Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-21

"here they were placed aboard the tug.
THE PURsER's ACCOUNT,
Purser spaulding gave the following story OF
the wreck: Il retired at 10 or Thursday night
| The steamer was then off Pollock Rip light shin.
| was awakened by the shock when the vessel
hrst struck on the ledge. l rushed ont of NV
stateroom and inquired of the first person I
met n let. what Tune 1t was. The passenger replied,
nan past three The vessel kept grinding on
tne rocks TOT several minutes after the first
| 6nock, each heavy sea aftern atsIy forcing her
on and or the slope Of the ledge. I met the
hrst officer, Fuller. moment after came ont
OF the state room, which was on the hcrricane
decK. fuiler was then on the port side amid
snlp' WORKING at the davits. l said, ''Fuller,
What does this mean?'' He replied: SIT seems
10 me we are on DEVILS bridge,
AND IF SO, WE ARE Losr.''
L asked him Show much deeper the ship
would sink?'' He replied: sNo deeper.,,
then went to the cabin and saw Charles House.
the second steward. 81 said: ''Get your crowd
! out, knock in the doors and mil tho
passengers on to their fee5.' [ remember
nearing him tell at least two of The
| passengers IN the state rooms to get rp and 90
TO the social hall on the hurricane deck. He
went through the starboard side of the rnaia
CABIN, knocking on all the doors of the state
rooms, and l went through the port side doing
the same. l raped at every door on my side of
the cabin. Before | reached the last d0or the
vessel keeied over. There were a number of the
passengers IN the saloon, and [ called out to
them to save themselves as best they could. |
then rushed through the main saloon and ND the
staircase, climbing to the weather side of the
deck. The vessel keeled oyer so far on the port
side that ali the state rooms on that side were
COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
On the weather side of the deck there were
three or foar passengers. We staid there few
moments. When the ship righted and settled
there was terrible scene Of confusion on deck.
Men and women, some with children In their
arms, clambered up to the deck, clinging fran
hcly to every available projection that offered
resistance. They crowded upon each other so
fast that they could not be counted as they
rushed up ON deck, only to be met by some
monstrous waves and swept off into the sea.
GRoANs, YELLs AND CURSES
contendeJ with the fury of the gale. Women
shrieked and men shouted themselves hoarse.
Sea after sea swept over the ship, carrying off
everything not made of iron. 1t had been blow
ing moderately when retired, but now it was a
hurricane. Still the moon shone brilliantly. and
the Land plainly was visible. [ saw the chief
steward, "itman. on Deck and tod him to take
to the rigging. l saw at this time eight or ten
men hanging to the starboard rigging. The
chef steward and ] went INTO the
maintop with the passengers. A vsry lew
moments after the vessel STRUCK, she keel q over
aft, then shifted her position slightly, as if slid
ing down tie ledge, and the after part of the
ship filed and sank.
AS TIE STERN WENT DOWN,
the vessel righted and the swell carried her head
up again on the ledge, when she settled psrman-
emily, and between boulders on the bottom.
don't think she shifted her position more than
fifteen feet after she first struck The sea at
this time was making clean sweep over the
ship and the wind was blowing head on.
From the main top saw the.
life raft on the after part of the hu rioane
house, where half dozen men were standing. as
II waiting for a wave to launch it into the sea.
One of the fremen cut the lsshings OF the raft
with razor while the vessel was living on the
port side | saw of the port boats launched
and upset.
HIRACULoUs SAVING.
Boston, Jan. 21.--The list of the saved from
the wreck of the City of Columbus foots up
twenty nine, including those at Gayheed, whose
names have been ascertained, and the additional
name of Captain s. Vance, of North Truro,
N. S. The steamer Speedwell, on FRI
day, while searching for bodies at
distance of several miles from where the
steamer sunk came across one of the life boats
of the City of Columbus, full of water, and
sunk nearly to the waters edge In the boat
tossing about in the water as waves raised or
lowered the boat was the apparently lifeIess
body of Captain Vance. When taken on board
the steamer, it was found that life was not ex-
tnct, and he was far resuscitated as to be able
to walk with assistance when they landed at
Vineyard Haven. Strong hopes of his ultimate
recovery are entertained.
The correct list of the survivors is:
PASSENGERS.
Horace Waterhouse, Bath, Me-
James Brown, Lawrence, Mass
f. W. Fairbanks, Gorham, Me.
Captain s. Vance, North Truro, MS.
George W. Farnsworth and Herbert Farms
worth, Townsend, Mass
FL Weldman, Lawrence, Mass.
John l.. Cook, Portland, Ne
Captain f. r. Hammond 4ouldsboro, Me.
Euge4e ciarthy, steerage, Somerville, Mass.
j. II. Tib5etts, Somerville, Mass.
g. i. Whitcombe, steeTage, Hudson, N. Y
OFFICERS AND CREW.
Captain, s. E. Wright,
First assistant engineer,sH. A. Phillips.
Second assistant, Henry Collins
Purser, W. Il, Spaulding
Quartermaster, Roderick Macdonald.
Steward, A. a. Pitman.
Porter, e. s Briggs
O6dLuSIy JoIu MdutSls JODn WD1I9, EDWARD
Leary, Robert Gallant
Fremen, Thomas O'Leary, John Hines, Thomas
Butler.
Walters, Furber Hanson, Edward O'Brien and
Michael Kennedy.
The passenger list as corrected foots up eighty
one passengers, cabin and steerage; and there
were forty-five officers, seamen and walters The
total death list is nihety-seven. There is no
posi- oility that the figures will be altered by the
discovery of additional survivors.
Then l saw port boat No. launched by
Quarter Master Macdonald and Sailors Robert
Gallant and Edwin Leary, a passenger named
Tibbets also got into the boat. When 1 saw the
lashing of the raft cut, thought here was a
chance for Spaulding, and l let myself down the
mainstay, but before I could reach the raft
monstrous wave swept the raft overheard carry
ing those it into the sea- These were all lost.
hung to the rope and endeavored to swing my
self upon the hurricace house, but before could
do so the waves had torn it away, and the same
gigantic wave caught me and swept me again in
to the port rigging. l was badly hurt, but after
time managed 10 crawl into the main-top rig
ging again, where I stayed until $50 M, when
taken off by the life boat
q steamer passed the wreck four miles to the
south east before that morning, but although
we all waved signals, she paid no attention. The
lifeboat crews of the Massachusetts humane
society were the
BRAyEsT MEN EVER SAW
They are all volunteers, but they came out in
the terrible sea and rescued US, risking their
own lives. These men saved twenty men.