Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-26
SWALLOWED BY THE SEA.
Wreck of the Steamship City of Columbus
on the Massachusetts Coast-One Hum
dred and Four Lives Lost-List of the
Lost and Saved-Details of the Disaster.

on the Massachusetts Coast-One Hum
dred and Four Lives Lost-List of the
Lost and Saved-Details of the Disaster.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS, Jan. Is.
One of the most distressing shipwrecks
| recorded for years occurred last night.
The steamer City of Columbus Of the Sa-
vannah steamship line went ashore on
DEVILS Bridge, Gay Head, and was totally
wrecked.
The City of Columbus left Boston at three
O'Clock Thursday afternoon carrying eighty
passengers and crew of forty five. At
3:45 a. m. Friday, Gay Head Light, bearing
south half east, the vessel struck on the
outside of DEVILS Bridge buoy. The wind
was blowing a gale from west by north.
The vessel Immediately filed and keeled
over, the water breaking in and flooding
the pors side of The saloon. Al1the passen-
gers excepting a few women and children
came on deck, nearly all wearing life-pre-
servers. All the boats were cleared away,
but were Immediately swamped. ma
| joritY of the passengers were washed over
/ board. Seven passengers left the vessel on
a life raft, and about forty more took to
/ the rigging. At 10:30 a. m. the Guy Head
| hfe-boat put off and took seven persons.
| Another life-boat put off between twelve
and one. The revenue cutter Dexter anne
| along about 2:30 and sent off two boats.
| Iwenty-One persons, one Of whom " as
dead, were placed aboard the Dexter. and,
ter all the persons were taken from the
| vessel, the Dexter proceeded to New Bed
| ford Three persons died after going
aboard the Dexter.
| Captain Wright sayshe passed the Cross
| rip lightship at twelve O'Clock and that he
continued by east and west chop with a
| strong breeze west-southwest. ''Aiter
| passing Noeska, the course being west
! southwest, | stepped into my room TO warm
myself, as it was very cold. Everything
was working well. After being below a
| short time, heard the second-mate, who
was in the pilot-house with the mate, sing
| out to the quartermaster to port the helm.
! jumped out of my room. thinking we had
| come across a vessel bound down the
| Sound. | then cried out, Hard aport,' not
| knowing but it was vessel and in the moon
| light saw the buoy on DEVILS Bridge on
| the port about two points forward of the
| beam and about 800 yards distant. She i'm
| mediately struck. [ ordered the engine re-
versed and she backed about twice her
| length. The steamer Immediately stopped
| and | ordered the jib hoisted and endeav-
| ored to head her to the north, but she filled
| forward and listed over to port so the
| plankshire was about four feet under water.
| l went ait and told the passengers to keep
| cool and get life-preservers. [ next told
the officers on deck to get the boats ready.
| The steamer settled down aft and righted.
1t was blowing very hard and heavy sea
was running. We launched port No 6
| boat, which Immediately capsized. The
| sea was breaking over the steamers deck,
| and, the stern being under water, we were
| forced to 60 up on top the houses. stayed
| there awhile, but we were finally obliged
| to take to the rigging. The mate, second
| mate, chief engineer and first engineer took
| to raft. | think the steamer struck ON a
lone rock" The captain is positive he
struck outside the buoy and in backing
drifted inside.
The following is a I1SU
| VIM. w. Wright and wife, Boston.
E s. Band, lawyer, and wife, ROXbury
IL. X Ha e, produce dealer, Boston.
Mrs. ID. S. Small, southampton, Mass.
| Henry L. Bachelor and wife, Dorchester
| James A. Merrill, Boston.
Oscar Iasigi, Turkish ConsulGeneral to
| Boston
| n j. Morton, Boston Globe.
Helen Brooks, NOrthbOrO, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. @. A. Rand and son, Boston.
| Mrs. Henry slade, Chelsea, Mass.
| Mrs. S. j. Pinkham, Lynn.
