Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-21

George L. Allen, son.in.law of Mr..
Brown, Of the firm Of Brown, Brothers
& Co., and James Smith, of Edinburg.
These arc the only names mentioned,
and the despatch does not say whether
they were in boat or floating on pie
ces of the wreck. ---..,--
Eight Passengers and Five Of the Grew Saved
with Captain Luce.
New YoRK, Oct. l4.-Furlher intelli.
gence from Quebec states that seven or
eight oflle passengers with Capt. Luce,
and FIVE of the crew were taken off
from raft by the Cambria. Full &C.
counts are now coming over the line
from Portland.
STATEMENT OF CAPT. LUCE,
And Particulars Of his Miraculous Escape.
New YORK, Oct. 15.-Ths following
is the substance of Captain Luce's slate
ment as telegraphed from Quebec to
Mr.. Collins: s.a
Cap. Luce, at the time of the collis'
ion was below working out the position
of the steamer. He Immediately ran
on deck, and saw the iron steamer un-
der the starboard bow, and passing
astern, grazing and tearing the guards
in her progress. The bows ofthe strange
vessel seemed to be literally cut or
crushed off for ten feet, and seeing that
she must probably sink in ten minutes
and taking glance at our own ship,
and believing that we were compare
lively uninjured, the boats were clear
ed, and the first officer and six men left
with boat to board the stranger, and
ascertain the extent of her damage.
Tho engineers were Immediately in
s,ruc,ed to put on the steam pumps, and
the four deck pumps were worked by
the passengers and crew. The ship
was at once headed for land, and sever
al Intellectual attempts were made to
stop the leak by getting sails over the
bows.
Finding that the leak was gaining on
them very fast, Notwithstanding the very
powerful efforts to keep her free, the
Captain resolved to get the boats ready,
and have as many ladies and children
placed in them as possible. No sooner,
however, had an attempt been made to
do this, than the fremen aud others
rushed into the boats in spite of all op.
position. Seeing this state Of things |
ordered the boats astern to be kept in
readiness until order could be restored,
when to my dismay | saw them cut the
rope in the bow and soon disappear
astern in the fog.
Another boat was broken down by
persons rushing in at The davits, and
many were precipitated into the sea
and drowned. This occurred while,
! had been engaged in getting the star.
board guard boat ready. | had placed
the second officer in charge, when the
same scene was enacted as with the first
boat l then gave orders to the second
officer to let go and row after the ship,
keeping near the stern, to be ready TO
take tho women and children as soon
as the fires were out and the engine
should stop. s..s,a-r .s..s
Ny attention was then drawn TO the
other quarter boat, which found bro.
ken down, hut hanging by Que tackle
A rush was made for her also, and some
fifteen got in aud cut the tackle. aud
were soon out Of sight. Not seaman
was left on board or carpenter, and
we were without tools to assist US in
building raft as our only hope, and
the only officer left us was Mr. Dorian,
the third mate, who worked nobly for
the succor of all.
Many of the passengers who deserve
great praise for their GOODNESS aud en-.
ergy, done all in their power until the
latest moment before the ship sunk
Mr.. Rogers, the chief engineer, with a
part Of his assistants had taken one Of
the small deck boats, and before the
ship went down, pulled away with about
is persons.
To form a raft it became necessary 10
get the only remaining boat, the life
boat, into the water. This being &c.
complished. Mr.. Dorian, the chief Off
Ger Of the boat, taking care to keep the
oars OH board the steamer, to prevent
those in The boat from leaving tho ship,
proceeded To work, still hoping to be
able 10 get the women and children on
board his boat, at last. They had made
considerable progress in collecting spars,
when the alarm was given that the ship
was sinking, and the boat was showed
off without oars or anything to hold
themselves. .I.-.H -
In an instant after, at about quarter
past o'clock, P. NJ, the ship went
down, carrying every soul on board
with her. | soon found myself on the
surface, after brief struggle, with my
own helpless child in my arms, when |
again found myself impelled downward
to great depth, and before | reached
the surface the second time ! had near
ly persisted, aud lost the hold of my