Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-19
A FULL LIST oF TEE DEAD.

/ Az ASA4OWAuS 40 q lul1 1lSL vi LUOsE lOSI.
/ VIM. NJ. Wright and wife, of Boston; E.
NJ. Rand, lawyer, and wife, of Roxbury,
Mass; L. NJ. Hale, produce dealer, of
/ Boston; Levi Lawrence, residence un-
known; George H. Kellogg, resi-
dence unknown; Dr.. II. c. Bart
lett and wife residence unknown,
4 Mrs. Skeane, residence unknown:
| Mrs. D. h. Small, Southampton, Mass:
| Miss Beach, residence unknown: Mrs.
/ Gibson, residence unknown; Oscar Jasigi.
/ the Turkish Consul General at Boston: n.
J. Morton, of the Boston Globe: Helen
Brooks, Of Northboro, Mass: Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Rand and son, of Boston: Mrs.
Henry slade, of Chelsea, Mass; r. B.
Belyea, wife and two children, residence
unknown; Mrs. j. Atkinson, residence un-
known; Mrs. L.Davis, residence unknown:
Mrs. II. j. Kellogg, residence unknown:
Z. Richardson and wife, residence un-
known; E. I. Hutchinson and wife, resi-
dence unknown; T. Vance, residence un-
known; Henry L. Bachelor and wife. of
Dorchester; Mrs. c. j. James, residence
unknown; James A. Merrill, of Boston;
Henry L. Daniels and wife, residence an
known. Mrs. S. j. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass; Joel Nourse, of Boston, and
the following frst-cIass passengers,
whose residences are unknown: Mrs.
James Beal and Miss Beal,
Mrs. Whitcomb, DIV Mitchell, j .Tibbets,
l. n lay NJ SARGENT, A. cummings, u.
Eaton, A. Chase and wife, H. Durland,
w. Lapham, G. r. Hammond, c D. Ball,
e. f. Frost.
The residences of none of the following
steerage passengers is known: Annie
Kelly, Susie Smith, G. E. Goddard,
/. Mccarthy, G. Hines, C. Grif-
fin, T. K. Giddings. w. E. Wright,
A. Pearson. j. r. Hebar, j. G. Whit
comb, o. g. Willet, Brown, Walker and
| FOssett. The last three applied for tick
cts just before the hour for starting, and
| their full names were not obtained. The
officers lost are: First mate, 4. Fuller, of
Barnstable; second mate, Allen Eldredge,
OF Chatham, Mass; bOatswain, Phillip
Clark, of Boston; quartermaster, McDon-
aid, engineer, Archibald Morrison, of
Boston; thiId engineer, Collins, purser.
w. 5. Spaulding, of Boston; second stew
ard, Howe, and 33 seamen, whose names
are unknown.
THOSE ASHORE AT GAY HEAD.
The following are the names of those
taken ashore at Gay Head. One of them
is known to be dead, but it is not known
which one. The others are Henry Collins.
third engineer; William Spaulder, purser:
Michael Kennedy, waiter; Edward
O'Brien, waiter; John Holmes. fireman:
one passenger whose name is unknown.
THOSE ON THE RAFT.
The following are among those on the
raft whose fate is unknown: A. Morri-
son, chief engineer; Edwin Fuller, first
mate; Augustus Hardin, second mate;
William Murray. assistant engineer; Will
liam Fitzpatrick, pantryman; Richard
sullivan, OF Prince Edwards Island.
CAPT. wRIGHT's STATEMENT.
Capt. Wright says in addition to the
foregoing that he passed CrOssrip light
ship at u O'Clock, and continued by the
east and west chop with strong breeze
west by southwest. | passed NObska
with her course west southwest. l stepped
into my room to warm myself. 1t was
very cold. Everything was working well.
| went below short time, and soon after
heard the second mate, who was in the
pilot house with the mate, sing out to the
quartermaster to port the helm.
