The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-20

| N"r."'" vi n'a,t, don't know WHICH. say !.
we shall lose the poor ship. but don't
pe alarmed; Wen be saved" Then there
was rush for the boats. They were all
cut adr1tt, but five Of them were broker
UP ~ once. The other one got of with
iour men on board, whom, think, were
sailors. made for the main rigging Win
the engineer and first assistant, and got on
top OF the aiter-house, on the top OF which
was the raft. The weight broke the ROOF
OF the house. Then we showed the raft
into the water, and Mr.. Phillips, the drst
: assistant, and myself got on board but l
was AFRAID we would get washed of. so lett
itand went back to the mast, after which the
mouse did not stand fifteen minutes. Billy
Murray, Mike Day, one Of the passengers,
tue chief engineer, land mate stayed on the
rait. Mr.. Phillips told them 1t was bro
Ken and that they should get of, but they
stayed on 1t. l did not see them after
wards. We clung TO the rigging for eight
or nine hours, guess. Every once in q
while man would get benumbed and drop
OIL dead. When the cutter came up l
jumped into the water, but got foul OF
piece OF wreck. which held me under
water until thought / was done for. |
managed to get loose and swan for the
boat. Twas just sinking when some one
seized my hands and pulled me on board.
Two Of my ribs are broken.
Thomas OIeary, fireman, stated that he
saw two OF the boats filed with people and
dropped to the water, but he knew none
OF them. They had plugs in their bottom,
and no one seemed 10 know where they
were. He got INTO the rigging and after
suffering feariully for eleven hours res
cuing party in a boat took him of. Only
| those who could swim FAD much chance Of
being saved.
TWO BOY-suRylvORS.
Two boys are among the SURVIVORS
George w. and ii. w. Farnsworth, twelve
and seventeen years of age respectively, OF
Townsend, Mass. They say it was very
dark when the steamer struck. and that the
vessel remained upright. drifting back
ward. while the passengers crowded on
deck. After drifting several lengths astern
the vessel lurched and the sea swept every
thing. The lads climbed into the rigging
and were saved through the energy of John
White, q seaman. They report that they
saw one boat containing seven women up
SET and the sea soon demolished it. Sub
scriptiOn has been raised here to forward
the boys TO their destination.
FEARFUL FATE or THE WOMEN.
John White says: Ii was fearful the way
| the women were swept away. Some | saw
rush on deck with their husbands, and as
the full force OF the storm broke on them,
realizing all was lost, they threw their arms
around their husbands necks and babe
them goodbye. A few moments later they
were swept overheard, for no power on
earth could save them. a mother with her
child held tight in her arms was borne
away by the waves almost before reaching
the deck. Not one woman reached the
rigging. The majority were washed over
board by the waves, while a number were
probably smothered in their berths. When
she struck we stood for moment until the
quartermaster came and said the steamer
wa9'making water. He then went for the
boats and cot them all ready. The ship
then listed to port and then all who could
got on the starboard side. Some were
washed from the port side into the sea. In
five minutes the ship righted and sunk.
From the time she struck till she listed it
was fifteen minutes.
Another OF the rescued men who was
engaged in the stewards department says:
/ was in the saloon when felt the vessel
the saloon and told every one to be quiet.
He said that we would have 10 leave the
ship, and again asked every one TO be as
composed as possible. Then the people
made great rush to get on deck, and
TIRE SIGHT WAS HEARI-BENDING.
| never saw such a scene There were
eighteen women on board, including the
stewardPss. Afterward most Of the people
came into the saloon and were supplied
with life-preseryers. | went on deck again,
and the cries and screams were dreadful TO
hear, while some were praying. | went
up into the rigging, and was there eleven
hours, until the cutter Dexter arrived.
\ number were benumbed with cold and
fell from the rigging and were drowned in
sight OF us. Attempts were made to float
the life-boats, but they keeled over as soon
us they touched water. Between : and
O'Clock we saw a collier bound east. but
they took no notice OF Us. and we could not
signal. as all the signals had been washed
away with the house. In the course OF the
morning the steam-stack gave way, and in
It's fall brought down portion OF the rig
ging, which hit another man and myself
on the head, cutting us badly. At day
break signals were made to us from the
lighthouse, and between 0 and 10 O'Clock
a life-boat came as near as possible, hut
that was not within thirty yards OF us.
Those who got on board OF her had to swim
from the ship TO the boat. Men who could
swim ordinarily could not then. because
they were so cold. Others who never
could swim were dashed away in attempt
Ing TO reach the boat.
Eugene Mccarthy states that he was
awakened by the steamer striking. He
went on deck, when he met fireman and
asked him il anything serious had happen
ed. The latter said no, but Just then wa
ter came pouring over the stairs and the
ship began rolling. Mccarthy jumped
overheard, but was swept on board again,
and then climbed into the rigging. When
the revenue cutters boat arrived he jump
ed for it. but the distance was too great
and he fell short, sank twice, and as he was
going down the third time bOat-hoOk was
thrown under his arm and he was pulled
into the boat. His brother was drowned.
FAIRDANKs's STATEMENT CONTRADICTED.
BOSToN. January 19.-The statement Of
+. W. Fairbanks, Of Gorham, Me-, in
which he says that the pilot Of the City OF
Columbus told him that he lashed the
wheel and went to warm himself by the
smokestack, being absent fifteen or twenty
minutes, was read 10 Captain Wright this
afternoon on board the Storm King, and in
reply, the captain said "At the time Of
the disaster the second officer was in
charge Of the ship, and was in the pilot
house experimenting the steering OF the
steamer, which was being done by the
quartermaster. The pilot-house was heated
by steam, and was very warm, so there
was no necessity for leaving it to get warm.
No person but the officer in charge could
change the course Of the steamer. There
was no attempt made after she struck to
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