Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-13
FrighUW Fate Of the Passengers
NEARLY AII.I.oST

NEARLY ALL LOST
New York, Oct. ll.-The ship Lebanon ar
rived here at an early hour this morning. bring
ing tidings of horrible catastrophe 10 the steam
er Arctic, and bringing about twenty of her pas
sengcrs picked up at sea.
The Lebanon reports that ON the night of the
eth, during dense fog, the Arctic camo in
collision with steam propeller, bark -rigged, of
iron, with black hull, salmon colored bottom and
lead colored boats. She Is thought to have been
the steamer Charity, from Montreal for Liver
pool. Upwards of 200 persons were seen ON the
deck of the propeller Immediately after the col
lision. The Arctic was going at the rate of
thirteen knots an hour.
The Arctic commenced TO render assistance
but soon discovered her own leak, which gained
fast, soon eNtmguishng the fires. The discoy-
cry OF this fact caused an indescribablc panic
among the passengers and crew. The boats were
rapidly launched and filled with the crew and
tew passengers, who succeeded in fighting their
way on board, and dritcd off on the open sea i'll
dense fog, all crowded to excess, with but little
provisions or water
Capt. Luce, with Mr.. Dorian, his mate re
manned on board To construct a raft, on which to
"ndeavnrto save the great body of the passen-
gers, including women and children who still re-
manned on the -fated steamer
rs soon rs the raft was launched there was u
sudden panic on board, and numbers got ON the
'aii anu ia lue SIAth BOAT III tHe greatest "a9'N
and CONSERVATION, and in three minutes the Arc
tie sunk. All in the sixth boat were saved, but
only one out of the seventy two ON the raft. 1t
having more on it than was possible Tor 1t to sus-
tam they were all east into the sea, IN the pres
enee of the few survivors in the boat.
At D y. VI. on the 2eth, the bark Huron, OF
st. Andrews, \. T., Capt. Wad, bound for Que
bee, picked up the boat, the last OF the SIX that
left the Steamer, and took them board.
Tho IIurop fred bt,nCr brhts. and
kept II horn blowing during the night of the 18th,
but all hopes of falling in with the remaining
boats, proved fruitiess.
On the evening of the Goth the Huron spoke
the ship Lebanon, Capt. Story, bound to New
York and transferred IL of her passengers, who
reached that city in the pilot boat Christian
Bera.
The fate Of the propeller which thought
To he greatly damaged, and the other five boats
are not certainly known On the morning OF the
2sth, the Huron saw singular looking craft
before falling in with the boat, which is thought
might have been the propeller.
The list of saved taken to Quebec on the
Huron are a. follows:
Luke Mccarthy JOS. Cornall, Richard Makan
James Ally, the ships cook Thos. Comroy,
james Common, John Drury, Christian Moran,
james Ward, and Chrstpher Callaher, all FIRE
men. Thomas Wilson, assistant engineer; Ro.
Bryan, David Barry, aud Erastus Miller, all
walters.
Those that arrived in this port on the Solanor
are Edward Mahon, Thomas Garland Patrick
Casey, Patrick Tobn, - Dobbn, and --
Carrigan, all fremen. Thomas Brennan, assist
ant engineer; John Connolly, engineers steward;
Thomas Stanson, officers steward; Jas. Conogan,
porter Michael Mclaughlin, and the boy Peter
McCahe, picked up in the water at the time of
the sinking of the 9Th boat.
The Lebanon also brings the following pas
sengers who in the boat
William Nichols, of Trescou, Sicily Islands.
Henry jenkins, of do. do. do.
James Thompson, of New Orleans.
Capt. Paul f. Cram, OF New York.
George II. Burns Of Philadelphia
Francis Dorian, of New York, third officer.
PASSENGERS ON THE BOATS
The five boats, which may have reached land or
been picked up are known to have contained,-
tionlcy, first officer, Thomas Wilde boatswain;--
Balam, second raham, fourth offcer--
Moore of New York, passengers. Rogers, chief
engineer Drown first assistant eng necr,-W al
ker. second do;-Willet, third do; Daniel Con
molly, John Moran, John Flanagan and Patrick
MeCauley, iremeu Messrs. Dingnell, Kelley and
Simpson, engineers, and young man named Rob
nson, under instructions in the engineers depart
ment besides the sailors and quarterma sters.
LIST OF KNOWN VICTIMS.
Among those last seen en the deck of the Arc =
tic IL few moments before she sunk were the fol
lowing
Capt. Stone and son.
Mrs. f. X. Collins, Master Cort. Collins and
Miss Collins, OF the family of the owner of the
Zine.
Mr.. Brown and family, conneXon of the SEMI
or of the firm Of Brown, Shipley Il Co., Liver
pool.
Mr.. Bowen, of Cincinnati; Charles Springer Of
Cincinnati.
James Muirhead, Of Petersburg, Va.
Mr.. Hewett and Mrs. Iewett and daughter, of
Fredericksburg, a.
A nephew of Mr.. Bl"odgood, of Philadelphia,
the hotei keeper residing in Albany.
Duke de Grammont, of the French Embassy.
Stewart Hillcn of Washington, ID. c.
J. Cook of Osselcnsas, and Mary More.
Mr.. Comstock, brother of the commander OF
the Baltic, was drowned by the capsizing of one
of the boats whilst being lowered. George II.
Burns, Of Adams Express, furnishes the above
particulars, and says that the Government des-
patches from France and England, given him by
Mr.. buchanan. he could not save.
The propeller could not have been the Charity
as she is being advertised TO leave Quebec on the
both inst. 1t may have been British propeller
from Canada conveying troops.
The number on board the Arctic fol
iows:-Passengcrs 255-Crew, l75-Total, 1870.
But fifty of the number are now known to be
ed.