The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-21

crew: another boat was taken by Ike cnrin-
GERS, and was supplied with provisions, water,
Sc: .l.crc were only eight or nine in this boat
and they would not pcrmi, any one else to
come on boarl. although H. ,or m.t no' fu}:
heard that rcvolrcrs were Threatened 10 BE
,yfl on this OCCASION
lives the following graphic account Of
the knaf catastrophe:
AT this moment the boat was Is t;W a.,
sIe co"'| ho'd, and the painter was cut and
they commenced showing her oil from the raft
- escrs were now coming down over
.iha re on the raft, and striving to get into the
boat. w2le sl'iphad settled to her upper dead
lights, and1 saw it was ny only ch.nre, and
jumped for the boat as she wa leaving Mr.
Dorian helped me into the boat and in an in
st,nt n were away from the >'ip. Wei pick
ed up two men who jumped after the boat
and swan for her, and then picked up some
pieces Of board and padded away from the
wreck.
About ten minutes after we showed off the
ssaaapevcnt down, stern foremost. We
heard one fearful shrek, and saw the paS:cn-
gers swept forward against the smo.:c-s.ach,
anil then all was over.
We saw the raft after the boat wen: down
apparently crowded with human beings, tut;
were obliged to keep away from her"
Mr.. Thompson, OF New Orleans, SAYS that
he saw six or eight Of the female passengers
in one Of the boats one of whom, he was in
formel, was Miss Schmidt. who, with lrr
father, was on board on her return from a.
tour in Europe. The father WAS among those
seen on board Tie wreck when it went
down Hope. are entertained of the safety
Of Mr.. Collins family. Mr.. Doran, the 3i
mate reports that Capt. Luce I.la.o,! thcm in
. boat well provieioncd and that ;hcv left he
steamship. in safety.
BY dc'rltch from HALIFAX, We learn that
The French >rrew steamer Ncs.a arrived a,
st. Johns on the "0th. liavin. lost her fore
mast AID with her bow. shattered TO pieces
Size l.a'l been in collision with the Collins
CrAm>li;p Arctic, anl not the Cleopatra. from
Quebec as was reported. She lost II pa<*cn-
gers Thrtvonc OF TIE Ar, is crew were
saved. and three of her boats hal not yc;
been heard from. They were life boats. aul
it was hoped had been picked W. The YES
sells which were sen: III search of the boats
returned on Tuesday without having gained
the slightest intelligence of either the Arctic
or her boats The passengers and crew saved
from the Arctic lett Halifax Ly the Europa.
which arrived a: this port last evening.
Capt. Luce with seven or eight of his pas
sen.crs and five of his crew, were picked I'M
from :ei! by the bark Cambria, Capt Rus
sell. and arrived here last night.
After the collision, and when Capt. Luce
found that the Arctic must 20 down, lie with
shc passengers for by this time all the sea-
men had left with the exception of one-,hc
81 officer lost no time in flashing <pars to-
BS'"SA =" 1oi VI lAL- Hc HIC-Dodt WdS tHt
only ore lett at the time. and to get the raj
constructed It was necessary to get the life
boat into the water, but the oars were left in
the Arctic, TO prevent the itc-b boat from be-
ing takeu away from the ship.
STATEMENT OF CAPT LUCE.
The following was tclcgraphed 20 the Sat
urday Evening Gazette:
QUEBEC, OFT. li.-Capt. Luce at.cnp.c,..
to get the women and children into the re-
naming boat, Tut the alarm was given that
the ship was sinking, when the litc-boat was
taken hurricd!v OIL without oars or ANYTHING
else tc help themselves with. When this boat
had got oil about an eighth Of mile from the
Arctic the ship sunk.
This was about a quarter to o tlork, =. u
Capt. Luce took farewell of Mrs. Collins and
her sen and daughter Just as the vessel was
going down. lie found himself soon after OF,
the surface with his own Child in his arms
but found himself Immediately ilul, He'd down
wards. by the time he reached the surface
second time, lie was so exhausted that he a.
bect gave Up all hope and nearly lost the gra>I
Of his child. Immediately after LARGE pi,c,
of paddle box came up beside him with
awful force, grain. his head and struck with
fall force on the breast of his dear child. :
In a moment after lie saw his child a CORPSE
or tie surface of the water.
Capt. Luce with some eleven others tl.cn
s.. On top Of this piece of paddle box, bu,
finding 1t sinking, some Of them, with Capt
Lice, got on to anothc. piece o. lie wreck
and were very soon alone, having lost sight
OF Tie others, WHO had Succeeded in rctti..-
on .pars Of the wreck
opt Luce and party, who were up to
their knees IN water, suffered severely from
cold. They were in this position about fifty
hours.
Or the morning Of TIE :9:h at day break
tiIt. saw the light Ola vessel. and all Oh the
fragment of the wreck summoned up their
remaining strength to hail the vessel. The
~ hal not cleared oil, aal they were not
noticed, and carly on he same day, the mist
having cleared away considerable, CAPT
Luce saw vessel far away. The vessel
proved a'.crward. TO be the Cambria bound
iro". Glasgow to Montreal.
The mate Of the Cambria at \ little distance,