The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-03

daughter, uOnuon; W. d. WelHuBVou
Boston; Mr.. Street, wife, son and daughter
me following cabin passengers were
sAVeilx Freedman D. Marchwald, oi
THOMPSON, Langdon g. Co., 891 Broad
way New York; 8. W. Wick, Of Wick &
Malone, Wilmington, North Carolina; J.
Sbencer Jones, Of New Ross, Ireland
Lewis Levinson, London; W. Gardner
London; Chas. W. Allan, london; Henry
! Hirsel, Of Switzerland; Simeon CAmachio,
3 of New York; B. B. Richmond, Detroit
Adolphus Jugla, glove dealer--737 Broad.
way, New York; VIM: John Bridley, oi
Blnlem, England; Daniel kim anel
Springfield Ohio; james Brown Of Man
chester; Nicholas Bradle, Of New York.
The following are the officers saved :
James A. Williams, Captain; ]. W. Firth,
chief officer; Cornelius Brady third off,
Ger; John Brown, fourth officer; Cuppsize
Surgeon.
Second officer Henry Mctcalf is among
the lost, also Ambrose Worthington Pur-
ser and Hugh ,Chrishief chiet steward.
About 70 OiAthe crew, were lost, and the
Issme nuuShaf saved. -Four hundred and
thirteen steerage passengers were saved
which Is about one half Of the number on
board.
The following Is the Captains state
ment: We sailed from LiVerpool, March
Goth. During the first part Of the passage
We had favorable weather and easterly
winds. On the Gath, 25th and Goth, we
experienced heavy southwest and wesler-
" gales, which brought the ship down to
il8 miles day. On the 81st Of March,
the engineers report EhOwed but about
1877 tons of coal on board. Wethen made
AGO miles east OF Handy Hook, with the
4 wind southwest hi lge Vestetly swell,
and falling barometer, the ship steam.
ing only eight knots per hour. Consider.
ed the risk too great TO push on, as we
might find ourselves in the event ofa gale
shut out from any PORT OF supply, and so
decided to bear up for Halifax. at p.
N. on the 31st, Sambro Island was distant
40 miles, the ships speed varying from
eight to twelve knots per hour; wind
south with rain, which Veered to the west.
ward at 8 T. NJ, with clear weather at
midnight. Judged the ship to have made
l22 miles, which would place Cher
as miles south OF SambrO. then lett the
deck iand diWeut into the chart room, leav.
ing orders, ,Gbout to- look ont and to let me
know If they saw snything, and to call me
at 8 O'Clock A. NJ, intending then to put
| The ships head to southwark and await
daylight. My first inttmation oil the ca
tastrophe was the striking Of the ship on
Marc Island and remaining there fast.
The sea Immediately swept away all the
port boats. The officers went to their
stations. and commenced clearing away
the weather boats. Rockets were fired
by the second officer. Before the boats
could be cleared away, only ten minutes
having elapsed, the ship keeled heavily to
mort rendering the starboard boats useless.
Seeing that no help could be got from the
boats, / got the passengers into the rig-'
ping and outside rails and encouraged
them to 90 forward where the ship was
highest andles exposed to the water. The
third officer, Mr.. Brady, the quarter mas
ter, Owens and Speakman by this time
having established communication with
the outline rock, about 40 yards distant,
by means Of q line. They got four other
| lines to the rock along which about 2O0
persons passed. Between the rock and
shore there was passage 100 yards wide,
a rope was successfully passed across this
by which means about 90 got to land,
though many were drowned In tho at.
tempt. At about 8 A. NJ, the first boat
appeared from the Island, but she was too
small to be of any assistance. Through
the exertions Of Mr.. Brady and the third
officer, the Islanders were aroused, and
by 6 A. NJ, three larger boats came to our
assistance. By their efforts all that re.
mained on the side Of the ship and on the
rock were landed In safety, and cared for
by poor fisherman, named Chancey,
and his daughter.
During the day survivors to tho number
OF 429 were drafted of TO various houses
scattered about. The resident magistrate,
Edmund Ryan, rendered valuable assis'
tance. The chief officer having got up
tho mizzen rigging, the sea cut ot his re-
treat. He stood Tor six, houra by }, ,wo.
man who had been placed In the rigging.
The sea was too high to attempt her res
cue. AT 8 o'clock q: nj, q clergyman,
Rev. MIR. Ancient, succeeded In getting a
line and getting of many Of the passen'
gers. Many Of the Aloon and steerage
passengers died In the rigging from cold,
among the number was the purser OF the
ship. Before the boats went out placed
two ladies in lite.boat, but finding the
boat to be useless, l carried them to the
main rigging where l left them and went
aft to the anchors and told others to 60
forward on the side Of the ship. At
this iuncture the boilers exploded, and tho
boat rolled over far to leeward, the ship
at this time being on her beam ends.
Finding myself useless there, went to
take the ladies forward, but found them
gone, nor did see them afterwards,
Many Of the passengeI8at this time could
not DO stimulated TO any efforts to save
themselves, but lay In the rigging and
died from fright and exposure. Iremain-
ed on the side, encouraging and helping
and directing until fifteen were landed,
when finding that my hands and legs
were becoming useless 1lett the ship, two
other boats being close to her, and en-
barked the remainder. On reaching the
shore despatched Brady, the third off,
Ger, of TO Halifax across the country, to
telegraph the news oil the disaster and 10
obtain assistance. Mr.. Morrow, the Gun.
ard line agent, promptly responded and
gent two steamers with provisions to con.
yey the survivors to Halifax, where they
viii be. cared Tor and forwarded to New
York the first opportunity In charge OF
the first and fourth officers, the third
officer and four men being LEFT at the Is
land 10 care for the dead as they come
ashore. Capt. Sheridan Diver has recetv.:
cd provisional authority as TO salvage Of
cargo and materials. The second officer
was lost with No. 80 life boat,
HALIFAX, April 1.-EaHly this morn
ing the Dominion Government steamer,
Ladyhead, the Cunard steamer, Delta,
and the steam tug Goliah, lett for the
scene Of the wreck OF the Atlantic. The
Ladyhead had on board number otcus.
tom house officers, and the Delta's party