The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-28

b s6oTtss nads 70 ave the passengers AID
nd pun ping, consisted In he lowering Of the
we're n NUMBER. We read q one which
bed, and Of tyo Witch got away, with - per-
asssDgsrs and 81 of the crsw-distributsd b.
scend mate vas leaving the spot uhsrs the
to Arctic still lay, her guards were kvei with
"1he surface OF the ssa "-here are his
twas strewsd with human beings, who bad
fallen overheard, to whom, however, II Was
for rs 70 lend any assis sAuee, and We soon lost
- the fog continued very Dense" The ship,
ability, must presently have gone down, and
terrible dsafh. The annals Of marine calamity
be mention Of any more dismal scene than the
xtinctiou Of 70 many lives under that dense mist
hospitAbls coast Of newfoundland. When we
famine int the causes Of the calamity It is obvi-
that the reason Of Il was that Captain Luce per-
Maintaining speed under heavy canopy Of fog
I'D only have been justinAbls in cleAr weather
favorable akiesL The foRs OF the banks Of
land are An inevitable incident of those waters,
1t is not too much TO expect that captain
luce the speed Of his ship under circumstan .ss
% may b ct any moment close upon dangers
10 can have no previous warning. Custom
breeds indifference to danger, which may either
b or frenzy. We have before us ct this mo
Recount Of another captain who, in the same
puid peEsis. In going at thirteen knots, al but
zeal moment. HE ship wss saved BY the mate.
fogs ct sea are amongst the most unpleasant
OF sailcr's career; sin, By prudence the
hitting from them may be greatly reduced.
. and moderation n speed reduce the chances
almost to zero, but We fear that these precau-
~ too frequently lost sight OF BY the captains,
for . rapid passage to the exclusion Of Al
iderations But the pitcher goes TO the well
ften. snd the Arctic Il the broken pitshsr.
From the London News, Oct ID,
tic, mail steamer, with left Liverpool on the
It month, has been run down. She had on
hany a. two hundred and ffty passengers, with
10 crew. Not . vsstigs of the vessel has been
the sccident 1t appears that the Arctic on
IL last month was run toto By the French coast.
u, the Vesta, and that she sank In about forty
At the time Of the accident abe was about
from Cape Race. A vessel was dispatched
ohn's to look affair the boat, in which some Of
Dgers ere said TO have Embarked, but without
The Vests took the intelligence of the disaster
Inns. Forty -four or forty i've for accounts
aid 70 have been saved out Of the whole
D board.
Rcult TO imagine the details Of an accident Of
10. Tho mere landsman, whose knowledge Of
70 10 confined to . voyage across the channel,
hrEey from one part Of kngland to another, can
ofn any conception Of the terrific nature Of .
HE that in which the Arctic periahed. In
'
lon ook place, which hurried oil hundreds Of
iDgs to sudden death. No time could have
p for exertion. Scarcely any opportunity WAS
% the crews Of either Of the vessels to take
hsnres Of prsenuion which may b adopted in
of ordinary accidents. Death overlook the i'll
eDgers in the midst Of darkness, and their
were solacsd by no sympathy. One fierce
the Arctic was . wreck.
quent occurrence Of accidents at sea Is now be-
matter OF the utmost Importance. The 0cean
- l. - -4-L "a - Il. -
essel which used formerly to cross the waters
Para.e M from the old and new worlds, we have
reds Formerly, the meeting Of vessels vas
tion-now It is the rule. Formerly vessel fre-
raversei the distance between England and
without meeting another. At the present
the danger Of zach c0llisions becomes moro
The marvellous extension Of commerce Is
At the ocean paths daily become more
The ssa Is no longer the cause Of separae
ch Horace describes. II is bridgsd over By
Ct vessels. How is it, then, that we are
uch At fault with respect 70 precautions against
" We we're in the infancy Of nsvigstionf We
ICED the danger Of land travelling to . mini
by should not more be done than has been
iminish that Of travelling by sesf A clsvsr
bf stAtistics showed, the other day, tina. how.
nj may he the accidents by railways, the ave-
sge to be expected BY az individual from this
transit ID remarkably small. A person, he
hight travel very many thousands Of miles By
Ftthout tneurring much danger. 1t IL but right
greatest naval power in the world should be
wster, WI en- SO much has been done towards
B the safety Of travelling BY land.
Sta was, It appears, much damaged by the col
he threw overheard her Goals and the greater
sr o. 30. The question arises how It was that
flock out" was maintained on both vessels.
% take place frequently enough in London dur
winter, but We do not run each other down In
Though the streets be crowded with vehicles.
10 as easily handled - an omnibus; Why
nsnts oftrsnsport which 30 seldom happen to
On hallway, Whs1s The ce3pce Of 0ollision
EAtivsly mail, we have steam whistles, lights Of
;, fog fignAlA. and contrivanoss Of al 70: IS, to
e trains to avoid danger. Il IL not disgrAcsful
sny accidents shouli o:eur whsre precautions
hch moro necessary, and 20 much moro easily
An in 1 railway II fog signals are necessary
!wsy, where every train should % ira
for the time on tie own groove, how
tsre each vessel Il free TO adopt any line which
~ The whole system Of ocean travelling neeis
The see II 10 longer to be considered ~ means
.icn, but az link Of eomuuni sAtion bet xeen
!. Columbus, In steering his solitary bark over
tito, ran In no danger Of collision from vessels
rom the laud he was about to discover. We, on
AIRY, are forever mourning the danger Of such
danger, to be very little better OIL than Colum-
In the midst Of . wide trackless ocean, with
Of meeting coming vessel, tho disooverer Of
kept as good Q "look out" ~ . modern steamer,
by every day that 1t Ii prosecuting its voyage
meet with collision. Lst us hope that the
Ae Arctic will stimulate our navigstors to adopt
Of precaution whish are becoming more ne
precisely the ratio in which oar commerce in