The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-16
SERVICES AT TIE BROONE STREET BAL
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CAPTAIN LUCE'S STATEMENT.
QuEBso, Oct. IA. 1864
T. K CoLrISs-
DzAR IRE becomes my painfa duty to Inform ron
OF the OF the Arctic under my and, with
your wife son ard caue hter
The Arctic sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday, Sept.
20, At1l n, with 233 passengers and aboat 100 Of
crew Nothing Of special note occurred during the pas
sage until Wednesday sept ~, when at noon, We wore
on the Banks in Lat 4645 north, and long 81 west,
steering west BY com psss.
The Weather had becn foggy during the day. generally
distance Of half TO three qua tors OF mite could BIO
ssen, but ct intervals few minutes very dense fog,
followed by beng sufacisntly clear to 40
miles. At noon left the deck for the purpose work
Ing ont the position Of tbs chip Ia about Gfseen
mir utes hoard tho crv Of " Hard stsrboard -
from tho caicars Of the deck. I rushed on
deck and had just Got out whom felt crash
forward and at the sasae moment steamer under
the starbcard bow; at ,bs rcxt moment she struck
against guards ami rsssot esern Of Ihs bows
of the strange vessel scecd bs literally cnt crushed
OF for full ten eot AID seeing that she must probably
sink In few minutes and taxing hssty glance at our
own ship and believing that We were comparatively IN
Injured my drst impulse vas to endeavor TO save ths
lives Of those board tho sinking vessel Tho boats
were ared and the first officer and ak left with
boat, when 1t was found our ship leaking
fesrfuny.
The engineers were set to work. being insru,ted 10 put
on the steam pumps, and tho four deck pumps were
worked by tho and crew. and the ship headed
for the ald which judged to DO about af,y miles dis
tant. compelled to leave my boat Win tae drst
oficer AMI crew TO take care Of themselves.
Several Intellectual attem s made to stop leak
by getting sails tho bows but finding I'll, lie TX anipg
on US very fest, notwithstanding all very psscrfa
Efforts to keep her free resolved to get tao boat,
ready and many Ladies ADD emil ren pacsd II thsn
as possible; but had the a'tanpt been made
Aon the freen and e.hers rushed into than in spits ey
Opposition.
seorg this Of things ordered ths bats astsro
to be kept readiness until order could be restored
whom 10 my dsmay them cut the ropes in TIE boc
and coon diseear asern in the fog Another boat vas
bro by persons rushing ct the davis and many
were precipitsted into the and drowned. This oc
while had been engaged In getting the starboard
guard boat ready placed the second csr Ia charge
es the sanse fedsu scth tie first boat being
eocted-ne. leap;rg from TIE top Of the raj, t,ccty feet
p~shing and massssng Aosc scko in the
boat. then gave orders to the second officer
to let 60, and row afsr the sd, keeping
under the stern to be ready to take board
women and children, the hres out and
the engines stopped Ny attention then draw to
the 9th or quarter boat which found broken down bat
hanging by one tackle rush made eser also and
some he got in and the tackle ard out Of
sight. Hound that not o left board, Or
carpenter and without sny tools TO assist in
building . raft, only hope. The Only officer
left YVES Mr. Dorian the third mate who aided me- with
,ts assistance of many Of the passengers who deserve
great praise their GOODNESS energy doing all ia
their power up to the very latest moment before the
81 ip sunk.
Tho Chief Engineer with part Of his assistants had
taken smallest deck boat and before the ship won't
down pulled Away wi about nfteen persons.
We had succeeded getting tas fore and nsin yard
and top gallant yards board and ish other small
spars and materials We could collect fully
convinced that the ship must 90 down in very short
time, and not moment to DO lost In getting tho
spars shsd together TO form raft, TO do which il 30
came necessary to get Tie nfeboat, only aiming
boat, into the water.
This being accomplished, saw Mr. Dorian, the chief
officer OF the boat taxing care TO keep the oa.s
board 10 prevent them from leaving tho ship, noping
still to get most Of the women and children In this
boat st last They hal made considerable
progress In collecting the spsr', when an alarm
given that shc shp sinking, and tho boat showed
and when tho ship sank the boat had gos clear probl
bly, an eighth Of mile 70 lseward
In an sHadns, about quarter to sue p. r., the chip
reN do,r4s, cdrYng every soul on board ith her.
soon found myself the urfacc after brief strug
cling with my helpless child naJ arms, whom again
felt myself impeel downwards to great DEPTH aud
before rsachei the surface second time had nearly
perished, and lost ne hold Of NY child. A again strus
ged to tho surface OF the water most awful and heart
rendny scene presented sef to my visxouv t,ce hun.
dred mes, rome~ and csildv~ sruo0as together amsdsi
pieces @ sre Of euy kind, calling esca other for
hclp, and mplorpg God TO assist Thorn. Such ON ap-
pslling may God preserve mo from wi.ne&.
ing again.
was in the oct OF trying to aavc my child ~hsn q
portion Of tho paddle box rushing mp edgewis as
grssing my head falling with is whole weight upon the
bead Of my darling child. Another moment beheld
him hfeless in the water succeeded In getting on 70
the top Of tina paddle boz, In company with eloyoo
others ore, however, left for anotc ricce ana
ing that could not support many Diners remained
untn they were one by relieved By death We stood
In water &c temperature OF forty ave degrees up to
cur knees and frequently the broke dire over us
from friends on othsr parts OF the
vrech end passed tho night each one Of us expecting
every hour would be last At last the Wished
r'ornng came. surrounded With dense fcg-not living
soul 70 Be seen but party ecin +
lett in the course Of the morning water
and ot+r things belonging chip, bat nothing
tbas We could 60. to afford any relief. Oar rat was
rrisly settling. as 1t absorbed water.
sout Mr.. 8. n woodruff, Of Nov York, was
loved by Death An tho sttsrs nov began TO euGar
very severely fos wat Of water, except Mr. George T.