Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-12
THE GREAT CATASTROPHE.
ADDITIONAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS
CONNECTED WITH
T ii e "A Ri G'SsL OSS. 4

ADDITIONAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS
CONNECTED WITH
T Il e "A Ri I G'SsL O.S S. 4
The New York Express says Mr. Collin.
returned this morning from Washington, and
the sad intellisencs was communicated 70 him
Is he was crossing from Jersey City. ut about
4. O'Clock, q. M, on his way hone Over
Whslmed by the extent of this calamity, he
Immediately left the city for his residence in
West Chester county.
Messrs Brady and Adams, brothers.in law,
had engaged passage by the Baltic. to leave
Liverpool on the4 Atm Of October, hut unfortu-
nately they changed their minds, took passage
in the Arctic and were lost
Stewart Holland, the assistant engineer lost,
was from Washington, D. c. We are tol !
that he stuck to his duty to the last, and made
no effort to save himself. Two minutes before
the ship sank, he was seen to FIRE the star.
board gun aft. e-t;a s.. s..s.
STATEMENTS OF TWO sEAMEN.
An interview has been had with two Of the
men rescued from the wreck of the Arctic.
One is Mr.. McCabe, who was picked up from
the raft. He is confined to his bed, suffering
from an injury to his leg, caused by rope
with which he tied himself to prevent being
washed into the sea- He was doing very we'll,
and conversed freely in regard to the sad dis
aster. -,...., - a.-, ,--....+s.,j,...
The other man at the hospital is Mr.. stin-
son, the officers steward, q man who has been
engaged in the Collins line for several wears.
His right sh builder blade and right arm were
badly broken. He was, however, walking
about the room with the arm in sling The
statements made by these men (nOw at Staten
Island) are interesting, and will be found be-
low: ...-....-........... =.
STATEMENT OF Mr.. M'oABE q
Peter McCabe, "a years of age, native of
Dublin, waiter in the second cabin of the
Arctic, gives the following account of the
disaster and his suferings
About II o'clock on Wednesday, one week
exactly from Liverpool, the propeller struck
US, about 40 miles from Cape Race After we
struck in the fog, the first officer, Mr.. Gourlie,
took some sailors with him to ascertain if tho
propeller was hurt, They went in the boats
TO the relief of the propeller, but the fog was
80 dense that We could not see half the length
from our bows The passengers and the fee.
men Of the Arctic Immediately went to work
at the pumps. The ship was steamfug ahead
after she struck, and one of the passeng gers of
the propeller got on board at th5 time of the
collision, but the poor fellow was afterwards
drowned. After a while Mr. Gourlie came
back with the boat with those only whom he
took out. Captain Luce, thinking he would
be able to made land at Cape Race, did not
stop to take on board the first officer and his
men in the boat Instantly after the coli
sion, saw about four men in the water: thew
we've washed under the paddles of the Arctic
and killed. As the propeller passed US ON
the starboard side the first time, there were
no cries of distress but the second time she
passed around US, we heard some shouts and
screams from her passengers. The propeller
make hole in the starboard bow of the Arc
tic, and the water began to pour in and filled
up her cargo. The ship was filling up rapidly
oil around, and in about an hour the water
reached the boilers and extinguished the fires
Up to this time, the passengers of the Arctic
were perfectly calm, and the utmost Quiet
prevailed On board The pumps were kept in
operation by the passengers and fremen until
the water got up to he second cabin They
then knocked of
The passengers and crew then got axes, and
went to work cutting down the two fore ward
arms One yard was launched at time. and
the two were fastened together in the water
for the purpose Of making ~ raft After this
was done, the fremen dashed three or four
water casks together, and at the Same time
there was a good many people, men and
women, floating on doors and beds. When the
water-cs tasks were fastened together, we thought
we could float off the deck of the ship on them.
but they capsized on the deck. The water
was now on the main deck Two men were
turned under the water casks, but they after
wards got up, and with them ran to the
saloon deck. As soon az we reached there I
was Immediately covered with water. The
Arctic was fast sinking, and afterwards saw
nothing more of the men who went there with
me. AS soon as came en- the top of the water
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down to save the passengers. then got from
the door to the raft. There were more people
trying to get on the raft than it would hold
Some were clinging to the raft with one hand.
There were four ladies on the raft Altogether
there were seventy-six persons on it when it
separted. All died or were washed from the
raft at halfpas eight o'clock the same night.
but myself. | was on the raft all that night
and the next day. The third officer. after be
had discharged his boat load into the bark.
saw me on the raft on my hands and knees
rope of one Of the spars TO keep from being
washed away. l ate nothing from Tuesday
night until | was taken off, was Just about
throwing myself overheard when he discovered
the bark was worn down with fatigue, and
my eyes were becoming dim.
McCabe says the Arctic had so MANY pas
sengers that they wanted more men, and that
he shipped at Liverpool for the voyage to lew
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STATEMENT OF THE OFFICERS STEWARD.
Thos. Ssinson, the officers steward, is also
at the Seamen's Retreat at Staten Island. He
is suffering from an injury to his right shoul-
der blade ard right arm, caused by the upset
ting of the quarter boat. The boat at the time
was filled viii men and women, all of whom
were drowned except himself and another
man He afterwards got on board of the Arc.
tic, and soon again left her He was close by
the Arctic when she went down. He saws be
heard very little screaming till within a mi
ute or 80 wher the ship struck He saw large