Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-10-17

Mr.. D0rdtn, the tnlru mdtes 10 IoIm
raft. In order 10 facilitate this latter
the sixth and last boat was lowered. Do.
rain, one or two fremen, three Of the
other passengers saved and myself, we,e
busiIy engaged in lashing water casks
and settees 10 tho main yard. two top
gallant yards and several spars. The
Captain. with a number Of gentlemen,
we're protecting the work by keeping
back the crowd, when panic seized all
on board. A rush was made, possen,
gers snd fremen precipitated themselves
over the bnlwark on to the raft. and in a
moment our fi.Ile boat was full. and In
imminent dangor;6f. being .sunk. =.
! In this emergency. Dorain ordered the
rope which held qs 70 the steamer % he
cut. and with our hands and axes, we
padded from the RATS side. The mate,
who throughout preserved srea, presence
Of mind, and lsborsd with heroic energy.
cried out, "For Gods sake Captain,
clear the raft so that We can work. !
won, de.ert the ship while there is q tim
Der above water;" but the sea was now
flush with'dead lights. In less than three
minutes from the time he spoke the stea.
mer sunk. The foam went boiling over
the tumbling heap Of human beings
Many were dashed forward sgainst the
pipe. l heard one wild yell still ring.
ng IN my ears, and saw the Arctic and
the struggling mass rapidly engulfed.
Tho cont ents OF The other boats are sup.
posed to be saved. About thirty are
known to be safe; other boats not yet
heard from. Most Of those saved in the
other boats. were attaches of the Arctic,
but few Of the passengers were with them.
Captain Luce, wife, da lighter and sou Of
E. X, Collins were lost.
The following additional particulars
are furnished by Mr.. Baalham, 2d mate:
So dense was the fog that the vessel
could not be seen q minute before the
collision. The wheel was put hard up,
the starboarL engine stopped and in.
stan,ly backed at full speed until clear
of the other steamer. In a couple oil
minutes the French steamer seemed to be
sinking, bow first. Capt. Lnee imme
diately gavo orders to clear away the
quarter boat, which was done aud the
chief Officer left the Arctic in charge OF
the starboarL boat. On lowering the port
boat, Capt. Luce exclaimed, d Hoist up
that boat again Mr.. Baa!ham," AID he
beckon TO NE to come to him, and up.
on doing SO, he ordered me 10 60 over
The boat TO ascertain if possible, what
damage had been done. then found
The holes above mentioned. Upon in.
forming him oI the facts, he gave orders
to get sails up, and try 10 get them round
The bow, 10 endeavor 10 stop the leak,
which was promptly done, hut 10 no adj
vanta 90 whatever-so much Of the bow
and iron broken off from the other steam
er projecting, ,ha, sails could not be
brought close to tie vessels side.
The carpenter was then lowered over
the vessels side. and pillows and mat
tresses were passed down to him.. a'id be
tried 70 force them in. but the leak was
| found to be so far below the wafer that
they could not be got in. Every exer'
.ion TO stop the leak proved nnavailing.
Capt. Luce then ordered the. ships
head 10 be put to land. which bore N.
w. w. By this time. we had lost sight
Of the chief officers boat and the other
steamer which We supposed had sunk.
We had not been on our course more
than five minutes. before we ran over the
boat and crew belonging 70 the other YES.
sci, all Of whom perished with the excep.
ton Of one, who caught hold OF rope
hanging over the bow. Directly the
boat was seen, orders we're given the
chief engineer, which could not be done,
the ship was fast sinking. In about three
minutes, all the lower fires were out, and
three feet water was on level with the
lower deck, which rendered it impossi.
Bile to get at the leak.
1t was soon discovered that there was
no hope Of saving the Arctic, and the
lady, daughter and son Of E. X. Collins,
with several other ladies were put in q
boat, and was in the act Of lowering it,
when one Of the tackles gave way, and
all except one lady were precipitated in.
to the sea and lost. then jumped into
boat and ls more were picked up. We
fell in with another boa. which had been
lowered from another side, and lightened
her Of part Of her compliment, leaving
10 in her and 20 in my boat.
The last sight we had of the ship, her
guards were on level with the water
The surface of the sea was strewn with