Show LOST ON THE LEDGE I 1 the ho steamer city of columbus go goes down on the coast of massa ch ahmetta metta he one hundred and roar four lives lost in waier water themy four persons being saved by the heitic efforts of officers and men of the revenue out ter daxer De Dc xer iny by stern ad prelim pr to the BOSTON jan IS W V nickerson Nic kerron kerpon siiri of the y line litie fetched received the follow it g dispatch I 1 NEW macs maes lui jan 18 to E P ir nickerson inn i nn rite steamer ay tf columbus is ashore devils may head lust hundred lives atterb loit will leave on lie tile earl birly trin in lie the in ruin ruing ba ve ly liv the cutter dexter signed ig 8 E WHIG master the avy of columbus lumbus Cv left boston at afternoon for savannah the ledges on which conal the wy y ey of co bs wax all brei ked I 1 Is i considered by the marivers mariners ma wa aa as one of or the tile dan pt g roub points in the coant theleda the ledges e con int fist of a formation af submerged cin a an ail out oilier er st aalt it ich is called devils dark buth both ledges being bein culled called devils Bri bridge dize the ledges are just abreast of the tile gay head light fill i ilie lie mainland and extend ext nd a little to the southward of it the tile outer lede edge of devila devils bark bai k la is about I eighth if ian a mile from front the tile mainland on either side of the outer ledge edge there id is verv very deep water the rite upper part of theleda the ledu id is f firmed like the tile gable of a house so that vessels striking sinking it diagonally w would ulal naturally keel over on to her bealis end the tile course of vessels in i the gay head to pass by the outer iffe ae on oil the lie t south NEW mass jan 10 fol 1 is capt wrights statement the tito city of columbus lumbus left botn bostain at 3 TI kurimay afternoon c arraying 80 iab as and a crew of 45 at a in tit friday with the light bearing south half east the vessel struck on the outside of devil bridge buoy the tile will blind waa sw blo blon ing a yale gale west by niina the beksel act ael tilled and keeled over the water breaking bre akini in and flooding the portside porto ido saloon all the passengers extort except a lew few women and chil children irell came on alleck nearly all wearing w aritia life era ers all tit HIB b ata ats were cleared away but bitt were immediately swamped A bority of were A ash fd ed overboard teven pa engers lett left the tile vessel on a life raft aud and about 40 miro tonk took to tit the rigging A at 1030 the head lifeboat life lif boat boal put off and took to k seven persons rm an other uther lifeboat life lire boat put off between 1 the tito revenue cutter dexter came cattle ill sti fsr W about 1230 and betit oil off two loada loads with t twenty enty one une capt wright bayn says he pissed passed the crom uin hit liht li 11 ht dit blip at twelve oli iek and arl continued by eart ea aund and west ch chip p with a atron breeze VS V after neska ka the being W ti IV I 1 tapped into mv iny room to warin inRe fel M lill 1 it wall very add everything waa was working well alter after being below a tune time I 1 eard lie ilia revend mate who was aas in in the pilot house with u ith the mate sing out to the quarter master to port the helin I 1 jumped out of my iny room khinki we had come aaros s a easel vessel bound yari down south I 1 then cried out hard a port p rt not knowing but it aas u as a e fifiel and in lie tile moonlight nion light I 1 saw the buoy on devils bridge on in port n about bout two tao loata hits forward to the bea it and about alm irve c hundred yards ard distant bhe she was struck k I 1 ordered file reversed atilt an she baked backed about aniie her the steamer r immediately to and I 1 ordered therit the jib hoesle I and endeavored to ill lio head ail lier her north northcut but zahe filled for aid and listed over tn to p pin tri her tier plank m chire lire wit was s about almut four feel feet under water 1 kent atit aft and anti told the tile to keep cool and yei get lire I 1 next told the allt era ers of the deck tr to net get the tile b ais als rea ready reay y the tile aleata steamer er peli leil town aft ami I 1 rig tell it wai wits bi blow lilt nry ery n ry arm a haravy ht aay bea was ni ra tin i 11 I 1 pure no 0 boat at which capsized rite sea vm ww erd er deckand ti tilt tein bein ban entirely under water feero forced up till un uil lop of the tile heubi I 1 there