The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-16
The Steamship Edinburg.

hEfohr VI The CAfIAlN OF The AkGU.
In reference TO the statement published yesterday
corning the late accident to the steamship Ednburg,
which compelled her put st. Johns we are request
ed to state that the Information not given on the au
thory Of the captain officers OF the Argo All that Capt
Hapin states is thai the Ednburg arrived st. Johns
with her aft hold full Of WATER and not her two forward
compartments as stated in the report supplied yester
day. The crew exhausted working at the pumps,
but not the passengers and the that hands
the passengers were bsered in consequence is also
wrong There truth in the assertion that she
Placed on the ground and f0cte1 Of again; and to
Captain Cummings, OF the Edinburg, having much
affected by the disaster il far from being the fact
senees as having been exceedingly cool during the whoe
time that the ship in that position The passengers
never gave thought as to returning by the Argo they
confidently expected that their own ship would be pre-
pared in few days. and even in the rooabity OF the
passengers of the Ednburg concluding wait for the
Argo they would not be berhs are
all filled The ships engines stopped and reversed
before che struck and as coon as the iceberg
Der helm was put hard aport No one say anything
at present to the extent Of the damage to the Etn
burg, but this will be known In due time. Tns is the
report Of the captain Of the Argo and he desres to state
that thing 10 the contrary is perfectly FALSE and
never made by the officers of that vessel
STATEMENT OF LADY PASSENGER.
The following letter is written by Mrs. Adela B. Poi
lock to her husband in this city. Mrs. Pollock pas.
senger the Edinburg, and the deck the
time of the accident
ST. JOHNS, N. F., June Z, 1859.
Ny DEAR HUsBASD-SinCe parted from you l passed
through fearful peril and never expected to land
again. We we're steamng along last Monday at the
OF eleven miles hour, through denee fog At about
twenty minutes past eleven deck, looking over
the stern Of the vessel and had just remarked fellow
passenger that the air seemed unusually cold aud chilly
AT that moment turned around and fearful met
my view. Mountains of ice lay on the lee side Of the
steamer. II 30 oggy that could not fifty feet
around and though vessels head was Immediately
turned passed so tie iceberg that could have
thrown apple upon IL. We said that it was
wonderfully narrow escape, and thought that we
were safe, when suddenly there a cry "the
chip is sinking" All the boats, eight in number,
cut oose, and furnished with blankets and proyi,
sions We were about hundred and seventy miles
from land at the lime. The passengers and crew were
distributed in watches OF two hours each and thus WORKED
FOR thirty hours. The women also worked, and among
others helped at the pumps FOR three stop
Ping. The captain calm II nothing was the mat
ter We assteo dreadful night. We all numasrei
loI De bcatz to which liable at any hlur 70 be
ioIcen - enter The rain torrents and .he
snip 4hored though, every moment that sue would
Pink A. vt, to great relief, day dawnea aud at
about e. lock the fog, which had all the time con
tnufc ,r-cd rSay. Tine captain then took observa-
ton, aaoound we're about AZ miles from land There
more ice oorgs visible. About four O'Clock our
Hgnas for pilot we're answered. and at o'clock we
reached st. JohDs.
Mrs Pollock, with most OF the other passenyers will
proceed her journey by the City or Washington
will stop At st. Johnston her outward trip.