Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-21
AFTER HORRORS.
Hunting for the victimo OF the
Columbus Wreck.
FROZEN AND DIsFIeURED BODIES.
Agonizirg Scenes Among the Friends and
Relatives of the Lost 0nes-Mer-
cenary Natives Refusing to
Give Up The Dead.

NEw BEDFORD, MASS, January 2o.-The
town is full Of people looking for the bod
les of relatives and friends, lost by the
wreck of the steamer City:of Columo4s
There has been deplorable lack Of systel
in tregsrd to the disposal OF the. b0ale,
picked up at:vsrious points along IN.
coast. The stray bodies Of victims. nav
een recovered byi. various crafts lpIyIhg
through the Vineyard. Sound and taken "
widely sepai sted points II is reported tn .
:Gveral lbodies ere:,plcked up. by schoop
ers and landed at Edgerton, Woods0o.
aud Vineyard Haven. 1t is par.ieotarte
known that there are now eleven boiIe,
at Vineyard Haven, but the number q,
other ports cannot be ascertsined at n-..
ent. owing to the fact that there is no -.
1IaT communicationi. between .these var-.
Gus ports = At daylight this, mornlns so,
eral newspaper correspondents = :. %
Chartered the Tus Ne lie
for a cruise off Gay Head-with the o0Is1L
of boarding the wreck and to make lam.
ing at Gay Head, which latter poiut ~.
not yet been, visited. -several gentleme.
who lost: relatives by the disaster scc 90. :.
Al. invitation TO accompany them. =, A.
dawn a heavy SHOWN storm was prevailing,
but by 5 o'clockithe weather moderated
sufficient to warrant the tug ventur-
,ng into the sound. Within two hours
the Nellie steamed within sighting
distance of the wrecked steamer. Upon
pprosching closer it was a:certained that
about fifty feet of the bow and deck were
ont Cf water. The bow was resting upon
The rocks OF DEVILS Bridge, while th-
stern WAS slowed around a point or Two
nto deep water. From distaace 1t ap'
peared as If three bodies were harg'nS I"
ra,tIipes mission rigging. by the time th'
Nellie ran within cannon shot distance
be wreck the snow changed TO sleet anc
the wind began to blow fiercely and Il was
found impossible TO approach within
ausrter of a mile of the wreck owing I"
the fact that the ledge forming the DevIi
Bridge extended that distance 10 the
Eastward Of the Wreck.
The Nellie skirted the buoy on the east
snd ran within sn eighth of mile OF the
wlsrf. landing at Gay Head light house
The sea was running SO high that the ting
could not approach the wharf, and yaw!
was launched IN which Some corresrond-
enIs aud visitors, set out for Gay Head.
Ii was only with great difficulty they
landed as me waves twenty feet high
DASHED over the wharf. The party pro-
Ceeded 10 the lighthouse where it Was as
csrtsined ten persons hsd landed safely
from the wreck, all of whom arc alive and
under the circumstances, doing we'll. Tney
are: Wm. Spau,ding Boston, purser; Henry
Collins, Taunton. second assistant engineer;
John Hines, BIS OF, fireman; Thos IT.
Ter, Prince Edward Island, fireman; Wn.
w. Mcdonald, quartermaster; ThoAss
O'Learv, seaman; Michael Kennedy aud
Edwyrd UBrieu, s. Johns n. F., walters;
Jas. Brown aud J. Tlbbets, passengers.
pulser Spsuldipg was found in the
Res aence Of the Light H0u.e Kr-n
His head was baudsgedssld he was wear.
ing the clothes in which he swami frop5.ue
wreck TO the life boat. While the officers
and seamen were relating their experiences
70 the correspondents, the visitors, guided
by native hall breeds, started off TO various
points in the vicinity where the bodies
were rlaCed after being picked up by the
pslIVps along the beach. Tne hrst
place visited was the meeting house.
An old church. Here were found
five t,udies, four men and one woman.
As tue party ehterei Ire building and oe-
reid the outs;retchsd forms nPon the tlolr
A. 4. Belly eas, OF Lynn, cried out: "rHut's
nv dear niece, Alice" and he knelt before
the prcstrste and disicured remains weep.
ing COW vulsively. Tue grief OF the man
was coutsgious, and there were few dry
eyes amang the party. Her remsins were
horribly mangled and covered with blood.
Size he'd on only undergarmeats and was
identified by them. A. NJ. Clrrier, OF
Fi'chburg, Mass, another Of the party
who hai been wplkiry srouni tha other
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