Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-12-03
From the Baitimore Amerieaa.
LOSS OF THE STEAMBoATA ATLANTIC
MELANCHOLY LOSS oR III.


'"s' through the Magnetic Telegraph, OF the
loss 10 Long Island So und OF the new and
splendid steamer Atlantic. Capt. Duns,an.
attended By very serious loss of life The
Ne" York papers OF saturday afternoon fur.
nish ~ with iull particulars of IN. fearful
disaster. We copy the following accoun,
from an extra from the Office of the n. Y.
Herald
IL - with feelings Of tho most psinfuI ma.
ture that we find ourselves constrained ,o nah.
iish the particulars OF the loss % the ono,
magnificent steamer Atlantic. and about for, :
lives She had, comparatively, a small mum.
Der oi passengers. II she hail been as crowd.
ed a. she usually has bcen. the disaster would
on oo"fss have been more dreadful and terrible
IN It's results.
'eit Boston al hall past FIVE O'clock on Wed.
nesday afternoon. They proceeded over tho
Wosces,er aud Norwich R'ads. aud reached
Aliens Point at half past eleven ou that might.
There they went on bard the Atlantic. She
1 lett ior New York between twelve and one
O'Clock CA Thursday morning.
There were between seventy and ripb,v M,
sons ON board in OIL including passengers. of
crIs, crew, and servants
The Atlantic got well underway. aud WAS
'nnning s'ong hnely. when the steam chest
eNploied. and almost the same moment the
wind shifted from the northeast to the north.
west, AID blew almost perfect hurricane.
The STEAMER wSs thrown into the m,,lst OF
darkness and confusion, and TIE air resounded
with The cries of the scalded. II was fright
iul scene TO behold. Capt Dunslsn instantly
called all hands 10 the foie deck. aud ordered
them Ia heavc over the anchors, but IL was
lound almost impossible for NAV To- stand
ON deck, in consequence Of the violence of
tn gale, the sea continually Irsking a breach
over her bows. Owing TO this. IL took near
" an hour 10 get out the three anchors.
The steamer worked heavy, plunginr her
bows under at every lurch. aud dragging her
snohors. Between the time Of anchorinr and
daylight, II Is thought ths, she dragged about
eleven miles. This was a terrible tine TO
all on board.
The fires we're oil put out at daylight. on
thursday, and from that time 20 the period of
going ashore, tho passengers aud crew suffered
from the intense cold. The only means of
keeping warm, was 20 wrap themselves up |
IN blankets, asd walk brskly sronnd the |
steamer.
All, at this time, began TO look TO their own
personal safety. All pot on the life prrser.
rers that the ship was 80 plcnti(ully supplied
with, aud prepared themselves iof any emer. |
gency. The doom, shutters, settees. &c. b. &c.
were detached aud cut away, for rats To drift |
ashofe upon, whenever she should strike
The gale increasing in violence, Capt. Dus.
tan, who preserved his self possession ihtouph-
out the Perilous time. ordered sbou, forty tons
oi coal To be shown overheard. in order 10
Tighten the vessel.
About noon oH Thursday, the smoke pipes.
which were very large aud heavy. were order,
fd To be thrown overheard This was done.
'he Csp'ain assisting, and the steamer was
rased ior short time, There was less offer.
cd to The force of the wind.
The steamer continued to drift. hoyeyer
and everything looked terrible and homeless
Tie danger Increased 80 rapidly, that be-
'ween : aud o'clock Capt. Dislan ordered
lhe decks To be cleared OF oil merchandise, OF
verifying That was in the way. Cases ol
boots shoes. barrels OF -four, stoves. &c. in
Guiding one package said To contain 81 .OQO
worth ol plate were thrown overheard. There
wefe six To eight thousand dcllars worth OF
lace on board. belonging to one OF the passen-
gers. Who had previously said that he would
gave The whole TO any o1c who would put
nun safely ashore. The lace was afterwards
seen slTewn along the beach
All these efforts, however. I'm save the
steamer were unavailable. No person work
ed harder than Captain Duslsn. aud his pas
sengeTs and crew. IL was lor lite or death.
Alter these repeated aud united efforts had
Jailed. all hopes OF safety were over. and all
ieit DESTROYS aud anxious that the steamer
should strike the beach IL was a irightlnll
sight but the feelings OF those on board had
been wrought to such pitch. that reaction
came over them, and they were resigned 20
tlirit fate.
About midnight she parted one of her ca
blcs. there belng iouT ont; one attached 10
thirty hundred weight OF furnace bars, and
me Others la snvhon. After this the gale
continued 10 increase Snd blew pcrlec hur
rCane.
She was driven still nearer the shore bat
pissed point, that all expected she would
sinke upon. Slh then driltrd about eleven
miles more, msklug in oil twenty-five miles
which occupied about iOTy-cight hour. oi
terrible uncertainty aud suffering. Sin. then
struck stern first, on alcdge of r1s kson Fish
ers Island. A tremendous so threw lac, ~,
on TO The yery tcp OF the lcdg.. ~ TAT tn. ian +
dced as almost To throw her orct on ,,, tb. .
othcfside. This irGs the crisis ia fhe disg,.
fer. ~ tods terTibie, aud keari- reHdisg a.,
nc eriremt, hfu MINUTES utter she siTuck. I
50 0aS in pioc,s
Ia these frs fniaHies at least one holt Of
host oH JodTd ne AduHiic mers faLsu Iros,
tine iHio oicTHiiy. The ,creams. n, cys.L {
the TO0T ~ a., ~Sa Ters drsadG,i
There were siS females, iouf children. AMI
two infants among the passengers. An tb,
females were drOwued or crushed to death -
Only ono Of the children was ~tvcd and Il.
was tie only Onc OF the family Of which H.,
was member. His latIer, mother. married
SISTER and younger sister, aud two young
sroihcTs. were on board The poor litiIeot,
l,'an Nus saved ond thus thrown alone on
tie world. - only twelve years of age. The
two infants were drowned, frozen, OF crushed
I to death.
Az this occurred at hali-pas four o'clock
on Friday morning.
The PARTICULARS given BY our informant
Mt Nsrnum Marsh, Of HayerhilI. Mass ar.
poiniully thrilling When the Atlantic stn,ck
he was @tung IN The gang wsy; his first im.
I preston was that heavy yea had str,rk a..
sleamer In = moment after, however. ri.
| though every momrut WAS An sv,. a., 49,, -.