The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-05-07

The steamer il total wreck and Is
broken in two. Divers are on the spot
for the purpose of recovering as much of
the cargo as can be saved
RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS.
Early this morning the Dominion gov
eminent steamer Lady Head, Captain
Mattson; the Cunard steamer Delta, Cap
tain Shaw, and the steam tug Goliah,
Captain Jones, left the city for the scene
of the wreck of the White Star steamer
Atlantic, at Prospect, to render such as
sistance as they could.
THE cAPrAIN's STATEMENT
The following is the Captains state
ment We sailed from Liverpool March
20. During the first part of the passage
had favorable weather and easterly winds
On the oath, 25th and 26th experienced
heavy southwest and westerly gales,
which brought the ship down to lis miles
a day. On the 3lst of March the en-
gineer's report showed but about one
hundred and twenty-seven tons of coal on
board. We were then 400 miles east of
Sandy Hook, with wind southwest and
high westerly swell and falling barome-
ter, the ship steaming only eight knots
per hour; considered the risk too great to
push on, as we might find ourselves, in
the event of gale, shut out from any
port of supply, and so decided to bear up
for Halifax. At one P. NJ, Slst, Sambro
Island was distant 10 miles; ships speed
varying from eight to twelve knots per
hour; wind south, with rain, which veer-
ed to westward at eight P. NJ, with clear
weather At midnight judged the ship
to have made 122 miles, which would
place her As miles south of Sambro, and
then left the deck and went into the chart
room, leaving orders about the lookout,
and to let me know if they saw anything,
and call me at three a. NJ, intending then
to put the ships head to the southwark
and await daylight.
Ny first intimation of the catastrophe
was the striking of the ship on Marr's Is
land and remaining there fast. The sea
Immediately swept away all the port
boats. The officers went to their stations
and commenced clearing away the wealth
er boats. Rockets were fred by the sec
ond officer. Before the boats could be
cleared-only ten minutes having elapsed
the ship keeled heavily to port, render
ing the starboard boats useless. Seeing
that
No HELP COULD BE GOT FROM THE BOATS
got the passengers into the rigging and
outside the rails and encouraged them to
90 forward, where the ship was highest
and less exposed to the water. The third
officer, Mr.. Brady, Quartermasters Owens
and Speakman, by this time having estab-
lished communications with the outlying
rock, about forty yards distant by meas
ure of line, got four other lines to the
rock, along which about two hundred
people passed. Between the rock and the
shore was passage loo yards wide. A
rope was successfully passed across this,
by which means about fifty got to the
land, though many were drowned in the
attempt At FIVE A NJ the first boat APP
peared from the island, but she was too
small to be of any assistance Through
the exertions of Mr.. Brady, the third Off
Ger, the islanders were aroused, and by
six A NJ three larger
BOATS CAME TO OUR ASSISTANCE.
BY their efforts all that remained on the
side of the ship and on the rock were
landed in safety and cared for by poor
fisherman, named Clancy, and his daugh-
ter. During the day the survivors, to the
number of 429, were drafted off to the
various houses scattered about, the resi-
dent magistrate, Edmund Ryan, render
ing valuable assistance The chief officer
having got up the mizzen rigging, the sea
cut off his retreat. He stood six hours
by woman who had been placed in the
rigging. The sea was too high to attempt
his rescue At three p NJ clergyman,
Rev. Mr.. Ancient, succeeded in getting a
line to him and getting him of. Many of
the passengers, saloon and Storage, died
m the rigging from cold; among the num-
Der the Purser of the ship.
LADIES PUT IN TUE BOATS.
Before the boats went out placed two
ladies in the life-boat, but finding the boat
useless, carried them to the main rigging,
where ] left them and went aft to encour-
age others to go forward on the side of
the ship. At this juncture the boiler ex-
ploded and the boat rolled over to lee
ward, the ship at this time being on her
beam ends. Finding myself useless there
L went to take the ladies forward, but
found them gone, nor did see them after
wards. Many passengers at this time
could not be stimulated to any effort to
save themselves, but lay in the rigging
and
DIED FROM FRIGHT AND EXPOSURE.
/ remained on the side encouraging.
helping and directing until about fifteen