The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-22

6u0 l6QQ WIS plhiuiy VieAolo'
eight or ten men hanging to the rigging;
went to the main top with the .tewalo
and Q passenger. The after part OF tne
ship was filed and sank aud the Vessei
righted The sea at this time was mAA-
ing clean sweep over the ship. saw
the life raft with half dozen men on IL
One of the port boats was lsuncne1 ana
upset. Then I saw port boat NO.
launched by Quarter sster MscDonsio
and Sailors Robert Gallant ana Eowin
Leary. a passenger nsmed I1boets also
got in the boat. When I saw the iashIng
of the raft cut I thought here was
ichance for Spaulc ing and l let myseii
down the mainstsy, but before L could
reach he raft q moDetrous wave swept
the raft over board, carrying those on It
into the sea. These we're all lost. l
hung on TO a rope and endeavored
TO swing myself upon the hurricane
house, but before l could do so the
waves had borne it away. The same
gigantic wave caught me and swept me
sgain into the port rigging. l was badly
hurt, but after time managed TO crawl
into the main top, where / stayed uhtil
9 so o'clock, when I was taken off by .
lifeboat from Gay Head. The stesmer
passed a wreck four miles to the south
eastward before s o'clock that morning,
but although we all waved signals AID b
torn lib was flying, she paid no attention.
The lifebost crews of the Massachusetts
Humane Society are the brsvest men l
ever saw. They are sll volunteers, but
they came out in q terrible sea and
rescued US, ri.king their own lives.
These brave men saved twenty men.
Ousrtermaster Macdonald was at the
wheel when the vessel went on DEVILS
bridge. The second mate was ia the wheel
house with me. The captain was also
before the mast. About 2 am. as we
were passing Nobska light, Captain
Wright said to me. "Set her course
southwest by SOUTH" and did so, and
/ kept her on that course till she struck.
Captain Wright, il his original state
ment, ssys the course was south by wet.
II is possible there was some nlsunder-
standing of orders between Captain
Wright and tie qusrtermaster. When
she struck the ledge she turned her head
two points towards the east, and then
slowed back sgsin onto the rock. stood
by the wheel until Captain Wright said,
"Never mind the helm. that Is Of no use
now.n The vessel keeled over, filed, and
then I saw passengers rush from the
main saloon ard ssw them swept of like
straws. Some chung 10 the rigging. l
was ordered BY Captain Wright to get
out the boats. launched port boat N.
g., but she was Immediately stove, and
went adrift. I then launched port boat
No. 5, and thirty minutes after the ship
struck we boarded boat No. 5. I was the
last to get in her. and had to leap
in the sea and swim till / caught
the boats gunwsle. A big wave dashed
the boat against the chip and stove her,
filing and sinking her to the gunwales.:
two men, passengers, IN that boat and
the stewsrdess, Teresa Smith. became
frightened. jumped into the sea and
drowned. There were then left in the
boat Ned Leary, seaman, two other men
Of the crew, q passenger named Kellogg,
who worked at the oars till exhausted
and then died. WAS washed over board
twice, but m snaged to climb tack. we
tried to keep away firm the ship and
breakers, sad at 9 o'clock made q land
ing at Lobster, three miles east Of Gay
Head light, at one of the lights.
John Hines, fireman, says the shock
broke one of the iron plates in the for
WarQ hold IN the Qr6 room.
Boston, 20.-The list If the dead from
The wreck of the City of Columbus foots
up Twenty-Five, including those at Gay
Heal. whose names have been ascer-
.ained and the additional name of Cap |
tain S. Vance, Of North Trurs, Nova
Scotia. The steamer Speedw II, On FRI
day, while searching for the bodies ct .
distance Of several miles from where the
steamer sunk. came across one of the life
boats Of the City of Columbus, full or
water and sunk nearly to the waters
edge. In the boat, tossing about In the
water as the waves raised or lowered the
boat, were the apparently liieless re-
mains of Captain Vance. When taken
on board the steamer il was found that
life WAS not extinct, and he was so far re-
sucitated as to be able to walk with a..
when he landed at Vineyard
Haven. Strong hopes Of his ultimate re-
covery are entertained.
Corrected list of the survivore-Pas. |
sengers: Horace Waterhouse, Bath,
u aine; James Brown, Lawrence, Mass; |
f. W. Fairbanks, Gorham, Maine; Cap. |
tain 8. Vance, North Truro, N. s.; |
George w. Farnsworth, Townsend,
Massachusetts,; Herbert Farnsworth, |
Mass; 81. Wiedman, Law.
renee. Mass; John L. Cook, Portland.
Me-; Captain F. R. Hammond, 6oulds-
ooro, Me- Eugene Mccarthy, (steersge)
Mass; j. b. Tbbets, Somer.
Iille, Mass; q. T. Whitsonbe, (steerage)
Hudson, N. 7.
Officers and Crsw.-OAptain 8. E.
Wright, First Assistant Engineer Il. A. |
Phillips, Second-Assistant Engineer
Henry Collins, Purser w. 81. Spsulding,
Quartermaster RodeYick Macdonald,
stewart A. a. Pitmsn, Porter E. T. |
Briggs, 'Sesmen john Madden, John |
White, Edward Lesry, Robert Gallant.
Firemen Tnomss o. Leary, John Hinei,
Thomas Butler. Walters Furber Hanson,
Edward O'Brien and Michael Kennedy. |
Boston, 2l.-The passenger list cor
ected foots up to eiehty.one passengers,
sbin and Storage. There were forty |
I've officers. sesmen and walters. Totsl |
lesth list, n.nety-seven. There is no
that these figures will be |
Uttered by the discovery of additional
Boston, 2l.-The Post calls upon The
'ublic for testimonial subscription 10
'e presented TO Lieutenant Rhodes, of
be revenue cutter Dexter, in recogni-
ion OF hi' heroic efforts 10 save the lives
I those wrecked on the City of OoIum.
us.
New Bedford, 21.-Vineyard Haven