New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-21
THE GAY HEAD DISASTER.
Continued from Isl Pare.


heeled so much that all the rooms on the tho
port side went under water. theh loiu ,L .no
passengers to save themselves as best they
could rushed through the saloon, TN up
the staircase and climebd on the weather Slde.
think had been there three or four minutes VIII
the vessel began to settle straight again0n h'r k,e
The chief steward was near me. and tOld nun thdt
our only salvation was to take TO lie nggtG ,ss
where eight OF ten men already we're. we WcH' W
together on board, and climbed to the malntO4'
Up IN TIE RIGGING-rHB RESCUE.
"As soon a. the vessel settled on her keel she
sank aft. am sure she changed her position after
she struck; bat it may have been that she SIMPLY
slid of the rock She did not shift after she ionnd
her second position. saw life raft on the huiii-
cane house with half dozen men standing on i
waiting for the raft 10 be washed oil. one Oh 'he
fremen had cut the lashings with razor Nj"
one boat swamped. and another smashed ai'eI IL
was launched. ! thought the raft offered a goou
chance and went down arope; but before reaet sa
- raft II was washed overheard. chung 10 the
mast and saw that the top the hurricane uecA Whs
moving A threw me agalnst IIo
nort rigging l caught hold, and after Whllo was
aIe to era = UP aga.n TO the maint0p. There were
about twenty men there and there We stayed tlI
$50 Friday morning. We "a Q steamer steam pas pas
within four miles, and thoughwe sighaiieu 81 'H"'
she must nave seen u.s. she went on. -, u..,l
About 9 o'clock, the life boat from sh0re Teacnen
US Ii was manned by the slnartesl p H ! ever
saw They were a volunteer crew, 100. more was
a good deal OF floating wTeckage, and she conId h9V
pet nearer than fifty feet. The coAsWaln trleu,
but gave it up and sung oat to us 10 jump, 1hoas
Butler fireman, was the first to 60. AFTER nun
went the second Assistant Engineer collins the5
passenger; then Kenny and Brleh 'al9Ts auu
finally and fireman, john lines. we an swan swan
and were pull ed in. and then the coXs~ain sald he
could take no more but q new crew wouid CONT
out and rescue the rest Afer we Eo e sYf tSIT
teen more men, putting them on the revenue cutter
Dex er. | want credit to go where II Is Que auu
these bows deserve it, They are Of all natl9haIies
and
Il am sure there are no bodies in the wreck. The
saloon was on tie main deck; and went on edIiSs
and the steerage has beenwashed out by the WIVES
LESS STEAM PRESSURE THAN USUAL
John Hines q dreman, who was . watch IN the
fr,-room at the time of tho catastrophe said: The
vessel struck about seven bells-hah-past g. She
struck hard. and immediately began to grlnd ana
pound One Of the plates was broken IN the lor-
ward hold in FIVE minutes, and the water began 10
enter the tire-rOom. Then vent on deck through
the forecastle There were passengers in the steer
age but tiey did not 20 mp with me. Ihey hau
better staircaee than ours. started for the ire
/ raft with Murray, the thlrd-asslstant eng h1tI'
Three more paS ;eugers; on tho WlddWard sluc' on
drcs were washed on lbs the first seas. we tuok
10 the rigging and Went up 10 The cI"s-trees' anu
remained there seven hours before rescue come.
We had hfty-,e,eu pounds Of steam on, aud usually
liAbg mIEp by CoLD-pEATH Al THE OAR
James Brown. who had been reported among the
missing but was saved Jn the only boat that came
safely away from the lost steamer. was found to-
day in thc house OF d benevolent native AT Gay
Head. He was brought to this town and made
com 3rtable at the Parker House, by the nowspa-
pers' search expedition. lie is suffering severely
from frozen f,st aud hands, but can move about
little lie was a steerLge passenger ON the Ci'y Oh
Columbus lives al Lawrence. Mass, and here oiore
la, been included amoag the lost He said:
Il was for ard IN the steerage when the ship
struck Ii sounded like the report OF cannon. l
ran ND the ladder and asked sailor what the
trouble was he said that we had struck buoy.
The blows came three or four times IL rapid sue
cessiou | went on deck and helped the sal ors
hoist the lib. The Storage wa divided by parti-
ton, and | could see only one lie-preser5er.
heard the order given to clear the
| boots but saw no officers The YES
! sci was on her beam-ends. / helped to
launch boat and followed three persons into 1t.
! One of them was the stewardesS OF the boat. huI
she q cal or and a passenger jumped oVerDoaIq
! when the boat filed. The Frenchnan ABOARD
rr,sbed ms off and we foated about az the quar5er-
master has said. Before we lad gone lar, grew
shore | became unconscious | couldn see Dut
heard the men taking the Others mp Ihe
hill and begged them not to leave Inc.
! When recovered consciousness, l was III cOl-
Portable room and woman was giving ne VIII. Win
drinks We owe our live first Of al TO Quarter
master Mcdonald who kept US OUT OF Tie breakers,
when the Frenchmau wanted To steer us htralshl
ON shore Charles james, who died IL our poaI'
was a steeraCe passenger. lie worked ar an oar as
long as he could. About two hours after We leIt
the wreck while he was still pulling an oar, some
body sung out to him 10 pull Tor ms ne. lie let 20
al once law right back, and seemed to go to Sleep