Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE LOST COLUMBUS. A Number of Bodies Washed
 Ashore.
 TALES TOLD BY SURVIVORS. Sand Pleas GnaWing Al The
 Remains. A Daring Attempt By GhouIs. TRYING TO STEAL A BISHOPS
 REMAINS.
A Daring Attempt By GhouIs.
TRYING TO STEAL A BISHOPS
 REMAINS.
THE GAY HEAD DISASTER.

THE GAY HEAD DISASTER. Removing the Bodies-Relatives ana l Friends Searching Among the Remain Tales as Told By SurvtvOrs-The COas I Strewn With Dead Bodfes-Sand Flea | FeasttnR on the Rema1ns-Seenes anG ! Incidents of the Disaster
 NEW BEDFORD, Jan. 2O.-The work of re moving the bodies of those who lost thei
 lives in the wreck of the City of Oolumbul | of Gay Head yesterday morning was pros
 ecuted vigorously all day yesterday and to | day, but the search has not been very gener i ously rewarded. The revenue cutter Samue
 Dexter, followed by the tug Nellie, cruised ! about yesterday. Late in the afternoon the Nellie returned and Colonel Hart reported that the wreck was upright, her bow out o1 ! the water and her masts still standing. A ] heavy lump of sea was still beating on the
 unhappy craft, and, owing to the
 force of the wind, it was not deemed advisable ts approach too nearkher. Alter cruising around for some time five bodies were picked up. They were floating in the water from three-quarters of a mile to two
 miles east of the wreck. They are those of
 three men and two women. One of the men was F. A. May, of Boston. Another was identified as MT. N. J. Morton of the Globe, and the other as R. W. Sullivan, one
 of the walters of the steamer Many sad
 scenes are witnessed as the remains are iden- turn away disappointed.
 NEW BEDFORD, Jan. 2O-Among the party
 who escaped from the wrecked City of
 Columbus to Gay Head WAS Roderick A.
 Mcdonald, quartermaster, who had charge of
 the vessel when she struck. He gives the
 cape of his party: F'I went on duty at mid
 night" he said, lat which hour the captain
 and mate were on duty. MT. Fuller, the
 first mate, was relieved at 1:45 o'clock by
 the second mate, Augustus Harding. During
 the early party of the night we had heavy
 wind, but it was clear and we could see the
 lights plainly, though it was hazy on land.
 The wind was little on the starboard bow.
 The usual course after passing Tarpaulin
 light on Naushon is southwest by west, which
 should take us clear of the reefs to the
 Sow and Pigs lightship. We generally in-
 tend to steer in mid-channel. The captain
 went below about three-quarters of an hour
 before the vessel struck and gave me the course & quarter or half an hour before he
 went below. It was southwest by west. The second mate was in the pilot house when the course was given. The
 second mate told me 8 short time before she struck not to go to leeward of that course. She might have gone point or half point of. She is liable to do so. I steered that course just as he gave it to me The second mate was at his station all the time. I could see the shore, but not plainly The light shone out plain enough, but you could not judge the distance from the light It appeared closer than Ssual, but was not in command of the ship. That is the course I always st eer through there. The man on the lookout reported to the second mate
 Buoy on the port bowl did not overhear mate told me to 'hard-a-port.' I put the wheel hard port. As I was porting the helm the captain came into the pilot house right on the minute and called 'hard-a-port,' but the helm was hard down. She just
 struck as he came into the wheel house. The captain said we were outside the buoy. did not see the buoy as was not looking for it. The captain then rang to back and shifted the wheel to starboard, at the same time ordering the head sails set. There were plenty of men to hoist and they did so very quickly. They hoisted it to cant her head out, that is to westward. She paid of couple of points, then swung back again and he told me to let the wheel go. She wouldn't back of the reef. Then he tried to go ahead, but she would not go ahead. After she had struck she swung couple of points each way. The second nata ~EE k1.- IT ordered to superintend putting on the jib. I staid until the captain told me to go and get the boats clear. I saw man assisting in hoisting the jib and told him to come and get the boats clear. I vent and got knife to cut the ropes and lashings covers of the boats. There were some at work in the port boats She careened to port and the boats n that boats loose. At the second boat on the star board I saw First Engineer Morrison pulling on the boats fall; the cover and lee lashines were of. I went to assist him and saw the second mate then at that boat. I think the number was A. The davit fall was adrift, the boat lying to .leeward. He told me to try and get her. She was hang ing by the lashings and the steamer was ca- reened so much it WAS impossible to do so. lowered myself to the water's edge on the port side; then saw 8 boat floating on the port side with some people in it; I think four or five people. I jumped to get in, but fell into the water. When I came up I caught hold of the gunwale. I asked man in the boat to help me in, but he did not move t o do SO. She then filled and the sea lifted me into her. We were washed near to the shora and when she filled three jumped out of the boat thinking she was sinking That left four in the boat. This was before the house from the wreck, full of water. A French man who was in the boat let her adrift He was one of the sailors. Some wanted to go direct to the shore, but l objected. I was afraid of rocks and the breakers; told them to keep her before the wind and sea. I found the tide carrying us up towards the lighthouse against the wind The tide was ebb. Once or twice the Frenchman put her head in shore, but saw the breakers and begged him to keep her of We had an oar out at either end Ed ward Leary, James Brown, Charles in the boat. Leary had his boot of using | it to bail out the boat. She had hole in her. We did not know 1t at the time. I was on my knees forward with an oar trying to keep | in wind We left the ship about four o'clock. l We landed at Minansha Eight, two miles to the eastward of Gay Head. We folio wed the edge of the breakers all the way. Charles F. Jones, of Cambridge, died before we got | ashore about an hour after leaving the ship, | and Brown could not walk when l we got ashore. It was then daylight. 1 We started of to the nearest house. We | could not walk at first. We got up to the | house and sent man to help Brown. Simeon l Galante was the Frenchman I spoke of. | He, Leary, Brown and myself got ashore | alive. We were treated very kindly by the Indian family where we went. Tue Indians name is Ryar."
 From the passengers that have been res- cued from the wreck much of interest in con- nection with the disaster is learned, and though the stories told differ widely in their estimates of the cause that brought about the wreck, they are interesting as detailing the individual impressions and experiences of the survivors. Steward PitmRn, who has been for years engaged on the Fall River boats and who was one of the few who kept cool among the horrors of the catastrophe, tells the following story: He was not awaken ed by the first shock, but was finally aroused by the pumping of the steamer on the rocks after the water had begun to pour into the