Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-01

OfoI OOc were consigned 10 long, mar
row graves on the shore, and during
the ensuing week half as many more
were rudely committed to the trenches
which the fishermen at Point Prospect
had prepared. The sights on the
shore IN the neighborhood of the
wreck for upward of a fortnight were
40 less heart-rending than they were
sickening. A heavy rain few days
after the burials washed away the
earth which had been sparsely thrown
over the corpses, and in many cases
their CHASTITY forms were exposed to
view. The work of interment. so ina
peri city performed at first, was sab
sequently done more thoroughly, and
a few rude headstones were erected to
mark the resting places of the victims
of the great ocean disaster in the his
tory of the world. An investigation
left the blame on Captain Williams.
who was tried and punished accord
ing to the laws of Great Britain, but
the derelict officer died from remorse
while serving out his sentence in a
Liverpool prison. Among the vic
TINS of the Atlantic were Mr.. Wei
lington, son of one of the firm of
Wilmington Bros, then dry goods
merchants of Boston, and Albert Sum-
ner, son of the late Hon. Increase
Sumner, of Great Darlington. Most
OF the cabin passengers lost belonged
IN New York, and in couple of in
stances whole families were among
the victims. The steerage passengers
were mostly Irish emigrants.
OTHER WRECKS.
The British steamer Indian, bound
from Liverpool to Portland, wrecked
off Guysboro on November 81, 1859.
Three lives were lost. The British
steamer Hungarin, bound from Liver
pool for Portland, sank with 3O5 souls
off Cape Sable on February 10, 1860.
Not one on board was left to tell the
tale of the disaster The British
steamer Georgia was lost off Sable
Island on August 4, 1868, but all on
board were rescued. The British
steamer Zoe, bound from New York
for Brest, was lost off Bell Rock,
Sambro, near where the Daniel Stein
man was wrecked, on February 20,
1871. The British steamer Dacian, of
Halifax, bound from London to New
York, was lost on April 9, 1872. The
passengers were saved. The steamer
City of Washington sank seventy
miles from Sambro, on July 5, 1868,
but all on board were saved.
The British steamer Avondale,
bound from Coosaw to London, was
wrecked off Isaac's Harbor on August
9, 1883. There was no loss of life.
The British steamer Cedar Grove
sank with five of her crew off Cape
Canso on November 80, 1883. The
steamer Moravian and Hurriott also
sank during 1882, but no passengers
were lost. About twenty five years ago
the Boston and Liverpool packet-ship
Staffordshire struck on Bale Rock. off
Cape Sable. and between 800 and 400
lives were lost. The captain fell from
aloft few days before and broke his
leg. When the ship struck he was
lying on the cabin table. Thus dis
abled, he gave his orders. but refused
all efforts on the part of the crew to
save him, and went down with the
ship. Most of the lost were emf
grants.
Many awful disasters have also
taken place OH Newfoundland. Dur
ing November, 1881. the Ontario was
wrecked, and all on board except
single sailor perished the Michael Ray
was lost off cape Anguille, and the
schooner Helen went to the bottom
with every soul on board in Notre
Dame bay. Among other shipwrecks
are those of the Emile in Octo er,
1881, in which several lives were lost
thirty-two vessels of the Gloucester
fishing fleet in 1879, in which over
200 men lost their lives, and of the
French fishing vessel La Prince,
which was found bottom upwards on
the 19th of last July, off the bay of
St. George. Many other wrecks have
been recorded during the past few
years as having been caused by the
violent gales and storms that riot
periodically off the coast of Newfound-
land.