Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-21
Telcgraphic Dispatch TO the free Press
From the Troy Daily Wing, Feb l

Rom the Troy Daily Wing, Feb. Il.
On Saturday evening at 10 o'clock, we re-
ceivcd Dispatch giving us the gratifying in
talligencc that the Steamer Africa had arrived
an hour before with y passengers Of the anx
.ously locked FIR Steamer Atlantic. Itappear,
that the Atlantic broke her shaft, when nine
DAYS out of Liverpool, and that she was then
fourteen days getting into Cork, Ireland, in her
disabled condition. She arrived at Cork on
the 22d of January. Her passengers were
transferred to the Africa, which left Liverpool
on the LIST inst. The Atlantic is but slightly
injured. The following is an account of the
accident, by Lieut.. SuurFELDT, one of the Off
GERS;
To THE NEW YoEE II RAID Tho Allan
tic left Liverpool on the 2cIh of December, in
! fine SteamiGg order ana without any apprehen-
! sons on the part OF her officers, in regard to the
yoyare At tn time of her departure it was
blowing stron gale from WSW, so much as
| to render it impossible to land her pilot. On
the 29th December at 9 Ia o'clock, she passed
Cape Clear, ara tairy commenced her home
ward passage, by pung NC at once into the
! heavy head sea, and stcmmlrr strong westerly
! galcs, vi ich continued, without intcrmss,on,
up to TIE day Of the accident. On the 9th day
! of January, at noon she was in latitude iGo l.!
| and longitude III west. 1t was blowing n
strong gale from the ~ est \ W. At Il -
| o'clock the engines were stopped as it was at
| first supposed by the Engineer, on account OF
the breaking of the eccentric strap to the star
board engine and on examination, it was de
tcrmincd to 90 ahead again, working that en-
! gne by hand; but another revolution of the
| wheels proved the accident to be of Il much more
serious nature. The main shaft was found to
! be broken completely through, in diagonal d-
rett,on. The bearing Of the starboard pillar
block, ard tie additional turn, after the first
stopping caused one part of the shaft to lap over
the other, thus tracluring both pillaI>block
and render m both engines perfectly useless
! The ship was at once hove to, under storm can
vass, and the wheels dashed, and all hands en-
ploycd during the night and the following day
in SEEDING up two fiber spare yards, and strip
ping her wheels Of the floats "A task az once
difficult and dangerous in a gale of wind, and
with the decks covered with ice, but fortunately
accomplished without accident On the 7t
and 9Th, the ship lay to, with hope Of a
abatement of the gale as the Captain aud al
hands were anxious to reach como port on on
own coast On the 9th the wind hauled rounC
to the north west. We Immediately made sail
and shaped our course Cor Halifax, S97 mile,
dis ant, and New York lioO miles This
weahcrc ntinucd til, noon of the 10Th, whcr
an observation showed the ship lS0 miles soutl
D and 20 miles ives. of her position at the time o
, tie acciden. a gale now sprung up from tn
Mort invest, and it became necessary to hcav
y, the ship to. for even with moderate weather,
! became evident to all that she could do nothiE,
= by the wind under canvass At : o'clock, 4
! NJ on tae lth, a large ship passed round to tn
. cast but she either did not see, or took no no
> tice of our signals of distress At ten o'clock
A. NJ, after taking an accurate account of tn
o stores on board, and consid ring the apparor
e impoSsblity Of re 'chng home in her disable