The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-13
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS {
Between Three and Four Hundred Souls
Perished !!
ONLY rHIarY-rwo LIVES REscuED!!
PROBABLE LOSS OF A BRITISH STEAMSHIP
WITHA REGlMENTO OF TROOPS ON BOARD.
LIST OF THE RESCUED:


&c. &c, &C., &c.
We copy from the New York Herald the
following account. furnished by Mr.. George
II. Burns the express messenger of Adams Il
Co, who was on board. and fortunately es-
capped the terrible perils Of the disaster.
STATEMENT OF nh. BURNS
The steamship Arctic, with 226 passengers, ex.
elusive of child rem, 175 employees, valuable car
go, and heavy mail, is lost. Orthe more than four
hundred souls who left Liverpool on the Goth ult
full of hope, gaiety and heath, many returning
from an European tour OF pleasure, only thirty.
two a e known to have been stved, and certainly
not more than one hundred car, by any possibility
have escaped watery grave.
In addition to all this, another large steamer
freighted with hundreds of human beings, has, In
all probability, met like fate. The details OF the
horrible disaster are as follows:
On Wednesday, Sept 81, precisely at 10 o'clock
NJ, in a dense fog we came In ccatact with bark
rigged propeller, with black hui, salmon coored
bottom, lead colored poop and boats, and black
pipe. She was bound eastward, and had all sail
set with strong, fair wind. The speed of the
Arctic at the time about thirteen knots an hour
The shock to us appeared slight, the damage to
the other vessel was frightful. Capt. Luce in.
stantly ordered the quarter boats cleared away,
and the chief mate boatswaln end three sailors
went to her relief; before other ats left the order
circle twice round the wreck, during which time
caught glimpse of more than two hundred peo-
pie clustered on her hurricane deck.
At this juncture, 1t was first assertained that we
had sustained injury, and the wafer was pouring in
at our bows. When the first officer came alongside
to report the captain was unab Q to take him up
but headed NV In the hops of making land.
Our position on the previous day. at IL O'clock was
latitude 46 80, longitude As 81, We had run about
three hundred and ten miles frtm the time of this
obs tho nfnfp
supposed to be forty miles from Cape Race The
pumps were vigorously worked, and an anchor
chain thrown overheard; but, ia spite of all exer-
tion, the engines stopped and tie water extnguish
ed the fires. Four of the five other life boats be-
lieved to have been well prorisioned, containing
the engineers, sailors few passengers and all the
officers except the captain and third mate left the
ship at an early stage. The mfiority of the passen-
gers were working at the purips-some firing the
signal guns. aud others launch ng spars, under the
direction of Captain Luce and dr Dorian the third
mate to form a raft.
In order to facilitate this later work. the sixth
and last boat was lowered. Dorian, one or two
fremen, three of the other passengers saved, and
myself, were busily engaged lashing watercasks
and settees to the main yard, two topgalant yards
and several smaller spars-the Captain, with a
number of gentlemen. protecting z the work by keep
ing back the crowd-when panic seized all on
board, rush was made, PASSENGERS and fremen
precpitated themselves headlopg over the bulwarks
to the raft, and in a momen3 3our little boat was
full, and in imminent danger of Icing sunk In this
emergency, Dorian ordered tn. rope which held
US to the steamer 10 be cut and With our hands and
axes, we padded from the RATS side The mate
who throughout preserved great presence of mind,
and labored with heroic energI, cried out: "For
Gods sake, Captain, clear the raft 80 that we can
work. / won't desert the ship while there's a tim
Der above water"
But the sea was now fush with The dead lights
Ia less than three minutes from the time he spoke
q annk-tbp guon tr,i1t
tumbling heap of human beings-mauy were dash
ed against the pipe. heard one wild Yell, (still
ringing in my ears.) and saw tn. Arctic and the
struggling mass rapidly engulph.d. Numbers yet
alas we could render them no aid Our own situ
alton was no less precarious; and, cruel as it
seemed, we were forced to aband n them to fate.-
Heaven forbid that should ever witness such ano-
ther scene We, however, pic ed up two more
men, and then, with an overload ed boat, without
oars. thoepins, food or drink, a'oiding with diff
Guilty, the fragments OF the w,sck, and passing
many dead females, prepared fo:Fa night upon the
ocean We secured floating lumpkin and cab.
