The Portland daily press., 1884-01-22
A Thrilling Experience Told by Sur
yivOr.
Another Maine Man Reported LOst-De
Qscription of Unidentified Bedies-State
ments of Other Survivors.

sments of Other Survivors.
New BEDFORD, Jan. 21.-The ten bodies
which were landed at Vineyard Haven and
whose description has been telegraphed ar
rived here to-day on steamer Monohansett
and were Immediately forwarded to the Office
of the Savannah Steamship Company and will
probably be placed in charge of a medical ex-
aminer. One is identified as Mrs. Daniels of
Boston.
The sea seems to have given up all the dead
bodies of the victims of the terrible disaster to
the City of Columbus that remained floating
in Vineyard Sound after the catastrophe. The
coast has been searched from Vineyard Haven
to a distance of six miles east of Gay Head
lights and every body found has been brought
to this city except that of Mrs. Batchelder
which was forwarded to Boston this morning
from Woods Holl.
To day was one of great excitement in this
city, the wharves being crowded all day by
strangers and citizens anxiously awaiting the
arrival OF steamers with their cargoes of pre-
cious freight. At an early hour this morning
.nat gallant craft, the steam tug Nellie, set out
for Gay Head with an Associated Press cor
respondent on board to bring back the bodies
left there yesterday AS the Nellie steamed
out from her wharf she was cheered by the
crowd on shore who appreciated the grand
efforts OF the tug since the disaster. On every
occasion when the Nellie had gone in search
of bodies she had brought back load of
corpses. In fact mention that the Nellie
was coming in or going ont was sufficient to
attract crowds to the wharf.
This morning the Nellie steamed down the
harbor and when few miles out spoke the
United States steamship Verbena which re-
ported that the steam tug Storm King of Bos-
ton had taken ten bodies from Vineyard
Haven to Woods Holl and had there transfer
red them to the steamer Monohansett en-
route from thence to New Bedford. In few
moments the Monohansett hove in sight and
announced that she had on board the ten
bodies from the Storm King. The Nellie
proceeded on toward Gay Head intending to
take off and bring back the bodies left there
ION the day previous, but when the tug reach ed
Gay Head it was found that the Storm King
had preceded her there and that the natives
had already collected the bodies from along
the beach and other places where they had
been deposited for shelter, in life boat man.
ned by sturdy half breed Indians. When the
tug arrived it was conveying the nina dead
bodies and the remaining five survivors to the
Storm King.
The Associated Press reporter was trans
ferred to the latter vessel where he witnessed
an examination of the bodies made by the
medical examiner, William Leach Of Vine
yard Haven. The examination was held as
the Storm King was rapidly steaming toward
New Bedford. The survivors were passengers:
J. Tibbetts of West Somerville, Mass, and the
seamen Leary, Kennedy, O'Brien and Giant
of tho City of Columbus crew
The bodies taken aboard at Gay Head were
placed in double row on the stern of the
Storm King and were numbered from 70 to 20,
those having been forwarded to New Bedford
on the Monohanselt in the morning having
bsen numbered from to IL. The examination
made by DR.. Leach resulted as follows:
No, Female. Height, 8 ft. 6 in; age
about 38 to 40 years; weight 140 lbs, blue eyes
and brown hair; had on silk fesh-colored ur-
dervesti bfue oorseis Gotten drawers and night
shirt, dark maroon silk stockings, waist and
seal brown woolen sack. In red flannel
bag found in her clothing were two solitaire
mond solitaire ring inscribed "Alba from
Henry" and gold ring with single pearl in
scribed "Alba.''
No. 2-Male. Height, it. 10 In. age 35 to
So years; weight 40 to 145 lbs.; hair brown,
thin moustache; clad in black cashmere suit,
sack coat; in pocket had ticket for the City of
Columbus in the name of Mitchell, state room
27, berth 2, seat at table No. 6.
No. 3.-Male. Age, 30 TO 30 years; weight,
165 to ITO; hair, brown, slightly bald; full
cose-cnt beard, brown and gray; long elastic
stocking on right foot on account OF varicose
veins on his finger was thirty-secend Masonic
gold ring, inside of which were the words,
s'virtue unites whatsdeath cannot separsts-J
| W. Merrill" Inside, sewed in uDdershirt, was
$125 in bills, and some articles of jewelry were
taken from his person.
