The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-18

chance fos any uhs xsrs on s psoss Of wrsek 20 -
saved They must have psriahsl Thsss -ho were in
AID might haze bssn pcksd up days Afsrwads and pro
% Il. .. 1890 e,
NEED suffer materially from the heavy SECS.
The Arctic settlsd stsn foremost shs wsnt down
grAuay untn the upper deck got level with the water
AL went down, said Captain Luce, after the sinking
o. the ysnel was carried down great dist,ncs WIN
my SON Willie In my arms Opened my eyes 70 see II
time before could do and then II seemed very long
time before reached the surface When did %
near me with . life prsservsr on him, and WAS just
struggling to reach him when piece Of the paddle box
up With great force and fell upon him, striking him
struggled to get away, and looking aroundI saw
that the box sliding upon the water short dis
struggle had cut my head badly which caused Il 70
bleed very profusely, and compelled for tune
afterwards to wash frequeny TO keep the blood from
At about the same time. By some It ID supposed,
from the newspaper accounts that tbs piece
was an entire paddle box This z not 50; it Va: ony
ccncave.
Some eight or ten others got ON the SANS fragment
with US During the time We were there. all the food
We had was small boilsd chicken which Mr.. Allen had
taken from the table bsfore leaving the ship This
divided among those who wore board did not suffer
sight felt soms thirst and considerable exhsuston
but far ~ this want OF food concerned. think
could have got along for . long time
We had small trunk the wreck, from the contents
Of which supposed it belonged to some fem ,e
As Late the early part Of the last night there six
Of ms remsinng Of whom three fell down from exhsus
ZION and were washed of BY the SO. Young Keyn, tn,
German boy who was with US suffered intensely. he
happened TO have biscuit With him which had be
incres his thirst and to make matters stu worse he
drsDk Of the water Eli suferings were boy )nd
would die as hs
time pulled b m back on the wreck At one time he
cut open vein In his arm and sucked his bload The
last time he jumped over was about fifteen minutes be
fore we disc overed the Cambria.
Al dsybreah We discovered to the northward Of u.s.
About
ter Keyn was rescued from self destruction . Dad
time, Mr. Allen discovered sail sanding fru US. Sac
arch which seemed to form in the fog, and gave US
Gear view through it directly In the line Of the ship
her Upon this our sp rts again dropped
1t was during the tine that she was thus mAnduvrng
that che picked tho Frenchman who had belonged to
the vesta and he immediately informed she officers Of
the Csmbriawhich proved to bs her name that there
probably other survivors in ths vicinity, upon
which Capt Russell went aoft with his SPY gi,ss and
board then Mr. smith, then piece Of wreck containing
three fIemen and another with two others
After found that Mr. Dorian was the only officer, and
indeed the only belonging to the sailing department
in the left and when hac been done that
could be dore to keep the ship from sinking he went Vi
ting spsrs for that purpose lie was constantly
cheering those around him telling them to keep cool
and bslp him, and he would give them raft that would
hold them ali he did his utmost to accomplish it He
behaved most msufuly throughout
After had got on the paddle box hailed to Dorian
who in the boat and within sight, to come to US.
though do not know whether he heard me not Had
all within the heat felt disposed they could by padding
Of all with bim M Dorian could have effected nothing
instructed Mr. Baahlsm to get boat down. to put
compss into her. nd havs her to receive passen
gers. He did so, when sg ain the 6remen and others
spraug the buwarks fAog top Of the other
into the beat And seeing that this likely to be
low us under the stern OF the shio To my surprise,
however, 1t not ave minutes before hs out OF
sight and with not more than half of the persons
Mr. Baablam asked IL be should put my little boy
in the boat? said" No. should not allow it until
other people were provided forthat he must take his
CHI nee with me-"
Captain Luce n.orms, our reporter that the smallest
boat which left the ship with the engineer cspsbe
took away; and that the boats on board were large
CROUCH to have carried three hundred persons
safely.
water as large as barrel constantly Each one of the
four steam pumps threw column of water six inches
in aiamss with trsMsnaors force and the four desk
ter OF he fsme diameter In spite u all this the ship
surk rapidly.
While Captain Luce was pre- one Of the boats for
the reception Of the company with Mr. Gilbert he Ton nd
two fremep seated in it, He ordered them out One OF
tn replied that his life was as good as that Of any
let and thu eatsned him with death IL hs did
y obey Upon that he drew knife; he Gid 1t,
however, but suIlenly lief. the boat.
As regards Mr. Gou.e, Capt. Luce thinks that by the
time the gines had stopped working the Arctic must
saw him, aad told him they could not wait for him
One OF the passengers saved on the wreck With Captain
Luce and Mr.. Allen into lgent young German 20
years old, named Ferdinand Keyn. He is native of
Soncsrshausen, Germany. He was passenger in com
pspy with Capt Christensen, who had ship lying
Baltimore Young KeJn hal had some Eve years. exp Pc
yierc no vaa Ia ata
OF Capt ca vessel Er K states that when he sank he
rank to considerable depth, and coming up seizei
seized chest hut this going down he made ucsesssul
effort to each the paddle. box
On this box he says he found kr. Ireland Capt Lucs
young Frenchmsn whose name We did not kaow, Mrs.
Wilkinson wife Of the steward with her two children,
and several others
Mr. Ke,n has obtained strong hold on the affections
Of ell he has met Captain Luce speaks in the highest
terms of his gentemanly bearing and kind pcrtmens
Mr. Allen his fellow sufferer has dec,ded to take him in
$t5 subscribed for him and the Other
we're generously contributed.
urdsr the charge OF the butcher, four Ave
a5ies one OF whom, ! distinctly rec ,l,ect was Miss
smith che had succeeded 10 getting into the boat with
medistely followed BY her father. Whea she that
he not in the boat she insisted upon getting out of
H. ard became almost frantic as rhs butcher cut The
painter. There some eightsen or twenty persons,
think, in the boat at the tine. This Of the
largest boats the vessel, and suspended the
Abcut hali an hour before the ,e sank, - eaii
CO plain Luce, II wert below. Uoon looking rourd
discovered the s.ewardes of the vessel Anna Downer
who the only person bslow, working a. tbs pumps
with all the power she could command. told her to
up; that the only exhaustipg hersef that 1t
wAa useless for her to attempt to pump out the ship
would be to lttem pt to pump out the cap
TAIN said she Pm willing to pump rs long a. can
work my arme. told her again that she had better
up with the Others She asked me If would no.
tahe her into the boat with me2 rerlei TO her that
not going to got into tn. boat but that when the
ali anG al ~ Ia IN
II had nan in my employ" said Captain Luce to
reporter. "who OF the faithful fellows
even During the whole OF the folloxn the
collision he in constant attendance upon every one,
and particularly to my caid 1t through his Efforts
that many of the ladies' were supplied With life prs
he to and asl ed Ii had life preserver.
said had not Upon giving him this answer. he ia.
sisted that should take tbs ope he had. to- him
that he would need L. that he had Deter ksep II him