The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-20

j.. server. The boat was outside the buoy
bat there Was terrific current.
b. Wiedman, Of Lawrence. who va
in q berth In the cabin stateroom, wa
/ awakened BY the first shock. He aroused
his companion, Frederick M. Sargent
OF Merrimsc, who was lost. TIE vesse
then toppled over. He reached the msIr
rigging with great difficulty. He tells o.
!. the sweeping away, one by one, OF those
/ in the rigging, ss the cold caused them
to lose their hold a. the wave tore the
/. rigging from their grasp. When he wa;
leaving the cabin, be saw one gentleman
keeping q lady and two boys IN theil
,stateroom None of this party was seen
afterwards, the cabin and all 10
! il being overwhelmed in the sea.
3 A bout forty men then took refuge IN Inc
z rigging, where they remained until I0'oO
m, when life boat put off from Gay
head and took away several passengers,
r one of whom died soon afterwards,
, shortly after noon, another life boat put
l(ff to the distress ed vessel and mesh
while the revenue cutter Dexter came
along and sent off two boats. Twenty
one men from the wreck were placed
aboard the Dexter, four of whom died
afterwards. The total number OF persons
saved is twenty three. Five dead bodies
are recovered. Seventeen OF the saved
and four of the dead were brought here,
and six are supposed to be dying, or are
dead, ore at Gsyhesd. ODe-third OF the
passengers were women and children,
not one of whom, so far SIS known, was
saved.
Other survivors in their state
ments say it was very dark when
the steamer struck, and the vessel
remained upright, drifting back
ward, while the passengers crowded
on deck. After drifting several
lengths astern, the vessel lurched
and the sea swept everything. The
FarnsWorth boys climbed into the
rigging, and through the energy of
John White, seaman, the survivors
saw one boat containing seven
women upset. The sea soon demol-
ished the boat. 1t was fearful the
way wome en- were swept away. Some
rushed on deck with their husbands,
and as the full force of the
storm would break upon them,
realizing that all was lost,
threw their arms around their hus-
bands necks, babe them good bye,
and a few moments ]aterNthey were
swept overheard. A mother with q
child held tightly. in her arms was
borne awsy by the waves almost
before reaching the, deck. Not one
woman reached the rigeing. A
majority were washed Ovei board by
the waves. A mum Der were probably
smOthered in their berths.
After the vessel struck, the quar-
termaster said the steamer was
taking water. He then got all the
boats ready, the ship listed, and all
who could got on the stsrboard side.
Some were washed from the port
side into the sea. In five minutes
the ship righted and sunk. From
the time she struck until she listed
was fifteen minutes.
On the arrival at Boston Of the
special New Bedford train, 500 peo-
pie were at the depot and immedi- |
ately surrounded the fifteen survi-
vors of the wreck. All bore the |
marks of the struggle for life. |
Hardly one had complete suit of
The most cheerful Of all
In appearance were the Farms worth |
boys, who appeared not to suffer
severely from their exposure, and
who were only clad in clothing fur
nished by citizens of New Bedford.
The survivors were placed in car
risges and driven to the Office of the
company. There the
men and women were scanned by
anxious relatives and friends, who
soon came in. Few met husbands,
fathers and neighbOrs.
DEVILS Bridge Is shaped like a
crook. 1t begins near
the shore just north Of the light,
and runs westerly about half
mile; then extends in northerly
direction few hundred yards fur
Their; the buoy marking the outside
Of the reef Is distant about quarter
of a mile from the west end Of the
reef, not over three-quarters OF
mile from the shore. 1t is not usual
for steamers bound from Boston as
far south as Savannah to take the
c1urse pursued by the Columbus.
They generally sail south of Nan
tucket, giving the dangerous shoals
fifty miles south OF that
Island q wide berth. It seems prob.
able that Captain Wright, in laying
mis- course for the ocean, departed
rom his usual course too soon,
steering relatively northwest
course, which brought him inside
,he buoy marking outside DeviPe
Bridge, and const quently foil upon
he rocks.
Edward Sprague Rand, who with
his wife was among tbs lost, was one
If the Oldest and best known con-
veyancers in Suffolk County, nearly
Is yesrs of age; was a graduate OF
Harvard in 20. Oscar Tasigis, con-
.ul general for Turkey for the last
seven years, also treasurer Of Vas
,slboro wooden mills, was SO years
Of age. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright, of
Lynn, are among the lost. Wright
was brother Of Colonel Carroll D.
Wright, chief of the bureau of sta.
.istics and labor, and one of the best
known men in Lynn. DR.. Horace
9. Bartlett, of Lyndon, Vermont,
and wife, were going to Florida On
of Mrs. Bartlett's health.
DR.. Bartlett, was son of ex-Con-
gresham Thomas Bartlett, about