The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-16
The Fate of tho Steamer racifc-.A
Message from the Sca.


The Fate of tho Steamer racifc-.A
Message from the Sca.
From long article in the London
Shipping Gazette, merely referred
to in our last foreign dispatches, W,
condense the following az q possible
explana alton Of the fate of tho unfor
tunate steamer Pacific:
Our readers may have observed
recently, among our msritimo ex
tracts, the copy OF the contents OF d
slip Of paper. found in bottle, some
weeks ago, on tho Western coast OF
Uist, in the llcbrides, and forwarG.
ed to IL by our Agent at Stornoway
The paper in question, apparently
the leaf OF pocket book, used il
the hurry Of the moment, was cov-
cred on both sides with pencil marks,
from which tho following was with
difficulty deciphered:
On BOARD THE PACIFIC,
FROM LIVERPOOL TO New YORK
Ship going down. (Grcat) confu
sion on board. lcebergs around us
on every side. ! know | cannot es.
cape. | write the cause of our loss
that our friends may not live in
suspense. Tho finder OF this will
please got it published.
WILLIAM GRAHAM.
II we are right in our conjecture,
the ship here named is tho Pacific,
one of tho Collins line of steam ors,
which vessel left Liverpool on JAN
nary %, 1856, three days before the
Persia, and has not since been
heard Of; and the slip of paper
three inches by two, is probably the
only record of the fate OF that miss
ing ship. We havo not come tc
this conclusion hastily. On receiv'
ing the Trail record from Stornoway
we at once published it ss the bes,
and most cxpeJient mode OF placing
II before those who might possibly
he interested in the fate of the YES.
sci named. The Pacific is by nc
means an uncommon appellstion
more especially, among the ship
ping OF the United States, and W.
did not despair that some ligh
would be thrown upon the tines
sage from the sea- which had 30 sin
gularly been preserved and PLACED
in our hands.
! After waiting for some time W,
received communication irou
Messrs. Zorega, Of New York, sta
ling that their ship Pacific being il
port at that time, of course the re
cord had no reference thereto, bu
they much feared it might, notwith
standing the difference in tho na,ues
apply to their ship Baltic, whicl
had left Liverpool in January last
and has not since been heard OF
aud We were requested at the sam,
time to communicate with Messrs
u rega's agents in Liverpool. Thi
We have been careful to do, and q
ihu samo time we directed searcl
to be made among.the list Of passen
gers and crews, both of tho Balti
and of the Pacific Of the Collins line
We have ascertsined that no per
son named Graham was on boar,
The Baltao whom that vessel left Liv
,,'eIpool last on her passage to Ney
York, but it appears that q man @
that name did ship as Helmsman II
tho Pacific In January, 1856. 1t |
trne he shipped by the name @
Robert Graham, whereas tho clip |
signed civilian Graham" This
however, is q discrepancy whicl
will not count for much with thos
who are acquainted with the care
less manner IN which seafaripg mel
frequently give their pames, an,
the facility for such q mistake pre-
seDted by tho ordinary mode of en-
'elipg the names Of q ships compa
my.
4 From the facts elected 90 far, W,
come to the conclusion that tb
vessel lost, and to which the ffsi
memorandum before ne refers, was
ship named the Pacific. The write