The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-10-16
LOSS OF THE STEAMER ARCTIC.
Further Particulars.

bark rugged, with a black hull and salmon
coored bottom, and had coored boats. She
is thought to be the Charity, of Montreal,
for Liverpool. The Arctic was going at the
rate of l3 knots. Upwards Of 200 people
were seen on the propeller. The Arctic
commenced to render the propeller assist.
ance, but soon discovered her own leak,
which gained fast, extinguishing the fires.-
The boats were launched and filed with the
crew and a few passengers. A raft was
also constructed. There was then sudden
panic in the Arctic, and numbers got on the
raft and into the sixth boat, and in three
minutes after the Arctic Sunk. All in the
boat were saved, but only one snt of the ~
on the raft.
AT s O'Clock, p. NJ, on the fire bark
Huron, Of st. Andrews, N. B., Capt. Wall,
for Quebec, picked up a boat.
The Huron fired rockets, hung out lights,
and kept a horn blowing all night in hopes
of falling in with the remaining boats, but
her efforts were fruitless. On the evening
of the Goth, she spoke the ship Lebanon,
bound for New York, and transferred Is of
the passengers, who reached this city in a
pilot-boat. The fate of the propeller and
the other five boats is not certainly known.
On the morning Of the goth, the Huron saw
singular-looking craft which it is thought
might have been the propeller. A list Of
the saved was taken to Quebec on the Hu-
ron.
The following are the names of those who
have arrived at this port: James Alloy, ships
cook; Luke McCartie, Jos. Carol, Richard
Maxim. Thcs. COnroy, Jas. Conner, John
Drury. Christian Moran, Jas. Ward, Christ.
opher Gallagher, fremen; Thos. Wilson,
assistant engineer; Robt. Bryan, Dav. Bur.
ry, Erastus Miller, walters; Edward Bryan,
Patrick Mahon, Thos. Garland, Pat. Casey,
Pat. Tobn, Dobbin Carnagin, ireme n [;
Thos. Drennon, assistant engineer; John
Connolly, engineer; Thos. Stnson, officers
steward; Jas. Carnagan, Mike Mclaughlin,
Peter McCabe, picked off raft; William
Nichol S, Henry Jenkins, Jas. Thompson,
New Orleans; Capt. Paul +. Cant, of New
York, and Geo. II. Burns, of PHILADELPHIA
all passengers; Francis Darrial, N. Y, Sd
officer.
Five boats. which may have been picked
up or reached land, are known to have con.
tlined-Gurley, LIST officer; Thomas Wild.
boatswain; B. Alvin, Cd officer; Graham, 4th
officer; Mo IRE, of New York, a passenger;
Rogers, chiefengineer; Drown, LIST assistant;
Walker, I'd assistant: Millett, Dan. Conncl-
| ly, John Moran, John Flanagan, Patrick
McCauliey. fremen; DIR. Dongell, Mr.. KEEL
| ly, Dir. Thompson, engineers, and young
man named Robinson, under instructions in
the engineers department. besides sailors
| and quartermasters.
Amongst those last seen on the decx of
the Arctic were Capt. Louce aud son, MIS-
+. Collins, Master Colt Collins, Miss. Col
Inns, Mr.. Brown, senior Of the firm of Brow n,
SIMPLIFY & Co., Mr.. Bowen, Of Cincinnati,
Chas. Springer, of Cincinnati, James More.
head. Jr., of Petersburgh, Va, Mr.. Hewitt
Mrs. Hewitt and daughter, of Frederickburgh,
Va, nephew of Mr.. Bloodgood, hotel keep.
er, of Philadelphia, the Duke De Grammont.
| of the French embassy. Stewart Hallin, of
Washington City, j. Cock, Of Opelousas,
La, and many more. Mr. Comstock, broth
er of the commander Of the Arctic, was
drowned by the capsizing of a boat whilst
being landed.
Geo. II. Burns, of Adams's Express Com
pany, furnishes the above particulars, and
says that the Government dispatches from
France and England, gwen him by MIR.
Buchanan, he could not save.
The propeller could not have been the
Charity, as she is advertised to leave Quebec
on the goth. 1t may have been a British
propeller from Canada with troops.
A dispatch to Mr.. Collins, from Quebec
states that two boats of the Arctic were
saved, and that the passengers had reached
Halifax.
Several vessels had heen dispatched TO the
scene OF disaster in hopes of picking up the
passengers aaoat on peices of the wreck.
The following statement of the loss of the
Arctic is by Mr.. Baldham, second officer:
Mr.. Baldham and the other officers, crew
and passengers, saved in the boats, reached
shore at Broad Cave and arrived at St. Johns
Tuesday. Mr.. Baldham says on Wednes.
day, the 9th. It noon, Cape Race bearing
N. W., IS miles distant, while running in a
thick fog, the Arctic was struck on the star.
board bow, about six feet abaft of cut water,
by an iron steamer, which made three large
holes in the ship, two below water, one of
which was about 81 feet long aud IL feet
wide, bearing the whole of the cutwater and
stern Of the iron steamer clean through the
Arctic's side.
So dense was the fog that the vessel could
not be seen minute before the collision.
The vessel was put hard starboard and the
engine stopped and instantly backed at full
speed until she was clear of the other steam.
er, which occu- led 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
Mr.. Gornley, the chief officer, left the Arctic
in charge of the starboard boat. Capt. Luce
exclaimed "Hoist up that boat Mr.. Boalhom,"
and beckoned to me TO come to him. On
doing he ordered me TO 60 over the bow
and ascertain if possible what damage had
been done. then found the holes above
mentioned. Upon informing him OF these
facts, he gave orders to get the sails out and
try to get them around the bow in order to
stop the leak, which was promptly do ne, but
it was OF no advantage whatever omuch