The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-09-28
Loss Of the Aslantic..-An Affecting Narrative

Loss Of the Atlantic---An Affecting Narrative
| We copy from the Erie Commercial .Adper
'ser. the following interesting and affecting
narrative of the escape from death of Mr.
CARLEY and his sister, delicate girl, by tn
sinking of the Atlantic. Mr. Carlcy is youn
man in delicate health. The .adrertiser say
the narrative was given with great emotion
and brought tears to the eyes Of many in th
large assembly which listened to it. Mr.. Ca
riley said in substances:
| 'lf any one has cause for thankfulness OF
this occasion it is myself lam from Vermont
and. with my sister, poor consumptive, wa
| on board the Atlantic. I was travelling will
her for her health. 1t was not without grea
fears Of its perils that we undertook the Jour
ney. We went on board the Atlantic at Buff
alo on Tuesday evening" and found her already
crowded with passengers. / went to the ste
ard ~ So q .ta.a-rnnrn fnr my sister. He toll
me they were all taken in the upper cabin
but no tho"qht he could get her one below
| we went down and found that all tho room:
| IN the lower cabin were also TAKEN
| He however prepared as comfortable he'd nc
found the air SO close and suffocatig that it was
with difficulty she could breathe. We again
| went to the upper cabin: and the steward then
told me that he could furnish my sister q
berth in the after part Of the cabin took hel
to it. and Afterwards myself found berth in
the forward part. It was the lower one ol
the three, and the two above it were already
occupied. Being much fatigued, and now
satisfied that my sister was in comfortable
quarters. was soon asleep. I was suddenly
startled from my sleep by tremendous crash
| and awoke to find the outer side of my
state-room broken in, and the two upper
L.. l.. r..l ~. nf
GAS soon as could extricate myself. my first
thought was for my sister went immedi
atelv to her room and found her awake.
told her that something had happened to the
| boat but couldn't tell what it was: but thai
thought we had beter be prepared for any
danger. went back to my berth and put or
| the rest of my clothes. Twas in no haste, al
there had been no alarm given. went bacl
to my sisters room; she had already dressed
herself, and, putting on her bonnet and man
tilla met me at the door, with her carpet bag or
her arm. just then man came to the cabir
door, and, looking in, told us that tho boo
would sink in ten minutes; and he exhorted n'
70 pray for the forgiveness of our sins, ant
look to God for mercy. This was the frs
serious iDtima'ing we had of the extent of oul
danger. We went out on the deck, and had
been there only few minutes when the wate
began to rise around US. 1t was soon up Il
our knees. was calm and collected. Iva.
not afraid 10 die: all my care was for my pool
slender sister. could not swim. We there
fore looked around for some means of sustain
| ing ourselves in the water should we be com
PEELED to leave the boat
"We fonnd a couple of chairs and took eacf
Of us one in our hands. Tho stern was the
only part of the boat out Of water. We went
to the railing, and my sister asked me to lif
her up on it. tried to. but was to weak, and
called some men who were near, TO my assis
tance. We raised her up, and then there was
another woman who wanted us to raise her up
We raised her up, and afterwards / got uE
myself My sister and / still kept hold of OH
chairs. Every moment expected the boat
would go down with sough, and that the
water would swallow us all up. We still clune
TO tho railing locked in each others embrace.
Soon we saw the propeller coming to our assis.
tance, and cry Of Joy burst from every lip
Shortly she was alongside of us. We al
rushed to get aboard of her. | made an eff
| fort to raise my sister over the side. but was
to weak. | made as powerful an effort as
was capable of but my feet slipping fell be-
tween the two vessels, and sunk beneath the
surface Of the water. Grasping about / caught
hold of rope by which / raised myself tC
the surface. But | was to weak to raise my
self any further, and was every momen
becoming still more exhausted. / saw
nothing of my sister after fell, and supposed
of course, she was lost in the lake. | was
so weak could not for a long tinio make my
cries heard. / had been i'm the water about
halfa an hour, and was about giving up all hope:
Of being rescued, when I was discovered. -
Another rope was thrown me, and I was drawT
up on the boat. What was my joy-the frs
female met was my sister,"