Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-12

81 80, OoRs,ooE. brother bf lh6cOmmdnddr Of The
Baltic, was drowned BY The caR9aing Of boat
whllai being'loWetei. HafE6ei4
George II, Burns, 'of. Adams Express fUTnsbeS
Tie above particulars, tie says Tue GoytInment
lisfhchssflom Fiance and kogland given h!h by
MI Buchanhn. could mol be sayel.
llio bEOnelieF could not have been The Charity
sh0 betie 6Iveftised to leave Qneb6c on Tie 20lh
hlnth Ii lnhv have been British propeller ffcnf
Cpnudd Will troops sf
No news OF The Union OF Europa,
! A dlsnaloh 10 AlT Collins, lt0hi Halifax, states
tbatlhe Two bualsof The AIrllc' with The pqssen-
gers saved, bad reached HnliiaA'
,Seysiat vessels have been dispatched 10 Tile
scene Of disaster with The hope of picking up
persons ahoat on nleceSnl the wreck, $3.50
The following otntemenl Of The loss Of the Arc.
ito Il by Mi BALKAN, 2loiticef;
BALKAN and the nllieI officers ana crew and
ppSenEtrs saved in The two boiM fsached shore
ut BrOad Cove, AMI arrived Al 81 Johns ON Tues
daY.
On Wednesday tho 9th al noon oil Cone Race
beafinsN. w. 90 miles distant While running
thick iog The Arctic was struck on tile slnIbDagd
bow about Xix feet abiil the cut wnler, by the
iron steamer Which made three Jorge holes In lrE
two Lelow the water mark, ole OIL which Is nboqt
81 feet in length and Y feel wlds, ienYl1g the
whole cut water aud stem Of Tue ZION Steamer elect
through the AIoilc's SIDES,
fhe fog was so dense that the vessel could
b. ssen'6at few minutes before Tho collation.
lbs wheel was pit hard slaIbbarl, and tile en-.
gine instantly stDnned and was backed 81 full
speed until snlirey clsno ihs iieemeh which Oe'
cupied couple Of n nutes' Tue Ffench seaill'
eF seemed 10 he Striking bow ffsl, Capt. Luce
Immediately gave orders TO clear away The quarter
b6al, which being done, generally ch'el OiiiceIs
loft ihe AIclc In chpTse Of ihe ptqlboaIJ boat On
low, ring the mort boat the c9p'pin exclaimed
hoist In iiliat ijoat again to Mt Baahlah, aud
beCkOned ME to 20 10 him. Upon doing so leol-
,leTel mr to 90 The bow aud asCenain u posi-.
Tile, What damage had been done Then lOlnd
The Holes nbOYa mentioned NnI upon intOfming
him Of these fcs no gave orders iog6t the sailS up
and ny aud g,tthen around TO The bow aud en-
dtavOt to stop the leak, whi6hwns promptly done,
but Ia no advantage, WhateYeG3 so much iron bro
kenOf from the other steamer and projecting, that
tile sails could not DO brought close 10 Tie vessrls
side. The carpenter was then lowered over the
yesselS aide and mattresses passed down 20 him
10 Ivy and force themIn, but the leak YVES lOundlo
be 50 for Lrlow the water line that II could not Ge
rot al Every rxeIion to stop Tho leak prOvedu1'
avnilIng
Capt. Luce then ordered the ships head 10 he
kept loI laul, which bore NJ fWIbY w g. lY iVlS
time we ud lost sight OF lie cIel olhcel's boat
end the other steamer, which we supposed sunk
We had not Ueen on OuT course mUEU than 8 mln.
utes before we ian over The boat belonging 10 lte
other vessel, the crew Of who'll peTishedwtll the
exception Of one man, who caughl hold oil rope
hanging over our bow; directly alter the bout was
seen orders were given TO stop The engine, which
the chiel engineer said could he done ps The
SUN was fast sinkine, Ia about 3minuies all tie
lower fTes were out, and 3 n, water on the lower
ieck, onli was impossible 10 gel az tile leaks---
The Captain, IN the belief that there was M means
VI saving her said That the .shlps fate should be
his and his sons II was soon dscoyeIei that
there was no hope Of saving the Alctc, aud tile
lady, daughter aud son Of B. K. Collins, with sew
eIa Indies, were nut IN boat, Ia the oct Of low
enng whihb one OF the tackles gave way, aid oil
except one Indy were pIeclpilhtrd INTO Tie seq aud
lost, then jumped inO boat, aud with lB Olh'
eIs picked up oil we fell ~ with Met another
boat which had been lowered from the other SIDE
and lightened ller Of part OF her load, leaving 10
in her aud 26 in my boat, tile last sight We hqd oil
The ship leT guards were u level with Tie whtel,
and tue sea slIewp with human beingswllo hat
Jumped overheard, but 10 whom itwas impossible
" IendeI any asslStAuce aud we SOON l0stslghl Of
all rs the fog continued very dense. We were
then about 90 miles OF Cape Race. Deeming Il
my duty TO take The nearest course, iOTtllv safety
Of alL after pulling 40 huns with 0ohiug 10 guide
us but the rum Of the sea, Which took 10 Cs
hgaving ltOm Tile SoulhwnTd, aud In the thick fog
which lasted oil the time until we reuched Broad
Cove, ~ miles north Of Cape Race
We then plu6eeded by land TO WenewS, which
we reached on Friday last, We there obtained aud
took charge Of Bl1all sohooneIl which was Iltu
for Ike purpose aud Moceeed immediately IN
s-a,oh OF the wreck aud boals, oruised Tonnd. in
Sunny gale OF wind from The north vnst but dis
covered no ITaos Of Ghip0r boots.
sent word % Capt Leilch VI the steamer City
Of Philadelphia, acquaillung him with The cutas'
lt6nlt6 aud aln Informed liS sent on two vessels
which he had employed about Ills Owns ". no
lInce Ol tile articles 81 Arctic or boats could oe
found but there were many Vessels in Ilv ntish'
bOmOod where the disaster occurred.
II il nUtht all unlikely that many lives have been
saved Th "a is no dOubtin my mind tlul The
Arctic Is total loss Tile list Of tile sr-
we'd is pTObablY very Incorrect. We gNethe
tley come vver The wires;
MIS- Word, 49, DupOsne, Fh De MnIcTayu,
A Young, W Gihon, Jr, w " Gllbetb w w Rolh'
bone, ii Mo6res MelChillia, IHehssy, SAlc'
liath, Geo DQwdL, B Mlusa,J BVgatb . pulu'
'Ei,t Of eytD. s1std, --Jno Crib. PlBeL VIM
Bncblan, second mate, MnIk Graham, lUUTllnptej
John Dogner, htal assistant engineer, David Reed,
Iontswnin's mate, aud Tie following SaOIsi Allen
Weeks, lyon, Davis, Humphreys. TuppeT Puge,
Jones, McGee, McR6th, Blake, Jnskens Smith,
Thomas Plenly, Bhily, cfpsuleg, Fertlnap, Mess,
ConnUn EngaE, LuTkin, Mahsn, Mercer, Hard;
wick, bed room servant, and Wpddlnglon Kali
BuksI, walters. tSignedl N,
t3n5Qat Second Officer "Arcllc."
mr. NSI5( IN ATION.