Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-14
Arrival Of Arctic Passengers by the
Steamship Europa.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT BY MIR.
BAAIiHAM
INCIDENTS AND PARTICULARS PROM VARIOUS
SOURCES.

| INCIDENTS AND PARTICULARS PROM VARIOUS
SOURCES.
The steamship Europa, Capt. Leitch, ar
| rived at Boston Thursday night, at about II
o'clock. The Europa brought the passengers
| of the Arctic who escaped in the two boats
which arrived at Broad Cove, As in ALL togeth-
er with some of the passengers by the unfor-
tunate steamship City of Philadelphia. Of
those on board the Artic, arrived by the Euro
pa, are % of the officers and crew of the
steamer, together with the passengers who
were in those boats. After reaching the shore
| at Renews, where they were received in the
| most hospitable manner by the inhabitants,
the sufferers walked to a small town nine miles
distant, and chartered schooner, and pro-
ceeded to st. Johns, N f., whence they pro-
| ceeded to Halifax in the steamer Merlin, ar
| irving about half an hour i'll advance of the
| Europa.
Immediately on the arrival of the Europa,
| reporters went on board, and held con-
| versation with Mr.. BALKAN, I'd officer of the
| Arctic, some of the passengers, and few of
| the crew.
| All we have seen, agree in stating that Mrs.
| Collins and son and daughter were in the
boat which tipped over, and that they were all
| drowned. One gentleman said to us, al had
my eye on her, and heard her shrek, when
|
| there could be no doubt that this party were
drowned, as has been stated. One OF the most
lamentabe features of this disaster is the state
ment that not soOn,an or child aoas Saved.
| This is a sad reflection.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT BY MR.. BAALHAM.
Among the passengers by the Europa, is
| Mr.. BALKAN, the I'd officer of the ill-fated
| Arctic. We saw him and conversed with
him last night, and gathered from him some
| particulars additional to his former statement.
| The persons saved in the two boats under his
command were forty-fve in all.
Mr.. BALKAN reports that up to the time of
his leaving st. John, no tidings had been re-
ceived of the two missing boats belonging to
the Arctic.
Mr.. b. stated that there were two men on
the look out, when the collision took place.
The propeller was seen but moment before
the vessels struck--not in time to stop her
Roadway. Mr.. c. repeats his former state
ment in regard to the thorough search which
was made by the vessels which were sent to
look for the boats of the Arctic. The cruise
was continued seven days, but not vestige
of the wreck was seek. The boat in which
Mr.. B. and the Purser went out, cruised from
Friday until the succeeding Tuesday, during
which time neither of them closed their eyes.
mand of which Mr.. BALKAN was ordered by
Capt. Luce, a great number jumped overheard
in hopes of getting on board of her. There
were two men in the boat besides the I'd Off
Ger, and they laid hold of the drowning men
in the water around them, and pulled them
on board the boat, until it was impossible to
rescue any more.
Capt. Luces son, Mr.. B. states, was a Grip
pie, and was lying in his berth at the time of
the accident.
This is not the first time that Mr.. BALKAN
has been in scenes of trial on the ocean. He
was on board the New World at the time that
vessel rescued the passengers from the burn
ing ship Ocean Monarch, of Boston. He COM
manded one of the boats of the New World,
and succeeded in rescuing large number of
the Ocean Monarch's passengers. For his no.
Bile conduct on that occasion, he received a
gold medal from the Massachusetts, Human ne
Society.
Arctic passengers arrived By the Ewopo.--
Passengers-C. F. Mitchell of Charleston, S.
c., w. A. Young, Ireland, w. Gilbert, New
York, henderson Moore, do. w. Z. Rath-
bone, Providence, L. de Mayer, Belgium,
VIM. Gihon, Ireland, q. du Passein New Or
leans, E. NJ. Tuss, ] Hennessy, ]. NJ. Math,
Geo. Dobbs, and Dulacquais.
Crew-H. Vicks, New York, Henry McGir,
do, Martin Black, do, Geo. Fleming, do,
John HUMPHREYS, do, John Davis, James Al
len, N: j., James Page, N. Y, Thomas jack
son, do, Henry Jones, do, A. Bealy, do, p.
McMan, do, Peter Cannon, do, Patrick Ha-
gan, Liverpool, VIM. Hendrick, N. Y, J.
Waddington, do, James Mercer, do, Henry
Nigel, j. Degman, Boston, Mr.. Baalham, I'd
officer, Mr.. Graham, 4th officer.
THE STEAMER VEsrA-The Vesta arrived
at St. Johns, N. F., on the 9th Sept. She is
a merchant screw steamer, and was bound
from st. Peters to Granville. She was run
ming in dense fog, about s knots an hour,
when she struck the Arctic. One man was
killed, and several others were in ured by the
collision.
Two boats were launched, the first of which
sunk, and the second was taken possession of
by two of the crew and several passengers
against the orders of the Captain. They were
never seen more. The bulkhead of the fore
castle was not started, and the fore part of the
steamer being lightened by throwing freight
overheard, theinext two days were consumed
in securing the break, when the steamer run
to st. Johns.
The Vesta had on board 147 passengers, and
crew of fifty men-of whom Is were lost.
STATEMENTS OF THE SURVIVORS,.
Peter McCabe, who was waiter on board
VIC AAblOS was OhAy pCASolA otlf nun
seventy-six unfortunates who took refuge on
the raft. His brief narrative, therefore is of
unusual interest; and besides it gives some
| facts, which have not been heretofore stated
''About II o'clock, on Wednesday, one
week exactly from Liverpool, the Propeller
struck us, about forty miles from Cape Race.
| The passengers and fremen of the Artic, i'm
| mediately went to work at the pumps. The
| ship was steaming ahead after she struck, and
one of the passengers of the Propeller, got on
| board at the time of the collision, butthe poor
| fellow was afterwards drowned. Captain Luce,
| thinking he would be able to make land at
| Cape Race, did not stop to take the first Off
| Ger and his men in the boat Instantly alter
the collision, l saw about four men in the
| water; they were washed nnder the paddles of
the Attic, and killed.
| In about all hour the water reached the boil
ers, and extinguished the fires. The passen-
| gers and crew then got axes, and went to
work making raft. The firemen lashed three
or four water casks together, and at the same
time, there were good many people, men and
women, floating on doors and beds. The water
was now on the main deck, and | ran to the
| saloon deck.
AS soon as we reached there, was immed-
diately covered with water. The Arctic was
| fast sinking. AS soon as came CAL top of the
water l seized hold of the door which had
been taken down to save the passengers. /
| then got from the door to the raft. There
were more people trying to get on the raft than
| it would hold. Some we're clnging to the raft
| with one hand. There were four ladies on
the raft. Altogether there were seventy-six