The daily union., 1854-10-13
STATEMENT OF MR.. BURNS.

returning from European tour Of pleasure only thirty
two known to have been saved and certainly
than one hundred can by any possibility, have escaped
watery grave.
In addition to all this another large steamer freight
ed with hundreds Of human beings, has, in all proba-
by, met Ike fate The details of the horrible disaster
are as follows:
On Wednesday, September 81 precisely at o'clock, m,
ia dense fog, came in contact with barquergged
iron propeller with black hull salmon-colored bottom
lead-colored poop and boats and black pipe She was
bound eastward, and had all sail set with strong,
fair wind The speed OF the Arctic at the time about
thirteen knots hour The shock TO appeared slight
but the damage to the other vessel frighul Captain
Luce instantly ordered the quarter boats cleared away and
the chief mate hoatswan and three sailors went to her
lief Before other boats left the order counermanded
The Arctic then described circle twice round the wreck
during which time caught glimpse OF more than two
| hundred people clustered on her hurricane deck
Al this juncture it first ascertaned that had
taned injury and the pouring in at bows.
When the first officer alongside to report the captain
unable to take him up but headed NNW in the hope
of making land Our position on the previous day at II
O'clock latitude 4S &c. longitude AS 27. We had
about three hundred and ten miles from the time Of this
observation until the of collision, and sup
posed to be forty miles from Cape Race The pumps were
! vigorously worked, and anchor chain thrown
board but in spite Of all exerton the engines stopped
and the extnguished the fires Four of the five other
life boats believed have been we'll proyisoned contain
ing the engineers sailors few passengers and all the Off
except the captain and third mate lett the ship at
early stage The majority of the passengers working
at the pumps-some firing the signal guns, and Others
launching spars under the direction of Captain ipce
and Mr.. Dorian, the third matel to form raft
In order to facilitate this latter work the sixth and last
boat lowered. Dorian two hremen, three Of
the other passengers saved and myself busily
gagged ashng water casks and seees to the main yard
topgallant yards and several smaller sparshe cap
tan with number of gentlemen protecting the work by
keeping back the crowdwhen panic seized all board
rush made passengers and remen preepitned them
selves headong the bulwarks to the raft and in
moment our little boat was full and in imminent danger
of being sunk In this emergency Dorian ordered the rope
which held to the to be cut and with hands
and padded from the rafts side The mate WHO
throughout preserved great OF mind and abod
with heroic energy cried out "For Gods sake, captain
clear the raft, so that work. won't desert the
ship while there's timber above watern
But the now flush with the headlights In less
than three minutes the he spoke the sunk
the foam went boiling the tumbling heap of human
beings many dashed forward against the pipe !
heard wild yell, (sll ringing in my ears and
the Arctic and the struggling rapidly enguphed
Numbers yet clung to the raft
but alas we could render them aid. Our own sua-
ton less precarious, and cruel as it seemed, We
forced to abandon them to fate Heaven forbid that
should ever witness such another scene We however
picked up two men, and then, with overloaded
boat without oars tholepns food or drink avoiding with
difficulty the fragments of the wreck and passing many
dead females, prepared for night upon the ocean We
secured floating pumpkin and cabbage to guard against
immediate starvation ashed spar the bow of our boat
to keep her head to the wind and and thus dred
til daylight the night cold and foggy, with heavy
swell and in cramped drenched, and half naked cond-
tion suffered terribly.
Without dwelling upon mseries, alieviaed much by
the consciousness that had endeavored to do duty
to fellow-men suffice it to say that five o'clock
the afternoon of the 2Sh esped sail, and raised
handkerchief to attract atenton We were successful
With the rude substitute for which we had construct
ed during the day by ashng panks to the capsan bars
with view of attempting TO gain land when the sea sub,
sded pulled towards the ship On way passed
the remnant of the raft with one man on it apparently
alive.
The barque proved be the Huron, of St Andrews N
b.. Captain A. WALL bound for Quebec Our men safe on
board the nobleheared Dorian, with of the urons
crew. returned the raft and rescued the poor fellow who
for twentysix hours had cung to the spars He states
that after the steamship sunk he counted evenytwo men
l,,to al the
only alive In the morning two bodies were beside
him, much by fishes and at the time he boat
he was on the point Of voluntarily ar9pplg no the sea e
end his agony Coming from the raft Dorian encountered
| and examined the life of the Arctic 1t contained a
bottle of water, some cheese, and lady's garment
BY the humane captain of the Huron, and Mr.. Yelling
ton Cameron of the owner, received with
great kindness wounds dressed fires kndled and food
and clothing provided in abundance During the night OF
the 28th Capt Wall hung out extra lights fred rockets,
and kept horn blowing, in hopes of falling in with the
reninder of the boats But his endeavors rnitess
On the evening Of the 10Th, he spoke the ship Lebanon
Capt. Story bqnnd for New York. by whom eighteen o.
number taken oiT kindly welcomed, aad vel
treated We have this moment reached New York, by
pilot boat Christian Berg No. 49, 10 which trans
ierred from the Lebanon and to the of which
under great obligations
The fate of the propeller and our five boats is unknown
If the steamer was, have to think the Charity
from Montreal TO Liverpool she is believe, built with water
tight compartments, bukheads and will float notwilh
standing the damage to her bow The fact that boat e
her which capszed by paddles augurs i'll for her
bnoyant condition, hopgl Capt Wq, of the HaIoq, o.
the morning of the aSth singparpohing craft faf
to lecwari, but unable to tell whether she
sailing vessel He says she had nondescrip
appearance and may have been the wreck of the propeller
The following is list of those saved in the sixth boat
sdkea to quebec Jy he Huron.
James Abry ships cook; Luke Mccarthy Joseph Con-
molly, Richard Makan, Thomas Conroy, James Connor
John Drury Christian Moran, james Ward Christopher
Caaher, hremen; Thomas Wilson, assistant engineer
Rohert fryan iiagiG Barry Erastps Miller, waters
.frripid atthis tsoa ia ne ts4aups
Edward Brian Patrick Alahon Thomas Garland Patrick
Casey Patrick Tobn, Dobbn Carnagan frenen; Thomas
Brennan, assistant engineer; John Connolly, engineer
gan porter Michael Mclaughlin, boy Peter McCabe
(picked of the raft waiter VIM. Nicos Henry Jenkins
Trescoa Scilly island James Thompson New Orleans;
Capt Paul f. Cram New York George H. Burns, Phila-
dephiapasscugers Francis Dorian New York. third oh-
cer
Names of Persons kRoeR 10 be IN The Ships Boats
The five boats which may have reached land or been
picked up are known to have contained
Mr.. Gurley, first officer Ihomas Wilde boatswain; Mr.
Baahlam, second officer; Mr. Graham. fourth officer Ea
Moore New York passengers; Ar iogers chief enpnneer
Mr. Drown rst assistant; Mr. Walker second assistant
Mr. Willett third assistant; Daniel Connolly John Moran
John Flanagan and Patrick McCauley ireDen Mr.. Ding
nell Mr. Kelly and Mr. Timpsou, engineers and young
man named Robinson under instructions in the engineers
department. besides sailors and quartermasters.
Amongst those whom last the quarterback
must have sunk with the ship perished the raft Were
Captain Luce and SON. Mrs f. X Collins Master Colt Col
lin Miss Collins Mr. Brown and family (conne1ion ofthe
senior the firm, oil Brovn Shiplev Go Iiyprpool