The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-10-18
LOSS OF THE ARCTIC.

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The first Assistant Engineer has ar
rived at Boston, and by his statement
confirms the report tn t Mrs. Collins,
son, and daughter, and many other la
dies were put in a boat which, in the act
of lowering, were all-save one-thrown
into the sea and lost.
Among the passengers lost was Nah
Ion Day, whose name is we'll known as
connected with the publication of child
ren's books.
The Rev. E. L. Magoon, d. D., pas
tor of the Oliver Street Baptist Church,
New York, had taken passage by the
Arctic, but a few days before her de-
parture, however, in order to complete
certain researches he was engaged in, he
exchanged his berth for one in the sue
ceeding steamer-the Baltic.
MRS. Scott, who was among the lost,
was the widow of the gallant Col. Mar
tin Scott, who was killed in the Mexican
war. Mrs. S. resided at Milwaukee,
Mr.. McCracken, brother of Mrs. s., was
also on board. The late Major Scott,
was well known at the West, and was
the famous rife marksman.
Mr.. Catherwood, the distinguished
artist, who accompanied Mr.. Stevens on
his tour to central America, was lost
also.
Mr.. F. W. Gale, wife and servant, of
Worcester, Mass, were among the pas
sengers, and among the lost.
Tho statement of Patrick Toban shows
that the first and third mate acted like
men, but that the second mate, Edward
Baalham acted badly. The latter low
cred a boat at two o'clock and himself
and sailors got into it, although the Are
tic did moi sink until 4 O'Clock. This
desertion crippled the force of expert
enced hands, SO that Capt. Luce could
not properly rig the raft. Toban says
that when he first attempted to leave,
Capt. L. tore the shirt off his Toban's,
back, claiming "let the passengers go in
the boat" Capt. L. seized an axe to
force the fireman back, but his authori-
ty was at an end. Capt. Luce could
have easily saved himself had he been
so disposed.
Toban says:
and with uplifted hands and a piercing
yell, which [ cannot describe, the crowd
of human beings on her deck shared her
f tie.
just before we pushed off to avoid be-
ing carried down with the ship, [ saw a
number Of women in the cabin locked in
each others arms crying and exhibiting
the most intense signs of terror and dis
tress. They were all engulphed, The
lamentations of the French and Ger
mans was most painful, as I could easily
distinguish their cries and shouts.
We all regretted much that one fine
young man belonging to the Arctic was
not saved his name is Stewart Holm.
His fathcr was Sergeant-at-Arms of one
of the Houses of Congress; he could not
be induced to leave the ship; he kept
firing the gun until the vessel sunk; we
saw him in the very act OF firing as the
vessel disappeared below the waters.
Just as the water was closing over the
smoke-pipe, there rose up from the sea
a sound like 4 heavy groan, or ocean sigh !;
caused, doubtless, by the steam and heat
in the boilers, but it was a sound never
to be forgotten.
The Courier and Enquiaey of yes
terday says:
Three life boats yet remain to be heard
from, known to contain not less than for
ty persons. 1t is certain that the larg-
er portion of these consist of passengers,
and that among them are several ladies.
Tidings from them will be awaited to-
day with undated solicitude.
Nothing has yet TRANSFERRED calculated
to e%xtcnuate the dastardly conduct of
the sub-offcers, engineers, and firemen
who fled with the boats. The publish
ed statement of the second mate does
not e%xculpate him from gross delinquen,
cy in duty; and the heaviest response
bility of course continued to rest upon
the chief engineer, who pr~ematurely de-
serted his post, and who is nov at sea
in a boat containing only some six or
eight of his assistants and a single pas
senger. There has been no development
detracting in the least degree from the
heroism of Capt. Luce, and we regret
exceedingly to notice in one or two Of
our contemporaries a disposition to cast
censure upon his behavior. He did all
that an unsupported officer could do
HIS fellow officers, excepting the first
mate who was absent on duty and his
third mate who remained and performed
his part nobly, and his crew had ali de-
serted him or were in a state of panic
stricken, uncomfortable characterization.
His only ineficiency lay simply in the
fact that the treachery of others had
made him powerless for effectual action.
though it could not for a moment shake
his W fidelity to his post.
The only real fault in the manage
ment of the vessel was the failure tc
sound a warning steam whistle, as the
boat was holding on her obscure way
through the fog and this is a fault not
peculiar to this vessel, but common to all
steamers of every nation which pass
over the same highway of travel.
The Mr.. Benedict lost on the Arctic,
was Abner Benedict of New York, and
brother o fProf. Benedict, of Burlington:
Vermont.
The Utica Telegraph says that Mrs.
Ward Hunt and John b. Miller, of that
city, had teal relatives on the Arctic.
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