Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-10-25
Further of the Arctic-Arrival Of Capt. Luce and
Others at Quebec.

count OF the loss of the Arctic:
Several Intellectual attempts were made to stop
the leak by getting sails over the bows and finding
the leak gaining very fast, notwithstanding
ali our very powerful efforts to keep her free. l
resolved to get the boats ready, and as many la
dies and children placed in them as possible bat
no sooner had the attempt been made than the
fremen and others rushed into them in spite of
opposition.
Seeing this state OF things, l ordered the boats
astern to be kept in readiness until order should
be restored, when, to my dismav, | saw them cut
the rope-in the bow. and soon disappear astern in
the fog Another boat was broken down by per-
sons rushing at the davits and many persons pre-
cipitated into the and drowned. This occurred
while had been engaged in getting the starboaTd
guard boat ready, and placed the I'd officer in
/ charge when the same fearful scene, with the
first boat, enacted; men leaping from top of
the rail 30 feet, pushing and manning those who
were in the boat.
! then gave orders TO the ID officer to let go
/ and row after the ship under near the stern,
to be ready and take on board women and chill
dren as soon the fires out and the engines
stopped. NV attention then directed to the
! other quarter boat which | found broken down
/ but hanging by the tackle. A rush was made for
her also, and some doze., 5 got in and cut the
! tackle. 1t was soon out of sight
In the time, | found that not a seaman
was left on board nor a carpenter, and without
any tools to assist as, built a raft only hope
| and the only officer left was Mr.. Doran, the Sd
officer, who aided me, with the assistance of many
of the passengers who deserve great praise for
their GOODNESS and energy in doing all in their
power, up to the very moment before the ship
| sunk.
The chief engineer. with part of his assist
! ants had taken smallest deck boat, and before
the ship went down, pulled away with about fif
teen persons. We had succeeded in getting the
over board, and such other small spars and mate
rails as could collect when | fully con
| WINGED that the ship must go down in a very
short time. Not moment to be lost in get
ting the spars dashed together TO form a raft
! to do which, 1t became necessary 10 get the
lite-boat-our only remaining boat-into the
ter.
| This being accomplished | saw Mr. Dorian
chief engineer of the boat, taking to keep the
oars on board to prevent them from leaving the
ship, hoping still 10 get most of the women and
children in this boat, al least. They had made
considerable progress in collecting the spars when
an alarm given that the ship sinking and
the boat showed off without oars or anything
TO help themselves with, and when the ship sank
( the boat had got, probably, 9Th of a mile to
( leeward, and in an instant, about TO P. NJ,
! the ship went down carrying every one on board.
! | soon found myself on the sertaCe after a brief
! struggle. with my own helpless child in my
| arms.
! l again found myself impeIled downwards to a
great depth, and before reached the serface sec
ond time had nearly persisted, and lost the hold of
my child As | struggled TO the surface of the
water most awful and heart rendng scene pre-
! scented itself TO my view.
! Over 200 men, women and children. struggling
together amidst pieces of wreck of every kind,
calling each other for help, and imploring God
TO help them. Such an appalling scene may God
| preserve me from witnessing again
! | was in the act of trying to my child.
when portion of the paddle box came rushing
up edgeways, Just grazing my head and falling
It's Whole weight upon the head OF my darling
! child. la another moment | beheld him lying
! lileess on the water.
succeeded in getting to the top of the pad
die box In company with eleven others One
| however soon left for another piece, finding that
It could not support so many. Others remained
/ till they were one by relieved by death. We
stood in water at the perature of As up 10 our
knees; and frequently the sea broke directly
| US.
| We soon separated from our friends on the
other part OF the wreck and passed the night,
| each one OF us expecting every hour would be
4! last. AT last the wished for morning came,
/ rounded with dense fog; not living soul 10 be
| seen, but our owa party, seven now being left.
In the course of Inc morning, some
| water casks and otler things belonging to
! ship, but nothing that we could get afford US
| any relief Our raft steadily settling, it
| absorbed water About noon, Mr.. S. NJ Wood
| ruff of New York was relieved by death. All
want of water, except Mr., George +. Allen and
| myself
In that respect, we were very much favored
| although we had not drop on the raft. The
day continued foggy except just at noon, as near
as could Judge We had clear horison for
about half an hour, ard nothing could be seen but
water and sky. Night came on, thick and dreary
with our minds made up that neither of us would
live to see the light of another day for very soon
three more of our suffering party were relieved
by death, leaving Mr.. Allen, young man and my
self
Feeling myself getting exhausted, l now sat
down for the first time about S o'clock in the
evening on a trunk which Provdentially had
| been found on the wreck In this way | slept a
little throughout the night, and became some
what refreshed About an hour before daylight
now Friday the GOTH saw a vessels light
near to US. We exerted all three of our strength
IN hallIng. until we became quite exhausted
In about quarter of an hour the light disap-
peared to the east OF us Soon after daylight a
barque hove in sight to the n w as the fog
having hghtened little, steering apparently for
US, but in a short time she seemed to have chang.
ed her course; and again we were doomed TO dis
appointment Yet ! felt hopes that some of our
teliow-sufferers may have been 5 cen and rescued
by them.
Shortly after we had given up all hopes of be-
ing rescued by the barque, ship was discovered
10 the east OF u.s. steering directly for us We
as she approached: the wind varying, caused her
10 change her course several points.
About noon they fortunately discovered man
on the raft near them and succeeded in saving
him by the I'd mates jumping over the side and
making a rope fast around him, by which he
was got on board safely This man proved to
be passenger on board the steamer with which
we came in collision. He informed the captain
that others were near, on pieces of wreck, and by
going aloft he saw US and three others
We were the first to which the boat was sent /
and safely taken on board about p NJ The I
next was Mr. Jas. Smith, of Mississippi second /
class passenger The others saved were five
one our fireman. The ship proved to be the /
Cambria of this port from Glasgow, bound Tor
Montreal, Capt John Russell, who commanded
the barque Jerry Stevens, and was received kindly
by Capt. Nye of the Pacific. OF Capt. Russell, !
1t would be scarcely possible to say enough in /
praise for the kind treatment all of us have rece
from him durlng the time We hive been ON boa I'd |