New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-12
VARIOUS FACTS AND sURMIsEs.

\ The Commercial fdfeJftfcy.
We have seen and examined Thomas Brennan,
oiler Edward Brian, Patrick Mahon, Patrick Carey,
ard Patrick Tobin, fremep five survivors Of tho
! wreck, who were saved in the same boat with Mr..
Burns ard they corroborate his statement in every
particular of which Il was possible for them To- aye
any persona knowledge. We have also derived from
them some additional particulars OF interest.
Mr. Burns is undoubtedly mistaken in supposing
that the vessel with which the Arctic came in col
lision was the Charity She IL advertised TO leave
| Quebec on the goth inst. The Herald conjectures
that it OF the Liverpool and Quebec line OF
steamers and says:
As these vessels have recently taken BIsh troops tAs
home paaee fear iha; in this an gntiney f.,s has
added 10 that given above"
! But this conjecture is erroneous We learn from
Brennan that The iron propeller was French. After
the collision, she launched boat and sent 1t with ten
men aboard to communicate with the Arctic. Inis
boat struck the side of the Arctic, and was mnie-
dately swamped and swep, under her s:aroo1rd
wheel which killed I've of the men, and the rest we're
drowned, except one who was picked up by the crex
Of The Arctic THIS man could not speak English,
and one Of the French cooks Of the Arctic who con-
versed with him, spoke English imperfectly that
his information WAS, perhaps, not accurately inter-
preteo; but he understood TO say that the pro-
peller French vessel bound homewsrd from The
island of 81. Pierre, the French fishing station, nesr
Newfoundland, and that she had three hundred men
OIL board. Probably she armed vessel sent
OUT by NE french government Tor prOtecuop OF
their fishermen, and was returning home with the
French fishermen and sailors who have been saved
this season from the fishing boats aud other vessels
lost Oh the North American coast.
A report il in circulation that the propeller with
which the Arctic came in collision was the Cleopatra,
of the British and Canadian steamship line, pG the
STATE meDt above made is most probably correct
The propeller struck on her starbcard bow, and
a large hole made in her hull. IL she built
with water tight compartments as such vessels com.
monty are, It is probable that che nsy have kept
ahoat, ard ,ha, her crew have been saved.
Our in ormsnts, who were saved in the Francis
me taic life boat No 1877 with Mr. Dorian third officer,
&c say that all the other five boats larger and
better than it, except the one in which Mr. Rogers,
chief engineer, and his party took refuge, ar. IL Is
Of toe same size a. No 727. Mr.. Rogers boat
was well supplied with provisions, having 10 lbs Of
boiled potatoes, and lo; Of pies and preserves. Mr.
Rogers had compass or other nautical ;n-i-u ent
ard the weather too thick, even on the day sfser
the wreck to take observation Of the sur yet !, s
thought that bis boat would be likely to reach land
which was supposed 10 be not more than forty miles
distant. AZ 70 the four other boats our in.ormaats
could Iot tell whether they were provsoned or bad
any instruments. They think that no ladies we're
saved in any Of the boats but they aid to Mr. Barnss
list of names of persons saved IN the ships boat"
that Patrick Hsgsp Edward Heforiy and Peter
ConDor freiHen, were among ,se saved AID they no
uced passenger "a tau and thin elderly gentleman
shaved smooth, and wearing brown frock.cvst) in
the beat with Mr. Rogers tltsppears from the state
meDt Of two passengers, With whom We have eon-
yersed since the above paragraph was pa; IL type,
tbst six or eight ladies were saved
Tie following named persons hoated OF from the
Arctic on doors pl.nks spas and oths- frail RATS
which il 10 feared could not sustain them long amid
the kesvy sea:
ALEXANDER GRANT. Fireman.
MICHAEL RUSSELL, Coal Ps.sel.
JOHN Riley Coal Poser.
Ard several forward cabin Fasenger whose rAurx v,rs
unbnown nfrmsnts Most Of the I'D e.t ms
bsers Epsish Welsh AID Ger-axas soias 20
California
There were great number Of lie preservsrs on
board. but the 1ndis.ubber proved almoet use.
less. Tie tin did good service Our iaforman,s
ssw number o. booies OF dead women and mn.
with preservers on floating the waves. Richard
HAksn fireman who is one Of the plumber taken Z,
Quebec by The Huron. standing on the starboard
wheel-h6 use of the Arctic, when she went down
Having on gccd hfepreserver ne rose to The su-.