Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-01-21


1911 VOYAGES in the Carroll without single
accident. but since be joined the Columbus
IL seeued - though be had been unfortunate.
eomethins or other seemed 20 be wrong Al
The siue and q last III his luck ended in the
Grand disaster yesterday morning. CAPS
Wright left Nes Bedford this evening for
his home in Wareham-
The insurance on the City of Columbus il
sa44 $50.
NKv BEDFORD, Jan. 20.
The awful feeling of gloom which has pre-
vailed all along this part of the coast since
the disaster to the Columbus g-ows more in
tense. The hotels are filled viii people who
had for tuo days been rushing here on every
train in hopes of obtaining some intelligence
concerning lored ones. There has been but
little information to gives these inquiries -
all of the bodies thus far brought ashore have
been recognized rs quickly - they were
landed and thea sent to their homes. But
little business has been done here siscs the
disaster. There has been q deplorable lack
of system in regard to the disposal Of the
bodies which have been picked up At various
parts along the Coast Stray bodies of vic
tins have been recovered BY various crafts
PLYING through Vineyard Sound and have
been taken to widely separate points. 1t Is
reported here that several bodies have been
picked up BY schooners and landed at Edgar
town, Woods Holl and Vineyard Haven. II
is positively know that there are now ii
bodies at Vineyard Haven, but the number
at other PLACES cannot be learned owing to
no regular communication between these
points.
The steam tug Nellie, Capt. Church, has
made herself the chief topic of conversation
among the people BY her remarkable sue
cess in picking up bodies.
At daylight this morning several news
paper men here chartered the tug Nellie for
a cruise OF Gay Head With the object to
board the wreck and make q landing at Gay
Head, which latter point had not yet been
visited. Several men who had lost relatives
by the disaster and were eager to visit the
point, an invitation was extended them to
make the cruise. The following gentlemen
excepted:
Rev. c. U. Dunning Lawrence, looking
for the remains of his br0ther-in-law Mr.
Henry L. Bachelor, q retired Boston coal
merchant.
Mr.. A. J. Merrill of Boston, looking for
the body OF his brother, James A. Merrill.
DR.. Kellogg Of Boston, in search of his
mothers remains.
C.. Z. Daniels of Lawrence, overseer of the
Pemberton mills, in search of his wife and
IL year old son.
c. Ii. Hartwell of Lawrence, locking fol
the remains of his sioter, wife Of e. E Dan.
iels.
Mr.. Belyea of Boston, in search of his sis.
ter.
Mr.. Currier of Fitchburg, in search of the
body of Mr.. Kellogg, near relative.
At dawn a heavy northeast snow was fall.
ing, but by 8 o'block the weather had moder.
ated enough to warrant the tug venturing
into the sound. A party boarded the tug,
which was commanded and piloted by Capt.
Hart. Within two hours the Nellie steamed
within sighting distance of the wreck. Upon
approaching closer it was ascertained that
fifty feet of the bow and deck were out OF
water, The bow was resting upon the rocks,
while the stern had slowed around into deep
water. From distance it appeared as if
three bodies were hanging from the mizzen
rigging. By the time the tug had run within
cannon shot distance Of the wreck, the snow
had changed to sleet, the wind began to blow
fercely from the northeast and it was found
impossible to approach within q quarter of q
mile of the wreck, owing to the fact that the
ledge forming Devils Bridge extended that
distance to the eastward of the ship. The
Nellie skirted the buoy on the east and ran
within one-eighth of mile of the wharf land
ing at Gay Head. The sea was running SO
high that the tug could not approach the
wharf, and yawl was launched, in which
some of the correspondents and visitors set
out for Gay Hend with great danger. The
party landed, as the waves, twenty feet high,
dashed over the frail structure of piles and
boards. All landed safely and proceeded to
the lighthouse. Here it was found that ten
persons all told had landed safely from the
wreck, all of whom were alive and
doing we'll.
The visitors, guided by half-breeds, started
to the various points where bodies had been
reported as being placed after having been
picked up BY the natives along the beach.
The first place was the ''meeting house," q
dilipated md storm beaten church IN one OF
the widest places on that coast. Here were
found five bodies-four men and one woman.
As the party entered the temple of worship
and beheld the outstretched forms upon the
floor, A. S. Belyea of Lynn, of the visiting
party, cried: THAT 10 my dear niece, Alice, y
and he knelt before the disfgured remains,
weeping convulsively. The grief of the man
was contagious, and there were no dry eyes
Mrs. Atkinsons remains were horribly man.
gled, and were covered with blood from head
to foot. The top of the head was crushed in.
the eyes starting out of their sockets, and the
nose dismembered. She had on only her
undergarments and was identified by them.
Mr.. Currier who had been walking among
the bodies uplifted heavy tarpaulin which
covered the last of the bodies to be examined
which proved to be that of Geo. Kellogg Of
Fitchburg, in search of whose body he had
come.
The remaining three bodies we're uniden.
titled; one of them was that of q passenger
who died in the boat while on the way down
from the wreck another was that of q pas
senger washed ashore yesterday. Mr.. KEEL
logg left the vessel in the boat with the
Qusrtermsster and had worked at the oars
until he dropped dead from exhaustion and
exposure.
The party then proceeded to the beach
where it was reported the bodies we're lying.
As one of the natives lifted the tarpaulin
from the form of the first victim, Rev. Mr..
Dunning of Lawrence, Mass, sprung tor
ward upon his knees, grasping the frozen and
extended hand of q corpse, crying, 'Oh,
Merciful God, it is Henry. it is Henry, nv
poor sisters husband, poor Henry, dear boy
farewell" The reverend gentleman was
overcome With emotion as he lowered the
tarpaulin over the corpse.
Then the gentlemen started on q long
tramp over barren waste through q foot of
snow to hut where it vas reported there
more bodies. walk of three miles brought
the searchers to a most desolate cabin on that
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