Demoine courier., 1854-10-19
Calamity
LOSS OF THE
STEAMER ARCTIC.
A D LIV ES
ONLY THIRTY TWO SAVED!
NEw YORK. Oci. i.

n7ce on tne ZJtn ult. Shc came III col
llslon with an unknown propeller. Onl,
80 persons known TO be saved. Eigh
teen arrived Here. Capt. Luce, Mrs. L
II. Collins and family were among the
Lost.
SECOND DISPATCH. Il X
The Arctic came in collision with the
propeller at Zoe on the 9TH. about &C
miles of Cape Race. in a dense fog
The speed of the Arctic at the time wa.
about thirteen knots an hour. The pro.
2eller had all sails sci, with n strong fail
wind. Ii was supposed al first that the
Arctic had sustained little or no damage,
Assistance was Immediately readered Ia
lhe propeller which was frighifuIly dam.
aged, bu. II was soon discovered that the
Arctic was also leaking fast, and gained
30 rapidly that the fires were soon ex-
tinguished.
Every effort was then made 20 save
hose on he Arctic, but as four or Eve
boats had l.f. to render assistance TO the
propeller, and as there was only one
left, which soon filled, a raj, was hastily
constructed, aat a panic took possessio:
o.! those on board the Arctic, and they
crowded for the raft. Large numbers
reached il. others were drowned in the
attempt. All This time the vesse! was
rapidly sinking. and suddenly, with al!
remaining on board, she was engulfed in
the sea.
AL! on the raj, except one who chung
TO II for "a hours was drowned. Al 5
o'clo k in the afternoon of The 29,h the
baruue Huron. Of 81. Andrews. N. b
hove in sigh. and took those on board, 80
in number; 10 Of them were subsequent.
ly transferred to the ship Lebanon and
arrived at This por, a, an early hour this
morning. The most OF those who were
saved belonged to the crew
THIRD DISPATCH.
The following is n lis, Of saved taken
70 Quebec hy he Huron;
james Avery, cook; Luke McCar,y,
fireman; Jas Connolly, do; B Makan. do;
TlIos G Onroy, do; Jas Connor, do; Jas
Dury, do; Christian Morgan. do; James
Ward, do; Christian Callahan. II Wilson,
assistant engineers; Robt BRYAN, David
Braney, DO; EJas,us Miller, do.
Arrived at this FOR, in the Lebanon:
Edward Bry an, a fireman: Patrick
Mahon, dc; Thos Garlan. do; Pat, Casey,
do; Pat Logan, do; Dobbin Carragan. DO;
Thos Brown, assistant engineer; John
Connolly, engineer; Thos S,anson, Jas
Ca:ragon, Michael Mclaughlin; a boy
Peter Nitrate. picked Oft the raft; Master
VIM Nichols, ericsson. Sicily Island,
passengers; Henry Jenkins, DO: James
Thompson, N Orleans, do; Cap, Paul
New York. Go; Geo ii Burns, Philadel,
phis, 90; Francis Doraih, N VI, third Of
ficcr.
The five boats which is mol known
whether they reached land or have oeer
picked up are known TO have contained
Mr.. Gurley, Is, officer; 4 Wild, boat
swain; Mr. Bolan, I'd officer; Mr. Ora.
ham. Ilh officer: Mr. Moore. New York
p%assenger;R Rogers. chief engineer; Browr
LIST assistant; Walker, I'd DO; Wiiet. 81,
d Connolly fireman. J Moran, do; J
Flanagan. p M'conelly, Mr.. Bingal. en-
%sineer; Kelley. DO: Thompson, do, and
a young man named johnson, under in
slruc,ions in the engineers department
besides ~sailers aud quartermas,ers.
The Arctic had 226 passengers. and I
c.tw Of IT'S.
Upwards OF 200 were seen also on the
Propeller. whose tale is not known:
Among those last seen on the Arctic
on the raft were Cap, Luce and son. Mr.,
+ X Collins, Master Collins, Brown ant
family, of The firm Of Brown, Shiplcy
Il Co., of Liverpool, and Mr. Thomas
Importer OF Hosiery. N Y; Mr. Adams
Brooklyn; Mr. Bowson. of Cha Charlie.
Springer aud nephew. do. The Due dt
G%rainmcnt, Of The French Embassy
with many others. Mr. Coms, ock, ;
brother If The commander of the Baltic
was drowned by the capsizing Of u boa
while heing lowered. g,
Capt. Wall. Of the Huron, states ,ha
on the morning OIL the 2Sih, he saw &
singular looking vesse! in the distance
which it is conjec,ured was the wreck o.
the Propeller.
The foregoing particulars were fur
nishcd by Geo II Burns. Of Adams &
Co.'S Express, Philadelphis, who had il
charge grea, dispatches from France AMI
England which he could not save.
Great excitement, exists all over the
city, and heartfelt. sympathy is express
ed. especially for L X Collins, whose
family is lost. Hopes are entertained
,ha, some of the missing boats may have
been picked up or reached land, ard the
list Of the saved may be increased.
HAITIAN. Qcl. IL.
No advices Of ,i,e missing boats of ,ht
Arctic in addition 10 the briganiine Ann
Eliza, dispatched by Warren d. Bros