Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-20
MORE OF THE ARCTIC DISASTER.

erously set apurt II car for his use and that of his
fricnd. He met Troy by Mr.. s. II. Fearing,
his brothcr-in-law. Accompanying him were Mr..
George +. Allen, Of New York Mr.. james Smith, of
Nutclez, Miss, and Ferdinand Kcyn. IL young Ger
man, who was rescued with him. The n. Y. Times
says:
AS soon ns Capt. Luce seated, he was greeted
by scores nnd hu..hred- OF people who INSISTED on
shaking him by the hnn'!. Sevcra! ladies came in
with daguerrentyprs Of their lost trlcnds To ascertain
ii he could recognise thcm md give them any inte
gcucc uf their fate.
Al all the stations where lie stopped, Capt. L.
greeted with cheers, and when the train reached
Yonkcrs, the place Of his residence he found two long
lines of citizens formed, through which he walked,
receiving warm congratulations and hearty wei
come.
THE LAST Of TIE PASSENGERS Is THE ARCTIC.
Some u the most Interesting facts that our reporter
! obtained from this interview with Capt Luce were
the positions occupied by the different parties who
were supposed to have been lust when lie last SAW
! them.
| When he saw that they must inevitably be lost,
and every person OH board kccnly npprcclatng
this fact us himself, Mr.. Dorians bOat having cut
loose from the raft, NIL board gathered together on
the upper deck. The passengers, cach III turn came
IN Capt. Luce. gnvc him farewell shake ot the hand,
and many of the fact. connected Herewith Captain
| Luce distinctly Remembers.
Mrs. Childr and daughter, of Springfield, Mass,
10 lim and badc him an alieclionHte farewell III
| the ship gong down.
Daring the time succeeding the discovery that the
vessel must inevitably Gc lost, young man. named
Stewart Holland engineer learning under ili-truc-
TONS, had been constantly i!rng cannon. About ten
tn fifteen minutes prior 10 the vessel sinking ne ds-
covered that further efforts i'll that direction were use
less and he fired the gun for the last time, young
| Dr. Waring approached Captain Luce, and shook
linn warmly by the hand, and said to hin
| Captain, should vun ever live 10 reach the lnnh,
let the world know that hrrcS one man VINO h'ls dor
! his duty bravcy.
Il know it,, sad Captain Lucr ''f"r I have seen
| him throughout
And II more brave, courageous and scli-Sacrh-
cing being newer saw" suid Captain Luce to our
| reporter.
| Mr. ISubcock and his ludy Of this city,
| deck a.su, lp 10 the last moment Mrs. B6bcDck had
been lying sick during most Of the passage ." Think
said Captain Luce, "thnt | shook hands with them
| both"
Il think" added the Captain "that Mr.. McCrack-
cm and his sister, Mrs Scott, were on the upper deck
| also
Mr.. Alien thought, at the time, that h. saw Mr..
| Ca:hcrwoOd !lierc; hut, upon being questioned 10y
Capt. Luce last evening, could not cal! to mind wh--
thcr he or not.
II think said Capt Luce, "that Mr.. Const"ck
we nj over when the tackle ot the small boat broke.
IL 10 not recullect whether Charley -. John wns
among the crowd "n tho upper deck when the vessel
went down, or not.
IL saw Capt. Pratt and hIs lady there, and think
! that thLy went down with the rest.
| "Mr Ncwbod was one rt the most efficient among
IN. ursscuscrs and but snort time before the ship
went down, working wi;h al! ms power IL get II
spar overheard! He wa- on the ship To- tile last
| Il saw Mr. Springer "t Cincinnati Oh the upper
| deck. while We were going down.
| about minute before We went down, saw Mrs
Collins with her daughter and son, standing on The
deck. The two former, think, had on hie-pre.
servers. Muster Collins had taken of his cout and
boots.
.AIr Stone and his family md Mr.. Day und hi-
wife and daughter were ai-o on the deck, and We're
..ll ,l.,Nyp
.:Nr Grnrl and his wit aud sun standing TO-
,c;lcr on the upper deck and We're ow- off with thu
rest.
