The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-20
GENERAL NEWS.
Particulars Of the Late Disaster on the
Deep.
Heavy Failure In New York - Liza
billlies &, 900, 900.
0iker News From Many QHsrtcrs.
The wrecked steamer.

stern lies in about four lathoms. Tho upper
works are gone. n the weather modo-sies
IL moy be possible 10 save some per. OF the
weasel. Mr.. Noktrson, president Of NE
company. left Boston a. 5 O'Clock this morn
INK ior New Bedford, aud viii look alter me
.aygd sud take charge Of tue bodi' OF .he
drowned. ,-.,..
A dispatch from Woods Hole 1'a.es hat
Capt. Wright has b come vio thb4 INSANE.
Tho tut Storm King aud the revenue cut
Tar DayIrr are STORM bound. the former NJ
Wooa's Hole. the latter Al Ne" Bedford.
A driving snow ttlrm prevails and TIE
ILTeuRuea, Mass, Jan. l0.-Georfs II,
Kellogg OF this city and Captain Lewis
Lawrence OF Ashley, are among tue Wi-s-
ing passengers Of tho CITY OF No.nmhAa.
Kellogg was cOuuc linen and mAhY NeArf
chsirmAn of the Democratic Ssna'o com
mtttee. Lawrence was captain OF thi on
Ma.s,chusettsTegime a..
B,,rty. Jan, l9.-Another lift OF the
saved Includes Rpierick McDona'o ana
Thomas Builder hremen, and Leary. sea-
man, besides those already named on
board the revenue cutter Dexter; ,,-
LAwRENcg Mass, Jan. l9.--The follow
ING passengers of the City ot Columbus be-
longed he,e. Henry Wiedeman, Henry
DAu.els and mother, q. Hines, james
Brown. John Walker, James Fa"-
cott. Henry l.. BsrtheloW sud
vie; all lost except Wiedeman
rus STORY or the Wick.
BosroN, Jsn. l0.-Fineen survivors OF rue
CITY of Columbus arrived this morning
from New Bedford. Many OF them are In
pitiable condi ION and some Of them are
100 dazed to give an Intelligent account oil
the wreck.
+ " Fairbanks, of g srham, Maine, say 3
ne was IN his berth in the storage, bu1 was
q rake aud som what uneasy Wheh lhe nc
cident occurred. He is Of the opinion tina,
the steamer struck on the rocks sevtta'
times b fore she lodged on them hnaly.
He noted three successive shocks anu
thought it might be tnat II high sea was
hurting ice against her SIDE. Whrh the
steamer was jammsd upon the ro'E 'hr
water rushed IN upon he steersge hnu he
scram oiled ON taking the greater par
of his clothing. As the vessel Il ed sue
kerled over and he got into the rlRRlhg
where ua cluug tor hours win the sea
breaking over him Mt frequent Intervals.
Al one time sOmo OF the rigging gave way
aud Tell upon him, and he received oloN
across his forehead which stunned MIN ma
another In the chest, but MS mayors "eI'
then frozen to the rigging aud hr was not
.,ent of. H. attributes his Salty u
rubber coat, the skirts OF which he had
around him. and thus kept Ms clnthlhS
div. Many more, he thinks, would nave
heen saved hut for the nigu Hea Tuhhlhs'
The boats could not approach ne wreck
When his turn came be Jumped INTO tne
raging water. and after reaching % suI'sge
was ssept within reach OF the rescuers. lie
saw two who made the perilous leap over
board washed away u death, ana pc
lieves that many met the same hs
before the rescue WAS Atsuiptoi.
A single boat with several Indians IN II
came of from Gay head. but they couln nos
approach the wreck Tncy we're ehgaseu
in picking up the hoaling mNter. "n.d
in the rigging the pilot told MIN ne haI
fred the vessel and fastened the wheel, ana
as he was very cold he won't to the smoke
stack to warm. He remained there twenty
minutes, and when he returned 10 ms
po,t he fond the ship had veered
around. When he ascerlained lnat
the vessel was among, the IouA',
and it was probably impossible to
save her. he put her night on
the shore and ran her as high as he cou'u
with the result that although she are"
s. yenteen feet OF water her fore foOt was IN
eleven feet. Fairbanks is OF the opinion
thai many passengers did not leave the Gao
till their bodies were washed ont oy Ils
waves which soon tore oil part OF the deck
and carried out the bodies, furniture aud
baggage before the cries OF the horrlhrd
survivors. Oscar Iass'gi was in the rigg Dl'
with him and he perished before and came
t. hand. Not woman or child was seen
by him alive after the ship went ashore
( He thinks that Morton, OF the Boston
Globe did not survive.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
BosToN, jan. l9.-John Madden, sailor
said: .,.,,.
"When came on deck, | heard either
the oaptaiu or mate, don't know which,
say, we shall lose the poor ship. but don
be alarmed; We will be saved Then thtIe
was a rush for the boat. They were all cut
adrift, but five OF them were broken up,
! The other one got of with four men on
hoard. who | think were sailors. made
for the main rigging with the engineer and
first assistant, and got on the alter mouse,
on top OF which was n raft The weight
broke the roof of the house. Tnen we
showed a raft into the water, anG Fh,llipsi
the first assistant and myself got on ooara'
q left 1t and went back to me
mot ns''' stand fifteen minutes. Billy
Murray, Mike Day, one OF the passeh-
gers, the chiefengineer aud mate staid on
the raft. Phillips told them 1t was broken
and they should get off, but thay slald gu
II. | did not see them aiterward; we
o'uog TO the rigging eight or nine hours.
Every once il Il while man would ge'
pumbed and fall off dead When the cut
ter came no Jumped into the water hui
got foul of a piece OF wreck which held me
Under water until thought was done Tor
managed to get loose and swan fora boat
and was just sinking when some one se,nro
nv hands ard pulled me OH board. Nv,
of my ribs were broken"
Thomas O'Lesry, fireman, said II saw
two boats ii led with people dropped into
the water, but knew that none OF thea
had plugs in the bott Nms aud no one seem
ed TO know where they were. l got int'
the rigging and after suffering fearlully 10
eleven hours, a rescuing party In boa
took me off Only those who could swim
had M UGH chance Of being saved"
Two bows are among the survivors
tieorge w. and Herbert w. Farnsworth
twelve and seventeen years OF age,
Townshend, Massachusetts.
The total number OF persons saved Il
twsnty-three. FIVE dead bodies were re
covered. s seventeen OF the saved and lou
of the dead we're brought here, and sir sup
posed to be dy ing aud one dead are at u sy
head, and OF the dead two are ldentined a.
w, Brooks, of Northboro, Mass, ana J
Fred. Chandler, of Hyue Park. 0ne-thir!
OF the passengers were women and chi
dren. There Is Lot one who 50 far is known
TO be saved.
A Young man named Sargent, Of Merri
mac, was Knocked of the rigging by n
falling of a spar and LIST.
The steamship had n moderate cargo
miscellaneous freight. -,
The wreck lies a hundred yards insid
ID vile Bridge bayou.
THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FRIENDS.
NEW BEDFORD, NJ ASS, Jan. l0.-Tbe earl
train from Boston this morning was hesvil
laden with relatives sad friends OF the VIZ
tins OF the CITY of Columt s disaster
Tbey have slice been wandering to and n
along the wharves importuning al the
mel about the wreck. The revenue cutie
Dexter sailed with the tug Nellie for III
wreck to search Tor bodies. All the bodi'
brought here on the Dexter are identihe
except one.
THE rHws AT sAvAESAH.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan. 10 The news