New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-17
THE LOSS OF THE ARCTIC.
INCIDENTS RELATED BY
CAPT. LUCE.

Cant. LUCE furnishes the following information
which is either additional more in detail than that
before published:
Mrs. Childe and daughter of Springfield. Mass,
came 10 him and babe hun an afiectionSte farewell as
the ship was gong down.
vessel must inevitably be lost las before reIated
Young man named Stewart Holland, an engineer
learning under Instructions had been constantly hnhg
q cannon. About ten TO fifteen minutes prior 10 tne
vessels sinking be discovered that further effors in
nat direction were useless, and Us he fired the gun
for the last time young DIR. Waring approached Capt
Luce and shook him warmly by the hand, and said
70 him: -
le. the world know that here one man who has done
biz duty brsvely."
"Iknow it. - said Captain Luce, "for have seen
" him throughout 80.
And q more brave, courageous and selt-sacrihcing
being never saw" said Captain Luce.
Mr. Allen thought at the time that he saw Mr. Cath
erwood on deck but upon being questioned by Capt.
Iuee cosd nca call to mind whether he was 80 UT not
thnk said Capt. Luce that Mr. Comstock went
over when the tackle Of the small boat broke.
do not recolect whether Charley ST. John was
suonr the crowd on the upper deck when the vessel
went down, or not
saw Capt. Pratt and his lady there, and think taat
they went down with the rest.
Mr. Newbold was one Of the most efficient among
The passengers and but short time before the snip
went down, was working with all his power 30 get
l saw Mr. Springer OF CINCINNATI, on the upper
deck while We were going down.
About a minute before We went down saw Mrs.
Collins with her daughter and son, standing on the
deck. The two former think had on iiiepreservers'
Master Collins had taken of his coat and boots.
Mr.. Stone and his family, and Mr. Day and his wife
and daughter we're also the deck, and were stand
ing together when the vessel went down. .
Mr.. Grant and his wife and son were seen standing
together on the upper deck, and were swept OIL with
the rest. ..;.,.oa
before the vessel sank.
saw Mr.. Benedict and lady with the others
was speaking with Mrs. Hudson, who was stand
ING with her child with the other passengers. She
wished that would allow her TO 60 with me, as sne
supposed that Was going 10 take the boat. told
her that should stand by the yessei 70 me Iast.
saw the Due de Grammont make spring INTO
the bows of Mr. Dorians the last boat, but those
near 10 him drore him ont. That was the last that
fecellect Of seeing him.
As the waves were engulphing me- saw close 10
me Mr. and Mrs. Petrie OF Phladephla.
Mr.. Mahlon Day succeeded in getting on the piece
Of the wheelhouse on which was with others; but,
observing tina. were already too fu ne beoS h'n'-
se1 arasn TO a door, by which be had formerly been
Mr.. Allen thinks he saw Mr.. Edward Sanford on
piece of raft very soon after the sinking.
Mr.. Cahill and lady were alongside of me in the
xater After had succeeded in getting on the pine
Of the wbeelhouse which at that time lying close
10 the raft reached over and assisted Mr.. CahI
;ov, The water ON 10 the raft. He afterward fell of
again Mrs Cahill called me to try to reach him. but
could not do it without gong overheard myself
Ms. Allen Mrs. Brown, Miss Maria brown, VII
lam b. Brown and his lady, and some my osaers, on
the main raft and they were still upon the raft when
we last saw them. L., o..
nm. compass into her. aud have her ready TO receive
passengers He did so, when again the hremen ana
other, sprapc over the bulwazks, falling one ON Top
AL q
Of the other into the boat And seeing .hs' WIS ~
likely 10 be continued ordered him to drop OUT oil
the way and follow under the stern OIL the snip
To nv surprise howevee, IL was not hve m'nates oe
fore he was ont sight and with not more tnan one
half Of the persons on board when me ooA. 10
pablo Of carrying. Mr.. Baalham asked me II ne
should put my little boy in the boat SAID, No;
should not allow it until other people were provided
for; thstht muss take his chance esth me-
While Capt. Luce was preparing one Of the boats
for the reception Of the company with Mr. Gilbert, be
found two 6remen seated in 1t. He ordered them cut
one of them replied that has life good as that
At apy one on board. Capt. L. raised carpenter
msllet and threatened him with death II he did MOI
instantly obey. Upon that he drew knife; he did
not use Il, however, but sulleny left the boat.
As regards Mr. Gourlie, Capt Luce thinks that by
the time the engines had stopped working the Arctic
must have gone fully fifteen miles from the point
where he last saw him. and told him they could not
wait for him.
One of the passengers saved on the wreck with
Capt Luce and Mr. Allen, intelligent young
German, 90 years old, named Ferdinand keyn. He
v a native Of Sonderhsusen, Germany. He was q
Messenger in company with Capt. Christensen, who
had a ship lying at Baltimore. Young Keyn had
had some 1--WE years experience on the sea, and was
about 10 become second mate OF Capt C.s vessel.
NJ X states that when he sank be sank TO a con-
siderable depth and on coming up, seized door
that was floating by. He subsequently left this and
seired chest, but this going down, he made sue
cessful effort 10 reach the psddle.box.
On this boz he saws be found Mr.. Ireland, Capt
Lace. youne Frepchmsn whose name we did not
know Mrs.. Wilkinson, wife Of the steward, with her
two children, and several others