The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-25
An OCEAN HORROR.

Wreck Of the Steamship City of Columbia
ON the Massachusetts CoaA-Ose Hun
dred and Four Lives Lost-List OF the
Lost and Saved-Details Of the Disaster.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, Jan. t.
One Of the most distressing shipwrecki
recorded for years occurred last night.
The steamer City of Columbus of the Sa-
vannah steamship line went ashore or
DEVILS Bridge, Gay Head, and was totally
wrecked.
The City Of Columbus left Boston at thre<
O'Clock Thursday afternoon carrying eighty
passengers and a crew Of forty-ive. Al
3:45 a. m. 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. Allthe passen.
gers excepting q 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.
joritv Of the passengers were washed over.
board. Seven passengers left the vessel on
Q life raft, and about forty more took to
the rigging. At 10:0 a. M the GIy Head
life-boat put of and took seven persons.
Another life-boa. put of between twelve
and one. The revenue cutter Dexter came
along about 12:3D and sent of two boats.
Twenty-one persons, one of whom va
/ dead, were placed aboard the Dexter, and.
a'ter all the persons Were taken from the
vessel, the Dexter proceeded TO New Bed
ford. Three persons died after going
aboard the Dexter.
q Captain HriUhf SarsEo raSSpd Tho Cross.
rip lightship at twelve O'Clock and that he
continued by east and west chop with a
strong breeze wes.-sOuthwest. "After
passing Noieska. the course being west
southwest, l stepped into my room to warm
myself, as it was very cold Everything
short time. 1 heard the second-mate, who
was in the pilOt-hOuse with the mate, sing
out TO the quartefmaster to port the helm.
/ jumped out of my room. thinking we had
come across a vessel bound down he
Sound. then cried out, Hard aport,' not
light l saw the buoy on Devils Bridge on
the port about two points forward Of the
beam and about so yards distant. She inn
m~eiiately struck. 1 ordered the engine re-
versed and she backed about twice her
length. The steamer Immediately stopped
and l ordered the jib toisted and endsav.
orei to head her To the north, Dut she filled
forward and listed over to port so the
plankshire was about our feet under water.
/ went ait and told the passengers TO keep
l cool and get hfe-preservers. / next told
the officers on deck to get the boats ready.
The steamer settled down aft and righted.
II was blowing very hard and a heavy sea
was running. We launched port No. 6
boat, which Immediately capsized. The
sea was breaking over the steamers deck,
and, the stern being under water, we were
forced to 90 up on top the houses. lstayed
there awhile, but We were finally Obliged
to take To the rigging. The mate, second
mate, chief engineer and first engineer took
10 a raft. think the steamer struck IN q
lone rock" Tine captain is posi- i've he
struck outside the buoy and III backing
drifted inside.
TIL LOST.
/ The following is a list of those lost
VIM. W. wrig' { an | wife, Boston.
f ) Rand. lawyer. and wife, ROxbury
L. X. Ha e. profile dealer. Boston.
Mrs. ID. : small, southampton, Mass.
Henry L. Ba h :lor and wife, dorchester.
James \. Merrill. Boston
Oscar Ias'gi, Turkish CpnsulGeneral TO
Boston
N j. Morton. Boston Globe.
Helen Brooks. NorthborO, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. A. Rand and son, Boston.
Mrs. Herr, Slade, Chelsea, Mass.
Mrs. 5. j. Pinkham, Lynn.
Joel NOurSe. Boston
c r. James. Miss Beach, Mrs. Gibson, Levi
a vrence. George II. b e logg. DE-. II. &. Bart
lett and wife. Mrs. Skedne, X B. Beiyea, wife
Davis, II. j. keIit gg. g.. Richardson and wife,
F.. T Hutchinson and wife, 5. Vance. Henry l..
Daniels and wife. Mrs. James Real and Miss
Beal, Mrs. Whit1Omb. ID. w. Mitchell. j. lib
bits. I. A. Day. NJ. Sa g..nt. \ CUMMINGS. ID.
Eaton. 4. Chre and wife. II Durland, w.
Lapham. q. X. Hammond. = ID. Ball, G. +.
Frost, cahin passe: 9 ,rs. res u ,nces unknown.
The residences q. none of the following
steeraze pas -eng"rS ave known: Annie Kelly.
sui. S-rith. q. L Goddard. T.. = C ar;y. q.
Synes. G Gu.in. 4. T. GiGdings. w: L. Wright.
August Pe'-scn. j. X. Hebar, j. G. Whit
comb. C. q. W ilett. Brown. Walker, Gassett.
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. Rath. Me-: John White, Prince Edward
Island: +. W. ART alks. Gorham: Thomas
O'Irsry. fireran: f. L. Briggs. Boston; Fur
seward: :. +. Wright. Eostor; captain q. ID.
ThiIcomb. Hudson. Mass; W. n. t~arEswOrth,
rOwnscnd. Ma g; Geo. w. FarnswOrth,
Townsend, Mas: John L. COOK. Portland,
Me-: II. W.ednan. Lawrence. Mass; Engen:
Met ary. a;iaS Mccarthy. SOmeryille. Mass:
a. Phillips. flTst assistant engineer; John Mad
den. Chariotte-own; P. IL; j. X. Hammond.
Goldsboro. Ne. The following members OF
the crew are kr o yn TO tie sived: Captain
Wright: assistant engineer Philips; tirem
ole Try; stewart fiuman; s3aman Madden.
IIG ~ al i1tAt- va tttot tohth
asher, at Gavhead- One of them was dead.
out il is not krOwn which enc: Harry Collins,
Thrill engineer: VIM pau q M. purSer; Mi
chael kennedy waiter; Edward OBrien.
waiter: John Holmes, pieHan; oLe passenger,
name unknown.
FATE UNKNOWN.
The following are those on the raft. whose
fate is unknown: A MOI isOn, chief engi-
neer: Edwin T.. Fuller, first mate; Augustus
Hardin. second mate; VIM. Murray. assistant
engineer: Vim. Fitzpatrick. carpenter: Rich
ard sullivan. Prince Edward Leland.
OFFICERS.
First mate. Edward Fuller. Barnstable; Sec
ond mate, Allen Eldrejgc. Chatham. Mas;
bOatswain. Phillip Clark, Eos.on; quart ,rmas-
ter. McDOnald: engineer, Archibald NOrri-
W. Spaulding. Boston: second steward. Howe,
and thirty-three seamen. names unknown.
Four lead bodies of men were brought to
this city on the Dexter: one is not identi-
fed. Two are Identified as HelOn Brooks,
Northboro, Mass, and G.. Fred Chandler,
HYDE Park. the other is supposed, from cards
found in his pocket, to be a member of the
6rm of c. Richardson q Co., Clinton Mar
ket, Boston.
About forty men took refuge in the rig
Zing, where they remained until 1881 a. m, !
when a life-boat puO,f from Gayhead and
took away seven Passengers, one OF whom
died soon afterward. Shorty after noon
another li.e-boat put off to the vessel, and
the revenue cutter Dexter came along and
sent of two boats. Twenty. one men were
taken from the wreck and placed aboard
the Dexter, four Of whom died ofterward.
After all were taken of, the Dexter sailed