Barbour County index., 1884-02-01
AN OCEAN HORROR.
Wreck Of the Steamship city of Columbus
ON the Massachusetts Coast-One Hun.
dred and Four Lives Lost-List of the
Lost and Saved--Details of the Disaster

ON the Massachusetts Coast-One Hun.
drcd and Four Lives Lost--List of the
Lost and dsaved--Details of the Disaster.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. Is.
One of the most distressing shipwrecks
recorded for years occurred last night.
The steamer City of Columbus of the Sa.
vannah steamship line went ashore on
DEVILS Bridge, Gay Head, and was totally
wrecked
The City of Columbus left Boston at three
O'Clock Thursday afternoon carrying eighty
passengers and crew OF forty-five. At
3:45 a. m. Friday, Gay Head Light, bearing
south half east, the vessel struck on the
outside of DEVILS Bridge buoy. The wind
was blowing a gale from west by north.
The vessel Immediately filed and keeled
over, the water breaking I'm and flooding
the port side of the saloon. All 1.-THE passen.
gers excepting few women and children
came on deck. nearly all wearing life-pre.
servers. All the boats were cleared away.
but were Immediately swamped. A ma.
joritv of the passengers were washed over.
board. Seven passengers left the vessel on
life raft, and about forty more took to
the rigging. At 1880 q. m. the Cav Head
life-b boat put OF and took seven persons.
Another life-bost put of between twelve
and one. The revenue cutter Dexter came
along about 1880 and sent of two boats.
Iwenty-one persons, one of whom was
dead, were placed aboard the Dexter, and,
alter all the persons were taken from the
vessel, the Dexter proceeded to New Bed
ford. Three persons died after going
aboard the Dexter.
Captain Wright says he passed the Cross.
rip lightship at twelve O'Clock and that he
continued by east and west chop with 4
passing Noleska, the course being west.
southwest, stepped into my room to warm
myself, as it was very cold. Everything
was working well. After being below a
short time. heard the second-mate, who
was In the piiot-house with the. mate, sing
out to the quartermaster to port the helm.
jumped out OF my room. thinking we had
come across vessel bound down the
Sound. then cried out, Hard aport,' not
knowing but it was vessel and in the moon.
light saw the buoy on DEVILS Bridge on
the port about two points forward of the
beam and about 300 yards distant. She inn.
mediately struck. ordered the engine re.
yersed and she backed about twice her
length. The steamer Immediately stopped
and ordered the jib hoisted and endeav.
ored to head her to the north, but she filled
forward and listed over to port so the
plankshire was about four feet under water.
went ait and told the passengers to keep
cool and get life-preservers. l next told
".
The steamer settled down aft and righted.
1t was blowing very hard and a heavy sea
was running. We launched port No.
boat, which immediately capsized. The
sea was breaking over the steamers deck,
and, the stern being under water, we were
forced to go up on top the houses. stayed
there awhile, but we were finally Obliged
to take to the rigging. The mate, second
mate, chief engineer and first engineer took
to raft. l think the steamer struck on q
lone rock" The captain is positive he
struck outside the buoy and in backing
drifted inside.
THE LOST.
The following is a list of those lost:
VIM. w. Wright ana wife, Boston.
= 5: Rand, lawyer. and wife, Roxbury.
I. X. Ha @, produce dealer, Boston.
Mrs. ID. 5. small, southampton, Mass.
Henry l.. Ba helor and wife, Dorchester
james A. Merrill, Boston.
Oscar lasgi, Turkish Consul-G eneral &c
Boston.
N. J. Morton. Boston Globe
Helen Brooks, Northboro, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Rand and son, Boston.
Mrs. Henry Slade, Chelsea, Mass.
Mrs. $. J. Pinkham, Lynn.
Joel Nourse, Boston.
C. +. James, Miss Beach, Mrs. Gibson, Levi
iavrence, George II. Kellogg. DR.. Fl. c. Bart
ett and wife. Mrs. skeane, X. b. Belyea, wife
Davis, II. J. Kellogg, c. Richardson and wife,
Z. L. Hutchinson and wife, s. Vance Henry L.
Daniels and wife. Mrs. James Beal and Miss
Beal, Mrs. WhitcOmb. ID. w. Mitchell, J. Tib-
Eaton. A. Chase and wife, II Durland, w.
