New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-07
ARRIVAL OF me srEERAGE suRvH

ARRIVAL OF THE STEERAGE SURVIVORS.
OWE THREE uUNpRxp OF TIE RESCUED Esii-
GRANTS WESTWARD BoUND-AS EvESTFUL DAY
AT CASTLE GAEDES-JOYFUL GREETisGs-FAcEs
THAT WE'RE MISSED.
As it had been announced that the greater number
of the steerage passeE gers would be IL this city
yesterday morning. blythe steamer Newport Of the
Fan River line number OF their friends assembled
At the pier Of that company ~ the foot Of AsTTay
So. az an early hour and made anxious inquiries
ccruing their friends. Finding that the vessel had
not arrived they waited patiently, departed only
70 return and make further inquiries. AT H. the
Newport steamed pp anh was made fast &c the pier,
her decks loaded with a motley crowd u ship
wrecked eInigranis occasionally relieved by
the fresher garb and more placid countenance
Of weather. and less troubled Fall River passengers.
as as tho vessel appeared efforts made by
the friends of Tie emigTaBts and few curious spec
tators 20 pass through tho gates Of the pier but t
was without result the several policemen On duty
refused % permit their entrance until the passen-
gers had departed After the regular passengers had
gone lahore the .nigrnn were mustered IN body
between decks and transferred to the tcv-boat
William Fletcher, which steamed MP 70 the pier,
under the Of Mr.. Gardiner, the general passen
ger agent Of the White Star Line. They were trans
ferred Castle Garden fOr registration ana thelter
pending their departure
On the tnp from the foot Of MuTsy-st 20 the Bat
terry the emigrsnt< were very communicative. and
although somewhat sadde16d by their terrible axpe-
Renee cheeTfully imnarted their history and the
events OF the voyage and wreck. They appeared,
with few exceptions, 20 ~ men Of rugged health.
very muscular, and evidently accustomed u hand
labor They we're Of average intellg ence, and some
Of them appeared ia have rsoeived good common
school education. Each man wore tho clothes be
81 Ifaf ~
10 have seen supplemented by little articles sOmsof
which we're contained IL red bandanna bandker-
chiefs. A. wore red wSrStsd ,oonforters, evidently
the gift nf some phiap thropists who pitlet
their cold and fOrlOrn condition. They stated
that they bad been very we'll cared for II Halifax
and Boston and expressed their thanks. One topic
they never tired of, and that was the heroism Of
William Hoy. lrishmAn, who, after reaching q /
landing plaza saved about 70 n his fellow passen
gers An idea of his efforts may be derived from !
the fact that when his hands lad become numb with
the cold be grasped the struggling meH IN the water
with hli teeth.
yRiFTDs REUSIrRD.
Arriving AZ Castle Garden the chi grants left |
the Fletcher and strode forward TO the incJosare
where they remsiAed Tor few mIDutet and then !
passed one at time, before desk the attendants
ID which Registered their names places of birth, de
parture. etc. Aftsr this had bDen accomplished the
names Of such OF the e9igTants had Letters await
ing them were called and upon their responding, /
their Letters were delivered BY this time large
number of thsr friends having found that Castle
Garden was The place ts communicate with them.
had slie1 the room Of tie Bureau Of Information
and Vere keeping the clerk and the attendant po-
liccman busy Will their Inquiries The names Of
the enigrants sought were written slips of paper
and NJ nt into the b1ildingw here they were called and
hen the efngrantI responded they were conveyed
in squads 10 ths where engued tie most Affect
ing scenes since the wreck AZ Halifax. Long parted
friends greeted one anntber with a hearty clasp of
tho hand and a feIvent Thank God" BAT It Vas
when the relationship was Of closer no that the
scene became dramatic. husband and wife, mother
and BON. sister and brother. fell on each others
necAs add wept from JOY, and not iufreqaeuty from
agonziug grief the presence of the saved reminding
them Of the loved ones who had been lost. There
NeJe many eager injuries Tor friends who have