Show DREADFUL COLLISION narragansett sunk by the sten in langr island sound by W U to th NEW YORK june 12 the team boats and narragansett in ool ligion lost night on long island Sound near connecticut river and the present is that the narragansett took alro and tunic the paw nger rescued as scattered along th long island acore june 12 A dispatch ais hero are report in that city of considerable los of life by the linking of the narragansett YOKE jun ersia collision belonged to the same line the wa on her regular trip from bew york to stonington and the stonington aoa returning to new york the collision colli aion occurred arm oft connecticut arrer i tho barragan betl took firo and sunk jn four lath oms of water the passengers pasi engers from both E learners were red to the steamer city of york of the fall river line boston and they arri vedin newyork it 1015 thi am it is impo wible to ascertain at pres the los of life two bodie anre already recovered conn june 12 the steamer stonington arrived at this morning with about fifty survivors from the narragansett the bow of the former being giove in nearly to the water line she struck the narragansett at 1130 p m on the starboard tide forward of the wheel house the shock burst the gas tank ind in fifteen minutes the narragansett rag ansett was on fire and soon sank the steamers new york and providence came to her assistance and all the boats and life rafts of the four steamers were lowered and put into service two hours elapsed before the last passenger was picked up moet of the passengers were transferred to the city of new york tle passengers say the officers and crew of the narragansett behaved with great nerve tho arrival of the stonington the village was aroused and men and women hastened with clothing and assistance twenty five women on board were in night clothes one died before reaching here from the shock the body has not been identified yet one man also died bev E B lockwood of the sixty eighth street methodist church new york who wai on his first trip east most of the eastern bound pass gennera left on a special rain no estimate can be made here of the loss of life general agramonte was among the survivors and states that out of a passengers list of more than a large number must have been lost as the water around the steamer was alive with struggling people clinging to and every conceivable thing most of the women brought here were in the water for several hours one lady had about in her valisa which was lost two ladies on the steamer stonington died after being picked up their remains await identification it is feared that most of the passengers in the berths below the main deck had not time to save themselves the bow of the steamer stonington was broken off BOSTON juno 12 the past extra has the following account of the disaster fraai a passenger on the stonington soon after the steamers left providence the weather became thick by 11 nearly everybody was in bed and all on board was quiet at about 1145 there was a sudden crash and in a moment there was a terrible confusion men women and children in all stages of undress rushed frantically from their berths to the upper decks fer a few moments everybody thought the boat was sinking and there was a gl for the life preservers the officers of the boat said the boat was leaking but there was no danger it was then seen that the steamer into which tho stonington had run was the narragansett the latter had ben struck amidships and two or three minutes after alie collision IA e burst out and immediately enveloped the the scene was frightful the shrieks and cries of the passengers on the narragansett were distinctly audible on the stonington they could be seen leaping into the water and rushing frantically n all directions the boat of the stonington were lowered aber a delay of several minutes and by that time the narragansett had settled and was sinking by some blunder the plugs in the lifeboats were left out and they were filled with water abb caused an additional delay the men in the boats did not to row them at last they reached the scene of the krecl and picked up a number of amons floating on afo preservers mattresses chairs planks etc the scene was appalling at this the city of new york came up and distance she lowered her boat and picked up as many of the drowning passengers aa she could find alen all bop of further rescue was abandoned the Shoni neton was far transferring some rescued per bona in number the city of yen york resumed o stonington many of the passengers rescued were badly scalded others were half naked J wilcox adjusting agent of tho yew york life insurance company and a resident of chicago was a passenger on tho narragansett lt and relates the following storys aroused by the noise of the collision he immediately realized realised reali sed what had happened and hastened from the state room carrying pantaloons and coat but leaving behind five hundred dollars and a crutch which he usually used having but the boat waa now on fire and there WAS a scano of tho utmost terror and A woman flung herself upon hian screaming save me and my child he managed to dress himself and struggled on the deck where there was a scene of equally mad confusion and frantic fear A dense fog prevailed and only alio whistle and bell of the stonington gave a token of her presence effot far off there was a cry for the life boat and one wai cut loose from from near where wilcox wa standing iio threw himself over the side of the boat and fell safely within it others followed inc incudine tho woman who buried him beneath her weight some one cut tho boat loose and it wa pushed away from the burning steamer to avoid being swamped by tho passengers who were swimming about supported by life preservers or pieces ut furniture and fillina ane air with chiea for help boat was pulled out and within x short time the narragansett unk leaving total dark neB on the water the boat remained out for A while wit cox judged it might have been about three hours when feeling the approach of a coming storm ho urged the men to pull for the steamer which was till blowing her as the anly hope to to escape being upset they did so and were saved the boata loa including thirton thir tow a three ho thinka y were of the crow of the wilcox did not leorn the name of any person in tb boat tune 12 A passenger of tho the number of lost at 60 the clerk of th places them at 30 per Bons |