-
dence unknown; 81. J. Kellogg, resi-
dence unknown; @. Richardson and
wife, residence unknown; E. T. Hutch
insOn and wife, residence unknown; S.
Vance, residence unknown; Henry l..
Bachelor aud wife, Dorchester; @.
+. James, residence unknown; James
l.. Merrill, Boston; Henry L.
Daniels and wife, residence unknown;
Mrs. James Beal and Miss Beal, resi-
dence unknown; Mrs. Whitcomb, resi-
dence unknown; D. W. Mitchell, resi-
dence unknown; j. Tibbitts, residence
unknown; T. A. Day, residence I'M
known; M. Sargent, residence unknown;
A. Cummings, residence unknown; D.
Eaton, residence unknown; A. Chase
and wife, residence unknown; II. Dur
land, residence unknown; Mrs. S. I.
Pinkham, Lynn; W. Lapham, residence
unknown; G. r. Hammond, residence
unknown; @. d. Ball, residence I'M
known; 0. f. Frost, residence unknown,
Joel Nourse, Boston.
Following are the names of the steer
age passengers whose residence are not
known: Annie Kelly, Susie Smith, G..
E. Goddard, I. McCarty, G.. Hines, @.
Griffin, T. E. Giddings. W. E. Wright,
August Pearson, j. r. Hebar, J. G
Whitcomb, @. G.. Willet, = Brown, =
Walker, = Fosett. The last three ap-
piled for tickets just before the hour of
starting and their full names were not
obtained.
Following are the names of the officers
and crew that were lost: First Mate
Edward Fuller, Barnstable; Second
Mate Allen Eldredge, Chatham, Mass.
Boatswain Phillip Clark, Boston; Quar-
termaster Mcdonald; Engineer Archi-
bald Morrison, Boston; Second Engi-
neer Collins; Purser W. Spaulding,
Boston; Second Steward Howe; thirty
three eeamen, names unknown.
The following are the members of the
crew known to be saved: Capt. Wright,
Assistant Engineer Phillips, Fireman
O'Leary, Steward Pittman, Seaman Mad
den.
The following are the names of those
taken ashore at Gayhead, one of them
dead, but not known which one: Harry
Collins, third engineer, VIM. Spauld-
ing, purser; Michael Kennedy, q waiter;
Edward O'Brien, a waiter; John
Holmes, pieman; one passenger, name
unknown.
The following are the names of those
on the raft, whose fate is unknown: A.
Morrison, chief engineer; Edwin Fuller,
first mate; Augustus Hardin, second
mate; VIM. Murray, assistant engineer;
VIM. Fitzpatrick, pantryman; Richard
Sullivan, Prince Edward Island, was also
on the raft.
The lodges on which the City of Co.
lumbus struck are considered by mari
ners one of the most dangerous points on
the coast. The lodges consist of the
formation of submerged rocks, the outer
strata of which is called "Devil's back"
both Lodges being called 'sDevil's
bridge" The lodges are abreast of the
Gayhead light, on the mainland, and en-
ter little to the southwark of it. The
outer ledge of Devils back is about an
eighth of mile from the mainland. On
either side of the outer ledge is very
deep water. The upper part of the
ledge is formed like a gable house, so
that a vessel striking it d1agonally
would naturally keel over on her beam
ends. The course of the vessel is around
Gayhead to pass by the outer ledge on
the south.
The City of Columbus was one of the
finest vessels on the coast. She was
built in 1878, by John Roach & Son, of
Chester, Pa, for the Ocean Steamship
Company, New York, to run between
that port and Savannah. She was pur-
chased by the Boston and Savannah
Steamship Company in September,
1882, and has since been plying be-
tween Boston and Savannah, making
fortnightly trips in alienation with her
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