New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-20

winship Brothers g. Gore, insurance men; Captain
Lincoln Baker, superintendent of wrecking OF the
Boston Tow Boat Company, and Captain Wright
of the lost vessel. The cutter started from the
wharf at $50 and ran down to the wreck, twenty
Ave miles, in four hours the slow trip
being caused by the binding storm and
heavy sea The wreck was found lying
firm as a rock on the reef, listing heavily, her
bow high out Of water, her stern nine fathOms un-
der water, amidships six. Her mainfopgasiaant
mast had gone by the board but the rest OF nel
masts were standing. The rigging was c. ated tnlck
and stiff with ce and remnants OF her Jip slappouI
and utered in an angry ma Inc seq %I that II
was with difficulty that the ships cutter could
reach her. All of the afterdeck under water was
GONE The houses OF the forward deck were swept
of, and great hole into which half dozen small
boats might have been rowed; gaped IN her siati
board side In and ont of this hole the tde rusned
with fierce force, and II was tue Juuenem. Vi t.
experenced men on board the revenue cutter lnat
all the bodies that might have been IN lhe caolh
had long ago been washed ont.
The waves dashed against and over the wreck;
but she lay immOvable, and Captain BAKER sald
might lie 80 till doomsday; After examining her
her now would sink all his lighters and If any
thing was attempted il would not be uulh carry
summer. She is hardly worth saving Men from
the cutter searched through the eX posed part @ tue
and floating wreck hut found nothing but debris
articles from the cargo.
ROBES AT VINEYARD HAVEN.
The cutter then put Oh for Vineyard haven, anu
there found the revenue cutter GaIatin ana the
limited states steamer FleetweI. The fieet"eiI
had met the Dexter on Friday. and been directed
TO the wreck, hut owing 10 the heavy sea uid no'
dare apnroacb nearer. She brought into vineyard
Haven Sonud three OIL four of the drowned, ana
these with others, found cast up ny my "d'oee'
made seven or niue bodies which to-ulght ile await
ing Identification at Vineyard Haven. Ohe ~ tno
bodv of a woman. The Gallatin has done nothing.
Ib,, men on board the Dexter kept sharp lookout
over the water. but fonnd nothing ana un''{ Pnr
i'm M Woods Iloll. Three minutes after the Dexter
started the Nellie. New-BcdfOrd tug. set out Tor
the wreck under command OF captain mart h'I
owner She carried nobody but her crew, nul was
more successful than the revenue cutter Nothing
was found in the uelghbothood OF the WRECK oui d
boat-lQad of Indians hailed Oh Jay heAu' Muo
stated that there were four or ten the hunpcl
sounded indlstnctl survivors at that place VINO
had been taken OH the wreck by the lhdlans, aI
1890 "a. H., four hours before the revenue cuticI
came to the rescue. Two-and-a-quarlers mites
eastward of the wreck, he found the body OF man
and within an hour or two thereafter pckeG X
fonr more, three men and two women a slNtn
bodv was seen at some distance while the fifth was
was eng taken on board. but before attention. r4
could be gwen to IT. 1t t0Ited ON OF s'eul. NC
five bodies which had all been kept on the surface
BY the life preservers. were brought to NeW-ediord
and given in care of the undertaken who had al
ready prepared four for burial vi these iSup TeTe
identified They were Caleb Richardson OF boston
Helen Brooks OF Marlborough, q. +. Hammond
HYDE Park w. Sand John ii. Heaven of Taunton.
BODIES RECOGNIZED BY FRIENDS
Four of the five bodies brought 10 THIS town by
tbe tugboat Nellie were identified tonight at the
undertaker's Only one was recognized Oy
friends. the identity of the others beng es-
tablished by means of marks upon their
clothing and memoranda in their pockets:
The first was the body OF Nathanle }. Morton, OF
the editorial staff of me Boston 'iObe, whose lace
was recognized first by Edwin Stearns, colleague:
and aft erward by DIR. MyrOn l.. Morton, a cousin OF
the dead man Young Morton who was on his way
south for his health, met his death almost within
sight of his boyho0d home, he having been
born and reared at FreetOwn, about two miles
from this place He had Intended to start Tor the
South last week, but turned back, because oil the
crowded condition of the steamship. Another hody
was that of f. A. May, Of Savannah, third That OF
Miss Beach, whose home has not YET been
learned here. The fourth was that OF
Richard w. Sullivan, waiter on the Clty Oh
Columbus. He seen TO go upon the ne Thii'
and the finding of his body settles the rate OF ms
six feloW-paSSengeTS The raft stove hole IN one
of her air chambers shortly after she struck the
water and sank The Ony unidentified body at the
underaker's at midnig Is that of young woman
dressed in black garment A gold ring enclrcies
the right foTeingCr with gold dolaI
as ITS set On the left hand there Is a Nat b1nd
ring with a cameo seal Ii bears the word Darius
In old English le tiers. On the inside Is the
date 1888. Crowds have been waiting all the even
ing for the return Of the Dexter, but she had not ar
rived at midnight and is undoubtedly Ill port al
Woods HOll.