Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-01-31
TERRIBLE WRECK.

TERhlDLE w MIN
40 Lives Lost by the Wreck
80 ,eamer Columbus on the
bound Coast OF Massacisa-
% III steamer City OF Columbus left Boa-
ca 4 O'Clock Thursday afternoon, for
go ~ II. a., carrying eighty passengers
o.uaos rev OF iorty-6ys. Al 3:t5 a. m.
ny ii GAY hean light, bearing south,
un ~ rsssel stuck on the
ieiiysnI 4 ,hs DEVILS bridge buoy, Martha's
amps "a h wind was blowing a gale
!" ulsca a north. The vessel immediately
. ~. "A keelsd over, water brea king in
n ,oding.the port-side saloon. All the
Minna Igers excepting q faw woraen aud
&C M In aame on deck, nea ~ all wearing
ne be.ss asrvers. All the BOATS were cleared
b prins M, we're Immediately swappei. A
raDps W. ~ the passengers went ov .rbo ard.
RaSs .,.,aneers lett the vessel on q lie
"A sborf forty more took to the rig.
n s. revenue cutter ID xter cane
ayor abous 1880 Friday Aoon and
Gre.,. M two noats. Twenty one persons,
Ss vhom was dead, were placed aboard
. sa bexter, and after all persons had been
The srrra the vessel, the DIX or proceeded
nendni H. 6.dford. Three persons died s.ter
lief ~ aboard the Dtxser.
ition \ following are n mes OF the lost:
follpging Is a full list of the losl:
the n liam w. Wright and wife, B oston.
~. AZ 4 nd. lawyer, aud vile, Boxbury.
,n OF 4 Hale. produce dealer, Boston.
{ 10 M la gren,e residence unknown.
heir \ re RI. Kellogg, residerca Ut Unknown.
to ChuE n c. BartleL and vile, residence un-
Ching h.
Skeane, residences unknown
e sent .. x. Samll. Sontha upton, Mass.
! COLI Berth, residence unknown.
Ginsn, residence unkno IN.
MilwaI Ar IasIgi, Turkish consul general at
2, WI n.
HsyoeN Z M ,rton, r. ,ston G'obs.
!, WsN laa Brooks NDrthf rd, Mass.
illinA and Mrs. G. A. Rand and son, Bos-
75aM III n nry Slade, Chelsea, Mass.
ar ,h.I B Bstyea, wife and two children, resi-.
I'll angnown
aexic Il. ]. Atkinson, residence unknown.
taking T. D4vis, residence unkao An.
franz W 4 Kellogg, residences unknow n.
4 cnardson and vie. residence I'M
&n.
whia n /. Hutchinson AID wife, residence I'M.
ens,@ V4nce, residence unknown.
li,ea, Bachelor and wife, Dorca ster.
,alios r. James, residences unknown.
lous. Spaes a. Merrill, Bottom.
,sYcs, &nry L. Daniels and wife, residence nm.
mil &8wn
. ga, BIZ dead bodies OF men were brought to
J IN Bsdfurd on tie Dexter. o ie has nor
IL ilcntiti "a. Two have been ideutiied
,fsers J. Brooks, Eorthboro, Mass, G.. Fred
IN ndier, HYDE Park. The other is sup
cart. u, from d lard found Ia his pocket, TO
said been . msmDer oil tbs Arm of G.
harIsoa a. TO-, Ciinton Market, Boston.
mid passenger ,st was NJ. Morton, lately
seu. bected with the is0sLon GIoDe, who was
' n South for his health.
"A Sbe total number of persons saved was
bly-lhree. Five dead bodies were re-
Of - rid, and ll9 souls are u~naccOuRted for.
iaS ledgea on which ( q City of Columbus
TX are cnGsi cred by mariners one OF
Almost dangerous points On the coast.
hedges consist Of q formation or sub
ed rocks, constituting O double ledge,
6s outer lstra' LEA Of which Is esltsd Dev.
&c d ,ck," bob ied@ss being called ! j. v.
ridge The sedges are abreast the
read light on the mainIa1dt and eg-
ID . hule 10 southward of it.
In pc City OF Columbus was one OF the q.
vessel on the coast. She was built in
by John R-ach q SON OF Chester, Pc.
u SAID that tue sfeamahip Was insured 1T
$Esr rate than any other vess4l on the
Ii Sac was ain ~ 63W H0 aud in
Tor $3.50 009-b17G,00 III e Igsisi and
400 Ia A nerican companies.
a MIL =. H.. Wright is a seaman of erper-
add excel eut regulation He mas been
&Bonmand OF steamerS o. the Bastun and
r fnnsh line since 1869. III. G. mmafded
cay VI Y lnnbns since sae Was pllr-
D d ~ tn line. He never had No sccl
! unui last September when ms yssse.
. bark off N N utkttt.