Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20

feet, he was taken by boat from the
I life station. He too tells of the
4 sweeping away one by one Of those who
I were in the rigging, as the cold caused
them TO relax their holds or the influence
of the waves tore the rigging from their
I grasp.
LADY'S FATE.
When he was leaving the cabin he
/ saw one man who was engaged In re-
straining a lady and two boys in their
stateroom, evidently determined not to
become panic stricken. None of this par
/ ty were seen afterwards, the cabin speedi-
! ly yielding to the overwhelming attack of
4 water that was being dashed into it by
! the sea.
HOW THE SURVIVORS APPEARED AT
BOSTON.
/ BOsTON, Jan. 10. 8 P. Non the arrival
I Of the special New Bedford train this
morning 5000 people were at the depot
/ and Immediately surrounded the 10 dis
/ heveed men and boys, survivors
| Of the WRECK, as they stepped from
1 the train, all of whom pore outward
marks Of the struggle for life through
w hich they had passed. Hardly one Of
! them was clad in a complete suit Of
! clothing. One man had a cloth
! wrapped around his head. His
/ shirt was torn and his
/ coat rent. Another had the appearance
| of having his garments all drawn violent
! lv the wrong way to their serious harm.
| One came limping painfully because of
bruises his legs had sustained. The most
cheerful OF all in appearance were the
| Farms worth boys, who appeared not to
have suffered severely from their expo
sure, and who were neatly clad in clothing
furnished by the citizens Of New Bedford.
They were placed in carriages and driven
at once to the offices of the Steamship
Company.
SEEKING LOST RELATIVES.
Scarcely had the survivors arrived at
the Office when several men and women
who had been anxiOusly awaiting them
rushed to the rescued men, hastily scan
ming each face as it appeared. Every one
was disappointed, for their friends were
not among the rescued. Anxious rela-
tiVPs and friends soon came in, few
meeting husbands, fathers and neighbOrs,
| but most could tnd no familiar face. Only
a few waited to listen to the story OF the
sailors. but the moment they heard the
sad news they left the office, too much
buried in their own loss to be able calmly
to inquire into the particulars. The pa
thetic instances were many and the scene
was one long to be remembered by the
spectators.
SCENE or THE DISASTER.
DEVILS Bridge Reef, upon which the
City Of Columbus was wrecked, is formed
/ like a shepherds crook. 1t begins near
shore, JUS north of the light, and runs
! westerly about half mile, and extends
in nOrtherly direction few hundred
Yards further. The buoy marking the
| outside OF the reef is distant about quar-
ter of a mile from the west end of the
reef not over three quarters of mile
| from the shore. The Captain is reported
as saying that the steamer sank inside the
buoy, and about one and One-fourth miles
from Gay Head. This must be incorrect,
because, according to the coast survey
chart. his ship would have been in from
10 to l6 fathOms OF water.
OUT OF HER COURSE.
1t is not usual for steamers bound from
Boston for ports as far south as Savannah
to take the course pursued by the Column
bus. They generally sail south Of Nan
tucket giving the dangerous shoals ex-
tending 30 miles south OF that island a
wide berth. In the winter season
they generally enter Vineyard Sound
between Cape Cod and Nantucket, pass
through the sound to Gay Head and enter
the ocean at that point.
CAPT. wRfGHT's CHART COURSE.
The prescribed chart course from Vine
yard Sound to Long Island Sound is 4 or
miles north of Gay Head, and it seems
| probable that Capt. Wright, in laying
his course for the ocean, departed from
| that course too soon, steering re atively
| northwest, a course which brought him
inside the buoy, marking the outside OF
the DEVILS Bridge, and consequently full
upon the reef and close to the shores. The
direction Of the wind WAS off the shore,
and the vessel must have been steered
| force Of the gale, and to have reached the
place where she was wrecked.
FITCHBURGs DEAD.
FITOHBURG, MASS, Jan. 19.-GeOrge
II. Kellogg, of this city, and Captain Levi
lawrence, Of Ashley, are among the
missing passengers of the City Of COlum-
bus. Mr.. Kellogg was Councilman.
and for many years Chairman of the
Democratic Senatorial Committee. Capt.
Lawrence was Captain in the Fifty
seventh Massachusetts regiment.
LAwRENCE's HEAVY DEATH LIST.
LAWRENCE. MASS, Jan. I9.-The fol-
lowing passengers on the steamer City OI
Columbus belonged here: Henry WED
man, Henry J.. Daniels and mother, &.
| Hines, James Brown. John Walker,
james Fawcett. Henry L. Bachelor and
wife, all of whom are among the lost, ex-
cept Mr.. Wiedman.
MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS.
Boston. Jan. 10, 900 p. M.-Edward
Sprague Rand, who, together with his
wife, was among the lost, was one Of the
oldest and best known convevancers in
Suffolk county. Mr.. Rand was nearly rs
years Of aye. He was a graduate Of Har-
ward of the class of 1928. Oscar Iasgi,
the Consul General for Turkey tor the last
seven years, and also Treasurer of the
| VassalbOrO Wooden Mills, was very
we'll known among mercantile men in
this city and New York, by whom
he was held in high regard for his integ-
rity and business capacity. He was 3e
years of age. MIR. and Mrs. Wright, OF
Lynn, were among the lost, and the an.
nouncement of their death was received
with sorrow in that city. Mr. Wright was
a brother of Col Carrsl ID. Wright. Chief
of the Bureau of Statistics and Labor
and was one of the best known
men in Lynn. Among the LOST
were DIR. Horace C.. Bartlett, Of
Lyndon, VT, and his wife, who were going
TO Florida on account Of Mrs. BARTLETT,
health. DR.. Bartlett was a son Of the late
ex Congressman Thomas Bartlett, anC
vas about 80 years of age. Mrs. Dwight
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