No. 4-Femae Height it. 4 in; weighs
about 1870 pounds; age 35 to 40 years; blue eyes,
dark hair sprinkled with grey, left front in
csor plugged with gold; had on woollen un-
| dervest and night dress. Sewed in undervest
| were $50 in bills. Had two rings on the fin
| gers, one light plaim gold and one chased.
| No. "a large female, height #. 10 in.; I;
| weight about 225 pounds; age. so to 60 years;
artificial upper teeth on vulcan rubber plate,
| lower teeth natural; hair gray, eyes blue; had
on undervest, night dress and drawers only; o
| plain heavy, vide gold band ring on the third
| left finger, which cJnld not be removed.
No. ga female; height B ft. 4 in; weight
| 100 to 115 pounds; dark brown hair, eyes light
| blue; has several artificial teeth, among them
| being front tooth was well dressed had on a
night dress, flannel gove undervest, cotton
| waist, black DRESS waist black embroidered
Jersey white flannel shirt, with knit fringe
| border and cPowstica worked around the bot
| tom OF the same, two pairs of drawers on, one
woollen and the other cotton flannel; on flu
gers were six pearl ring with garnet centre,
| one heavy plain gold ring Inscribed "Wife,
Nov 81, 49, one chased light band; had also
womans gold pin AID earrings, breast pin with
| white medallion head on a black base.
No. 7-Male, height 3ft. in; age 8 to 10
years; complexion light, hair light brown,
| closely cut, eyes grey, q dress and two under
shirts, one knit, one wove; a paid woollen
night shirt This body was found by schooner
Juaniata, Capt. Cromwell.
No. 8-Male, height 5 #. s in; weight 135 to
140 lbs.; Unidentified as w. W. Wright in
various ways.
No. 9-Male, height #. 10 in.; weight 14C
to $50 pounds; age 20 to 25 years, brown hair
dark eyebrows, dress blue diagonal, twilled
sho sack coat; in his pocket was letter
from Alice, indicating that his name wat
Henry, acknowledging Christmas gifts.
No. 10-Male, height 8 f. s in; weight abou
150 pounds, age is to 20 years; had on navy
blue shirt, brown woolleu pants, beaver cloth
REFER jacket, purple socks.
| No. 11-Female, height 5 IT. 8 in; weight
115 to 125 pounds, age 30 to 40 years, com
plexion dark, black hair, lower teeth natural
no upper teeth, fully dressed except outside
garments, had on black cashmere dress. rec
flannel undervest and red rnittens on hands
had on four rings, one heavy band marked
inside "E. #. H. to A. e. P, Dec. %, 1880,
one gold ring marked ga e. P.,'' one pail
amethyst ring marked "From a true ant
loving friend;' also had embroidered hand
kerchief with "Forget me not'' in corner.
No. IBIS known to be the body of Charles +
James of Everett, Mass.
No. 49, male, 81 feet high. weighs 150 to 16
pounds; dark brown hair, gray moustache
dress. a good black suit, congress boots; had
package containing two white handkerchief
and brass key. One handkerchief with a.
ornamental letter B two inches long, embroid
cred in white. The package was tagge
"schooner Nellie T. Sawyer, care Joseph 3
Robinson, Savannah" and the direction wa
written on the back of a card of Ryan & Ke
sey, ship brokers, Portland, Ne.
No. IA is known to be Daniel McCafty, th
ships baker.
No 15 is known TO be Thomas Gallagher
} second cook
| No. 16, male, height feet inches; weigh
: 175 pounds; age 65 years or more; white hal
, full whiskers; dress, dark blue pantaloons, ia
front, blue stockings with white toes.
No. II, female, feet three inches high, Il
to 40 pounds, gray hair, had no clothing G
when found on the beach, except black lis
stockings with white toes and heels
Nc. IS, male, height Is feet ten, weight Il
: to 155, black hair and heavy mustsche, age