, 1864-09-09
SINKING OF TAHE rROPEL-
LIZ TX AG13E IA
Terrible Casua,,y on Luke EF1r-Gol-
ltAton 6-1ween the ProPellcfs Sefota
ne ~! arctic, or Dunktrk-Losa OF tno
@cRoth-Nlne =. rbpY DF0W ne0.


! oue 4Ao 1a1aLf f.fu6ultl0k cptt!e[ous o0 lc-
cord IN itu history Of lake navigation, oc-
CURED bet*e ecu the trvpsllers arctic aud
eslota, about tUttsJ niles oil Dnnklfk,
!etn1lf III the RI King OF the 5ctota. and the
aea'h o} drowning Of niue Of her crew and
paesepge1s The facts III relation to The ST.
ctgt. ". H Wetmors, a Of the Arctic:
,,a 1ns p1"p"'itr a1csie. cnps Wetmore, ef
n,a .ns Ns" lerk Central passenger lins: left
| punalo ~ Up NJ, oh her tsuaI trip to ClcVe-
1sna Ahout eleven o'clock Captain Wet
M"n, MmoIe, Who "as Ut nis; posrt So" o propeller
that tit'e 8. ". aud by ". Th. night Was
9nne clear, the = Ind fair. tht nyn1s OF the
arctic Properly set and she Wss running ut
- s @ asual 1ate Of spee'. according to rule,
he put his wheel aport and Kept hla
n%hitp on s.rP P'ins aru ,a1thsF e ~ noS!h a.
Isn IN this direction shost time, when CsPs.
| mstm re, perces2inx that the propeller ltgnt
WEB BILL utaf1ng hm, put hfa htltS apoTt
aghin apd kept tue Arctic utt anothcr polnE
70 ne flsht- Tnis o1Yus to have been enouyh
| had NE other buat oone ths saua, to have
enahted them to paaB completed, cles.- Of
zen zen otTrr, with u w1ae dirrance betWeeo
tned- But the CAPTAIN, of thr Ssiott, Rescue
" haAe. stems to taVr ssesred In Just tho
Mfobg dlFection. Butt' prepslltrs steerad
~ tne hefthWard, the Arctic to her night aud
Tie seleta 10 her luft, ananuH appruachu1
,s ,a,sh other. NEARLY ut right augtes Captain
Wlo'no7er ptfceiving thar the other propel-
!eF MAS lear at hBnd Ard rapidly approach
rs Under full b. ad Ut ssesui, stopped his
In, hoping III that Way to u;4'Id col'tsion.
LEO, 1le soon 1,r sawr however, that RE Two boats
"onla 1neVitably strike each Other, aud In
o5otr to 1ttseR she furc6 Of the shock, start
ca again, putting his helm hard suo7t, In or
gel Ger ehsE Int Die" might be staacsng one.
1nls movement Of Inc Arctic changed the
posltlto 0f the t"o vessels 60 thut Their
g htR+ n& x$.r
e-cb other. THe Arctic vas, ut; this eime,
ranning very slowly, while the GcIute WAS
apparently ahder f1ll head Of atean. Az the
moment of the collision, the Arctic was
btopptd aEsin upd' h=r engines reversed, out
too late to avoid tins blow. The boata ap-
preached, IT We ha9e snl1. nearly al 1fgat
angles to each other. Tn. stern Of The Erc-
tic tau over 1apper tbs course Of The Sc1ota.
cp!y few 1ecs, when :he latter. contus on
III der 3 full hen" Ct steam. struck. thu
force. The Arctic received no damage what
+vts, the paint rsstE. hardly rubbed off, her
side, tut The bow Of tue SciorA crumbietl
isto fragments 1t the blow, tho fiat ten
ct o. 1t beng blpken into spllnters. Til.
s:iota filed rapidly and sunk within ten
m,nules alter ntrl1lsg, 1be Arctic passed
SPOUT Il boat's leDgth peyord her, befUre she
could stop, am then bactsed up 10 the ~rcck.
lavipg, meantine, gut out two boats, nnd
epxateo At once II pess.ns mp the crew aud :
Immediately after the collision, tho Cap.
tain os the kclota Who sesus not only to
tays shown mlemapsgtment In causing the
collision, but also to h1ve displayed gross
covaztice, after tt had happened, got out
boat, which was iumedlaeeiy FLIED by the
cstw End passrDgers. We learn that the
Second Mate and Captain, Gamiudfnl Ut tha
rule which makes it the Captains dut7
to 1eu.Aln Oh l4H ship in time u peril uutu
al others hare lett It. wers the first to desert :
tlsiz Vetsel sid to get Into the bat, Among
thos still left on the propeller when the
boat pushed off were the C1s:k, and the ~ifa
ntthe Steward. a colored cook, who had
swan to the boat, with bucket ID his teeth.
