New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-12

n<essssry 10 steer gr the lsod in the heainz Of al
those who sutseeuansly took 70 the other bosfs and
the Inference is that they vers fully Instructed on
that head.
The weather was perfectly calm .. the time Of The
accident and the ocean W. - sno1th - ths w<<'.
OF IN inanc Gay. II % continued for about twenty
four bours, vben still breeze sPrsng up, sccompr
MED BY Z rough sea- II . hoped that before this
happened the boats reached place OF comparative
Both the passenger With whom We hsve conversed
we're below at the time Of the COLLATION.. They after
ward heard, however, that the propeller came stem
on 10 tie steamer striking her about twelve seen
feet sbsl the stem. II was supposed that the Arctic
had escaped without serious damage, and the only
concern felt was for thoee on board the propeller.
Tbk tie until after the first officer boat bad
left the chip.
Put IN notion, and al the hard pumps were manned.
The former were kept going a. long A. the engine
worked and the latter until the ship went down. One
hole wee discovered near the water line, at the spot
where the confac. took place but il il believed that
other and more .eriou. injuries occurred below il
vas impossible from the body Of water which gsinei
Dsre-s ct tbs opening to account for the rapid sink
ing Of the ship.
Every effort wss made By those or board to stop
these leaks AID up to the fine informsnts went 20
work on the RATS, on which both were employed,
hands engaged Cd the fcrecsstle in the endesv-
or 10 crsw calls under TIE bows around the vessel.
One Of our nformap's IL Of opinion tina. the lower
hsicp, and the upper within hour. The other gen.
tisnan thinks that tie time little longer in each
instance Both concur in saying that The ship finally
sunk in about four hours-ssy at 4 O'Clock. For
about half an hour sitter the collision the steamer
made rapid hesdwsy toward the shore, bat after that
her progress Flow until the fires finally went out,
and she drilled wreck upon toe water.
throughout the terrible scene Capt Luce was self
pos,essed preserving hi. calnness while dong every
thing in his power to promote the .sf-ty Of those en-
tfusted 10 hs charge. His own life he might easily
have saved bad he deserted his pos. of duty: When
last seen he in the immediate vicinity Of Mrs. and
Niss Collins and other female ps.sengers, apparently
giving dire ctiOns for their conduct.
The conduct Of some of the crew and other en-
poyes Of the ship however does not appear to have
been 90 commendable, and II 10 probably owing TO
their having obtained control OF the boats that 90 few
were saved The six life boats board all Of the
M II approved construction. Two OF them were ca
pcbe OF sustaining hundred persons. aud the re-
Inainder sbout thirty persons ach, max ing boat room
for about two hundred and twenty IN all, wh,ls II IL
estimated that not more than onehah OF that number
were saved.
Oce of the boats had been detached for duty, and
was abandoned by the steamer II il hoped that she
Tescued portion CT those who were LETT on the raft
or we're floating around in the vicinity spars aud
formed, ives seized by those working Ia the engine
room and w5s made instrumental to the saving Of
only some half dozen, when II might have taken on
board at least five tunes tbat number. Some OF the
other boats appaI emily were but sparingy filled That
10 Which were hose rescued by the Huron had thirty;
two Oh board as many probably as she could sustain
durrg the twepty-four hours which elapsed previous
to her being picked up.
Tie reports, SO far a. We have heard them. speak
upfavorably of the conduct of those generally en-
ployed in the engine room. The list of the saved
Elbows that q very large proportion OF them avaled
themselves Of the boats, and the abors Of those
pcy ed in construction of the raft said to have
been seriously mpeded by their conduct. At the
tine when the ship was about to sink, the rush of
this class the .des Of the ship nearly destroyed
the raft altogether
Our nfornants say that neither or them heard
either The bell tolled the steam whistle used pre-
vious 10 the collision, notwithstanding the denseness
Of the fog. Both, however, were below at the time,
and il s the opinion Of those most conversant With the
nsnae ement of the ship thst these precautions
against accident were cot neglected. The whistle on
board is e placed TO be at the command Of the
officer OF the deck, without resort to the engine
He has only TO turn al escape cock, fixed near bis
usual post TO sound the alarm.
There is no certain information TO the fste Of the
propeller but il is the belief of the gentlemen with
whom we had the conversation that she did not 90
down As she stem onto the Arctic, it is their
belief that her damage much the less OF the two
and that her hull being divided into independent
tons or compartments, she would keep atioat uau
assistance was received from some Of the vessels
which are continually crossing on this great highway
between the two continents.