Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-10-18
Horrible Accident.
Tile Steamer drctic and Three Hundred and
Eightyninc Liees Lost.

now below at QUARANTINE.
The Arctic had 200 passengers. One of the
passengers saved is said TO have arrived in the
city.
Second Dispatch.
New York, Oct. 1.-THE loss Of The Arctic
is confirmed,
Geo, H. Burns, bearer of dispatches per the
Arctic, is our authority.
She had 256 passengers aud crew Of no
She run into the propeller Sun" on the 9th.
The propeller sunk in four hours; the Arctic re-
manned ahoat a while longer.
The life boats were got out and RATS rugged.
; The latter capsized.
Only 81 of the whole number remain to tell
the tale
The collision occurred on the 9th, at noon,
in dense fog.
The Arctic was going at the rate of Is knots
and upwards an hour.
! Two hundred people were seen on the pro-
peller. The Arctic com ->enced to render them
some assistance, but soon discovered her own
leak, which gained fast, extinguishing the fires.
The boats were launched and flied with the
crew and a few of the passengers. A raft was
constructed on sudden panic on the Arctic
Numbers got on the raft and in the lie boat,
and in three minutes after, the Arctic sunk.
! All in the life boat were saved; only one out
! of seventy two on the raft was saved.
On the evening OF the 18th, the bark Huron,
picked up the boat The Huron fired rockets,
hung out lights, and kept n horn blowing all
night. On the 2Sth all hopes of falling in with
the remaining baats considered fruitess.
! On the evening of The 29th, the Huron spoke
to the ship Lebanon. bound for New York, and
transferred l8 passengers
The fate of the propeller and the other five
boats is not certainly known.
On the morning of the 2Sth, the Huron saw
a singular looking craft. which i; is thought
might have been the propeller.
The five boats which may have reached land
| or have been picked up are known to have con-
tanned Gurley first officer; Thos. Wild, boat
swain; Balam, % officer; Graham,4t do; Rog-
ers, chief engineer; Down, LIST assistant; Walker,
I'd do; Willett. Sd do; amongst those last seen
on the deck of the Arctic were Capt. Luce and
son, Mr.. E: J. Collins. Master Cort Collins, Miss
Collins, Mr.. Brown, and family, senior of the
firm of Brown. ShpIey & Co., of Livereool;
Bowen of Cincinnati.
Geo. A. Burns, of Adams express, furnished
the above particulars. He says that Govern
ment dispatches frem France and England
given him from Buchanan could not be saved
A dispatch to Collins from Halifax states that
two OF the Arctics boats with some of the slv-
ed passengers had reached Halifax, and names
several vessels that have been despatched to
the scene of disaster. in hope of picking up
passengers afloat on pieces Of the wreck.
The following statement of the loss of the
Arctic is by Mr.. BALKAN, the second officer
BALKAN and other officers. crew,and passengers
saved in the two boats, reached the shore at
BroadsCave and arrived at ST. Johns on Tues
day;--W ednesdav, the 9th, noon, Cape Race. |
The Arctic bearing N w, G5 miles distant,
while running in a thick Coz was struck on the !
starboard bOw.about six feet abaft the cutwater |
b, an Iron Steamer, which made three large |
holes in the ship; two of them were below wa
ter mark; one was about five lengths and one |
and half feet wide, leaving the whole cuwater |
and stern of the Iron Steamer clean through |
the Arctic's sides.
So dense was the fog that the vessel was not |
seen a minute before the collision. The wheel |
was put hard starbOard and the engine btopped |
instantly, and bacFed with full speed until she |
was clear of the other steamer, which occupied |
couple of minutes. The steamer seemed to
be sinking bow first Capt. Luce Immediately |
gave orders to clear away the quarter boat,
which was done, and Gour'ey, the chef officer
left the Arctic in charge of it. On the lower
ing of the port boat the Captain, exclaimed
''hoist UP that boat again, Balham,' and beck
oned me go to him. Upon doing so, he order
ed me to go over the bow to ascertain if posSi-
bic what damage had been done. ] then found
the holes above mentioned. Upon informing
him of the facts, he gave orders to get up the
sails aud try TO get them around the bow 10 en-
deavor to stop the leak, which promptly
done but to no advantage whatever, there was
so much of the bow and iron broken off from
tho other steamer projectirgthat the sails could
not he brought close to the vessel side
The carpenter was then lowered over the side
of the vessel and pillows and mara sseS were
passed down to him to try to force them n but
The leak was found to be so far below the water
line that they could not be got in. Every ex-
ertion to stop the leak proved unavaling.-
Capt. Luce then ordered the ships head to be
kept for land which bore north wet by West
Bv this tune we had lost sight OF the Chief
Captain and the boat and the other steamer
which we supposed SINK. We had not been
on our course more than five minutes when we
run over boat and crew belonging to the 9TH
ar vessel, all of whom persisted with the excep-
ton of one who caught hold Of a rope hanging
over the bow, directly the boat was seen. Or
lers were given 10 stop the engine, which the
Chief Engineer said could not be DONE rs the
ship WAS sinking fast. In about three minutes
Ill the lower fires were out, and about three
feet water was level with the lower deck
beams. II was soon discovered that there was
no hope Of saving the Arctic, and the lady,
laughter aud sou Of f.. X. Collins, with seve-
al ladies', were put on boat, and in the act of
Owering, one of the tacses gave way, and all
except one lady was precipitated into the sea
md lost / then jumped into boat with eigh-
cen more picked up. We fell in with another
BOAT which had been lowered from another
ide and lightened her of part of her compli-
nent, leaving nineteen in her and twenty-six
n my boat. The last sight had of the ship
Ter guards were level with the water surface
rhe sen was srewn with human being who
lad Jumped overheard, and to whom it was {
impossible to render any assistance, and we
oon lost sight of ali as the fog continued very
lense. We were then about 60 miles from
cape Race, and deeming it our duty take the {
learest course for safety after pulling 40 hours
With nothing to guide Us but the sun and sea,
which took, hearing from southwark and in
hick fog, which lasted all the time, reached
'road Cave, II miles north OF Cape Race
We then. proceeded by land to Renens,
rhich place we reached on Friday last, and :
here Obtained and took charge of small
chooner and proceeded Immediately in search
f the wreck and boat.
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