Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-23
ONE PASSENGER AND FOUR sBAMEN SAVED
Heart-Rending Scenes at the Wreck.
The Hurricane Along the Coast.
THE GALE.

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went down with its invaluable cargo of human life
The Nelson, freighted with emgrants was burned at
sea. Then an explosion came from the Sacramento
river, where the Yosemite blew up and il echoed
with stroke of sorrow against many hearts through
out the country, and more than one went down with
each Of those catastrophies.
THE WRECK OF THE ATLANTA.
The loss of this vessel was briefly reported by tcle-
graph in Saturdays Commercial The following is
an account of the wreck in detail as given by the sur
yivors.
On Saturday. the 7th inst the steamship Atlanta
sailed from New Orleans for New FORK with Il crew
OF thirty-fye men and seventeen passcagers-inclu-
ding all hands on board about fifty souls. | p to
Wednesday. the lith inst: nothing unusual occurred
to disturb the tenor of the voyage; the winds had
been all along favorable, and the sca comparatively
Thursday evening, the 18th inst continuing through
the following day, when it rapidly increased into
furious gale and the ship was tossed about on the
angry billows like toy the waves dashing over her
at times with the greatest fury. On Friday it was
found that the vessel had sprung aeak. At this
alarming feature, the pumps were set to work, and
during the entire night and all the following day
Saturday, men were constantly employed Gy ;hcir
means to keep the vessel from tounderinS The water
nevertheless, kept rising higher and higher III the
hold, until 1t finally reached the furnaces and cXtin
gulshed the fires This rendering the working of the
pumps useless all hope of saving the passengers and
crew by their instrumentality was abandoned.
In the meantime, while the furious gale was blow
ing, the high sea running at the timc. the vessel was
tossed about-her helm having no control over her
moyements-at the mercy Of the waves uneon-
trolabe mass OF wood and iron. The confusion,
which was very great from the time that il had he
come known that the vessel had sprung aeak was a
thousand fold increased when it was announced that
tho only chance left of saving the people on board
was to resort to the life boats. Though it was evil
dent that 40 boat could live any length of time in
less, with the cagcness that Il drowning man
catches Mt straw, passengers and crew rushed for
this their only hope OF life.
LOWERING THE BOATS.
b,o hut; - Ii,
touched the water before it was dashed into thous
and spliuters against the sides Of the ship. Two
were shattered like the first. and one Of them, into
which several persons had jumped almost before she
off the vessels deck, dashed to pieces in the
twinkling Of an eye, and those it contained were
swept away.
TIE sCEyFs on BOARD.
At this juneture according TO the testimony Of the
survivors, the scenes on board were OF the most
heart-reuding character Men, with blanched checks
and eyes starting out Of their sockets with terror ran
about the deck wringing their hands with anguish,
and casting imploring glances beyond the white
capped billOws, in the vain hope Of espyinS some
friendly sail. One boat yet remained, and by the
greatest efforts fodr seaen succeeded in lowering her
to the water and getting into her; but they had
scarcely done before they were swept away from
the vessels side, and soon lost TO view amid the rising
and falling Of the huge pillows that roarel around
the doomed vessel. 1t would be impossible to con
vey any idea of the terror Of those board at this
sight Of their last hope being thus rndey snatched
away. Despair was pictured on every cOuntenancG,
and some fell TO curSing like madmcn, Others to
weeping like children and still others to praying for
help. But no hep came: the shriyks of anguish
were drowned by the thunder of the angry sea, and
the cries of succor answered but by the how
ling OF the winds and the roaring Of the billows
THE SHIP GOES TO pIECEs.
In the midst of all the confusion and cons crnalion
that reigned among the passengers and crew. Cap
tain Williams, nothing daunted by the aspect Of
the dangers surrounding his position, retained his
presence of mind throughout giving his orders as
calmly if his vessel were -afey moorci in the
port whence he started. But they fell on the
ears of his crew many empty sounds: for
even they, old seamen as they Were knew but too
well. TINT the time when obedience to their cap
tans orders would save them had passed In
the meantime, the vessels tmbers were fast break
in piece by piece. under the action Of the water
filing her hold, and the dashing Of the, waves
stood holding to whatever object they thought
might be Oi service 70 them WHCn the moment OF the
vessels sinking would arrive and thus the trem-
bling, praying. weeping groups ON the deck await
ed in agony the coming Of death. suddenly The
vessel gave lurrb, y the sea lashing itself into
greater fury dashed against The sroanlng ship. and
with noise OF parting tiInbcrs like unto the falling
Of M immense tower, she separated into 4 wreck Of
three distict parts: and over the remnants of the
once gallant steamer dashed the waves roaring if
in triumph. NJ The Ea-OC they had ACCOMPLISHED
The passengers and crew clung with the tenacty o!
despair to whatever portions "i the tinbercahe win
in their reach, but the waves mcrcicssy tore them
from their last hopes Of existence, and but five per
sons alone succeeded in getting piece OF the
deck and smoking room. about thirty feet long.
On this portion Gi The wreck they uOutct about
from Sunday till Tuesday morning, when the bark
York. eSpcd them, and sent boat to thclI assistance
When they Were brought on board Of the bark they
were founl to be in STATE Of complete exhaustion,
and their hands and limbs swollen from the action OF
the water and the exposure they had undergone.
The l9Gwng arc the names @i ihe persons sayet:
man; August kettenCr, fireman. Thomas Holland,
steward: and William Brunar, steersman. The fol
of the Sth October: Miss Wolf, o. Livingston, Capt
NJ. K. Wilson, Charles :. Smith, ID. Myers and lady,
Il. Il. Malony, W. f. Tansery, D. Dexter and Robert
from the New York Post.l
now THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE LOST.
Some facts concerning the manner in which the
persons board were lost given by the surviving
passengers. Before the hull Of the Atlanta parted,
the evening Of the 18th instant, Captain Williams
decided that she could not hold together, and by his
direction the steamships boats were launched. These
consisted OF three large llte-boatS and one small
boat.
When the first Iife-boat was let down the three
women and the child were first put into it, and after
wards many of the passengers as the boat could
carry, about fifteen or eighteen,l entered It,.
Another Hie-boat was also loaded and third was
Likewise launched On the latter there were only ny a
few persons. Four men took the small boat. Inc
wind was very high, and the steamer was leaking
fearfully.
The two lifa-boats containing the greatest number
Of the passengers and put away tIom the hqiI,
but they almost Immediately capsiZcd The third
boat the passengers report was also lost but ne says
the small boat did not capszc and Will possibly pc
saved. lie has no knowledge OF the names oi the
persons who were i'll it.
though there are some conflicting statements. He
says he thought safer trust himself on the steamer
than in any us the small boats and that the four
persons who with him were picked up by Captain
the wreck he occupied They remained on it nearly
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| WRECK OF THE TIFhNlt.
The brig Titania Of Philadelphia. bound for Mo
bile foundered at the 10th instant IN laiitudl
32:2 longitude a, two hours after her abandonment
| by the crew and passenger, who dited t%eny-fol