Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-24
LATER FRoM THE WRECK.
Bringing Home tho Dead = Tn
Course Through viney ard Sound

Bringing Home tho Dead = Tho
Course Through viney ard sound.
Bosros, Jan. 2l ALI unidentified
bodies from the wreck OF the City OF
Columbus will be brought To Boston from
New Bedford BY train and deposited In
the morgus. OF the 10 brought this
afternoon, those Of J. D. Merrill, ]. b.
Mitchell, H. D. Daniels, J. 3 Wright,
the Bslyeas and Miss Cobb Richardson
we're identified.
Captain Hedge of the steamer Gate
| City, sister ship to the City of Columbus,
being interviewed to-day In regard to the
course usually steered by him over the
| ground where the wreck occurred, said:
"Whep l am of West Chop, / steer
northwest by west until TsrpAulin Cove
bears west, one-half south. / then run
| for 1t, and when nearly abreast Of Tar
| paulin Cove set her aouth west by west,
| one.hslf west. On this course ! clear
| Gay Head by from three to four miles.
fhia course wi vary, according to wind
and tide, but this is the usual course
! follow. know the course / take is 8
| perfectly safe one, and the course which
| Captain Wright says he ordered, while
\ it takes him mile and a half or more
peArer the shore than my course 10 also
safe enough. Why the accident sbould
have occurred, or why they were ont OF
their courss, do not understand"
NEW BEDFORD, Jan. 21.-The life raft
| npon which several passengers and sew
| eral Of the crew, including Chief Bngi-
neer Morrison embarked, driited ashore
| yesterday afternoon at Cedar Tree Point,
about 10 miles from Gay Head.
The steamer S orm King, owned by the
Baker Wrecking Company Of Boston,
| arrived dere this afternoon bringing nine
bodies from Gay Head, in charge OF Medi-
cal Examiner Leach Of Vineyard Haven.
Those positively identified are rs fol-
Iowa Charles F. James of Everett |;
Daniel Mccarthy, ships baker; Thomas
Gallagher, second cook, and Mrs Rich
ardson OF Boston. Another body is Emp.
posed to be that OF Joel Nourse of Boston.
OF the remainder three are male.
rHR IooKoUT's STORY.
Rosros, Jan. 2l.-B1wsrd Lsary, the
m n who was on the lookout when the
City of Columbus struck, arrived In
Boston by the z l6 train this evening.
| 1t Is needless to say that he received
hearty welcome. His story of the disas.
| Ter as told to his mother and friends is
| substantially as follows:
81 went on the lookout at 2 O'Clock
| Friday morning. Between half.past three
| aud four o'clock | was startled at seeing
buoy op the port bow, from 100 to 100
| yards distapt. The reason that | was
startled was that had never seen this
| buoy on any OF our trips before. As
soon as saw the buoy | sang out to the
quartermaster, but he did not answer,
and fearing that he had not heard me
rushed aft and told him. The second
mate then gave the order to hoist the jib.
Just as got half way back to my pos,
AMI just after the weasel had struck, we
hoisted the lib, but It did no good. Then
the quartermsster came out of the
wheelhouse and said to us !: Boys, II
is no use. Look out for yourselves now.
| went t. the foreoastle for a large knife
! and wher | got it | went to my boat
\ which was the starboard quarter boat, No
T.. had an AK and WAS cutting the for
| ware lashings when the mate said, Ned
10 X cut and don't smash the boat L
was the second mate who said this.
large crowd WAS around this boat at tn,
time. This boat WAS on the weather side
and 80 swung in toward the centre OF tn,
steamer over the skrlights, and sooI
saw that there WAS no uss to waste tim,
on 1t.
al then left the starb)srd boat ant
went to the lee eide, whers | touAd Gal
, liant trying to push boat eff alone
turned in and helped him, and betweei
us We got her off, but not till the bottom
, was stove In and the bung out. Th
head cook and stewardsss were In tn
boat at the time, which was full of water
i and Jim Dirn WAS there too Nothin
|, but the aiv tanks kept her from sinking
, After Galla1t and | got on board, Mac
donald. the snartermaster, lesped for tn
, boat, and getting hold of it tipped it som
and frightened the cook, stewardess an
Jim, who all Jumped into the waite
and were drowned. There wer
then five OF us left In th
8 boat and we were up to our hips In wstei
% There WAS the qnartermaster, Mcdonald
Gallant and myself OF the crew, and tw
psssepgers-Brown and man who's
name | don't know. Gallant had ,
Keep at the last mau 70 keep him goin
Il at his oar. He would say, 'd--n yot
IL row. II you don't row, you will die
cold, and all such things to enooursl
- the poor chap. But 1t WAS no use. L
= could not stand II aud soon died
!, exhaustion. We carried his body sshol
4 Brown was pretty we'll nsed up, but /
/ was alive when We landed"
A A very sad coincidence connected wit
A the disaster has just come to light. 1t a
\. pears that year or 30 ago there reside
a, III Boston a family named Kelly, consis
10 ing of husband, wife and little bab
n Mr.. Kelly, who was out of employmen
was offered situation Of minor impor
ar suoe iu Talla1 assoc, Rls. Being in rath
4 Strengthened circumstances, though lot
:. TO leave his small and elpless family,
" accepted the off.r and set out for Fiorid
a where upon HE arrival he immediate
y entered upon the duties Of his positio
II In a sbort time he became acquaint,
m with some OF the prominent officials
A. the place and the resnlt was that he e
"A cared a portion on the police fore
/ Daring all this time he performed b
!, paterBsl duties as well as could be O.
- pected under the circumstances, at stat,
=, intervals sending letters containir
10 money to his young wife in Boston. Ha
= ing received permanent position he d
n termined to send for his family and mai
10 home ia Tallahassee. All arrang
+. ments having been completed, his vii
a Mrs. Annie Kelly, with her little chill
A set ssil last Thursday on the i'll fat
~ steamer City of Columbus. When II
list of saved and lost was made up h
"a name appeared among the latter I'll
a.. curious part of the affair is that her hu
- band, whils patroiling his beat eth
Al Thursday Light or Friday morning la
,o was severely bitten by mad dog, frC
% he ELECTS Of which he died In gre
Is agony on Friday afternoOn-too soon
IN hear the dresdful news that waited hi
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