Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-07
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.
THE ATLANTIC DISASTER.
what the Survivors Say-Bad Conduct
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w nat the SurNfNOr>S0 y-bau conduct
OF the Crew.
NEW YORK, April The papers publish eN-
tended incidents Of the Atlantic disaster re-
lated by steeTage passengers who have arrived
here. A large crowS OF spectators are in the
vicinity of Castle Garden this morning Emil
Christensen, from Schleswig, saw men belong
ing TO the Atlantic crew stealing jewelrv and
clothing from the bodies washed ashore. Harry
Jones, an Englishman. saw
TWO SURVIVORS FIGHTING
for the possession OF a pair OF boots on a dead
body. They finally decided by toss of penny
which should have them. Two Swedes delibe
rately chose 10 die with their wives and chill
dren rather than leave them, and swim ashore
Edward Higgins, a Hampshire bricklaver, and
twelve companions in the compartment with
him, escaped by stripping of their clothes and
squeezing themselves through a port hole.
Richard Reynolds, from Queenstown, who
kept diary during the voyage, charges that
MANY OF THE CREW ACTED VERY COwARDLY.
and says one OF the men who escaped by the
port hole was wedged in for several minutes
and unable 20 move either way, bat finally e.
capped. He fReynolds) was lifted by the hair
through port hole. The lad John HenlV il
the only child saved. The little fellow cried
ont through the port hole that his father. moth
er and brother were all drowned, and asked To
be helped out. The boy was met here by a mar
ried sister yesterday, and was the observed of
all observers at Castle Garden,
THE AFFECTING MEETING
between the sister and her little brother bring
ing tears to all the spectators eyes. William
then was robbed by the sailors OF her trunk
which foated ashore, together with his own
valuables All the survivors speak in warm
terms of gratitude OF the kind treatment every
where received, at Halifax and en- route.
A Tulane dispatch
PROM THE WRECK LAST NIGHT
says, all that remains of her lies in a circular
cove nearly parallel TO the shore, about 10 feet
from rock on which the survivors first landed.
The officers of the coast wrecking company vi O
came down in the forenoon full Of the idea Of
raj. IaF g+ sAFaRa hat
ucable. Ii is impossible that the ship could
ever have reached this position without the
greatest carelesSness. \ careful lookout would
have discovered this coast long before the shf ID
struck, as the rocks are OF a whitish gray. an 4
have line of snow border. Though the wreck
ers and divers have brought up numerous
bodies, many remain IN the vessel where the
bulk OF the cargo also remains.
The Official Investigation Confirmed
HALIFAX. y. s., April The invest gat ion
into the Atlantic disaster was resumed. puTsu-
ant 10 adjournment, at ten o'clock this morning.
The first witness called was Cornelius l. Brady
third officer, who testified a followS.-Mv
watch was from TO y O'Clock that night. We
the captain and the four officers, We're an con-
versant with the ships position. At p. m. bore
OF tor HALIFAX. Course y. p T.. by the COM
pass. There was on that course nine easteriy
variations by solar observation. Samhra a.
noon bore y. 50 T.. distant 10 miles In the
afternoon had variable weather with rain. then
shifted to w, cleared up. and then 10 w y
w, tsle with occasional passing clouds. Ii was
brilliant star light at midnight. At request
the captain made out, 10y the log slate, the dis
lance run since shifting our course at I O'Clock
to be l22 miles. This calculation is not ALWAYS
strictly correct, but is nearly and L. corrected
by our dgment. did not look at the chart
but knew the position Of the ship. and that In
was distant from SambTo Is miles. We used A
common log line, and il was hove every hours.
The speed OF the steamer often varies consider
ably, from various causes, as from currents; diff
tereht quallries OF coal used, &c. / did not
know the number OF revolutions the screw
made, but by looking over the side 4 could tel
the speeu that she was making within half
mile. The course was shaped to cOunteract
westerly set OF current. / have been to Halifax
twice before, but never TO stop or Law there, and
am not wei acquainted with the coast.
The captains orders when he went below were
TO call him Immediately If any change in the
weather occurred-that is, If il became haZv or
thick. Both leads, patent and common. were
on the bridge, ready TO be thrown at any time.
The captain did not give orders 20 heaye che
lead. i gave the captain orders to the fourth
officer, and Immediately turned i'm after being
relieved. did not know anything afterwards
after end OF the ship. Ny room was locked
and the fourth officer had the KEY. 4 had no
means Of getting out. / ran on deck Just -
turned ont OF bed and met Quartermaster VII
liams. He was afterwards drowned. asked
him v hat was the matter. He said, fMy God
the ship has gone ashore" ran at once TO No.
, boat. the captains boat, on the saloon
deck. My own boat had been stove during pre-
vious heavy weather on the passage. I got an
axe and cleared the boat. While in the act of
launching the boat the shin fell over on
her side. As near as could Judge il was only
or minutes after she struck that she keeled
over. When L found she was going FOYER 1
scrambled over and succeeded i'm getting into
the mizzen rigging. Finding that 1 was of no
use made my way forward, accompanied by
Quartermaster Owens and the storekeeper.
heard the captain at the main rigging and
called to him. j do not suppose he heard me i'm
the confusion. When got forward made out
for rock in front of the ship, and thought n
could get to the rock could save myself and
others. unrove the tarboard foretopsail wang
new rope, and also the signal halyares. i
took these on the outside of the ship. and sent
Quartermaster Williams with them TO try to
reach the rock but he failed andHye had to haul
him back TO the ship. then sent Quartermas-
ter Speak man. He succeeded and /
Inpe1iately followed him. We hauled
stout rope bv means of the wang 20 the rock,
which was about twenty FIVE yards, suppose
from the ship. We hauled number OF men
from the ship to the rock. but finding il getting
crowded we then made the rope fast 10 the
rock, and communicated with the island bv
some means, and in this way saved a number
of lives. On the island 1 met Clancy,
and asked him - / could communi-
cate with Halifax. He told me there were
no regular means of communication, and that
would have to sent messenger on horseback.
This did and went back TO the ship. Then
the boats came. j remained on the rock to en-
courage the people aud thus saved many lives.
Here witness produced diagram of the inter-
nal arrangements Of ship, and showed there
was nothing to prevent the steeragc passengers
from getting on deck.
Marine Disasters.
NORFOLK, VA, April THE unknown