bage to guard against immediate starvation, lashed
aspar to the brow of our boat to keep her head TO
the wind and sea, and thus drifed until daylight.
the night was cold and foggy, with heavy swell.
and, in cramped, drenched, ard half naked con-
dition, we suffered terribly
Without dwelling upon our miseries, alleyiated
much by the consciousness that we had endeavored
to do our duty to our fellow mer suffice It to say
that at five O'Clock on the afternoon of the 2Sth we
espied sail, and raised handkerchief to attract
attention. We were succe ssiul. With the rude
substitute for oars which we had constructed du.
ring the day by lashing planks to the capstan bars
with a view OF attempting to gaia land when the
sea subsidized, we pulled towards t1e ship. On our
way we passed the remnant of the raft, with one
man on it, apparently alive
The bark proved to be the Huron, of St. Andrews.
N b. Capt. A. Wall, bound for Quebec. Our men
safe on board, the noble hearted Dorian with some
OF the Hurons crew, returned to the raft and rescu
ed the poor fellow who for &c hours had clung to
the spars He states that after the steamship sunk,
be counted sevenfy-two men and four women on the
raft, but at 8 l2 o'clock he was the only one alive
In the morning two bodies were beside him, much
eaten by fishes, and at the time he saw our boat he
was on the point of voluntarily dropping into the
sen to end his agony. Corning from the raft porian
encountered and examined the life car of the Arc
tic 1t contained bottle of water some cheese and
alady ys garment.
By the humane captain ofthe Huron, and Mr..
Wellington Cameron, son of the owner we were
received with great kindness, our wounds dressed,
fires kindled, and food and clothing proyided in
abundance. During the night of the 2stb, Captain
Wall hung out extra lights fred rockets and kept
horn blowing, Ia hopes of falling In with the re-
msinder of the boats. But his endeayors were
truitless. On the evening of the Goth he spoke the
ship Lebanon, Captain Story, bound for New
York, by whom eighteen of our number were
taken Of, kindly welcomed and well treated. We
have this moment reached New York. by piIot
boat Christian Berg, No. 16, to which we were
transferred from the Lebanon, and to the crew OF
which we are under great obligations.
The fate of the propeller and our We boats Il nm
known. IL The steamer was, as have reason to
tnink, the Charity, from Montreal 20 LIVERPOOL.
she fs, believe, built with water fight comnart.
ments, or hrlkheads, and win float. notwifhsfand
ing the damageto her bow. The fact thnf : boat
iolt her, which was capszed by our paddles. sugurr
u f9r her buoysnt condition, though Capt wall. OF
the Huron, on the morning of the eSth. saw . sin
guar looking crait far to the ieeward. but vss mn
able to tell whether she was a steamer or saitine
vessel He saye she had nondescript 4 a,nesrsnce.
and may have been the wreck of the prpneIler,9
The following is list Of those saved In he sixth
TAKEN TO QUEBEC BY THE tsynoN
James Abry, shipis cook; Luke McCartbv. Joseph
Connolly, Richard Makan. Thomas Conrov. Jsmes
Uennor, John Drury. Christian Moran' James
ward, Christopher Cailaher, Firemen. Thomas
Wilson, Assistaut Eneineer; Robert Brvan. Dayn
hafry, Erasfus Miller, Waiters
skMvED AT THIS PORT IN rHe rra.vcu
EDWARD Brain. Patrick Mahon Thomss iss,lard
Esrick Casey, Patrick Tobin Dobbiu csrrsssn. ORE
men Thomas Brennan, Aaiatanf Eosi.rsr. Johu
Connoiiyl Ensineers Steward; Ths1sS stspsou.
omseu' etswsrd; James Carnsaan. Porfsr Niehssi
MsLs sshlin, BoSi Peter MsCsIss icsSrsd a ths
'sitlWsitsri Wn. Hiseas sal Henry ysaiins, xiss.