The daily union., 1854-10-15
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THE LOSS OF THE ARCrIC-ADDITIONAL FACTl
AND THRILLING INCIDENTS


THE LOSS OF THE ARCTIc-ADDITIONAL FACTS
AND THRILLING INCIDENTS.
The awful disaster to the steamship Arctic still engrosses
public attention. to the exclusion of almost every other
topic The New York press severely condemn the conduct
of the in hastily leaving the ship The Courier
notes the heroic sacrifice of himself made by Capt Luce
the steady fidelity the sublime courage grand presence
of mind and contrasts with the heartess conduct omos
Of the subordinates who escaped The Times says
From the stated we are driven to the belief that
there entire lack Of disciplined control the
Of the ship No authority enforced directed their action
While the passengers working the pumps the remen
seaen engineers and Others seemed have been seeking
their security The fact that OF the whole number
believed TO have been saved, than serenity Of
hcers fTemen seamen, and walters and only teey
passengers speaks volumes in condemnation of the conduct
OF the crew
The Tribune condemns the speed off the fog banks Capt
West of the Atlantic has said that twelve days short
time any OF the ships built safely make the
passage in in ordinary weather and that except in
cases every hour less than that is gained by
rjous risk We quote
Until this awful calamity of the Arctic but two or three
comparatively insignificant vessels have been down in
this manner while there scarcely of the great
ships but has narrowly escaped destruction by other
during the dense iogs which prevail the banks of New
foundand and about that region Only last spring the
steamer Asia barely sheered out of the way of
iceberg thus avoiding by the breadth of few feet the
headlong ruin upon which in instant more she would
have been dashed We all recollect too the thrilling ac
count by Mr.. Thurow Weed published year ago
OF the escape of the Pacific whose paddles almost
grzed the rocks of Cape Race she euded the disaster
they menaced.s
The Times contends that in the of collision the
aser you 60 the safer you are = and on the same sub
ject the Express says
1T has been calculated mathema,ieally by sailors that
they great risk in these fogs under the doctrine
chances though risk there certainly is and hence the
idence with which they rush into them, and through
them
INTERESTING STATEMENT,
Patrick Tobn has published interesting
the scenes that ranspired when the collision occurred.
After stating that the calm the fog quite dense
and the steamer going her ordinary rate he gives an
count of the collision, and says
Mr. Walker persisted in his duty keeping up until
the water put out our fires Our only thoughts now were
as TO measures Of escape When got on deck all WAS
confusion passengers working with desperate energy
at the forward pumps Frenchmen Germans and English
all calling in their different languages the fremen
help them, and running and fro the deck some
times shng to the pumps and rushing away again when
relieved by others.
Still the passengers seemed hopeful Of beag saved The
absence Of Mr. Goure the first mate great less He
had been after the collision ascertain what damage
had been done to the French propeller and when he
turned he could not be taken board were making
all speed for land believe that he had been board
keep the sailors their duty, and have RATS rugged
many more would have been saved
The second mate, Edward Baalhan acted badly, in my
opinion. lie lowered Of the quarierboats about 2
ociockhe ship did not go down until about o'clock
and himself and most of the sailors got into it, saw
nothing Of them after came on deck, Thirty-two
saved in small boat and the second mates boat might
have taken more than double that number.
The departure Of Baaham and the sailors left Captain
Luce without experienced hands rigging RATS the
remen knew little OF what should be done Mr. Rogers
the chief engineer seemed active in his efforts TO
leaks and do all he could under the circumstances
He staid by the ship until dangerous for him
stay longer his boat in imminent risk of being
swamped by persons jumping overheard or being carried
down by the vortex made by the vessel sinking.
Dorian the third mate, most active and staid by
the ship until she went down. The passengers with de-
sparing energy stuck to the pumps working to the last
They working them up TO the last moment 1t
awful sight got TO the third mates boat just
little before the final catastrophe,
When first attempted 10 leave the captain caught me
and tore the shirt off my back to prevent my going
claiming, "Let the passengers go in the boats He also
seized kind of and attempted to prevent the remen
reaching the boat but it every for himself and
no attention paid the captain than to any
other man on board Life was as swest to us as to others
Captain Luce geemed like man whose Judgment was
parayzed tie paced the deck if there resort but
sink with his ship. lie could easily have saved himself
had he sought his safety. | saw him few minutes
before the Arctic disappeared, She down by the
stern; and with uplifted hands and piercing yell which
cannot describe, the crowd of human beings her deck
shared her fate.
The raft had been cleared away when the ship went
down and of the spars caught under the wheel and
portion of the raft carried down have 20 doubt
who had got the raft were lost In this way Just
before pushed of avoid being carried down with the
ship number of women in the cabin locked in each
others arms crying, and exhibiting the most intense signs
of and distress They all engulphed. The
lamentations Of the French and Germans most pain
full and could easily distinguish their cries and shouts
After the Arctic disappeared, saw large number
floating about still alive but could Our
little boat filled TO its utmost capacity bad to
leave them perish from the cold-the water is always
cold on the Banks--and prey 10 the fishes
We all regretted much that fne young belong
ing TO the Arctic was aved Ills Is Stewart Hol-
lard His father Is Sergeaut-aArms of one of the houses
of Congress lie could not be induced 10 leave the ship His
post was the gun firing signals He kept firing the gun
till the vessel sunk We him in the very act Of firing
as the vessel disappeared below the waters.
Besides a hearrendng sight of many woe-expressng
faces and hands uped in wild despair in agonizng
appeal to Heaven and the awful cry which smote
in the last moment other incident sent thrill of
dread through hearts. just the closing
over the smoke-pipe there up from the sound
steam and heat in the boeg@ bpt II sound never
to be forgotten
may mention also as an incident that Tom Brcnna
had an opportunity 70 be saved in the chief engineers boat
bat he had charge OF boy named Mclaughlin, whom he
would abandon Both saved in our boat II is
said gentleman threw heavy purse of gold from the ship
to the boy after he got into the boat
the LlrE PnrsRRvERs
pobbin Carnoghan one of the coal pnssers says os,
Of the passengersthose not at workhad put lepre
servers but don't .hnk the rubber Of much
use they leaked out the air about fast you could
blow ii in The tin were better There plenty
of both kinds TO be had But then the best Of preservefs
would do but little good They might keep person up
couple Of hours bat that would be all. | be-
eye that any were saved who had nothing else to depend
upon
THE BAD CONDUCT OF THE ENGINEERS
Captain Paul F. Cram, OF New York passenger on
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