The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-04-10

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menced operations for the removal O
the dead bodies and the cargo. The
sea WAS still rough, but the wind had
gone down, 50 that they could ap.
proach the locality without danger
The Car!otta's passengers, who had
got on early yesterday morning, say
that the night was very dark, rainy
and windy, aud that they were very
anxious. She saw nothing of the At
lantie. The disaster was 80 soon over
that hundreds could know nothing Of
the danger. or 800 women and chill
dren, majority were swept out Of the
steerage, and, drifting beyond the ves-
sci on immense waves, were carried
seaward and seen no more The bod
les recovered will be buried at Pros
pect village.
A calculation was made by
Captain Williams, showing that the
loss of life, though immense, was not
SO large as had been reported. The
Atlantic had Oh board 33 cabin pas
sengers, 500 steerage passengers, and !
crew, officers included, of l43 men,
Total, 976 souls, leaving the number
lost 546. This may not be precisely
correct, but is nearly SO.
About one-half of the steerage pas
sengers were lost. All the books were
lost, and the names of passengers
could not be obtained.
About 100 bodies have been recov-
cred at Prospect. The agents have or
dered 100 collins to be sent down az
once. The city authorities and Pro.
vincial Legislature have taken meas
ures for the relief of the passengers
that may require it,
Truman ID. Markwald was inter-
viewed by u Chronicle reporter. He
says: Il turned into my berth about
o'clock on Monday night, aud was
aroused by the shock Of the ship strik.
ing. All the men In the cabin rushed
upon deck to see what was wrong.
went into the saloon on deck. | oh
served by the clcck that i, was 500.
Rockets were being fired. Within fif-
teen minutes from the time the shin
struck she careened. The Captain,
with his officers, behaved bravely. A
cry was raised, Take to the rigging;
It's your only chance" At daybreak
the fisherman's boat came out and res
cued number Of us aud landed us on
Meagher's island. A handful of peo-
pie there warmly welcomed us. They
gave Us food and clothing, and did all
for US that they could: Edmund Ry-
an, magistrate, Dennis Ryan, and
their wives were especially active in
ministering to our wants. There were
three boats crews whose names de-
serve high place OH the roll Of hon
or. The first boat was man nsd by
Dennis Ryan, John Blackbu and
Ben Blackburn; the second boat by
James O'Brien, Michael O'Brien, p.
Dollard, William Lacy and I. j. Too
ry. l regret that l have not the
names of the ott,cr crew. To these
men chiefly belongs the credit Of hav-
ing, at the risk Of their lives, rescued
from death over 400 souls. They, as
wei! as several others, whose bravery
l have heard about, should certainly
receive some record of their noble con.
duet. Coming up on deck, there were
ringing praises of the gallantry Of the
boats crews already referred to, as
well as of the Rev. Mr.. Ancient, who
the perishing chief officer,
Firth, Of Brady, third officer, and of
Quartermasters Owens and Speakman.
who first established communication
With shore. The Kindness of the peo-
pie of Prospect was also universally |
y
-Four hundred aud thirteen steerage
passengers were saved, which IL about
'ne-half OF the number on board.