The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24
GENERAL NEWS
Parlisala's ~ The Late Disaster on ne
Deep.
Heavy Failure ~ New York lila.
biliilgs A., 100000.
The Wrecked steamer.

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3. E. Wright says tho wreck Of the CITY oil
Columbus IL u mile and half iI1m the
shore. Her bow Is out Of water while the
stern lies IN about four ia,homs, Tho upper
works ars gone. II the weather moderated
/. may DO possible 10 save some peri OF ths
vessel, Mr.. Nickerson, president Of the
company. left lioston at o'clock THE morn
Ing for New Bt iiord, ssd will look after the
saysd aud tsLs charge OF ihs bodies OF The
A Gisgatnh from Woods Hole states thai
Cant. Wright has become io.en,ly Insane
Tho iug Storm King and mo revenue ca e
ter Dexter are storm bound, the former 81
| Wood. Hole. the latter at New Bedford.
A driving snow storm pEeVahs anu ih'
weather ,s very thick,
| l,IrsgBuRa, Mass, Jan. l0.--ueorge IL.
| KELLOGG OF this city snd Captain Lewis
] Lawrence, o! Ashley, are among Oh" miss
| ing pssgengeIa OF tho City OF Columbus
| kellogg was councilman and many years
chairman OF the Democratic Senate com
mittoe. Lawrence was captain OF lhi ON
nssschusettsregiment.
| Bo,r1E, jan, l9.-AnothPr list Of the
saved includes ROderick Mcdonald and
rhomss Butler iiremen, and Lesry' sea-
| man, besides those slresdy named on
borrd tho revenue cutt'r Dexter.
| LAWRENCE MASS, Jan. l0.-rhe follow
ing passengers OF the CITY OF Columbus he'
loneed haze: Henry Wiedeman, Henry
Daniels aud mothsr. g. Hines, James
Brown, John Walker. James Fsw-
cet., Henry l.. Bsrthelaw and
wife; al lost except Wiedeman
THE STORY or THE WRECK.
BosToS, Jan. l9.--frifIeon survivors OF the
City OF Columbus arrived this morning
from New Bedford. Many of them are In a
pitt able Condi ion and some OF them ART
100 dazed TO give an intelligent account oi
| the wreck.
+ W. Fairbanks, Of Gsrham, Maine, ssy $
ne was in his berth In the Storage, 0uI wa
| q va ke and SON, what uneasy when the &C
cldept occurred. He is OF the opinion thai
| the steamer struck on tho rocks EeVera.
| times b flIO sine lodged on them hnaIiy.
He noted thron successive shocks aud
| thought II might be that high sea WAS
hurting ice against her side. Whsn the
steamer was jammed upon the rotks the
water rushed IN upon the stecrpgo aud he
scram bled out. taking the greater part
al his c,otling. AS the vessel III ca she
kesled over aud he got into the rigging,
where ne Ciuug tor hours with the sea
breaking over him at frequent Intervals
At one time some of the rigging gave way
and fell upon him, aud no received blow
acrCs; bis f1rehesu which stunned hlIn ana
another in the chest, bat his fingers were
then frozen 70 the rigging ana he vas not
swept off. lie attributes MS SAFETY 70
rubber coat, the skirts o! which he nat
around him, and thus kept his clothing
dry. Many more, ne Tanks, ToulU nave
beGn saved but for ths nign sea running.
The boats could not approach the wreck.
When his turn came he Jumped into the
raging water, and alter reacnlnS me hurI9ce
was sveuc within reach OF the rescuei5. lie
saw 80 who mad the peril0us leap over
board washed away to death, and be-
lieyes that many met the same late
before the rescue WAS attempted.
4 single boat with several Indiaug in ii
came off from Gay head, but they could not
approach thu wreck T6ey we're ENGAGED
in picking mp the 1oating matter. Hhlie
in the rigging the pilot tcld him he had
fixed the vessel snd fastened the wheel, and
az he was very cold he went TO the smoae
stack to warm. la remained there twenty
miuu1es and when he returned 70 his
post he found the ship had Veered
around. When no ascerLained that
the vessel was among. the ROCKS,
aud it was probably impossible to
save her, be put her right on
the shors aud ran her as high as he could
with the result that although she are"
seventeen feet of water her fore foot was In
eleven feet. Fairbanks 10 Of the opinion
Tia ct many passengers did not leave the cab
till their bodies were washed out by the
waves which soon tore of part OF the deck
and carried out the bodies. furniture aud
baggage before the cries of the horri1ed
survivors. Oscar Iesslgi was in the rigging
with him and he persisted before aid came
to hand. Not q woman or child Was eeen
by him alive after the ship went ashore.
He thinks that Morton, of the Boston
Globe did not survive.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Bosrog, Jan. 19.-John Madden, sailor,
said:
"When came on deck, heard either
the captain or mate, | don't know which,
say, we shall lose the poor ship, but don't
be alarmed; we will be saved Then there
was a rush for the boat. They were all cut
sdrifs, but five of them were broken up.
The other oae got Off with four men on
hoard, who | think were sailors. made
for the main rigging with the engineer and
first assistant, and got on the after house,
on top OF which was RAFT. The weight
broke the roof of the house. Then we
showed & raft into the water, anG Phillipss,
the irst assistant and myself got on board,
but was afraid we would be washed of,
left. it and went back to the
n Inas'' stand nd fifteen minutes. Billy
Murray, Mike Day, one of the passen-
gers, the chief engineer and mate staid on
the raft. Phillips told them it was broken
and they should get of, but thay staid on
1t. / did not see them atterward. We
c'uny to the rigging eight or nine hours.
Every once il while a man would get
nun bed and fall off dead. When the cut
ter came up Jumped into the water but
got foul of piece of wreck which held me
under water until thought l was done for.
l managed to get loose and swan for a boat,
and was Just sinking when some one seized
my hands and pulled me on board. Two
Of my ribs we're broken"
Thomas O'Leary, fireman, said u saw
two boats filled with people dropped into
the water, but knew that none OF them
had plugs in the bolt oms and 10 one SEEM
ed to know where they we're. L got Into
the rigging and after suffering fearfully for
eleven hours, rescuing party in 2 boat
took me off Only those who could swim
had much chance OF being saved.
Two boys are among the survivors,
George W. and Herbert w. Farnsworth,
twelve and seventeen years OF age, of
Townsbend, Massachusetts,.
Tho total number OF persons saved 10
tyeuty.three. Five dead bodies were re-
covered. Seventeen Of the saved and Jour
OF the dead were brought here, and six sup
posed to be dying and one dead are ct cay
head. and of the dead two are identined as
W, Brooks, of Northboro, Mass, and J.
Fred. Chandler, of Hyoe Park. One-third
of the passengers were women and chill
drap. There Is Los one who so far is known
to be saved.
A Young man named Sargent, Of Merri-
mac. was knocked eff the rigging By the
falling of spar and lest.
The stea mship had moderate cargo of
miscellaneous freight.
The wreck lies hundred yards inside
Dsyil's Bridge bayou.