Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-19

SASasSst SAcItsuenb prevailed and women
were rushing about the cabin in their
nlght dresses. On reaching the deck 1
found the men hoisting the lib. and in
about twenty minutes the ship listed
The houses were carried away bv the sea.
and almost Immediately the deck began
to break up.
WASHED OVERHEARD BY SCORES,
About O'Clock as the passengers
came on deck they were washed over
poard by scores and the scene
was horrible. After the vessel listed
L made my way along the wind
ward side up an inclined plane and into
the rigging, where about forty persons.
all men, had taken refuge. There we
cIung Tor life, with fingers benumbed and
with floating cOrpses and debris at our
feet. l saw one man who was Knocked in
the sea when the topmast head broke.
Inc steward also said that he remembered
lew OF tne passengers, among them the
boston GLOBE reporter, whom he recalled
from the fact that he came to him and re-
quested warm place at the table. as his
lungs were not strong. The gentleman
said that he was going South for his
heaith. The description given answered
to that of n. j. Morton.
Among the passengers with whom the
steward became acquainted was j. L,
Hale, OF the firm Of F. L. Hale & Co., No,
81 ana ~ Commercial street, Boston.
Pltman also remembered Mr.. Tibbets.
an express man at SOmerville; Messrs.
Merrill and Batchellor, of Boston, one of
whom was accompanied by his wife; MIR.
sargent, carriage maker, of Merrimack;
=. y Bell, OF Lowell, and George God
dard, of Stowe, Miss.
PASSENGERS EXPERIENCES.
John L. Cook, a screen maker recently
In the employ of E. T. Burrough. at Port
land, Me-, was passenger and occupied
a state room on the deck with an elderly
Brunswick, Me. At the time the
vessel struck he was awake. but
dld not feel alarmed till he
heard the orders to hoist the lib
ana detected signs of confusion. Mr..
Cook dressed himself, and, learning that
the ship had struck a rock and was sink
ing, he went on deck. He went back to
MS stater0om and alarmed his cOmpan-
ION Inc latter seemed crazed, and
altnOugh COOK pulled him out of his berth
twice, ne could not prevail on him to leave
the room. Cook was at length compelled
to abandon the attempt, and returned to
tne deck, where he climbed to the ton of
one OF the houses, where he found two
young men named FarnswOrth, Capt,
wright, and seaman named White. AT
about IL O'Clock the house was carried
away, and the five men sought refuge in
the foretop. All five of these men were
saved.
HEART-RENDING SCENES.
The COOK says that many of the scenes
were heartrendlng. John Roach, a coal
passer, dangled from the mainstay for
two hours with his hands and legs about
the malnstay. At length his struggles
grew leeDier until he dropped into the sea.
a passenger was astride stay and clung
there from O'Clock till nearly 10 O'clock
In the morning, when he, too, relinquished
the hight for life and fell into the ocean.
All the rescued gave the highest praise
to the officers and of the revenue cutter
Tor the bravery they showed in saving
them.
THE SURVIVORS.
All tne survivors are now on board the
cutter, where they are cared for bv the
othcers. The Mayor rendered the hos
pltalltles OF the city to the survivors. but
Iney preferred to remain on the cutter.
= l,s ne steamer was last going to pieces at
oOcIock tonight, when the cutter left her.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOST.
NEW BEDFORD, Jan. 10, 1880 A. Mt
IS now ascertalned that the first class pas
sengers numbered 80, the steerage y and
the crew 40. OF these 55 first class and
10 steerage and "a of the officers and crew
were lost.
THE INSURANCE.
1t is said that the steamer was insured
at lower rate than any vessel ON the
coast. She was valued at 5000. 600. and
was insured for $3.50, 900, of which $40 0O0
Is IN English and $4,000 in American
companies. The home insurance is as
IolloWs: Boston, of Maine, $50. 600: New
York Underwriters, $4,000: Great West
ern, $4,000; Phoenix, S., 700; India, $1,000.
CAPT. wRIGHT's LIFE.
BOSTON, Jan. 19, 3A.M,-Capt. Wriobt
commander of the ill-fated vessel. Citv of
columbus, is a seaman of large exner-
lence and excellent reputation. He has
Deen IN command of steamers of the Bos-
ton and Savannah line since 1869.
de has been in charge of the CITY of Co.
lumbus since she was purchased bv the
line. He never met with an accident of
any sort until September last, when his
vesselran down the bark Arthur G. Wade
OIL the South Shore Light at Nantucket.
The Boston and Savannah line has an
excellent record, They have carried be-
tween 10000 and 100000 passengers, and
no life was ever before lost.
Messrs. G. w. Nickerson & Companv
are the Boston agents. They this even
ing furnished every facility possible i'm
the collection of information.