The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-18
FEARFUL CALAMITY
Loss Of the steamship Arctic and over
three hundred Lives

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ofpool on the goth ult, with about o.
o passengers and a crew, all told, of us.
On tho 9th at IL NJ, in dense fo,
+ about 10 miles from Cape Race, sl
l.. came IN contact with large iron barqu
c rIgged, propeller, bound to the Eastwar,
! with all sail set.
The Arctic was going Is knots no
h9ur The shock of the Arctic appca,
ca slght, but to the propeller it wa
he boats were ordered to the relic
OF The propeller, and one containirg In
cniei mate, boltswam and three sailor,
left. '"''0'
1t was then discovered that thc Arc
tic had sustained injuries and that III,
water was pouring into her bows
Inc pumps were vigorously worked
ana an anchor and chain thrown over
board, but in spite of all cxertiors H.,
water extinguishod the fires. and the on.
glncs stopped.
-Four of the five other life beat. no.
lleycd to have been we'll provisional con.
tanning the engineers, sailors. few mas.
SengerS, and VII the. officers cxccpt the
captain ard third mate left the shin NJ
an early stage. A majority IF the pas.
SengcrS were working at the rumns arJ
hrhg signal guns. and others lauuching
spars under the direction of Can't Luc9
ana Mr. Dorcan The 81 mate to FORM =
raft.
a panic suddenly seized all on board
and - rush was made for thssraf,o 4
large number got upon it. and into tho
noat. The sea was then flush with the
headlights, and in a few moments moro
the Arctic sunk, and all on board of her
persisted
At 5 o'clock on the afternoon Of the
2eth, the survivors of the boat cspicd
sail and raised n handkerchief to attract
attention, which they succeeded in doing
and found the vessel to be the barquc
Huron, OF St. Andrews, n. b, Capt. A.
Wal, bound to Quebec, which took them
all IN board
TIC raft was seen in the distance with
one POOR man only clingiug to it. \
boat vas Immediately sent and rescued
him. lie stated that after the steam.
ship sink he counted y men and 4
womcr on the raft. but at Q! o'clock he
was ID only one alive.
Dufng the night Of the 2Sth Capt
Wall hing ont extra lights. lifei rock.
eta, ah kept horn blowing in hopes Of
fallirgin with the remainder Of the
boats int his cn2eayors were frui,lcss.
Onte evening ct the 2Sth, he spoke
the hi Lebanon. Capt Story. bound
for Ncy York. by whom Is of the men
were taen of.
Tic. damon afcrwrds transferred |
them TO he pilot boast Christian Berg,
No Isl y which they reached the city. |
The fatof the propeller aud the other
five bod of the Arctic, is not positively
known.
FrnTpER PARTICULARS From HALL
rAx.-Tr0 mare B0ntS heart from -
Huiitat. Oct. ll-No intelligence has
been received of the missing boats Of the
steamer. In addition to the hrigantinc
Ann Ella, despatched by Mcssrs War
ron Brothers, under an arrangement with
the American Consul. and the vessels
mentioned By Mr.. Baakan, we arc hap
py to state that ,he Right Rev. Or.
Field las placed his Yacht Hawk" at
the disposal Of Mr.. Newman. who lost no
time in engaging a crew and fitting her
out for sea. She left at o'clock. =.
W., Yesterday, with instructions to cruise
for six days TO the southwark of the Is
land
1t Wa. generally expected that Mr..
White, Of tho New York. Newfoundlan nd
auh London Electric Telegraph Com
pany. would have despatched the Com
/ pauys steamer = Victoria to cruise for
the missing boats. The steamer arrived
from tie Westward on Monday evening.
and remained in the Company's wharf
until yesterday at noon. We ind r.
stand tie reply to Mr.. Ncwman's appli-
cation for her, was that she could be had
for $500 per day We believe her
bur'hca is about 200 tons
The following statement Of the loss of
the Arctic. by Mr.. Baahan, ID officer,
appeared in an extra Of the Ledger on
Tuesday. Mr. Baahlan and the other
officers, crow aud passengers saved in
the TWO boats, landed at Broad Cove.
and arrived here in the course Of Tues
day.
On Wednesday, 9th at noon Cane
hace bearing y. s.. by W, IS miles
distant, while running in very thick
log, were struck ON the larboard bow
about oo iect abaft the cntwntor. by an
iron steamer which made three large
holes IN the ship. two feet below the
water, one (which was about five and
aad-ha feet in length, aud ono or one
and half IN width. leaving the whole
cutwaiet and stem Of the iron steamer
clean through the Arctic's side. So
dense was the fog that the vessel could
not be seen minute before the coli
sion. The wheel was put hard to star
board, the engine stopped instantly. and
backed atdull speed until clear of the
other steamer, which occupied couple
of minutes. The French steamer SEEM
ed to be sinking bow first.
Capt. Luce Immediately gave orders
to clear away chief officer. left the ship
in the starboard boat, and the quarter
} boats, which was done, and Mr.. Gurley,
on lowering the port boat the Captain ex-
claimed, " hoist up that boat again, Mr.
Baahlan." and beckoued me to 60 to
him. Upon doing SO, he ordered me to
? 60 over the bow to ascertain if possible,
what damage had been done. l then
found the holes above mentioned. Up
on informing him of the fact, he gave
orders to get the sails up from below,an
endeavored to place them over the bow,
so as to stop the leak, which was prompt