THE FATAL MOMENT.
jumped out of my room thinking we
had come across a vessel bound down the
sound. l then cried out, Hard a port"
not knowing it was not vessel, and in
the moonlight saw the buoy on the DEVILS
Bridge on the port about two points for.
ward fthe beam, and about 800 wards
distant. She Immediately struck. | or
dered the engines reversed and she backed !
about twice her length. The steamer
Immediately stopped and l ordered |
the jlb hOisted and endeavored to head her |
to the north, but she filled forward and |
listed over to the port so that the plank
shear was about four feet under water.
CALMING THE PASSENGERS.
| then went aft and told the passengers
to keep cool and get life preservers. next |
told the officers Of the deck to get the |
boats ready. The steamer settled down
ait and rIghted. 1t was blowing very
hard and heavy sea was running. We /
launched port boat No. 6, which was |
Immediately capsized. The sea was |
breaking over the steamers deck. and
the stern being entirely under water we
were forced to go up on top of the houses, |
| stayed there awhile, but we were finally |
obliged to take to the rigging. The mate.
second mate, Chief Engineer and the |
Fourth Engineer took to the raft. think |
the steamer struck on Lone rock"
The Captain is positive that he struck |
outside OF the buoy, and in backing drifted |
inside.
THE DEXTER'S STATEMENT.
The officers of the cutter Dexter fur |
nlshed the following statement; At
about 1890 o'clock sighted a vessel on
shore on the reef near Gay Head. The /
wind was blowing gale and terrible |
sea was running. AS we approached we /
saw that the vessel was a steamer, and |
waves were breaking over her. We an |
ch0red on her starboard quarter. 200 or
800 yards away.
RESCUING THOSE IN THE RIGGING
The cutters boat was at once lowered /
and manned by five men in charge of Lieu |
tenant Rhodes, who brought off seven men.
A return trip was made and one man was |
brought to the vessel. Lieutenant Ken
nedy was then dispatched in the |
gig with four men and took |
of four or five men. In the |
meanwhile the life boat transferred sew
eral men to the cutter, and at length the
rigging was cleared of the survivors. The
vessel sank in about four fathoms of
water, and the railing on the bow was
the only portion of the hull visible,
We found men in the fore and maintop
rigging. 1t was impossible to row over
the rigging, as the boats would have been
pounded to pieces. The men in the rig
glng were forced to jump into the sea and
we caught them as they arose to the
surface and pulled them into the boats.
Some of the men could not swim, but
nearly every one in the rigging was
saved.
ONE BROTHER SAVED AND THE OTHER
LOST.
Eugene McGarry jumped from the rig
glng. Lieut.. Rhodes jumped for him, but
the boat was lifted fifteen feet on crest.
and it was necessary to starboard to
avoid swamping her. The poor man was
not seen afterw wards. At the same in |
stant, nearly, McGarry's brother was
pulled into fhe boat. Capt. Wright was
among the last to leave the ship.
THE CAPTAIN TRUE TO HIS DUTY.
Two men who were frozen so stiff that
they were unable to relinquish their hold
on the rigging were at length the only
persons remaining on the steamer except-
ing the Captain. Lieut.. Rhodes asked him
to lUmD- bnt hp ShOutpd.
''Save these men tirstY''
"They are frOzen," was the Lieutenant's
answer.
The Captain then jumped, and although
he could not swim stroke, he was res
cued by Lieut.. Kennedy.
LIEUT.. RHODES BRAVERY.
Lieut.. Rhodes performed a heroic act,
which eliclts hearty commendation. Two
men hung In the rigging, unable to move
from exhaustion. The officer deter
mined to save them at the peril
of his life. Returning to the cut
ter, he asked Capt. GabrieIsen
to give him man to steer that he might
swim to the wreck and rescue the unfOr-
tunate men. The Captain granted the
request, and Lieut.. Rhodes was placed i'm
boat, but on nearing the steamer it was
found to be folly to attempt to go along
side. Lieut.. Rhodes refused to abandon
the attempt, and sang out to the men
in the life boat to takeIhim to the wreck.
Lieutenant Rhodes boarded the life boat.
and tying rope about him waited till he
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