Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20

past ten in the morning life boat put Of
from Gay II, ad and took away several pa =
sepg.rs, one of whom died soon afterward.
Shortly after twelve O'Clock another hte'
boat put off TO the distressed yes
sci, and meanwhile the revenue cut
ter Dex'er came along and sent Oh two
cats. Twenty one men who were tsken
from the wreck and placed aboard me
Dexter, four of whom died Afterwards, lS
the fetal number saved. Five dead bodies
have been recovered. Seventeen OF the
saved and four Of the dead were brought
here, and six are supposed to be dying
and one OF the dead is at Gay Head. " the
dead two have been identified as H-len
Brooks, of NOr-hboro, Mass, and 6 Fred
Chandler, of Hyde Park Another man Is
supposed, from card found in his pocket,
to be one OF the firm of Rict srdson & %,
Clinton Market, Boston. 1t is not known
who we're in
lbe boats That Got Away
from The shYp. One third of the psssen-
gers were women and children, not one o.
whom so far is known to have been saved.
A yourg man named Sergeant, OF Merri
mac, was knocked off OF the rigging oy
fsllipg spar and lost. The steamship had
a moderate cargo Of miscellaneous freight
The wreck lies one huadred yards inside OF
Devils Bridge buoy"
Other survivors in their statements say
il was
Very Dark When the Steamer struck,
and the vessel remained upright, drifting
backward, while the passengers crowded op
deck. After drifting several lengths astern
tSo ID 7Tessss,, lupged and the sea swept every
thing. The Fartisworth OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
rigging and were saved, through the energy
Of John White, Q seaman. The survivors
saw one boat con ntainiDg seven women up
set and the sea soon demolished the boat.
Ii was fearful the wsy the women were
swept away. Some rushed on deck with
their husbands and as the full force OF the
storm broke upon them, realizing that all
was lost, they threw their arms around
their husbsnd's necks and bade them good
bye. 4 few moments later they wers
swept overheard. mother with child
held tight in her arms was borne away by
the waves reaching the deck. Not one oil
the women reached the rigging. A ma
iority were washed oven board by the
waves, but q number were probably
smotbered in their berths. After the vess-,
struck the quartermaster came anu SAD
the steamer was making water. DE then
got all the boats ready, the ship listed ana
all that could got on the stirooard SIDE
Some were
washed from the Port Side,
into the sea. In i've minutes the snip
r,ghted ard sunk. From the time she
sunk until she listed was fifteen minutes.
ON the arrival at Boston OF the special New
Bedford trail five hundred people were at
the depot and at once surrounded the nj
teen survivors of the wreck. All bore the
marks of their struggle for life. Hardly
one had q complete suit Of clothes. Inc
most cheerful Of all we're the Farnsworth
boys,who appeared not to be suffer
ing from exposure, and who were
neatly clad in clothing furnished
by the citi zens OF New Bedford. The sur
yivors were placed in carriages snd driven
off 10 the steamship company's once:
Here men and women hastily scanned
each face but their friends we're not among
the rescued. Anxious relatives and friends
soon came in and few met husbands,
f,tl ers and neighCOrs.
"The Devils Bridge" which is formed
like the Shepherds CroIk, begins
nCsr tie sh,r inst north OF the
eight and runs westerly about ha't a
mile and then ex ends in n)rtherly
directi, few hunured wards further.
The tuoy marking the on side reef IS d 8
tant quarter of a mile from the west end
of the reef and not over three-quaiters ot
nile from SnOre.
II Is not Usual for Steamers
bcur from Boston for ports in the South
20 take the course pursued by the Coluni-
bus. They generally sail south OF Nam
tucket, giving the shoals, extending fifty
Mills south Of that island, wide berth.
Il seems probable that Captain Wright
OH laying his course for the ocean departed
from the usual course too soon, steerInS
h Fs4h
brought him inside the buoy marking the
outside OF Tine Devil Bridge and con-
seouently fe upon the reef.
ElMsrd SrragUe EGEi, who with his
wife. was among tins lost, was one OF the
oldss. and hest knoSu c"nveyances IN
Suffolk county, ard nearly seventy Sc
years of sge He VAS = grt.iGate OF liar,
ward in 1873 Oscar lIsiEi -
Consul General TOR Turkey
for the last seven years and also treasurer OF
the Yasssl .boro wooden mil s. was thirty
eight years of age. Dir. aud Mrs. wright,
of Lynn are among the lost. Wright was
a brother II Colonel Carol ID. Wright,
chief of the bureau OF statistics aud LABOR,
aud one Uf the beat known men IN Lynn
DIR. Haroue c. RIrten, Lyndon, VI, and
wife, were going 10 Florida on account oil
Mrs Rart!etis health. DR.. Bartlett is 4
son If eX Congressman Bartlett, and about
fiftv wears OF age. Mrs. Dwight b. Rice, oi
Boston. whose name does not appear on the
passenger list because he was making IN.
VOYAGE "a the guest e the captain, was
among the lost She was about sixty year:
Of sg. lud lave> live children.
Not Ore woman Saved.
SJcciq' 10 the Register.
NrA prrgo January 70. 6 p. M-Au
otLer Of the bodies brought here by the
| D xt,r was identified as that Of X. Hall
roduce dealer OF Boston. Not one woman
OF the strau.,r waS saved, and only one o
| their bosies has tAus far been recovered
| The direction o. the wind was Oft th'
| shore and the vessel must have been steereC
| close 10 the leiges % have overcome thu
force Of the gale ard reached the place o
the wreck.
swept Away Among the Others.
TIrsBURG, Mass, January l9.-Genera
II. kellogg, OF this city and Captain Lev
Lawrence, OF Ashley, are among the mis-
ing passengers of The City OF Columbus
kellogg was Councilman and many year
| chairman OF the Democrat State COMMITTEE
| Lawrence was q Captain in the Fifty
| seventh Massachusetts Regiment.
All Lost But One.
LAWRENCE, Mass, January l9.-The fol
lowing passengers OF the steamer City o
Columbus belongei here: Henry Medman
Henry L. Darrell and mother, G. Hines
James Brown, John Walker, James Faw
cett, Henry l.. Bstcheler and wife. Al
were lost except Medman.
A whole Family Gone.
| HAvERHILL, Mass, January l9-Rev. c
! \. Rand, lost on the City OF Columbus
WIS the rector Of Trinity Charch here, an
| lust starting on vacation. His wife
daughter, father and mother also perished
No Savannah People on Board.
SAVANNAH, GA. January l9.-Sews OF tht
wreck of the City OF Columbus and tht
terrible loss OF life was received with pro
found sorrow in thil city. No Savannah
| people were on board.
Father and Son.
| UREASA, Ill, January IL John c. Louis
Of this place. while under the influence o.
liquor, qusrrtled with his son Harry {
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