Il spoke to Mr.. Cuimc; and his wife not two min
utcs before the vessel sank.
| ~ saw Mr. Bcncdc; and la.lv with the others
~ was speaking with Mrs. Hudson, who waa stand
ng with her child with The Other rasscngcrs. She
wished that would allow her To 20 with Inc, IA she
| SUPPOSED that was goin. 10 take the bOHt. told
her that should stnni by the vessel TO the last
81 saw the Due dc Grummont nuke spring into
| the bows of Mr.. Doran's hc lastl boa!; but those
near to him drove him out again. This WIS the last
| tlnt ! rrcollrct of seeing him.
| a large number Of persons got on water casks:
some dashed two together, thinking they were thus ST.
cured But III many instances the lashngs beculnc
loose and of course the crska became useless saw
six different persons climbing up und endeavorng 10
sustain themselves by two caskS. They kept abOve
water Tor limc but finally sank
| after the vessel went down, great majority OF
those board they got on the raft which had
been built. 4 large nuuibcr got on small pieces "i
the wreck, doors and fragments floating by These
gradually separated, and zach one soon lost sight OF
| the other.
| When the last boat upon the deck Captain l..
succeeded i'll getting Mrs. Collins and number OF
other indies into il. but they were forced to leave, ne
We required the b0at for service IN making the raft
| They did so without my apparent reluctance. Cap
thin H. saws in this connection that the ladies' after
the first fright was over, were IL calm as can well be
imagined under such circumstances ana seemed per-
| fccty resigned TO whatever might bc their fate.
| THE LAST OF THE PASSENGERS Is THE WATER.
| .As the waves eugulphnG me- saw, close TO
me- Mr. and Mrs. Petric OF Philadelphia.
.'Mr Mahlon Day succeeded in getting on the
piece of the wheclhuusc which was, with others;
| but, observing thut we were already too full, he be-
took himself again to door, by which he had former
| ly been sustained
Mr.. Allen thi.ks he saw Mr. Edward Saudford on
| piece of raft, very after the sinking
"Mr. Cahill and lady were alongside Of mo III the
water After had succeeded in getting ON the piece
of the whcelhousc, which at that time was lying close
to the raft, reached over and assisted Mr; CMhill
from the water on to tho rift. He afterwHrd tell of
again. Mrs. Cah called me to try to reach hiil; but
could not do it without going ovcrbonrd myself.
! ".Atcr Mr. Allen and | had got upon the raft, we
saw Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Brown Miss Maria Brown, VIII
liam g. Brown aud his ludy, and some fifty others on
the main raft; and they were still upon the rat when
we Inst saw tlIenl.
| PROSPECTS FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
81 think il il quite possbe,' snd Capt Luce, "and
not ut all improbable, that we vii! ultimately hear oi
the safely of Others At this seuson, most OF the YES
el. tboi noss ncar the SPOT are outward bound: and
see no reason why others may not nave been picked
| up the same ms and my companions were. After
the gale however, ni the Saturday following, thInk
there possible chance for any who were on the
nirr,s of wreck to br saved. They must have per
ishcd Those who in the bouts, however, would
ride out the gale in satey and nigh; have been pick
ell Zip days afterwards and provided the boat was
properly managed, by having her head Kept to the
sea- do not why the occupants need suiicr mate
| rally from the heavy sras.'
TUE CAPACITY OF THE BOATS.
Capt. Luce informed our reporter that the smallest
boat which left the ship with the engineers was cRpa-
bic of carrying safely more persons than the largest
bont took nwav: and that the boats on board were
large enough To hnve Carried three hundred persons
safely He deounccs the brutn! conduct ot the crew
who turned into the boats. The boat IN charge oi the
butcher contained IS or2O persons including four or
| FIVE adies among whom Miss Smith, who be-
came utmost frantic when she found her father left
| behind, and begged 10 be permitted to return.
HEROIC CONDUCT OF WOMAN
"About half an hour before tho vessel sank, sad
| Cant, Luce. Il went below Upon looking around
discovered the stcwartlrss Of the vessel, Anna Dow
| ner, who the only person below, working ut the
| pumps with all the power she could command; tod
her Ia up thnt she WAS only eXhauSg hcrseli:
that was useless for her to attempt TO pump out
the ship as il would be to attempt 10 pump out the
occan Captain, said abe, I'm willing 10 pumps
| lnrr n I can work my arms.
T. Miller, who rescued, states thnt many OF the
pn.scngcrs were drowned b. the le-preservcrs,
which, in their ignorance, they had allowed 10 slip be-
low their wnisf- at by tie rising OF the e-prc-
servers lie surface thcIc heads were drawn under
water.
It has been already stated that ono OF the boats
which hit iur Arctic had bvnrd number of Ia
dies Th. a c9ut::n by Ar. Mitchell "i ;. C.' one
of the rescued passengers, o, :he New 1orA E1-
press says states positively that he saw one OF the
boats put OF from the steamer with number OF wo-
men and children OF board-together with the but
cher and baker, both men, CLEAN OF hope Is here
afforded that passing vessel has fallen III WIN
this boat, and received them on board. ..