Lapham. g. II. Hammond. I. ID. Ball, G. +.
Frost, cabin passei gers, res dences unkno xn.
The residences OF none of the following
.teerage passengers are known: Annie Kelly.
Su,ie Smith, G. Goddard. T.. c. arty, G.
August Pearson, J. r. Hebar, J. G. Whit.
comb. c. G. Wllett Brown, Walker. Gassett.
The last three applied for tickets just before
he hour of starting and the full names are not
obtained.
The names of the saved are: Horace Water.
house, Bath. Me-; John White, Prince Edward
Island; +. w. Fairbanks, Gorham; Thomas
Ger Hanson, Bo ton; A. A. Pittman, Brooklyn,
steward; s. f. Wright, Boston; Captain g. d.
WThileom5' Hudson, Mass. w H. Farnsworth,
Townsend, Mass; John l.. Cook, Portland
Me-; IL. Wiedman, Lawrence, Mass; Eugene
McGary, alias Mccarthy. Somerville, Mass;
A. Phillips, first assistant engineer; John Mad.
len. CharlOttetOwn. II. +. L.: j. X. Hammond.
Goldsboro. Me. The following members of
he crew arc kr own to be saved: Captain
Wright; assistant engineer Philips; fireman
CLeary; steward Pittman; seaman Madden.
Following are the names of those taken
ashore at Gavhead. One of them was dead
but II Is not known which one: Harry Collins
third engineer; VIM. Spauiding purser; Mi
chael Kennedy waiter; Edward OBrien,
waiter; John Holmes, pieman; one'passenger.
FATE UNKNOWN.
The following arc those on the raft whose
tate is unknown: A. Morrison, chief engi.
neer: Edwin C. Fuller, first mate; Augustus
snTinaer aaTdn seeSnd W Rate; Mm Murray assistant
ard Sullivan, Prince Edward Island
OFFICERS
First mate, Edward Fuller, Barnstable; sec.
ond mate Allen Eldredge, Chatham Mass:
ooatswain, Phillip Clark. Boston; quart ermas-
nUin Arr.Ia hal
son, Boston; third engineer, Collins: purser
w. Spauding, Boston: second steward. II owe.
and thirty-three seamen, names unknown.
Four dead bodies of men were brought to
this city on the Dexter: one is not idelti.
fed. Two are identified as Helon Brooks.
Northboro, Mass, and G. Fred Chandler.
hyde Park, the other is supposed, from cards
found in his pocket, to be a member of the
drm of c. Richardson & Co., Clinton Mar.
ket, Boston.
About forty men took refuge i'm the rig.
ging, where they remained until 10:3J a. M,
when a life-boat put off from Gavhead and
TOOK away seven passengers, one of whom
died soon afterward. Shortly after noon
another life-boat put off to the vessel, and
the revenue cutter Dexter came along and
sent of two boats. Twenty. one men were
taken from the wreck and placed aboard
the Dexter, four Of whom died afterward.
After all were taken off, the Dexter sailed
for this port. The total number saved is
twenty-three. Five bodies were recovered
and llS souls are unaccounted for. Seven.
teen saved and four dead were brought
here, and six supposed to be living and one
dead are at Gayhead.
Captain Wright was among the last tc
leave the ship. Two men frozen so stifY
they were unable to relinquish their hold
on the rigging, were at length the only
persons remaining on the steamer except
the Captain. Lieutenant Rhodes asked
him to jump, but he shouted ''Save those
men first" "They are frozen," was the
Lieutenant's answer. The Captain then
jumped, and although he could not swim
stroke, was rescued by Lieutenant Ken.
nedy. Lieutenant Rhodes, OF the Revenue
cutter Dexter, distinguished himself by his
heroic efforts, at the extreme peril Of his
own life, to rescue the two unfortunates
who were hanging frozen in the rigging OF
the ill-fated steamer. He succeeded but
both of them died before reaching the cut
ter. One of them was a Mr.. Richardson.
About 300 was found in a wallet in his
pocket.
The ledges on which the City of Colum.
bus struck were considered by mariners