Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-03

10 so and saij that L mattrred little. ;hInksn.,
th' s'tssnef ~ss or a. 80. sai saia N ~ A.
q. wen O. meet death below a on decs- - =
and At leahy. ms china. aets rmined 10 49,,
our hses 4 r-SSi de- and, AZ ala vss oosras On
seas~. really csnBet tel how we cot on .l.ek
olaers were gwen, a. Is a common thing OF
THr Hs-cHps suorrp rE crosrn.
s''d mo one would ce permitted % asccnd - tie
se.s. ihusAlas our lives were In imu nrIst
asn we forced the hstches No AMI aseend..i
Ia The deck. A. seon we vent on dad y.
rushed 20 the side Of the vessel AMI sau -,
rocks. a. supposed about three ha,rlr nd 49,.
distant. thought al first h was an ices,eIs NJ,
had struck, hut quickly Afterwards NE noss..,s
that the ship had commenced 20 heaVe sud
plunge. After thres, OF four plangss she 81
lied. and the water seemed TO he rushing iu.
] snrmised that on, safety depended on or
being on the side Of the vessel nearesf land I
rushed 90 that side and caught hold OF the rir-
ging, when the ship commenced 90 turn Over
gradually on her side. GOT on the SIDE 81 80,
ship and caught hold OF q rope. then heart
DISMAL wAtL.
which was fearful 90 listen 81. 70 prOree.isi
III sne ss,seersge passengers who were below
than two minutes. when Al, - IN M
The FATAL list.
NEW YORK, April A large crowd an IA,
morning has surrounded tn bulletin hasr,i
OUTSIDE the once OF tae whIts Star line .ag.,i,
reading the list of passenger lost ana 49,
20 far as ascertained 4 continuous straa,, 80
persons has been passing IN ana out OF tl,.
S S1s sns,onsly seek ng Information regarding
friends who were GA board or are feared -
have been on board the Inflated Atlantic.
IRE pEvIArIoN To HALIFAX INCoMrnrRN-
The agent this for.noon received the for,o,.-
ing dispatch from the Liverpool agents OF t5e
line;
sLIvFRroc1, April s.-EoJR Sna,s, A.
lantic's deviation 20 Halifax incomprrhensih.s =.
The quantity Of cctl on board Na- So 'ons
against an average tOnsumpti on during s'ei-
teen voyages OF IA tons.
isNAY, INEYER \ Co
The agents here stste thar they 40 not know
what to make OF ~. but think the Atlantic -
perienced strong hea.l-winds, compelling hes a
burn nearly double the usual quantity or S5sl
10 keep up the customary speed.
THE lEsCUED PASSENGERS ~ ROUTE.
The following dispatch rciyed from
Halifax this morning, and ctay of I'd Mas
posted up outside IN large letter p" Two hun
per steamer Chase to- New York a Portland.
Mih De supplied with ample meal and tickets.
Remainder Rem 70 follow per Falmoa,h tonight.
May be expected on saturday"
New Works. Deaf.
NV NoRK, April S.-Mr Frcu-n n. Mat
Wal, cabin passenger i'm the Atlantic. sr,.Ts
The following dispatch 20 the Associated Pre-
hAIlFAN, April Say 90 friends of cabin
passengers OF steamer Atlantic that IWill r.
main with the wreck until have secured IN
lost cabin Passengers . have boxes gong to
Bodies OF Mrs. Fisher aud Miss Merritt We have.
The bodies OF Mr.. ana Mrs. Merritt. Niss
Scrymser and John n. Price OF New yorL
have great hopes % securing.
SJ2 Souls ON board
LONDON. April She steamship Ar'affrr
was insured in London companies for : IN sou
There were sto steerage passengers on TIE I'M
ia,ed vessel. The passengers and crew OF tie
Atlantic, n she sailed from Liverpool. were
CLASSIFIED a. follows. English, los men, q
women, > male and u female children. scotch
a men and women; Irish, % men. n Womsl,
and children; other nationslities 10 admit
males. = women. ~ male children and a. fetna >
children. "A large number OF emigTauts eU,-
parked al queenstown, making tine total num-
Der OF souls upon the steamer when she ,aiI..I
from that port, 952.
Too Late,
OTTAWA. April Sin Parliament last pf-.l,t
a discussion took place, with reference 20 fh,.
Auahnc disaster. when u was stated that the
government had ordered a searching invsstit-a-
ton. An Appropriation was made during fte
lat session of Parliament for the erection OF
a light house At the point where the accident
occurred, and IL Vas deeply regretted ID va
not ready In time "a prevent the disaster