, 1861-10-07
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MONDAY, OCTOBER T. 1881.
TO THE aRFAr EAST

MONDAY, OCTOBER =, 1881. II
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DISASTER TO Ta1 THE GREAT EASE
An american Comment on the III Matter.
TIE Great EASTERN left her snoor1nes In the /
K,zer ~ Ms1ts5 at ~ O'clock on Tnesdsy, the
o'clock: Immediately putting On fnl1 speed,
81 vent well with her until four O'Clock on /
1hprsday, when strong breeze prevailing, |
tbs aft tackle Of one OF the forward boats on
The pert side became unlocked, leaving It |
deaSored 10 steady the ship while this WAS !
fecs:ficd, but found to his surprise taas the |
tllp would not answer the helm Toe f4es /
was, thougt it was not known at the tiaae> the |
1Eucer pin YVES broken. The fore3staysan was |
r0n Up, but the wild iHml ldiate;y split It into |
1ibbepe. The fore trysail was then run up,
hat it Has blown away. The paddle engines |
Nerencw stopped, and the boat7 otdetedto be |
cut away, when tbs Gr5at Eastern once more |
Started OIL her course The passengers then |
commenced clacs Of b1esksges which lasted |
without inter1nission for three days. Every
thing trEakable vas destroyed. Furniture,
f:1lcge, services Of plata, glasses, pfaao-a?1
wire Involved in one common fate. It now
became known that the 1udder was unman-
ageable. About six o'clock the vessel had to
be stepped again, owing 70 tNo rolls Of shee:
lead, Weighing E0nle hundred weight each,
which III re in The engine room, rolling about
With every oscillation Of the vessel wish feAr-
ful :eree> These having been secured, anoth-
Il e1alt was made, WHEN tramsDd,uB grind
i1g was hard under the paddle boxes, which
Rad become tWis1ed, and the floats were grind
iDg sgalIsI the eide OF the ship- The paddles
Etrs stepped, and thencsforwa1d the scene is
described as fes1tu In the extreme. The ship
rolled 80 Violently that the boats we're washed
away. The cabin, besides undergoing the
DAT gers arising from the crashes and collisions
Et.ch we're constantly going on, had shipped,
lrotah1y th,uukh the r:rtboies, great deal
OF water, ard the stores were floating about in
nttcr confusion anc ruin. Some Of the chan.
! dtliers fell down with 6 crash. A large mir
t TOR Has smashed into thousand fragmznts;
rails Of bannsstsrs, bsrs, and Numerous ether
! fittings were broken nt01amberless pieces.
| Ecm- iosa If the ronghness Of ie night
| the chain cables polished themselves bright
| with friction OF DICK. 4 spare riding bit gaya
! WY C1 the cable DECK, aad knocked d hole
! through the ships eide. T2o oil tanks also
| smother cnhcuseiOu that Ewo hundred gallons
| Gi tth Oil contained il them ran into the hold,
| a16 caused, dufiEg the rest OF the unhappy
yo19ge, a most intolerahle pdo7. The Luggage
OF tie psssspge1s, in the lower atter-cargo
space, Was lyirg in two teet CT water, and be-
tv1e The dellsc1ancc Of the ship was effected,
Inc luggage yyes lite.ally reduced to rags and
pieces IT timber. Twenty-Five fractures Of
LIMBS occurred from the concussions caused
hy the tremendous lufcli1g Of the vessel
Cuts AMI bruises we're innumerab!e. One OF
t2t cocks on board 1Fs6 cast violently, by one
Of tie lurchee, against the paddle boz, by
which he SUSTAINED fearful bruises on the arms,
putting It cut Of lis power to protect himself.
anchor lusch drove him against one OF the
s:a1checus, ty which conclusion one of the
poor fellows legs Was broken in three PLACES.
Ihs bskez received injuries Of very terrible
character in vital parts, and one Of the most
striking :Icid=rts Of the disaster was this
Ecor, ts1ase nan, crawling in his agony to ez'
t5pg,,ihh scnue portion of the baking geal
Which, at tia! moment, had caught fire
On Thursday Eight the gale wss from the
| southwest, tUt OIL Friday morning it haC
tu1ned 1onnd 1o the northwest, and The ehif
vas drifting An u1E1aBageable 1cgin She trough
. ct tht sta She did not ship much water 0:
= decE. 1t Vas Eccn discoveTed what was 1h'
matser With the zuG2er. The pin upon which
i: tur1ed had broken eff three feet above III
, poiIt II hire it entered the stern Of the ship
- It Eas wrought iron, ten iEeh=6 in diameter
y anu lie iron appeared thoroughly good, break
ilg ct tia. particular point where it appeare
ttfnrgset y ticn Was one Of the most curio1
i..c;1Snts ci the disaster It was now foua
: Necessary &c rig gp eomc kind OF etearsn
ges1. 4 sptr WAS thrown overheard With tn
anclc5 tlube attached, which, dragging In th
TO t7e wind, but the sWiLgia OF the Tudds
); ua!t i. usefe6s, and plan was th7n suggeste
= to !he captain BY the passengers, to which th
t4csse q III: vessel is probably attributable
IT. Nat, to pass tHo OF three turns OF cha'
j. CABLE around the rudder pin, INN edfately b.
=; 3n l..w the point 1t which the breakage occurre
~N End secure it with wedges aid small chair
=: IL ku'itg either end OF this chain cable.
r. clrtE,lr not:cr: Of the pin wes produced, AT
6. c. nneclior being effected with the usa
T. claims attached to Int 1ud1e-, and tempo
ks aly rhsel r;ggsd up bslo~ the deck, 6hl
- IVES male CucS more 10 proceed, 6nt Il
~ cc1ew cf the 7sssI urc which the loeo.n
~ ton noW depended, hardly q Vestige of Il
paddles -cmaiE:lg, 6oonEtcppea, it being fol
I'd b Tie 1uddtT, b which the rndder II
no, Prevented from veerinE more thai Was nec
. sa1y 1c eteer the ship.
. Ali Of FliGay was occupied with these
T. 1arg.m. m.nts. The ship had dfiftsd up t
track Of Saturday night The brig h4gnet,
Ha tta1, htve in sight and cane alongside .
7" isio to tcr The purpose Ct rendering assi
arce~
nd Sunday, at o'clock, the Great Eastern E
under wsy; the raader VAS found to act, a
the Tcssel proceeded Zinc krots an honr "
the screw aione. She met the Persia the n.
and morning and signa!cd her to come under
lee, Which the Persia did, but she proceedi
the Great Eastern Gid not Lessen her spe
) oi 1er1;c1s were unfair The Great EASTERN ]
IN On tun speed and was econ beyond recall
~ atteupt was nads ut an explanation, but
- Perssa was tco far off The Great East
e. continued her ccut:e Tuesday morning,
rsaeEed the head Of Kirsale, wnere she st
l. psd four Eours to arrange her tackle;
y tig1 aled the shcre, but no notice WIS take
49,. ter. At four O'Clock she arrived of O.
1ohT AID snail steamer came oil to assist
- and the ta-bor Vas soon reached.