alter 1t had been pushed of. and who,
throogbnut. dfsp1a} ed moss a-ltpnsscesion
tnt1eated tbt 4. TO Feturt a@c. aid these two
to Their load, hut the Captain refused, saying
that II they did 70 they would til drawn Toto
the yo-tex III the tiuksng propeller and en-
quilted. The c.0E uscd argument aud en-
treaty, but III vain. He eves.s~am out to
II his bands, aud chdravorcd to reach the
CLERK, who was standing or the sinking vea-
eel with bis honkB In his banda, TIE cauk
could Only Just reach hin, si,d eutr ated the
Captala to give him onls three incaes more:
5eZss' Iess. ''' without avail and the COOK r't'
The 9ctota sunk beft re tic Arctic could re-
turn to her; but the otacera and crew of tho
latter @cssel did everg thing In their powr=
to save tue lives Of those on tie Stloss. Somo
hpd jumped on the Arctic ct the. ttue OF the
collision; Bume were in the boat; othe-s
were c]iBging to the Gchting apars, acd
others et1ll to plauks, l.fe-preser7ers, &c.
tbl0Hn to them by the ArotI. In all, out OF
crew ef tWeDty-tbrte or four, and passen-
gers, foar In number, all tut alne were saved.
Tne tol wing were lost::.
- H}ckock, clerk.
Two hremen.
Two deck bands-
Cabin. boy, {colsred.)
Stewards wife and taSy, the latter -sn1y
three months old.
4 eolorcd woman, passenger, whc~ ~l3yos
In Toledo.
The crew are mainly from Buffalo.
The officers Of the arctic t. ok every pos.
siale precantfon necessary to save ltfh. Their
bouts cEufetd among the floating epess, fa
great number OF which strr wed the s17fa:e Of
1bs lakcA for Two hours, and the sout lay
nsa1 the VIE sck till daylight Saturday morn.
| ing, aid then cru3ed around some little
| Zine, IN bopee to hod sone Of tie missing
crew, bntwtthonta7atl She than continued
| Saturday afternoon, bringing With him the
eurviyors OF the c-ew and pAsse35ers Of the
| Scieta
We cannot ray ~ .nuch for Charles Ros-
coe, the Captain Of the illfased Seiota His
COL duct seems % hare been Careless, cow
| ardly ard selfish throughout, a1d ne learn
| that even ufte-:Tecsiyln0 money from the
Captain OF the Arctic, he tried to. get ont Of
| Ck Tel1n1 AClt ]e4Te his mea, here without
| pay ing their fare 10 Du0alo.. The matter
| will, however, be legally Investigated and
| thr blame Of the accident 1xeu Where it be-
| lopgs.
! We hsve had no opportunity to converse
with the of-cers ard men at the Sciota, ac-
they left tot.Bpfialo OH Saturday night, aud
therefore wa do not knew. Capt Roscos'3
| rs rpfoYt f,f 43,a TVa
ever, thAs.1f men clalccs that the eteeriag
| tpptrafC:9.of the vessel sas out Of order dad
could not.be regulated.
t We haze not learned Tia amount OF loss on
the vessel and cargo, naz,What portion ofrit
was co7ered by insurance.
A collection for the benefit OF the crew of
the Scfota was taken up on the Arctic, aud
quite little sum Ws0 obtained.
The ilI~fnted propeller : -iora was b7ilt at
Hn-7n> in 1877, besog nearly seventeen. years
oil, and was owned oy, Captain Johr. Gard
Det, Of Buffalo, snd commanded bF Gaptsiu
CHARLES Roscoe She was about 400 :ous bur-
then. She had been ''ruunfng wil9!' during.
the Last few Jesre,, and was, at the; time Cd
the collision, bound from Toledo 70 Buf1alo,
with cargo consisting Of u 900 bushels Of
Eheat, some oA.s> and about fftH barrels Of
flour.
|. We visited ::ae Arctic, in our hE1bor. yes
/ terday, and Ware SURPRISED to see TINT she
had received no perce:'ttble injury whatever,
from the check. The fact that sbe met smell
= blow With, so little damage, testifGs- very
decidedly to her g1ea. strength and excel
| ltlce.