tuA loile but was alual finally y bligen bli blit ged cd to take to the rouging rn aing the slate blate second mate ap iain H nghi eer mud fauth h tt to k buthe to the rait raft I 1 taiti bleamer baruck on in a lo 10 ack the tito captain is sure he truck struck the ili ishille nt pt the tile buoy and in iu backing drilled drifted ailt mile ide Ol old livers era nf of the tile de dextor arter furnish d the tile fol follow lowing slat vinent about 1 JU we sighted a vesel aci sel ashore o on the reef near gay lead head blowing blui ing a gyle gule a terrible aea we saw the v vessel war was a steamer strainer and the waves ceru cre breaking over user her we wa anchored on her ter starboard l quarter 0 or yards away the tito uit cute ter tera teris is bt buat at IV wai at once lowered and manned with five men in charge t f lieutenant It hodes brought on sean e vou men A return trip was wits made and nd one man tuan was as brought to the tile res ves tel 0 lieutenant kennedy then was dispatched in a gig einwich with four men tuen and took off four or live five men meanwhile the tile lif life boat transferred leveral several men to the cutter and at lenule the nak finx mk was cleared of survivors the tito vessel auk stank in about four fathoms water and the railing on the bow was the only portion orti of the tile hull bull visible we found the men inen in the tile fura fore and main top and rising rigging it waa was impossible to row over the ri rire inc as the tile boats rould have been pounded to pieces the tito men in the riggi nit were forced to jump into the tile sea and we caught them thein as to the surface and pulled them thein into tho tile boat some men t swim awill but nearly every one fine in tho the riggi riki tinK nit WaA saved eugene mcgarra jumped from the rigging ri gyin lieutenant Lieuie nant rhodes rhode jumped for him but bitt the tile boat was lifted fifteen feet on the tile crest und and it wax icet eti sary to starboard board mard to avoid avid bring erli crushed shed was wad not reen een r after afterwards ards warda at nearly the tiame Instant bb Gar rylis brother was pulled ell clitu the tile boat bilat kaptain tap tain was wall among the tile jut to leave the ship twomey tw men were fro zen a alliev wery unable to their ir hold on in the tile rii cin MI at Iri lell illi gill were llie tile only pers pim remaining on oil the aldip the tile captain lieutenant rhodes asked him to jump but he shouted save thoe those men trien biral 11 they me tire frozen was the li lieutenants answer the ca captain aplan then jum jumped p ed and al though although he could ild noa sw i il ia a stroke ho lie was rescued by lieutenant ka kennedy aued Y beut rhodes s performed an heroic ra ic act which elicited hearty hearly tom com emendation men Illen dation two men hung filing in the rioting unable to move frn froin fr n erimus lion the tile officer determined to r ave pave t beut at the tho peril of if liia lais life lire lie t turning to the cutter he asked gabrielson Gabri elton to give him a man nian to steer that he lie might art im to thi reck wreck anti rescue the tile unfortunate men inen the tile captain granted his aland rhodes was placed in the b at but on oil nearing the ste steamer anter it was found that it would be fully to attempt to sto alongside lieutenant ithodas re fused to abandon tile the attempt and anti sang out to the men in the lile life brat to take him to the wreck laetit lio warded larded the life lire boat and tyint a rope ron about him waited until within about thirty feet of the tile when he lie sprang into the cea sea nearly reaching he fit wreck of the steamer when rie 11 wua was struck bv a piece of tit timber tiber on it tho thole leg gaud anti rank lie i 1 uns a pulled the tile boat and a n 1 t the 1 ie latter to the tile vo t itter when ins his leg was 09 found t to be M cut but bia al afir mr changing lna his clot boiling loi ling imig a the sea was moos sin nother he lie de erin erni ined hied to make a list ita attempt he lie aam abin in set out for tile wreck and this thi time the nien were restated rea bed one hanging by hi lit feet and anti arm through ladines ratlines rat lines with head downward bown warl rhodes put a bowline about liim him when he lie murmured fur gods sake dont doul touch me the tito man wh wai found to be mr richardson was plated I laced in the boat but died before the cutter about was found in a wallet in his locket