The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-25
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Eaps. Loc~. They win be read s-ssh ,hrillin,
~ When he saw that they must inevitSosx b,
lea. and every person on hoard as keenly ~
preciatinx this fact rs himself, (Mr. Dorian
bavirR been cut loose from the raft all 81
basrd gathered together on the upper deck
The passengers, each in turn, came 10 Cap'ai,
A14uce, m yelhim farewell shake of the hand
a I'd many of the facts connected therewitl
= Csutaia Luce distinctly remembers.
Mrs. Childe and darghteey OF Springfield
Hllass., came 10 him and babe him an affectsona,,
torewcll AZ the ship was going down
r. Daring the lime succeeding the discovery
%thnt the vessel must Inevitably be lost, young
ssunu, named Stewart Holland, engines
Nioofning under instructions, had been constant
N nrng cannon. About ten To fifteen minutes
Aptior to the vessels sinking, he discovered tina
nsther effort in tina, direction were useless, and
> ~ 6red the gun for the last time, young VI
NarinR approached Captain Luce, and shook
lin warmly by The hand, and said 10 him
aCsptain, should yos ever live to reach the
Rad, let the worid know that here's one ssnau
en9 M me ms duty Oravriy
II know it, said Captain Luce. "ior have
ken him throughout
.And more brave, courageous and self
bcriticing being | never saw, said Captain
zee to our reporter.
mir. Bahcock and his lady, of this city, were
- deck, also, up to the last moment. Mrs
kb6cock had been lying sick during INST OF the
ossage. 81 think, said Captain Luce, stnat
3shook hands with them both.
d al think, added the Captain, "that MI Me-
Crocken and his sister, Mrs. Sc'tt. were on the
Upper deck also."
Mr.. Allen thought, at the time that be saw
n Mr.. Catherwood there; hut, upon being qles'i ~
Ehy Capt Luce last evening, could not call I"
IN mind whatever he was not.
FL think, said Capt Luce, .sthat MIR Coom-
stock went ever y hen the tackled OF the small
N boat broke.
III do not recollect VIII .,her Charley 81 Jhn
- among the crowd on the upper deck when
Isths vessel went down, or not
~ saw Capt Pratt aud his lady these. aud
think that they went down with the rest
IS s.Mr. Newbold was one OF the most effitlent
among the passengers. and but short TINS be-
fore the ship went down. was working VITA ali
] his power 90 get spar overheard. He wss on
s.the ship to the last.
81 saw Mr.. Springer, o. Cincinnati, on the
per deck, while We were gong down
Ahout minute before went down, saw
g. coilins. with her daughter and son sand
y On the deck. The two former, l think had
81 Rfe-preservers Master Collins had takn n
his coat and boots.
"Mr. Stone and his family, and Mr. Da, and
4his wife and daughter, were also on the ir'
md were standing together wren the essei
bit do 3n
tsMr. grant and HE wife and son were And-
II together ON the upper deck and weressePt
With the rest
"a spoke TO Mr.. Guient and his wife, nc two
Il nutes before the vessel sank.
al saw Mr.. Benedict and lady vi, The
u Others.
II 81 was speaking with Mrs. Hudson, wb was
standing, with her child, with the o,hs pas
seusers She wished that would allo her
to 20 with Ele, AZ she supposed that W. go
inc 70 take the boat. told her that lould
stand by the vessel to the last
81 saw The Due de Grammont make 'rlng
Into the bows of Mr.. Dorian l(he iast) ba; but
SE1ho,e near to him drsce him out again. That
- the last that recollrct of seeing hn
ga q large number of persons got on watcasks
!, = dashed two together, thinking the were
~ 10 See0sed. But in many instances q LASH |
- BECOME l0ese. and of course the cas- be.
VI H useless. saw ~. different personcmb
n sndevouring to susrssa the mseis by
Asks. They kept above wsse. tpr time.
liy sank.
the vessel wentd down, great uior;ty
5 on board, a. they rose, got on 7 raft
b Had been built. A large number II on
q pieces Of the wreck, doors and othe frag'
floating by. These gradually sepated,
ach one sooa lost sight Of the other
Then the last boat was upon the deck capt
Iueseeded in getting Mrs Collins nd a
\ 3lhber of other ladies into il. But thewere
iced to leave a. we required the boat ser
SS31vfce in making the rafl. They did 80 thout
inv apparent reluctance. Capt. L. saysa this
so0neciion that the ladies', after the firsirihgt
was over. were as calm - can well be ilgined
under such circumstances, and seemed Pectly
resigned TO whatever might be their fate
rax rAsr OF raE PASSENGER IN the AFTER.
Al The waves were engulphing md saw,
close 10 me, Mr. and Mrs. Petrie. Of hladei-
Ssphla.
ar: Mshlon Day succeeded in gst,ioen the
ece 81 lie wheelhouse which va with
sefs bot observing mat we wssa alrty %
N. he beiook himself again to or, BY
;ch he had formerly been sustained.
Z Allen thinks hesaw Mr.. Edwa San.
! on piece Of raft. very soon ar the
~ ling
3 water. After had succ-eded get i
s2 = = The piece Of the wheel hodse, sch Al,
ss SSsS - vrssiyjnr close to the raft, chedl
"a a assisted Mr. Cahill from the W O
IN xS'<ES. 20 He alterw ards fell of againMfs
<fkaE called me TO try to reach hlmA II
hot do it without going overboan y' ,
E Mr.: Allen and had got upon raft, .
Mrs. Alien, Mrs. Brown, Missara
William b Brown and his isand
Nv Others, on the main Iaft; ahey Z
ILL upon the raft when We last 50 EN-. :
1
~ think il il quite possible. saidpt
b. s.and not Al al improbable. that p'h
lsatsty hear Of the safety cf efes's- his
1sou. most Of the vessels pb6st PISS nthe .
- ere sstscard bosnd and &c no non
r - ~. may not.1r<ve been licked the
= . I and ny companions wep. Athe {
IL, Of the Saturda foll6g,
oa&fe was no possible chant for ayhoj
were 90 the pieces Of wreck to bsaved hey 9
2,susf k.us persisted. Those VIII were the
|Steats, however, would ride out Il gale 'afe
~, ana might have been pickeds daytler =
wards and provided the boat sas serly !
managed, BY hsving her head X to thea,
d not zee why the occupan nereuffer
maeerially from the savy seas
RVS sarxlHe or rHE ARcTic-lrH CAP
rAls LucE's son
The Arctic sessdsd stern mos She
went over gradaan0, until theer OK got
level with the water, when the spt over
S. %.
AZ went down" said Csuc" after
the sinking Of the vessel, was ed 1own
greet distance, with my son " b " arms
opened my eyes TO see if d l,sc.ver
light through the wafer. II w>~ime be-
tore could do %, ana then i Id very
long time before reached the When
did %, l could only have held fsw mo-
usents. | saw Willie near me lie pre-
server On him, and vas just strk to reach
him when : piece Of the Paddl(came up
With great force, and fell upon king him
upsn The head