Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-16

mournful inteTest-one which has produced such
a widespread and painful sensation, and sent
deep and heart rending sorrow 10 the homes Of
thousands both in this country and in England.
The following Is the account furnished by
Mr.. GEORGE II. BURNS, the express messenger
of Adams x CO. who on board the Inflated
steamer:
STATEMENT OF MR.. BURNS.
The steamship Arctic, with 30 passengers,
exclusive of children. l75 employees, valuable
cargo, and heavy mail, Is lost. OF the more than
four hundred souls who left Liyerpoa ON the
Goth ultmo, full Of hope guilty, aud health: many
returning from an European tour of pleasure,
only thirty two are known 10 have been sayed,
and certainly not more than one hundred can, by
any possibility, have escaped IA watory grave
In addition to all this, another large steamer.
frcghed with hundreds Of human beings, has in
all probability, met like fate. The details
the horrible disaster are rs tallows:
On Wednesday, September u precisely Il
IL o'clock NJ, IN n dense fog, we came IN con
tact with n bark rugged iron propeller, with
black hull, salmon coored bottom, ead-eolore'
poop and boats and black pipe. She was bonn5
eastward, and all sail set, with strong fair wind
The speed of the Arctic AT the time abou
thirteen knots an hour. The shock 10 rs ap
peard slight; but the damage 10 the other yesso
was frightful
Capt. LrCE instantly ordered the quarter boat
cleared away, and the chief mate, boatswain, an
three sailors went To her relief Before othe
boats left the order conference.-the Thu
Arctic then described circle twice round tn
wreck, during which time | caught n glimpse
more than two hundred people clustered on her
hurricane deck
At this iuncture it was first ascertained tina
we had sustained injury, and the water was pour
ING in at our bows. When the first officer cam,
alongside to report the captain was unable I,
take him up but headed y. y. W. in the hope u
making land. Our position ON the previous day
at - o'clock was latitude ~ deg, 30, longitude
- deg, y. We had run about three hundred
and ten miles from the time of this observation
until the moment of collision, aud were supposed
10 be forty miles from Cape Race
The pumps were vigorously worked, and an
anchor chain thrown overheard but, in spite o
all eNcrtlon, the engines stopped and the watet
oAtngui~hed the fires -Four 81 the five othel
life boats believed To have been well provision
ed, containing the engineers, sailors, n few pas
scngcrs, and all the officers except the captain.
and third mate, left the ship at an early stage
The majority of the passengers wern working
the pumps some firing the signal guns, an
others launching spars, under the direction
Capt Lac" aud Mr. Dorian, the third mate l.
form raft
and last boat WA. lowered. Dorian. one or t,y,.
fremcn. thrco Of thc other passenpers saved. an,
myself were hnsily engaged lashng water= eask
and settccs 10 the mum yard, two topgann
vim number If ,,sn,lrmen nrot,rtin,, the y,l
nv kccning bnck the crowd-nben n lanic seiz.,l
nil an honrd n rush WIS mnle. nnssengers .and
Grcmrn precipitnted themselves heodlonp over
,hc hnlnorll onto tLo,aft md IN - ,non,.n,
nur mn, Lo,t wns fan and IN imminent dancer
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