New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-12
STATEMENT OF MR.. DORIAN. THIRD NATE

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STATEMENT OF Mr.. DORIAN. THIRD NATE
Mr.. Dorian thinks tina. the propeller with which the
Arctic came into collision, not the Charity, bound
from Montreal 10 Liverpool, Is supposed by Mr..
Burns; nor was abe one Of the Liverpool and Quebec
line of steamers. She appeared to him to be vessel
Of only some 200 tuns burden. One Of her who
had manned the boat which cspsized by the sad
dies Of the Arctic had saved himself BY clingng to
rome and had got on board. He was un,cqasnted
with the Enchsh language; and q French cook be-
lonsnr 10 the Arctic recognized him as coln,ryna
OF biz An the information elected from him 10 the
terrible confusion incident TO the scene was tia, the
pro.eer was frvm St Georges, whether from Neg
Four5lsud or Nova Scotia is not known. In al prob
ability she was bound TO French port.
Cart. Luce conportsd himself, under the terrible
circum,,srcss, wi b eaimness and inrrepidty which
deserved a better fate No thought ei .ei Tor mo-
inert nterve ped to away his cares from his pas
sepper Three or four hours were spent IN constr let
ing RIFT and yet it was the means OF preserving BAT
sr Gle life. Had bis officers and men stood oy MIN
10 tie last the result might not have been 80 deP'cfd
bic. Blu, they did rot. Yielding 10 the natural I'M
pulte of self preservation they ignored their duty to
iLeir COMMANDER and, thinking only OF their o va
tafety they took 10 the boats abandoned the vessel
and the hundreds of helpless beings who thronged her
deck.
Officers epsineers sailors fremen and walters had
monopoly OF safety; while the ga!su: captain alone
refused to desert hs post and remained TO share the
fate Of bis vessel Mr. Dorian the only one Of the
officers and sailing hands OF the ship that NAMED
with the captain up 10 the last fearful moment. The
others had left the ship long before. He was engaged
up to that time in constructing the rsft, actively as
sisted by many Of the passer gers. Mr.. Dorian hin,
self had no idea Of -elf when be stepped
into the boat and had tire painter GU loose. Wide he
was still within twenty yards OF the vessel, she
disappeared from his sight ing by the stern, at an
an gle Of about IS degrees Not single soul Of the
Lun6reds then on bos.d alive by him after
the vessel sunk. Still il is not impossible, he says
that some one or mere may have savei themselves,
By clingpg to the water barrels spars and other )a
Ing substances that we're lsshed together.
Mr.. Dorian contradcts the statement OF the second
mete. Mr. Baahlam in respect TO the fate OF Mrs. E.
X Collin. and family, to whom it ia said that they
were in boat one Of the tackles of which gave way
in the act of lowering causing their precipitation
into the sea. Mr.. Dorian did not know the personal
appearance Of Mr.. Collins family, but he was aware
that of the tine he left the ship three minutes before
She sunk they were aboard. He bad just moment
BE- fore inquired from Mr.. Burns whether Mn. Collins
ives furnished with life pteserver, and Mr. Burns
informed him that he bad placed one on her. There
fore the ladies' whym Mr.. Baahlam saw precipitated
ont of the boat were not Mrs. and Miss Collins.