The Portland daily press., 1884-01-22
Notes from, ,he wreck.

Notes froaA sine Wreck.
All of the five survivors taken of today left
for Boston tonight.
1t is understood tonight that an effort will
soon be made to secure the bodies in the wreck
if any are there
There are great many visitors still here
who say they aregoing to stay until they find
the bodies of their lost relatives.
Capt. Wright was on the Storm King today,
but positively refused to see and one. Capt.
Wright in his original statement said he or
dered the course of the steamer west south
west, but Qasrtermaster Mcdonald contends
that he was ordered to steer southwest by
west. Mcdonald further stated that ithe ves-
sci fell off two points after striking the rocks.
"No. III is undoubtedly the body of Mrs
E. Hutchinson of Cape Elizabeth indicated
by the marking upon tho ring Mr.. Hutchin-
son married Alice e. Poland and the ring was
no doubt gift from him to his aflaDced.-ED.1
Mr.. Nathan D. Eaton, an old and highly
respected citizen of Hermon, of the firm of N.
D. & j. G. Eaton, was one of the i'll fated
passengers on the "City Of Columbus." He
! purchased his ticket in Bangor on Wednesday
/ last at the agency of Blake, Bsrrows & Brown.
I w.
| of Maine, are at New Bedford, and will go ont
Tuesday, On the tug Nellie, to search for lost
| relatives.
The party on the steam tug Nellie took the
present bearing OF the wreck today. The YES
sci heads almost West-South-West as the cap
tain said her course was ordered; but. allow
ing for the falling off spoken of by Mcdonald,
she must have been stsered about Southwest
| by West when she struck
Old sea captains here contend that if the
City OF Columbus bad backed TWO boat lengths
after striking the rocks she would have sunk
in water SO deep rs to have com pletely sub
merged her, as the water on both sides of the
soping ledge of Devils Bridge is very deep.
Had shs gone over the ledge after striking she
would have sunk in deeper water still. The
fact that her bow Is cut of the water on the
ledge, while her stern ia submerged, confirms
this theory, and forces the conviction that the
steamer is wedged on the ledge where she first
struck
1t is not probable that any more bodies will
be picked up at present, although stray ones
may be beached at Augustine for the next two
weeks.
Charles It. James, nephew of James B
Hazard, whose remains were placed in the
church at Gay Head, died, SO Mr.. Hazard was
informed by Quartermaster Mcdonald, in the
boat.
The unidentified bodies snd those known tc
have been OF the crew were properly attired
for the grave by Undertaken Wilson, placed in
nice cofins, and will be sent to Boston on the
first train in the morning.
Capt. Baker, of the Baker wreckipg Co.
of Boston, and who has been with the Storm
King ever since the disaster, has attended per
sonaly to the collection of bodies and theil
proper disposal There are at present no more
t bodies on the coast Those taken from Vine
: yard Haven had been picked up by schoonert
and small boats and landed there. The Storm
: King will probably cruise along No Mans land
| and Cuttyhunk for several days
Col. Arnold A. Rand, of 80 fremont street
Boston, is here, and will leave on the Storm
King tomorrow with Capt Baker for the pur
pose of establishing patrol along the entire
extent of beach from Vineyard Haven to Gay
t Head. Not q trace of any of Col. Rand's five
relatives has been found
The Surviving seamen taken from Gay Head
{ | today say they think many bodies still il
the hull of the steamship, and it is probable
: that the bodies of many steerage passenger
will be found between decks.