New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-21

A gentleman who was passenger on the Arabia
hss furnished an interesting account OF the
lie states that a. ii O'Clock, when the collision oc-
cured, most of the passengers had retired to rest
All the ladies' had retired some time before. few
gentlemen were on the hurricane deck, and halt
dozen were seated in the saloon, engaged in conyersa
tion. Strangely enough the theme of tneir remarks
was courage exhibited by persons Of different TEN
persments and mental peculisn,es in times of great
danger. Individual instances Of courage and fear
were cited in Illustration of opinions expressed.
In the mids. of this conversation loud crash was
lesrd forward, not ullke clap OF thunder, aud this
followed By grinding sound as of somshiog rub.
biDg agsr the sde Of the vessel The crash startled
everybody, and the discussion physical courage WIS.,
by tacit agreement, postponed indefinitely. Passsn
gers rushed out of their tssrooms in the widest ex
element; several tainted, and hardly any on board
failed to betrsy signs of deep emotion Our informant
had lady in bis care and his first object was to go
information as to the nature and extent Of the
d.msge His impression was that they had struck an
iceberg several of which they had seen the day pre-
vous. Going forward he asceitaiued thst the star
board bow of the Arsbs had come in collision with the
pot bow of the Europa, and Learning that there was
no immediate danger, he went below and stated the
fact.
According TO the usual custom of steamers in meet
ing he another the helm of the Europa, observing
the Aiabas light put hard aport the o,er Of the
Arsbia discovered the Europas lights, when he saw
that if he ported the helm the Arabia would inevitably
strike the Europa enidships. He therefore gave the
order to put the helm hard stsrboard which threw
her bows around, and thus prevented collision which
otherwise would probably have been ata to one If not
both vessels. Cspt Stone at once dispatched bostto
ascertain the extent of tbs damage sustained by the
Europa. The Captain of the Europs requested that
the Arabia stay by and keep her company in:o ST.
johns, Newfoundland.
Cspt. Stone came in % the saloon, stated the facts to
the passengers and informed them of his intention to
comply with the request Of the csptain of the Europa
But the Arabia had hardly got under way when the
engineer discovered that the machinery had been dam
aged, and he was compelled to stop the engines. An
examination discovered that the plummer block Of the
saibosrd wheel had been broken when the two steam
swung broadsds to- AID that before they could pro-
ceed farther the epgue NUS. be disconnected with the
stan board wheel. This caused delay of twelve hours
ard in the mean time the Europa had proceeded on her
way TO st Johns, and as she had probably reached
there Capt. Store concluded to continue his course to
New York with the poit wheel.
CONDITION OF THE ARABIA.
From the pearance Of the Arabs We should Judge
tina. sic must have been into by the Europa Her
cuwater is smashed stem STATED, and stsrboard trail
board gote. This, with the exception Of little dam
age to the rail- and slight cbafrg of the copper, a.
The injury tha. is visible forward. This s.sm Of the
Europa appears to have glanced along the Arabias
bow, causing her TO heel over to port somewhat aud
theD before sac rghtsd the Europs swuog around 60
ss to bring her port psddlebox guards against the
Arabss staIbond psddle-bO1, .mashicg up her heavy
oaken guards, and knocking the piuOw-olock out Of
place. The repsis to the Arabia viii be completed in
time to allow her to ssil on her rsgula day. We Cs
sssuIed that the admirable discipline which prevails On
board the Cunsrd stssmsbips prevented al panic ant
excitement among the passengers.
FOR FRASER RIyTR.
The steamship HsrmArn, which sails from tais port
to-day fer Frsssr River via tie Straits Ct hasrIsa,
will take out GOO passengers for the mining rsgiers Q.
Newt Caledonia. Her consort, As Washington, WI
| follow her in 80 days.
The steamships Star Of the W oct and Gsssafa ssaec
Yesterday with about e9o passengers foi Ca as
frsssr River
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