Joel Nourse, Boston.
| c. f. James, Miss Beach, Mrs. Gibson, Levi
| Lawrence, George HI. Kellogg, DR.. HI. O. Bart
| leJt and wife, Mrs skeane, r. B. Belyea, wife
| and two childre j, Mrs. J. Atkinson, Mrs. L.
| Davis, H. j. Kellogg, G. Richardson and wife,
| E. L. Hutchinson and wife, s. Vance, Henry l..
| Daniels and wife, Mrs. James Beal and Miss
| Beal Mrs. Whitcomb d. w. MITCHELL j. Tib-
| bits L. A. Day. NJ. Sa' gent, a. Cummings, ID.
| Eaton, A. Chase and wife, H. Durland, ".
| Lapham, G. r. Hammond, Y. d. Ball, q L.
| Frost, cabin passeT gers, residences unknown.
| The residences OF none Of the following
| steerage passengers are known; Annie Kelly.
susie Smith, g. 3 Goddard T. - Nc ?, arty. LII Z.
/ August Pearson, j. r. Hebar, j. G. WHIT
| comb, @ G. Willett, Brown, Walker Gassett.
| The last three applied for tickets just before
l han nfS Sfart tintr Nd "a I'm Arn
| obtained.
The names of the saved are: Horace Water
/ house, Bath, Me-; John White, Prince Edward
/ Island; f. w. Fairbanks, Gorham; Thomas
| OLeary, fireman. E. Il. Briggs, Boston; Fur
| Der Hanson Bo= tom A. A. Pittman, Brooklyn,
steward; S. z. Wright, Boston; Captain g. p.
| Whitcomb, Hudson, Mass; W. III. Farnsworth
| Townsend, Mas; Geo. w. Farnsworth
| Townsend, Mass; John L. Cook, Portland
| Me-; H. Wiedman, Lawrence, Mass; Eugene
| NcGary alias Mccarthy, Someryille Mass.
| A. Phillips, first assistant engineer; John Mad
| den, Charlottetown, p. +. L.; j. X. Hammond
Goldsboro, Ne. The following members Of
| the crew are krown to be saved: Captain
Wright; assistant engineer Philips; frem lin
| O'Leary; steward Pittman; seaman Madden
/ Following are the names Of those taken
/ ashore at Gavhead. One of them was dead
but it is not known which one: Harry olliL
| third engineer; VIM. Spau ding. pnrser; Mi
| chael Kennedy waiter; Edward OBrien,
waiter; John Holmes pieman; one passenger,
| FATE UNKNOWN.
The following are those on the raft whose
| fate is unknown: A. Morrison, chief enei-
| neer; Edwin Q. Fuller, first mate; Augustus
| Hardin, second mate; VIM. Murray. assistant
| engineer; Wm. Fitzpatrick. carpenter; Rich
| ard Sullivan, Prince Edward Island.
OFFICERS.
| First mate Edward Fuller Bafnstable; sec
| ond mate, Allen Eldredge, Chatham. Ma s.;
boatswain, Phillip Clark, Boson; quart ermas-
| ter McDonald engineer, Archibald Morri-
| son, Bost on; third engineer, Collins; purser,
| w. Spaulding, Boston; second steward Howe,
| and thirty-three seamen, names unknown
Four dead bodies of men were brought to
| this city on the Dexter; one is not identi-
| fed. Two are ideL titled as Helon Brooks,
| Northboro, Mass, and G.. Fred Chandler,
Hyde Park, the other is supposed, from cards
found in his pocket, to be a member Of the
firm Of G. Richardson 81 Co., Clinton Mar
ket, Boston.
About forty men took refuge in the rig
ging, where they remained until 1913 a. m,
when life-boat put off from Gavhead and
| took away seven passengers, one of whom
died soon afterward. Shortly after noon
another life-boat put off to the vessel, and
the revenue cutter Dexter came along and
sent off two boats. Twenty. one men were
taken from the wreck and placed aboard