New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-20

rudng from the planks AS soon az discovered this
reported it to Capt Luce which was the rst known
sne AaGtc aasing feSsysd serious damage He then 70
the leak was went below and broke out CARGO coult
hear water rushing in the carpenter ordered below
between decks to stop the leak and commenced cutnl
away the ceiling went TO work with crew md passsn
gers breaking out from lower hold but very
the water the cargo than left the hold AMI
went deck where learned that the lower fires wer
outand from this time all order and discipline ceased OF
board the water up to the lower deck and esninl
rapidly passengers and crew still aboring at the pumps
the Arctic has six boats first boat was lowered with chile
mate hoatswain and three this boat lowered
the condition Of the other steamer and a
behind when we found sinking; she Is probably
safe two Of the quarter boats taken by the second
and fourth officers and another boat was taken by
the engineers, and supplied with provisions water
there were only eight nine in this boat and they
would not permit any to come board although
the boat was not full heard that reyoyers were threat
ened to be used on this occasion.
The fourth quarter boat hauled alongside by Capt
Luce the third mate and myself One Of the ships
was placed in charge into this boat Captain
Luce placed some ladies' but how many there were or
VINO they were do not know Several Of the gentlemen
passengers then made rush and jumped into the boat
and full the painter the boat drfted
astern She had oars but do not know whether pro-
| visions or water.
The 9th boat the quarter deck and after having
over lot Of spare spars to construct rawe
launched this boat for the purpose of aiding the
structon We took the out of this boat 40 that
l ing the raft.
l
some few gratings and watercasks
to construct this raft We cut the bras from the main
spencer and also procured coil of ratline stuff to lash
the raft The only ones employed upon the raft lashng
after the spars were launched MIR Dorian, the
third mate another young man, II think reman) and
water While flashing the raft, the crew and
fremen, and some passengers, commenced getting into
boat climbing down over the ships side and across
the raft This nterfered very much with work. and
that it would be impossible to finish the raft
as it should have been done
tlohn nIn
painter was cut and they commenced showing her of
from the raft. The passengers now coming down
the side on the raft and striving get to the boat
The ship had settled to her upper headlights and
it was my only chance and jumped for the boat she
was leaving Mr. Dorian helped me into the boat and In
an instant were away from the ship. We picked up
two who jumped after the boat and swan her
and then picked up some pieces Of board and padded
away from the wreck.
About ten minutes after showed off the steamer went
down stern foremost We heard fearful Shrek and
saw the passengers swept forward against the smoketack
and then all was over
We saw the raft after the boat went down. apparently
crowded with human beings, but obliged to keep
away from her.
We fell in with spar which attached our painter
as drag to keep the beats head to the We
manned in this position till the following afternoon when
the weather cleared off We up the spar make
oars in which we were engaged when discovered the
bark Huron Capt Wells bound from Bristol to Quebec
who kindly took US on board Weremaned on board the
Huron twenty hours when she fell in with the ship
Lebanon New York who took eighteen Of board
We all up to this city in the pilot boat Christian
Berg NO To- with tine exception OF Mr. Dorian the third
mate of the Arctic who remained board the Lebanon
at the request of the captain to assist in bringing her
into port.
After it became evident that the ship must sink many
of the passengers went to work constructing temporary
RATS by ashing settees together mailing boards to spars
so that it 10 possible that more may have been saved
beside those on board the boats.
While pulling for the Huron, discovered man on
raft and after putting the remainder of boats
board Of the Huron the captain of that vessel gave rs
boats crew, and Mr. Dorian and myself pulled to the
raft and took him off We found him to have been one
of the stewards gang named Peter McCabe who stated
that he the only left out of men and women
who were on the raft the night before.
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