The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-04
THE NEWS In NEW YORK.
Incidents of the Great Disaster De-
ov veloped at Home.
RsaaJ ng the Rosters Of the living ana Deao-
scs mes About the companys 0fices-The Pr
vats Dispatches -Painful Recitais OF Boz
row and Bsreavement-sad News
fw the Cantons-Shadows OF
Death ON Sea and Land.

ing, whereby 30 many hunureuS ol HVeS ~eie ivSS'
monopolised o vast share OF public attention yes
serday, ana the Brooklyn mystery and the interest
!. concerning the condemnation OF the assassin
NIXON have been almost obnterated from the public
mind by this tragedy Of the sea. Everybody talked
Of the Atlantic and her fatal error Of direction,
and conversation took every possible range, both
Of opinion and duration. Some men In the whirl OF
Mfe found only time to say
..It's terrible AFFAIR"
Then they hurried on and for o time forgot the
silent anguish that was all around them. Others
engaged in long and earnest discussion OF the dis
aster and OF the causes that In the light OF infor-
nation at hand, seemed to have occasioned 1t. BY
some the wreck was called "crime," by others
negligence many attributed 1t to cupdlty still
others summed it up accident, /" and q cautious
lew said .'Wait till we know more before we pre-
AOunce Judgment"
The pail OF sorrow that rested so heavily on ten
thousands hearts, stricken as they were with the
aread OF death tidings from the rocky coast OF
facade, was lifted yesterday morning to many as
they read the names OF loved ones beneath the
category OF the "Saved - but the hearts Of thou
sands besides were crushed as they learned that
sthose they cherished and hoped soon to greet were
buried beneath the surging bosom Of the great
ocean. 1t was o day or
VARIED AND TERRIBLE EMOTIONS.
TO some the joy that came with the mornings
news was dehrium, and to others who CLEANED In
sshe same harvest field of hope the last vestige OF
that hope was destroyed.
Hundreds Of people, after reading the lists OF lost
and saved in the HERALD, wendell their ways in
sadness to the companys Offices to seek for further
intelligence, but they learned nothing. Among
them were many who had read the names Of their
ainsfolk as among the dead, and, still unwilling to
senquish hope awaited details which they vainly
dEnagined might prove the classification to be an
error. They would in some cases argue and try all
manner OF reasoning to show how by some means it
I, Wight" be a mistake in spelling name, in tele-
IT. Naitng or in printing that placed the one they
Tea. Vaad for In
THE DEATH ROLL.
The Ssts OF passengers as printed in the HERALD
we're cut @out by direction q the agents Of the
White st. VI line and posted bulletins outside
the doors NJ the offices, one on either hand, and
attracted slday long group OF anxious readers
WITHIN tho,o vas no information obtainable which
~on,d nrovo ., sny interest to those who had
friends IN hoard mo lost ship, and the officers and
clerks in all cases mad> ~. :.
1--WE have no further e's ', PASSENGERS 'han
those published in the HERAL. 'his lnoinne'
Ii was painful to watch the a. 0ie.s WIN "n.cn
She groups crowded and jostled abb W "e Su,as..ns
and scanned with Redeemed eyes a. I MI.
hips the long rolls OF victii.s and survn ..esr'
81 these unhappy people had i.-tends N w wno
age, and there were unfortunately 900 ~ IN.
Alnd the names they sought on the 'on
lead. %~.s,
'Had you any friends on board the lost steame.
asked the reporter OF two young men, whose attire
and dress denoted that they were from the rural |
districts or the small interior towns.
EYES, we had cousin on board-a young woman
md we came to New York from Lockport to meet
her, expecting the steamer would be here yester
Law or to-day. Now we ind the vessel Is lost"
"Is her name in the list of the passengers9"
ayes there It u.s." pointing to the bulletin board.
SCatharine Cassidy. All the women were lost, and
or course, she is among them-oh, dearl''
They were young men who looked like brothers,
u perhaps twenty years Of age, and they seemed
COMPOSED BY THE SAD INTELLIGENCE
that they fingered about the OH ce, where news
eould be obtained and no consolation anorded, rs
though they dreaded TO 60 home to impart the
news. - 4 - Sass-IS
few minutes later a cluster Of four persons,
whose costumes proclaimed them as belonging to
The working class approached the bulletined lat.
They were three women and man. Twsof the
women carried infant children. One after another
they scanned the list and, at ,ast, one Of the
women put her finger on q lame.
"Here 1t Isl he's SAT- he's safe Look at itm
The quartet Crowded each other IN their anxiety,
each "a read the name itself. They unbent from
sheir STOPPING pastures, looked each other in the
sace and smiled the gladdest OF smiles, and smiled
them over and over again twas pleasant, indeed,
and verVrare to see any one turn from these fate
ful records with the light OF happiness in their eyes
and words Of congratulation on their lips In few
moments they left, overoyed and grateful
group.
The Old man who was described in yesterdays
HERALD as being IN
STATE OF DRUNKEN GRIEF
ovei the loss OF his brother on Wednesday, and who
swore she'd sell stitch OF his clothes to keep
drunk until he heard from his Drother,n was at the
once late In the Afternoon. He appeared to be
Keeping his vow, for he still drunk and attired
In poorer clothing than on the day before Poor
man; it was . revolving form in which to demon
strate his grief though his sorrow was none the
less sincere, perhaps, than that Of those who dry
away their with lace kerchiefs in the solitude
OF sumptuous chambers.
good looking young man Of perhaps twenty
eight, with an eye that was honest enough 70 look
the world IN the lace, and hand that had grip OF
genuine friendship IN Its fingers stood abstractedy
AT the steps leading down into the ONCE.
lido you also fear that you have lost friendss,
asked the reporter.
Eyes. nnd their names there on the list-it Is
my bf0tner ana ms vile ana child. See, here IL Is
kDenis Donovan, and there's his wife's name Mary
Donovan. Their child was five years old, Ithlnk
hut they're all gone.u
do yeu live In this city,"
ayes. live with my mother in East Broadway.
Denis was older than am and mad seen a great
deal OF tue world. he was always
An ADVENTUROUS KIND OF FELLOW,
and In the last two three years had settled
down quiet, and was new coming out here to live
He has been IN Alpiers and Abyssina and all rouna
those parts on a kind OF adventure, and was In
India during the Sepoy mutiny, in the army. It's
awful to think that after escaping frsm all kinds OF
out Of battles, he should be lost In this way when
fhe stormy part OF his lie seemed ended Poor
Dents; it's too bad too badin
And the brother turned away and walked home
ward TO console his sorrowing mSther.
n woman OF about thlrty-1ve years came down
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