Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-16
PATRICK TOXINS STATEMENT.

We left Liverpool about 10 o'clock the morning Of
the goth September and had toersble good weather uu
I'll the 9th; all had gone WELL aud expected TO roach
/ New York Saturday following. The 9th calm,
and the a. quotas lake; but very thick fog such
ia common the Banks rendered objects dis.
lnce invisible. There tho usual "ook OUT forward
AID the 81, going at her ordinary speed.
had just gone ON the wn'ch-at uoon-wnen the two
vessels stIucA The shock 10 the Arctic nuS very
sensibly i,l' bv We felt no immediate alarm The
doors OF The Gre opened reduce the stcA and
Mr.. Walker orc of the engineers whose watch he
! !onGcd, seat promptly to the pumps. kept the
steam pumps going until they unable to work.
was coias deck when SIR. Walker ordered me back
vert, and threw IN some coal but the nov
the top furnaces and all further effort was useless
Nr. Walker persisted in his duty, keeping up steam,
until The wscr put out our dres onr only thoughts
measures Of escape. When Eot on deck all
was co.. iusioi; passengers working with desperate
ensrgy ut the forward pumps. Frenehmen Germans
Ergi>h were al calling III their different languag TO
he hsemen TO help them, and running ard fro on thu
deck, sometimes rushing to the pumps, and rushing
/ again Hhen relieved by Others.
Sill the passengers seemed hopeful OF being s,yed-
The abseuce Of Nr. GoCrcy the first was a gre,r
loss He had been sent, after The collision, ascertsn
~hat damage had been done TO the French propeller and
when he returned he could not be taken on board a.
making all speed Tor the land. | believe tia
If he bod been on hoard TO keep the sailors to thei
duty, aud ha'eTai rgged many mere would have been
| s.yed.
The second mate Edward Baaham, acted badly, in m,
opinion lie oSeIed of the quarter boats about
| oclotk-Ihe ship did not go down until about four
"'clo,k-end himself aud most Of the sailors got into it,.
saw nothing o them after came deck. ThirtytNo
we're saved in small boat, and the second mates
boat might lave taken than double that number.
| The departure OF Baaham and The sailor. left Capt.
Luce without experienced hands rigging RATS the
iremen knew little Of what should be done. Mr. Rogers
the chief engineer, seemed a,iive in mis- efforts 10
reduce the leaks and DO all he could under the circum
stances. lie stayed by the ship until dangerous
stay longer rs his boat in imminent risk OF being
swamped by persons jumping oseiboard OF being
red down in the made by the vessel sinking
In the meantime raft made OF the foreyard and
spare spars sud dashed and launched SeventysiI per-
sons-passeDgers coal passers, Sc, got on the raft
They all subsequently, lost except picked up BY
Us. The Arc struck .he sarboard side little
aft the how Three large holes made in the side
| one below the "copper" the NO above.
| Dorian, the third mate active and stad by
the snip until she went doTn. The Passengers with
pairing energy, stuck TO the pumps tie last They
/ ~orkns diem tho last moment IL was an
awful sight. | got to the third mates boat Just
| little Tie before fBal catastrophe
When first attempted 10 leave, the captain caught
me- and the shr! oil my back prev ent my going
eTclamiug, Let the passengers go in the boat" lie also
seized kidd Of exc, and attempted prevent the ire
men reaching the Loaf bat il every one 10 himself
Ani no more attention paid TO the captain thsp to
suy other board. Life sweet TO Us - to
| others.
| Captain Luce seemed like rnsu whose Judgment vas
psralyzed lie paced the deck II there 10 resort
| ut TO siuk With his ship. He could easily bsre saved
himself had he sought bis own safety. him a few
moments before tho Arctic disappeared She vent down
tie stern hnd with uplifted hands and piercing veil
deck shared her fate.
TIE rnt had not been cleared away when the ship
vent dOwu and Of the spars caught under the We.
aud portion of tho raft carried away have ne,
ioubt some who got the raft los, in this way
just before pushed of to avoid being carried down
With the ship, saw lumber Of women in the cabin
locked in each Others arms crying and exhibiting the
ne most intense sgDs u terror and distress. They
all engulphed The Iamentaon3 Of the French aud Ger
mans most pnnfuI,as could easily distinguish their
cries and shouta.
Iffor Tho ATsfi aroI
Heating about, stll alive, but could none Our
;tle boat was filled to its utmost capacity. 50 We had
to leave them 10 perish from tho cold,he always
cold on the Banks-and prey to the fishes The one
out OF the scycniysI the rsft at Gre. whom WI
picked up Afterwards said that ell his companions had
pershed from the cold the hshes-the raft being but
poorly constructed for their protection.
Next morning, at six o'clock, boat picked up by
thebsrk Huron bouGd Tor Quebec We bad passed fearful
night, as the sea got rough and had hAbdspkes
and bits Of wood for oars OuT only food was cabbsre
and some bits Of urnp; aud Of had ased from the
previous morning On the Huron we're well treated
could expect
We all regretted muo that hne young man belong.
ing to the Arctic not saved his Stuart Hol.
land His father Sergeant arms OF Of the houses
OF Congress lie could not be induced leave the ship
his post was at tue gun, hring signals he kept aros tbs
gun ill the vessel sunk; saw him 10 the very Of
hrng as the vessel disappeared below the waters.
Besides the heart-rending sight Of so many erpre
sing faces, and bands lifted IN Wild despair or IN ago
nizing appeal to heaven aud the awful cry which smots
our care IN the lsst moment, other Incident sen
thrill OF dread through hearts Just as the wafer
cosng tue smoke-pipc there rose up from the
sea sound like heavy groan, ocean sigl; caused
doubtless by the steam aud heat Ia the boiler but il was
q sound never TO be 70 gotten.
may mention, also, incident, that Tom Brennan
bad opportunity TO be saved In the Chief Enginperb
boat, but he had charge Of bog named Mclaughlin
whom be would not abandon. Both we're saved In our
boat IL s said gentleman threw heavy purse o! gold
from the ship 70 the boy after no got iu,o the boat
Burns, the eIpressnsa In Mr. DoraIu's boat when
/ reached II. When we're taken on board the Huron
Buns put bis hand In bis pocket and pulled out band
ful OF gold syng to Us 20 DO 10 good spts 90 be h.d
plenty 20 provide for al when got Quebec even
N the American Consul did look 10 ~. we thought
him ne fellow and gave him all the information IN our
power about the names Of tho crew. &C.. and whom We
supposed safe and whom Lost. He wrote ali carefully
down.