Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-19

ter MeCabe, a waiter; VIM. NicnoiS, frisco
Peilly Island; Henri jenkins, James Thompson
New Orleans; Capt. Paul,F. Grant, New York
Geo. H. Burns, Philadelphia; Frank Doual,
New York, the third officer.
"There are FIVE boats which may have reach
ed land or have been picked up, which left
the steamer early. In these boats were known
10 have been Curly, the first mate Thomas
Wild, the b~oatswain; Bolam The second mate;
Graham, the fourth mate; Moore ofNew Yorb,
. passenger, Rogers, the chief engineer; Drown
his first assistant; Walker his second assist
ant and Willet his third assistant Daniel
Connolly, John Loran. John Flanagan ana
Patrick McCaulsey, fremen; Mr.. Dingwell,
Mr.. Kelly, and Mr.. Simpson, engineers; a
young man named Robinson, under instructions
in the engineers department, and some sailors
and the quartermaster.
Among those last seen on the deck of the
Arctic were Capt. Luce and son; Mrs. E. K.
Collins, Master Cort Collins, Miss Collins, Mr..
Brown and family, of the firm Of Brown and
Shipley, Liverpool, England Gin.
%cinnati; Sas. Muirhead, jr., Petersburg, Va;
a nephew of Mr.. Bloodgood, q ho;el keeper,
Philadelphia, who resided in Albany, Duke
de Grammont, of the French Embassy; Stew
art Hoblin, Washington City; ]. Cook, Opa-
%lousas, La, and many Others.
"W. Comstock, brother Of thecaptain Of the
Baltic, was drowned by the capsizlng off boat
while being lowered"
Mr.. Geo. H. Burns, who has furnished the
above particulars, said lie had dispatches from
Mr.. Buchanan, our minister at London, but he
could not save them, also dispatches from
France.
The propeller run into by the Arctic could
not have been the Charity, as she Is ndvertis-
ed TO leave Quebec on the Goth inst. She may
have been the British propeller from Canada
with troops.
A dispatch to Mr.. Collins from Halifax,
states that two boats of the Arctic, with those
on board, had reached Halifax. Several YES
sells had been despatched from thence 10 the
scene OF the disaster, with the hopes Of pick
ing up some Of the passengers afoat on peices
of the wreck.
Mr. Bathan; the second officer, and one of
those who have arrived OF Halifax, says.
1--WE reached shote at Bioad Cove, and ar
rived atSt. Johns. On the 9th OF noon, Cape
Race, bearing north, west 6s miles, while .un-
nig6Stn a thick fog, we were struck on the
staiDoard bow, about six feet abaft the cut
water, by on iron propeller. which made three
large holes in our ship; two below water, one
iof which was Ave and a half feel long, and
j one foot and a half wide, letting the whole
cut water and stern of the iron steamer
through the Arctic's side.
$50 dense was the log, that the vessel could
not be seen. A minute before collision, the
! helm was put hard a star board, ,and The en-
+ pine stopped and instantly backed with full
speed, until clear Of the other steamer, which
occupied about two minutes. The propeller
I seemed 10 be sinking, bow first, and Captain
, Luce Immediately gave orders 10 clear the
] quarter. boats, which was done, and Gourley,
the chief officer, left the Arctic in charge of
the starboard boat. On lowering the port boat,
OF which / had the command, the captain ex-
q claimed: "HoistI up that boat again." and
beckored me 10 60 TO him, and upon doinSso
he ordered me to go over the bow, TO ascertain
If possible, what damage had been done.
. IA then found the holes above mentioned.
, and, upon informing Capt. Luce Of the facts,
D he gave orders 10 get sail up and try 10 get
them around 10 bow, 10 endeavor 10 stop the
leak; this was promptly done, but it was OF
( no a advantage Whatever, there being so much
of the bow broken, and iron from the other
vessel projecting which had been left in our
5 vessel, that the sails could not be brought
a close to the steamers side. The captain wa,
: then lowered over the vessels side, and pill
lows and mattresses lowered tc him, to force
0 them in, but they could not be got in. Every
I e~xertion TO stop The leak proved unnvailing,
and Capt. Luce then ordered the ships head
I to be Kept for land, which bore N. W. BY w,
: "Bythis time we had lost sight OF the chic
, officers boat and the other steamer, which we
supposed had sunk, and we had not been on
our course more than five minutes when we
run down a boat and crew belonging 10 the
other vessel, all of whom persisted with the
e exception of one, who caught hold of a rope
which was hanging over The bow. When the
boat was seen, orders were given 20 stop the
e engines, but the chief engineer said that he
n could not do il as the ship was rapidly sinking
y and in about three minutes after all the lowe
fires were out, and three feet Of water on the
lower deck beams. The captain then gave VI
all hopes OF stopping the leak or saving thu
d ship, and the lady, daughter and son Of E X
}. Collins were put in a boat with several 0the
ladies', and when in the act of being lowered
the tackle broke, and all, except one of The
ladies, were precipitated into the sea, and per
:, ished.
p al then jumped into o boat, and with eigh
Teen more which we picked up from a boat
which had been lowered from The opposite
side, and with nineteen in her and twenty-sil
in my boat, we left the steamer. The las
sight we had seen Of her, her guards were leve
with the water and the sea around covereI
with human beings who had jumped overboar
but TO whom we could render no assistance
and we soon lost sight Of all, as the fog con
tinued very dense. We were then about six
ty miles from Cape Race, and considered
our duty to take the nearest course-afer pull
ing forty hours with nothing TO guide us Blu
S, the run of the sea, which / calculated ffor
e, by the heaying from the southwark, and in
y, thick fog which lasted all the time, we reach
r, ed Broad Cove, twelve miles north Of cap,
D; Race, we then procee led by land 10 Reunoi
ut and then took charge of small .schooneI
IL which we hired, and proceeded Immediately !
search Of the wreck, and cruised around, in
strong gale from the north. east, but dscoge
a. cred no trace of the ship or the boats.
in "i sent word to Captain Lcitch, Of the q:
on Of Philadelphia steamer, which run sshol
n. near this point, acquainting him with The lo