the second man was the fast last person to be removed from the wreck he tie was in ratlines rat lines in the tile weather rigging and all although hough breathing when placed in the beathe alao also expired before reaching leach in the utter t A it rittman chief steward the steamer said I 1 wai in my berth when the vessel struck and was awakened by the shock general alarm ghen given and I 1 hurried into my clothes anil anti left the stateroom greatest excitement pre women rushing about the tile cabin la in their tit night lit Il on reaching the deck I 1 found round the men inert hoisting a jib in ili about twenty minutes the steamer 5 was listed and her houses were w ere carried tiela away va by the sea almost immediately and n the deck began to break up tip at seven as the passengers came on deck they were swept overboard by scores the rite scene was horrible after the vessel was listed I 1 I 1 made my way va along the windward side upon the nell t tied plane and into the rigging where about forty persons all men inen had taken taked a refuge there ve we clung for our life with our fingers benumbed and avith floasin copses corpses co and debris at our feet I 1 saw one man knocked into the sea when the topmast head broke the steward stew ard further said lie remembered a few passenger passengers among them a boston globe reporter whom he be recalled from the fact that he came to him hint and requested a warm place at the table as his lungs were ivere not strong the gentle gentleman trian sayd said he lie WAS gonio going 0 south for his health caits apte K E wright is a seaman of large exper experience ienco and excellent 1 tation tati oti he ie hat has been in ili the onn command inand olle of steamers mers of the tile british and nh nail lie the city of columbus sn since it wad was I 1 pur ur chased by the line an accident an ideal until laal last september when ilia veasel sel bank sank a it bark i ir 11 abitu ai itu ket the bation and savannah lne has an exi ex client record ih chev v have care 1 ried between loO tOl and paa pas 1 sand no lavet have ever bedine i lost F W nii keraus co are ta th I 1 boston ave lits john L cook a passenger said he lie occupied onti pied a stater voin on lit thu deik deck with an ail elderly mun who N ito told tull hill lie waa was burn born in ili brunswick but whose name nante lie co could ild not at the tile lime the versel ver ve sel 0 4 14 awoke but did n not nt t fuel feel alar alarmed ined until lie ill lifard heard or fers era to t hoist hoi it tile jib anil i detected dei sn of u and alaan ck cook dressed hi awl it leir I 1 11 1 d hud filid a ruck rock al and I 1 ali 8 81 finking ein ul king i u g lie went back to 10 the tile slat buom and alarmed alir med ined hii his hi i c the tile litter latter seemed crazed un will 1 al u though cok pulled him irin ir in ili iiii beril trici jie i u ild nol aw prevail up kupij i him hint to leave I 1 the lie liui cook was as at length ell ath compelled to abaid abandon ri tile ul al tempt and returned retura rd to the deck where lie lit c to tt tile tup of oll inu ut jf fit tax housed where he lie ludwid t tw in men riat danied tied Citi a ii gilt and a a nain d in fit c e ab it ut t I 1 11 I 1 the tile 11 MUI was var ned ried live in ill 11 amli retith re titi in lit llie tile Jor lop all tun of k stirn weld auto saved cn co k in it 11 of llie tile beenes acie liea crewl n icil n jolin U a cil kaj amur arn 11 feriv li it iiri kiili ins hundert alid aels le t abut ab lit the 1110 mini 1 bitty tay at length hia hid t grew rew feebler until lio ito dr aped hit into the tile sed sta A wai the tile ilay and still gunj clung there aln n frum fr 5 butil nearly in arly 10 a in when in he 1 too relin the fight fur for life lire aiau fell alit into the oceail all the tile rescued aued re give pracie t to llie file of of f rhe the reven ie te amter fr fir the bravery they in cavini thiern irois the wreck all the bur livors now on board the tile utter are being cred cared for by the tile officers the mayor tendered the tile ho hospital of tile city to the survivors but they preferred d to today stay in ili the tile atter r tit the e wits fast going to t pieces kiei when the tile cutter left her at 6 pm tito lyof my of Glum Coluin bui bus had 69 59 first clas 1 and i 1 4 ote erace IMade ere and a crew of 45 5 of those 65 55 dirst dds and 16 15 steer fiCe passengers and 34 oh cera cers and crew were lut lust |