The Portland daily press., 1884-01-29
THE LOST COLUMBUS.
Discoveries Made by Sub Marine Diver
The Steamer Apparently Broken in

Two.
NEW LONDON, CT, Jan. 28.- Wrecker Scott
has returned from the wrecked Columbus, hay
ing completed survey of the hull for the ug-
derwriters. He found hole three feet square
forward, twenty feet from the stern, and sey-
eral smaller holes forward aud aft; also q per-
pendicular crack near the foremast. while in
the bottom were fragments of jagged rock, ev-
identity broken from larger boulders on which
the ship struck. After completing the survey
OF the starboard side, along the bottom, Scott
came up and made an attempt to examine the
deck. He went under at the forward hatch,
where he found the deck uninjared, when he
was caught in the crest Of an immense breaker
and hurled feet foremost into the air and over
board. On Saturday the wind blew from the
Northwest, but the uea was moderate and the
weather clear, and Scott was able to remain
two hours under water and compile to his sur
vey. He went down well aft on the port side,
and examined along the bottom. He found
portions OF the smoke-stack and machinery.
Lines, sails and other wreckage were strewn
along the port quarter by the main rigging.
1t any bodies were there 1t would be impossi-
BILE to discover them with out clearing away
the wreckage. There was no material injury
to the hull aft OF the boilers, near the bottom,
but there were numerous cracks and several
holes forward There was an extensive crack
under the foremast, which Scott thinks may
be continuation OF the one mentioned above,
which h g found on the starboard side, and ii
his deductions are correct, the vessel is evil
IDENTIFY broken in two at this point. Farther
toward the bow the extent of damage increas-
ed, the hull being cracked and pierced with
holes innumerahle. The diver then went
ahead Of the wreck forty or fifty feet, and
fanna- -hiszsalf- ina Submarine channel,
sluiceway, making it evident that the vessel
struck considerable distance ahead of the
present position, and kept dropping back by
the influence of gravitation and the action Of
the tide, leaving the imprint of her keel on
the sandy bottom. Soundings were made $50
feet ahead of the wreck, and struck a bed
composed of sand, with numerous boulders
sticking through, with II feet of water at full
tide. Scott found the main deck forward in
good condition; aft of the engine the deck is
the damages are too extensive to warrant an
attempt TO raise the vessel. He is Of the opin-
ion that she is broken in two, and will be con-
demned.
New BEDFORD, Jan. 28.-Lieut. Kennedy,o of
the cutter Kennedy, declines the testimonial
which his friends in this city proposed to give
him.
Merchandise Washing Ashore.
VINEYARD HAVEN. via Woods Holl, Mass,
Jan. 28.-Up to this morning no additional
bodies from the City OF Columbus have been
found on the shores of the island. About $50
cases of boot and shoes an d a number OF pack
ages OF other merchandise have been picked
up around the shore. No one has appeared to
claim them. Officers Innis and Seaver, of the
State force remain on the island collecting
trunks aud personal effects of the passengers.
They report no cases of theft or wrong-doing
thus far detect