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THE TALLAPOOSA SUNK
COLLISION WITH A SCHOONER.
SURGEON BLACK ANDLANDSMAN FOSTER LOST.
TESTIMONIAL TO THE LIGHT INFANTRY.
SINKING OF THE TAILAPOOSA.
She COllides with n Schooner I'm n
Thick Fog and Goes DOwm-All ON
Board Rescued but Two.

COTTAGE CITY, MASS, August 22-The I-nNed
States steamship Tallapoosa sank of here last
night The Survivors have landed at Woods HolL
She collided with q large three ee-masted schooner
She lies With her main mast and the top or her
smoke stack out OF the water. The Tallapoosa Is
guns She is used as dispatch boat IL Is stated
that two lives have been lost 10y the disaster.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
BoSToS, August 22.-The facts of the sinking Of
the United states steamer TallapooSa are as fol-
lows: The TallapooSa. with 40 men and officers.
was bound TO Newport to take on board Secretary
Chandler. AT IL O'Clock last night, during thick
fog, when three miles northeast OF Oak Bluffs
Martha'S Vineyard. she was struck bow on by the
schooner James 5. LOWELL or Bath. Captain Reed.
from Baltimore. for Portland with cargo OF coal.
Her side was crushed In and she sunk In five min
utes In about 10 fathomS of water. As she went
down her whistle was blown "A signal of distress,
and IL was heard by the Boston and savannah
steamer Gate City bound for the latter port. She
came up Immediately and with the schooner Mary
A Hood, who happened 10 be I'm the vicinity,
rescued the crew with the exception OF the sur
geOn and One man, who are said 10 be missing
The Gate City blew her whistle and the steamer
Fish Hawk, lying at the wharf at Woods Holl, sent
out her steam launch The Gate CITY lay to until
We're all landed at Woods Holl. The TalapooSa
lies on what is known as Squash Meadow Flat, and
the smoke stack and top mast alone are visible.
The schooner James s Lowell also has on board
several OF the Tallapoosa's crew.
STATEMENT OF CAPT. REED, OF THE SCHOONER LOW
ELL
Capt Reed, of the schooner James s. Lowell,
states In relation to the collision that he was pass
ing through the sound last night with a strong
southwest wind. having all sails set. The vessel
was going at least nine knots an hour. The night
was clear, but dark, when two miles away the
lookout reported "a light ahead Shortly IL was
seen to be a red light, and said. speaking TO the
wheelman. "red, Lord! keep her straight / stood
near the wheel during all the time, and the course
was not altered until word came that the green
light could be seen. TO avoid q collision. seeing
that the steamer doing nothing 10 avoid
ordered the helm hard down, but before II could be
done and before my vessel had altered her course
at all the two vessels struck each other their stems
seemingly coming together exactly. our vessels
stem glanced by the TallapooSa and penetrated her
hull After the vessels had stopped the steamer
swung round alongside the Lowell, and her crew
might have jumped on board. but IL was not then
know what was the condition OF either vessel
After getting my family, who were on board as
passengers, into the boat 1 examined my vessel
and found she was leaking quite badly, though not
In immediate danger OF sinking. The Tallapoosa
dr1fted away from us and sank within ten minutes
before many OF the officers and crew had left her.
AS she went down those who could do so took TO
the rigging and were taken OF later. The schooner
Mary A. Wood came along and assisted In saving
the crew, land later passing steamer the Gate City,
OF the savannah line, was Signaled and came TO our
assistance. After all the saved had been trans
ferTed to her she steamed away TO Woods Hall
Our vessel is badly damaged. her stern being
started and the wood ends injured She made
nSae I inenes OF mater RI IN ra, short time We
Touching the collision Capt. Reed says at is the
most careless piece OF work ever saw" The night
was clear, the lights OF the Lowell were burning all
right. and were perfectly visible long distance.
There is difficulty in obtaining the story OF the
steamer, her executive officer, TO whom reporters
are referred, declining to make any statement One
OF the men on the lookout on the steamer says he
saw the Schooners lights fifteen minutes before the
collision and reported the fact.
Boys Shot While Playing with a Gun.
UTICA, n. Y, August 22-While Carleton Holmes
and Charles Beach, eight year old. sons OF proIni-
nent farmers residing near Sherburne, were play-
Ing with shot gun yesterday, the weapon was dis