The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-19
ASHORE ON DEVIS bridge.
WRECK OF THE STEAMER CITY
OF COLUMBUS.
OVER ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST,
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT Oh
THE DISASTER.
The ship Goes Ashore on Most Danrerou'
Point-Only % Persons saved Out or
Total or ii1, Including Many
Women aud Children.
fBv telegraph to the Dispatch.

J w hShi'"i"Ns ~. W, iVso"
MA rumor has just reached here that
Boston and Savannah steamer has met
with disaster, involving great loss OF lie
THE RUMoR CONFIRMED.
BOsTON, January 1S.--The vessel report
ed lost off Gay Head, in Martha's Vine
yard, proves to he the steamer City OF Co.
mmbus, Captain Wright. OF the Savannah
Line, which left Boston for Savannah YES
terday afternoon at O'Clock. i. W. Nick.
erson d Son. agents OF the line, have re-
ceived the following dispatch:
Ne,c Bedford, Mass, January Isl.
| W. NicicerSOn d. Son The steamer City OF
Columbus is ashore on DEVILS Bridge, Gay
Head, fast breaking up. About one hun
bred lives are lost. Will leave on the early
train in the morning. Saved by the reve-
nue-cutter Dexter.
[Signedl s. L. WRIGHT, Master.
TIE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS, January 1S.-The
regarding the loss OF the steamer City OF
Columbus:
The City OF Columbus left Boston at 3
p. VI. Thursday, carrying eighty passen-
GERS aud n crew of forty-tiye. At $40 A..
II. Friday Cav Head light, bearing south
half east. the vessel struck on tue outside
of Devil's-Bridge buoy. The wind was
blowing Il gale from west by north. The
vessel Immediately filed and keeled over,
the water breaking in and flooding the port
side of the saloon. All OF the passengers
excepting few women and children came
on deck, nearly all wearing liie-preservers.
All OF The boats were cleared away, but
were Immediately swamped.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PASSENGERS WASHED
OVERHEARD.
Seven passengers left the vessel on 4
liie-raft and about forty more took to the
rigging.
At 1880 a. VI. the Gay-IIead life.boat
put off and took seven persons. Another
I ife-boat put of between II and O'Clock
/ The rcvenue-cutter Dexter came alsng ut
| about 1880 O'Clock and sent off two boats.
! Twcnty-one persons, one OF whom was
dead. were placed on board the Dexter,
and after MI the persons were taken from
the vessel the Dexter proceeded to New
Bedford. Three persons died after going
on board the Dexter. The following are
THE NAMES OF THE SAVED:
Horace Waterhousc. OF Bath, Ne. John
White. Prince Edward Island; L. w.
Fairbanks. Gorham, Me-; Thams O'Leary.
! fireman f. 7. Briggs. Boston; Furbcr
! Hanson, Boston; A. 4. Pittman (steward).
Brooklyn: s. +. Wright (captain), Boston:
j.. ID. WhitcOmb, Hudson, Mass. II. w.
FarnswOrth, Townsend. Mass. George
W. Farnsworth, Townsend. Mass: John
| L. Cook, Portland, Me-; II. Wiedman,
Lawrence. Mass. Eugene McGarry alias
Mccarthy, SOmerviile, Mass. II. a. Phil
lips. first assistant engineer; John Mad
den. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island;
r. Il. Hammond, Goldsboro', Me.
SOME OF THE DEAD.
Four dead bodies were brought to this
city on The Dexter. They are all men. One
is not identified. Two are identified as II.
Brooks. OF Northboro'. Mass, and q. Fred.
Chandler, of Hyde Park, Mass. The other
is man supposed, from a card found in
bis pocket, TO be one OF the firm Of c.
Richardson & Co., OF Clinton Market, Bos-
ton.
One OF the passengers lost was A. J.
! Morton. lately connected with the Boston
Globe, who was going South for his health.
WHERE THE WRECK OCCURRED.
The ledge on which the City OF Column
bus struck is considered by mariners TO 5e
one OF the most dangerous points on the
coast. The lodges consist of the formation
OF submerged rocks. constituting q double
ledge. the outer stratum OF which is called
the Devils Backbone the lodges being
called the "Dcvil's Bridge" The lodges
are abreast Of Gay Headlight on the
mainland. and extend little to southwark
OF it. The outer ledge. or Devils Back,
is about an eighth OF 4 mile from the main.
land. On either side Of the outer ledge is
very deep water. The upper part OF the
ledge is formed like the gable Of house.
so that vessel striking it diagonally would
naturally keel over on to her beam ends.
The course OF vessels is around Gay Head
to the pass by the OutSr ledge on the
south.
The City OF Columbus had eighty first
class and twenty-five steerage passengers,
about one third of whom were ladies and
children, and a crew OF fOrty-iye. The
total number OF persons saved is twenty.
three. Five dead bodies have been recov-
cred, and one hundred and nineteen souls
are thus unaccounted for. Seventeen Of
the saved and four OF the dead wero brought
here. and six, supposed to he living, and
one dead. arc at Gay Head. The following
is
LIST OF THE LOST
William w. Wright and wife, OF Bos-
ton; f s. Rand (lawyer) and wife. OF ROx-
bury; r. W. Hale, produce-dealer. Bos-
ton; Lew Lawrence, residence unknown
George ii. Kellogg, residence unknown;
DIR. III. &. Bartlett and wife, residence un-
known; Mrs. Skeane, residence unknown;
Mrs. ID. II. Small, Southampton, Mass.
Giban, residence unknown: Oscar Iasigi,
Turkish Consnl-G General ut Boston; a. j.
Morton, Boston Globe; Helen Brooks,
Northboro'. Mass; MIR. and Mrs. C. A.
Sand and son, Boston; Mrs. Henry Slade.
Chelsea, Mass; X. Il. Bcllca, wife. and
two children, residence unknown Mrs. j.
Atkinson, residence unknown; Mrs. l..
Davis, residence unknown; Mrs. III. j.
Kellogg, residence unknown; T.. Richard
son and wife, residence unknown; L. Il.
Hutchinson and wife. residence unknown;
s. Vance, residence unknown; Henry l..
Bachelor and wife, Dorchester; c. +.
james. residence unknown; James A.
Merrill. Boston; Henry l.. Daniels and
wife, residence unknown.
THE SAVED AT GAY HEAD.
The following are the names of those
taken ashore at Gay Head. One Of them
is known to be dead, but 1t Is not known
which one: Henry Collins, third engi-
neer; William Spalding. purser; Michael
Kennedy. waiter; Edward O'Brlen, wait
er; John Holmes. fireman; one passenger.
name unknown.
THOSE on THE RAFT.
The following are among those on the |
raft, whose fate is unknown: a. Morrison,
chief engineer; Edwin Fuller, first mate /;
Augustus Hardin, second mate: William