The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-10

We give additional particulars of
the loss of the steamer Atlantic, near
Cape Prospect, together with the
statements of tho Captain, Williams,
and others:
THE LOSS.
HALIFAX, April ., 1873.
"Only three or four cabin passen-
gers were saved from the wreck Ofthe
| Atlantic-one Englishman and or
Frenchmen. Only one lady passen-
ger attempted to save herself, and she
was frozen to death in the rigging, and
/ fell into tie water. The purser is
among the lost. Some of the passen-
gers arrived in this city to-day. They
| give narrowing details of the calami-
/ ty. The Atlantic had $50 steerage
| and 80 saloon passengers, There had
/ been two births during the voyage.
The crew numbered 142, and IA stow
aways were discovered. 800 in all,
We're saved out of the total number,
1,03S."
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
We started from Liverpool March
Goth. During the first part of the
passage we had favorable weather
and easterly winds. On the 24th, ,25th
and Goth, we experienced heavy south
west and westerly gales, which
brought the ship down to us miles a
day. On the 3lst of March, the en-
| gineer's report showed but about I27
\ tons of coal on board. We were then
AGO miles east of Sandy Hook, with
the wind southwest, and high west
erly swell, and falling barometer, the
| ship steaming only eight knots per
hour. We considered the risk too
| great to push on, as we might find
| ourselves, in the event of q gale, shut
out from any port of supply, and so
| decided to bear up for Halifax. At l
pm, on the 31st, the ships speed va
| rying from eight to twelve knots per
hour, the wind south, with rain, which
veered to westward at at pm, with
clear weather. At midnight judged
the ship TO have made 10 miles, which
would place her As miles south of
Sambro, and I then left the deck and
went into the chart room, leaving or
ders about the lookout, and to let me
know if they saw anything, and call
me at 3 a. M, intending then to put
the ships head to the southwark and
await daylight.
My first intimation of the catastro-
phe was the striking of the ship on
Marr's 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 Off
Ger. Before the boats could be cleared
only ten minutes having elapsed, the
ship keeled heavily to the port, rem.
derIng the starboard boats useless.
Seeing that no help could be got from
the boats, l got the passengers into the
rigging and outside rails, and encOur-
aged them to go forward where the
ship was highest and less exposed to
water, The third officer, Mr.. Brady,
Quartermasters Owens and Speak
man, by this time having established
communication with the outlying
rock, about forty yards distant, by
means of line, got four other lines
to the rock, along which about two
hundred people passed. Between
rock and shore was a passage one
hundred yards wide. A rope was sue
cessfully passed across this, by which
means about fifty got to land, though
many were drowned in the ATTEMPT.
At a. m. the first boat appeared
from the island, but she was too small
to be of any assistance.
Through the eXertions of Mr.. Brady,
the third officer, the islanders were
aroused, and by 6 a. m, 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 bv g
poor fisherman named Clancy and
his daughter. During the day the
survivors, to the number of 429 were
drafted off to the various houses scat
tered about-the resident Magistrate,
Edmund Ryan, rendering valuable
assistance. The chief officer having
got up the mizzen rigging, the sea cut
OF his retreat He stood for six hours
by woman who had been placed in
the rigging. The sea was too high to
attempt his rescue, At p. M. eler-
gyman, the Rev. Mr.. Ancient, sue
ceeded in getting him a line and get
ting him of. Many Of thepassengers,
saloon and steerage, died in the
rigging from cold. Among the num-
Der was the purser Of the ship. Be
fore the boats went out placed two
ladies in the life-boat and, finding the
boat useless, carried them to the main
rigging where I left them and went aft
to encourage Others to 60 forward on
the side of the ship. at this juncture
the boilers exploded and the boat
rolled over to the leeward, the ship
at this time being on her beam end.
Finding myself useless there, 1 went
to take the ladies forward, but found
them gone, nor did see them after
ward.
Many passengers at this time could
mot be Stimulated to anv effnrt tn sare