New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-25

This before IT,. evening trains had coma fro,,n.
e-st. large nuur-r Of cspio passengers c.u,s ,c.,
tho,e trains ard should Judge that when We ,eN "a.
dock se bad ~ il ot 200 6fsLcxss and 300 sni-,..,
Ps'Nrsers on bOsJd
retired when about FIVE miles ou, and soon ,.l ,,,
quiet flunoPr vss awakened by the s,ock n,n
duced by the collision occupied No on the lsrbo,,d
side. The first realized the berth shows ar. Co.
down With he occupant Mr. Laurie, OF Bslvid.ro mi
srd we both went the next occupied ~ ss,r,r,.
10 us. uho suppose WA los, have no, seen ~,
'iDcr. next heard an awful scresm from hYod "a
voices, which pou RIGGS 10 my slmos, q y,y,dI
~ then. perceived that the outside Of my ber,h -,
carried entirely a~sy, and why did no, fall on, int
tte water csLnot tell.
lnow sxtric. ted myself spd those around me t,o,
the ru5bhb The water had now rIspu oyer nv fss,
on the upper deck AID cry srose that the vesel "a.
sibhhg "not~'or,@ to put IN my psn,aoons and
partially succeeded We started for vs c,ro-j.
knew where, snc WIS carried by the Gro I'd ov.,
board. ssnk w;h numbers clns,ng 10 me- perhsps ls
feet could no' swim 81 ibis instant caught holS
Of a rope, 10y means % ~nicn reg.iued tls week
next msde ny way Cnder the 70 tee mss, of n.
steamer.
Eas neX' push q from my hoLl on the mast Their.
were numbers cpDgiog 10 t. / now caught hold Of
smother rope op soon puet, ~ az ess, four persons
chDeipg 10 my lecs, from my hold Ire marki Q, TIA
grAsp Of those stretched beings are It'll oon nv
sDsies. AZ this inst,nt saw the clerk rliupiny 10 =
rope AZ my request he kindly on .red ma DIS hand
ard succeeded Ia gaining bis position. .Our persons
We csmbered the rope, and n, did 90 those solS
OF my iegs relsNec their hold and sank.
Al this time had tho satisfaction OF reaching ont nv
hand and rescuiug telO~ sufferer who ~as slmo.t
gons with exhaustion. A. this time the clerk assured
US that vessel coming 20 our relie lie Continued
to encourage and cheer ihose about him until we were
rescued. He assisted into q boat, and was In
IOlmed thst ne ~ss ,he ast man hat left ths wreck
The bell OF tire steamer was rupg s'er collision,
Dor Wss the engine stopped uat the ire put out
bead no orders from any think 40 ,ut forty
fifty cabin ana hundred steersgs passengers were
rescued by the propeller. The stool HE preservers
proved entirely woIthie a. but thok all who had the
India rubber ones were saved. ALMoS CALSiNs
We think the tse'nent OF Mr. Cs.Sias, that stool
lie preservere were worthless, Is Incorrect. 'ey few
of them were put Ia oequston, sitlOu h there e
stool to each berth 10 every sstercoui. We are in
formed hst the passengers, Osing presen e Of mind
rushed into the cabin and sezet the dstns or cane
bot,omed stsols, under the supDosOD tast they were
the stool life p'eservers No bost lake, are
assured wss better provided with means OF prsserva
ton ,har the Atlantic She had two of Fcanri. ron
ife boats and large ys~ either of these capable of
sustaining from hundred 10 hundred and lily people
Two of these were thrown overheard by the psAssn.
gers and Ia the hurry cast In bottom upward snd
were, of cOurse unavailable. The ysSl was msde
or but not nearly 70 the extent o It's capacity near
" has been acertsned about two hundred persons
were taken from the upper deck and one hundred frou
the water About forty saved themselves by thu Of
the stool preservers There were three hundred OF
them on beard About twenty persons clang 70 the
boats which were swsmped At the outset.
The following 10 the estimate of passengers on board,
those saved and those lost
Number OF cabin passengers. l90
Number of emigrsnt passengers Including Children u
Second.class passengers -..-----.-.-----.--- %
Crew OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
Number drowned III