, 1873-05-29
THE ATLANTIC WRECK.

THE ATLANTIC WRECK.
Now Horrors.
A correspondent Of tho Now York Herald who
hhs boom exploring fn tho nelghborhood Of tho
wrock OF tho ill-fatod Atlantic, tells some hor-
rlblo storios Of what no haa been seoing thcro.
pse s nsa s he,i 81 bsssS sS" to o iie To-
oadty whoro the creator portion Of tho voiinia
have boon buried, and wa arc told that the doal
lying benenth tho sod fn tho dismal town or
Prospect number moro than tho living inhabi-
tants. Tho writer sRya: .."
The graves, or trenches. in many oaaeB nro
aoarcoly dcop enough to allow tho collins to rest
moro than few inches bolow tho oarth's sur
face, Heavy rains hayo washed away what llttlo
hundreds Of tho collins exposed to viow. In
many instances two bodies arc crowded into o
single box, and In Bomo casoa oven three; and,
in ordor to economizo In the way OF space, they
doep. At the foot Of tho shabby graves and tho
rude collins arc tho modest tablets which record
the painful euffcrings md horoto doaths OF hum
dreds Of brave mon, conddin8 women, and tnno-
covered, Of the $40 lost, Is 42s. As nenr es can
be ascortained, about dozen of those niaBinB
are cabin passengers, and the rest are STORAGE.
OF tho latto1 probably many more will DO ro-
ful Il any Of tho corpses Of tho misslng oabin
"Thoeo rescued from The vossel were In many
INSTANCES 30 fcarfu1ly mutilntca md bruised BY
cargo That 1t would have boon impossible for
their most Intimate friends to Identify them.
To speak Of them az ghaatly, rcpulaive, and hide
otn conveys but q feoblc idea Of tho nlckening
been picked up before, and narrowing and pain
ful BcehoB had been for weeks abounding In tho
vicinity, yet with almost every oorpse rocoy-
ored there WAS aomething freah and original IN
forget. Although usod to such sceues, even
tho divers could not Witness thom without
dropping m involuntary toar Of pity. somo
died with outstretched arms, as II grasping for
them FROM q wstezy grave; there we're others
with countanances rendered hideous aud START
ling by appearances Of fright and anguish in
their final struggle for life; and tho supplicat-
ing geze and Tild, CLASSY eyes Of nearly al
rescue from threatening and terrible fato. Tho
furious and angry sea which, for over month,
hnd vaahcd the remains Of these poor uufortu-
natea hero and there among the, debris Of the
thotr torrlb1o fright and anguish when tho chip
went down. Although their forms we're, In many
oasos torn almost literally to piocos yet their
countonanoes, if tho faoe was preserved, intcat.
tho divors found in tho rigging tho body of ono
who was evidently a German, with 3-year old
boy olaspod In his arms. Tho little follow was
olinKing with all tho tonnoity Of tho " death
grips" and tho fond father, It seomod, would
effort waH made 10 bring them to the surface In
the same position as found, but tho burden WaB
too heavy, and tho diyor first brought up the
child and thon tho father, and tho two arc
the Prospect cemeteries. The bodies found out
aido OF the wreck aaom to have suffered mora
from dopredations by fish than those found in
tho vessel. although some OF tho latter, taken
nf$ $t,n ntnw I-ne
distigurcd from this oausa. Tho remains Of d
young woman were picked up BY . grapp1er yes
terdny, and both eyes wore literally eaten from
their sockets, and hugo lobster, still feeding
with great difficulty. Il Is tho theory Of tho
fishermen that Holsters aud crabs are tho only
species Of nsh that will foast upon dead body,
and tho lobster dealers maintain the opposite
ator had beon actually found devouring corpse,
ono Of tho prinopal lobster dealera at
Prospect approached tho Herald reporter and re-
queated that he would not publish the circum-
would have tendency to ruin. his business.
The young woman who was thus being 40 slowly
and surely dovourod bud about Et0 sterling sew-
cd up in q body-belt aud atrapped around her per-
pair Of heavy gold earrings, pearl finger ring
q a1nall gold watch, md heavy neck-ohain. Al
though steeragc passenger, she was evidently
q lady Of more than ordinary refinement. 1t is
WHO wS naraa from in bar whIo aa Mas baatfni , Il
liza. that fhey ware not 11er1nittei to cazn unon
tho ehastjy and reuulssyo corpso as It was taid
avay with with tho huniroia Of others which Ills
tnrrII,1e iiiHnatar i1as f1,rnislod,
HTho other tlny. whila son1o OF tho voluntary
wrcoknrn~thoso Mo nrowl aromn5 liza s1n]sen
vessel for n1nnfler-ware fishing viii the,r hnokr
for whateyer they might ind of yalue. ono Of
fha,r nnnrhar faatonsa nnnn what onnossre3 | Srom
ro1 and nniled nwnv fnr = m3nuto or two s1H71
fhen ool1ed anothar etal,vart fishor,nan 10 hahn
lin The rnItn3 stranott, 1T t11o two anccnaifcf
r. hr,,oinn m fra1rnenta ~ sill< dross anii
1naJs ,endS3rc1e,hin Tb,t thag o." h,d .ot ha1d
~ hov 1es "arts} md xv;th H. .
~ tway,1 1~n ~ eft1 d111a~ r"mar ~ fnv rana,red
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