The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-26

Lost and Saved-Details of the Disaster.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS, Jan. Is.
One of the most distressing shipwrecks
recorded for years occurred last night.
The steamer City of Columbus of the Sa-
vannah steamship line went ashore on
DEVILS Bridge, Gay Head, and was totally
wrecked.
The City of Columbus left Boston at three
O'Clock Thursday afternoon carrying eighty
passengers and a crew of forty-five. At
3:45 a. IN. Friday, Gay Head Light, bearing
south half east, the vessel struck on the
outside of DEVILS Bridge buoy. The wind
was blowing a gale from west by north.
The vessel Immediately filed and keeled
over, the water breaking in and flooding
the port side of the saloon. All the passen-
gers excepting few women and children
came on deck, nearly all wearing life-pre-
servers. All the boats were cleared away,
| but were Immediately swamped. A ma
| jority of the passengers were washed over
| board. Seven passengers left the vessel on
| a life raft, and about forty more took to
the rigging. AT 1890 a. m. the Gay Head
| life-boat put off and took seven persons.
! Another life-boat put off between twelve
and one. The revenue cutter Dexter came
| along about II: 80 and sent off two boats.
| Twenty-one persons, one of whom was
dead, were placed aboard the Dexter, and,
alter all the persons were taken from the
| vessel, the Dexter proceeded to New Bed
| ford Three persons died after going
| aboard the Dexter.
| Captain Wright saysh he passed the Cross.
| rip lightship at twelve O'Clock and that he
! continued by east and west chop with a
| strong breeze west-southwest. "After
| passing Noleska, the course being west
| southwest, l stepped into my room to warm
myself, as it was very cold. Everything
| was working WELL After being below a
| short time, heard the second-mate, who
was in the pilot-house with the mate, sing
| out to the quartermaster to port the helm
/ Jumped out of my room, thinking we had
| come across a vessel bound down the
| Sound. l then cried out, Hard aport,' not
| knowing but it was vessel and in the moon
| light l saw the buoy on DEVILS Bridge ON
| the port about two points forward of the
beam and about 800 yards distant She inn
mediately struck. l ordered the engine re-
| versed and she backed about twice her
length The steamer Immediately stopped
and ordered the jib hoisted and endeav.
| ored to head her to the north, but she filed
forward and listed over to port so the
! plankshire was about four feetunder water.
| l went att and told the passengers to keep
cool and get life-preservers. l next told
| the officers on deck to get the boats ready.
| The steamer settled down aft and righted.
1t was blowing very hard and heavy sea
was running. We launched port No. 6
sea was breaking over the steamers deck,
| and, the stern being under water, were
forced to go up on top the houses. stayed
| there awhile, but we were finally obliged
| to take to the rigging. The mate, second
| mate, chief engineer and first engineer took
| to raft. j think the steamer struck on a
lone rock" The captain is positive he
struck outside the buoy and in backing
| drifted inside.
THE Loax.
The following is list ~ those lost:
VIM. w. Wright and wife, Boston.
r. ). Rand, lawyer. and VIE, Roxbury.
| II. X. Haze, produce dealgt. Boston.
Mrs. d. s. Small, Southampton Mass.
Henry l.. Bachelor and vie, Dorchester.
| James A. Merrill, Boston.
| Oscar 1asigi, Turkish &c usuEGeneral to
| Boston
N. J. Morton, Boston Globe.
| Helen Brooks, Northboro, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Rand and son, Boston.
Mrs. Henry Slade, Chelsea, ass.
Mrs. S. j. Pinkham, Lynn.
loci NOurSe. Boston.
c. f. James Miss Beach, Mrs, Gibson, Levi
lawrence, George Fl. kellogg, LIZ. H. c. Bart
lett and wife, Mrs. skeane, r. b. Belyea, wife
and two childl ei, Mrs. j. Atkn.on, Mrs. L.
Davis II. J. Kellogg, G. Richardson and wife,
f. T. Hutchinson and wife, s. Vance, Henry l..
Beal, Mrs. White omb, d. w. Mitchell, j. lib
bits, 7. A. Day, Nj. Stp gent, Cummings, ID.
Eaton, A: Chase and wife, Fl Durland, W.
Lapham, @. X. Hammond d. Ball, &. f.
Frost cabin passer gers, res dences unknown.
The residences o. none of the following
steeraga pas sengers are known: Annie Kelly.
Susie Smith, G. Goddard, Il. Nc arty, G
Synes, O Gufin Il. h. Giddings, w. Il. Wright,
August Person, j: h. Hebar, j. g: Whit
The last three applied for tickets just before
the hour of starting and the full names are not
obtained.
THE SAVED.
; The names of the saved are: Horace Water
house. Bath Me-: John White, Prince Edward
Island +. w. Fairbanks, Gorham; Thomas
OLcary, fireman; Il. T Briggs, Boston; Fur
Der Hanson, Boston; A. A. Pitman. Brooklyn
Whitcomb, Hudson, Mass; w. II. Farnsworth
: Townsend, Mass; Geo. w. Farnsworth
Townsend Mass John L. GSo os: Portland
, Notary, alias Mccarthy, Somerville, Mass.
A. Phillips, first assistant engineer; John Mad
! (ioldsboro, Me. The following members OF
the crew are krown to be saved: Captain
, Wright; assistant engineer Phiips fireman
J OLeary; steward Pittman; seaman Madden
Following are the names OF those takeI
ashore at Gayhead. One of them was dead
2 but it is not known which one Harry Collins
ohael Kennedy waiter; Edward O'Brien
waiter; John Holmes, pieman; one passenger
|, name unknown.
FATE UNKNOWN.
Q The following are those on the raft, who's,
Q fate is unknown: A. Morrison, chief engi
Y neer; Edwin c. Fuller, first mate; Augustus
Hardin, SECOND mate mate; VIM Murray, assi s.;
Q ard sullivan, Prince Edward Island.
. OFFICERS.
: First mate. Edward Fuller, Barnstabe; sec
ond mate, Allen Eldredge, Chatham. Mass.
boatswain, Phillip Clark, Boston; quart ermas
| ter Mcdonald; engineer, Archibald Morri
: SON Boston; third engineer, Collins; purseI
!. w. Spaulding, Boston; second steward, Howe
a and thirty-three seamen, names unknown.
5 Four dead bodies of men were brought t.
! this city on the Dexter; one is not identi
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