The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-04-10
FEARFUL MARINE DISASTER.

FEARFUL MARINE DISASTER.
HALIFAX, April 1.-The steamship At
lantc, Of the White S;a- Inc, from Liver
rool March 20th, for New York, running
sIo,s Of coal, mace for Halifax. When
about twenty miles IRON port, of Cape
pro ? ct, at . 20 clock this nlO-n;r'., she
ian ashore on Nc. ;her's He d. She bad
on board oser 900 men, women and c;l;l
zen, only $50 succeeding in landing
The remain Ter, includn. all the women
and children, were lost. TIE captain AID
tn'ri offer wee saved. The st officer
was d"0wrcd.
A TOTAL LOSS.
On tie fit r. ceipt Of the news Of the
dis .,ter, Cun,rd and government steamer
stirred TO the assistance of ihe Atlantic,
but the To I'd Officer who arrived here 1t
$50 tbs afternoon, says tie yes ell and
cargo are a total loss.
PACr,c,.AGs OF THE wEECs
H.. Ak, y. s., April THE White
Star steamer 4 tlan.ic, Cantai1 WHfams,
from Liverpool FOR New York, wailc com
'7g ioto th's port for coal stuck on
Meg e. ; Eocl., par Prospect, twenty
two mil"e wet OF llar"ax ard became a
total wtccL. O. about 900 pc sons on
board upward OF 700 wee drowned. The
lh;Ti officer, Is fdy, az we'd in this c,y
It's evening. lie saws that the Atlantic
eft Lv rDoot ca the oh OF Marcr, with
rnHFrd OF 900 s,ecrfge pa c7gers and
about f,tv cabin Iasscrge's. The ssoamcr
e. 'erced bolste. Gus weather dc ? The
rassa,,c, but 81 went we'll unit noon OF
Monday, tie Est, when he =, pply Of coal
b,c1Te nea,,y exh9UsteD. Ire c-pra;n de-
t. nrncd 0 nrt mo IIaISaS. The cap AIN
and Il ID officer were on deck un.' mid
I 2.rt. TIE po,it on was they judged, to
be OF Sombro L'sht, b~frins y. \. W. 60
niles. Tie captain ,hen went ito
his cbar. room lee,ipg orue.s to
be called immo, ;at,ly if there was
any change il the ' els pos ION. They
went 10 bed about tie same ,;ne as tire
can, -. The / ext t'''g he remembers is
th", be W.. tn own out o" rs bJn', and
lie hea the ship s,r ke Eeycr 81 mes. lie
trea rushed on d OK a / found the captain
a'l Office 5 lere, and tie deck al Ct pas
lcn3c-5, lie got an axe and commenced to
clear away boat. The caplai. and
Tier ofcers were busy doing somelbi1g.
Draur got the boat out a0dput Two NO
ma n il. 4 number OF men a,,emp ed
to ,-e, u il, and about 90 en- succ, eded.
JUS, at tbs moment the stea mer fen over
On Ter beam end, and sar =. On'v ore
be. h d been out, and tao was c. ed
down bv the stcame., and I'll on ~ wee
lo.,. Brady SCI mbleu 10 the n;..en
rigging, winch was above the wait-, and
sccirs tat he could do roGh'pg the I, be
then went toward and rnmOved tbs
halyarl. being assisted ~ Qla e mas .ers
Sbctm2n and Oven. i adv ticn took The
halvn"d~. anu ~ three swan to The ock and
tina me was hauled asho c, aud 4 number
Of tue nasseny gers lanled by it. A num-
be- bad got on tue rock, but as the tide
was r'srg- their position VS. no better
than on the vessel. +; harnen on shore
- m ont Ia Lon, - IL -I.-----i. -
took large Number from the rggins.
Brady emainei 1T tue seen, TIL noon to-
day, when all who were alive on board Lad
bcen taken from the wreck, except the
chef oaica-, Mr.. Firth, who was IN the
/ '.rgin; shouting for help. Brady saws lie
tied to get the crew to the rescue of Firth
but the sea was so heavy, ard nobo "
would volunteer. Altogether about 30
persons We're saved, including Capt. vii
lidms also the foe til officer, Nv. Brow d,
the fireman, and several of the engjnce.s
aud sailors. Not single woman o. chi'd
was saved. Most of t4em, rs vel as
huUlreds Of men, wee drowned in Their
berths. The steamer struck about TIVE
o'clock this noon. The weather at the
time was dark, but not thick, ald the
sea rough.
Steamers are going down tonight to
rcrdcr what assistance they can. Al the
pc pie saved from the w.e k, v tn the ex-
,eE ton of Brady are still at Prospect,
" here the fishermen are Swing them all the
attention thew POSSIBLE clu