Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-23
NEW ENGLAND.
Massachusetts.

The Lost Columbus = More Evidence Against the Second Mate-Pathetic I'm dents of the Wreck.
 BOSTON, Jan. 22.-Quartermaster McDon-
 aid to-day confirmed Captain Wright's state-
 ment that he gave the order southwest by
 west and says the wheelman so understood and the second mate afterward ordered the
 wheelman not to go to leeward of the course.
 Annie Kelly and child, passengers lost, were
 on their way to join the husband and father,
 who was policeman in 8 little Florida town.
 On the same day as the wreck the husband
 was bitten by mad dog and died. News of
 the death of the whole three reached their
 friends at the same time. Jonas Cooper,
 colored, aged eighteen of Windsor, Vt., was a
 cabin passenger, whose name was not on the
 list and was lost, swelling the number by one.
 Mrs. James Beal and daughter Inez were
 en route to Florida to join Mir. Beal, who just previously had lost three other children by
 disease. His whole family is now gone. A diver will examine the wreck to morrow for bodies.
 The tug Nellie returned to New Bedford from to-day's trip, having found the sea so rough that 1t was impossible to land at Gay Head. All bodies hereafter recovered will | be taken to New Bedford, and Kept there till the departure of the 3:35 p. m. train for Boston, and if unidentified at that time will be sent to Boston. At the funeral of Mrs. and Mrs. Caleb Richardson, victims at Ev- eritt this afternoon, the church was packed. The principal business places were closed and l crape was display ed from nearly every win dow and store in town.
 The bodies of Edwin Hutchinson and Mrs. | Rich arrived by the l o'clock train from New | Bedford. MT. Hutchinson's body will be taken to Portland.
 The last rites over the remains of N. J. Morton, of the Globe staff, victim of the l wreck, were observed in the little farm house | of his parents at Freetown to-day. There were floral emblems from the Globe, his | other journalistic friends, the theatrical pro- fession of which he was member and many | others.
 Body No. 20 at New Bedford has been l identified Augustus Pierson, of Boston. | The body of an unidentified female has been | picked up at Menemshs Eight near Vine l yard Haven. It had much jewelry upon it, | a breast pin being marked, as nearly as could | be made out, Pinkham. Two bodies await ] identification at New Bedford. The body l supposed to be that of Joel Nourse, of Bos- 1 ton proves not to be his. People continue | to arrive at New Bedford and the hotels are l crowded.
 l VINEYARD HAVEN, Jan. 21-A vigorous l search for bodies of victims of the lll-fated Columbus is still in progress. The shores are
 literally lined with people, All through
 last night people were patrolling the shore from Gay Head to Herring inlet, eighteen l miles away to the eastward. resident of Menemsha was on the day of the accident seen l with & vehicle load of trunks, etc., belonging | to the victims of the III fated craft. The proper authorities looking up the matter. Men searching for plunder are observed all 1 along the coast, and whatever they can get
 away with without being discovered they do. | The remaining body has been identified as l Mrs. D. J. Pinkham.