The New York herald., 1873-07-10

girl m she steerage, named Winifred, came
and asked me
wHErMR SHE WOULD sm CASTLE GARDEN AT
OF course I told her yes She gave me q
kiss, and 1 wrapped an Ulster coat around her
a. she went down the ladder Neither I nor
winiffod arc any the worse for it yet hope.
As soon as we got ON shore the Irish emf
grants kept mostly by themselves, and the
Fins and Germans BY themselves. There
were several
DEszRrHD BARNS AND oUTHousEs ON THE
in which the passengers were housed. Fences
and railings were torn up, fires built and tea
kettles and biscuit were served out as quickly
as possible. Fortunately the weather, though
damp and foggy, was endurable else the suf-
fsring of the poor creatures must have been
dreadful and the babies must have died.
THE CABIN LADIES
were taken up to the house of Mr.. Harding
and taken good care of by Mrs. Harding and
her excellent daughters. saw Winifred
Coot and all, and three other young Irish
girls safe under the protection Of the angels
in the shape of the Misses Lewis, and many
others found home and shelter under the
roof Of another MrR Lewis
rm KINDNESS OF THESE PEOPLE
was such that no money could ever repay
them, even if the Inman agent was to give
them millions of dollars. But what was to be
done with the hundreds Of poor Irish women
lying on the beach under the banks and big
rocks?
GALLANT AMERICAN
Here was An opportunity for Colonel Par
nell, of the United States cavalry, from Camp
b Harney, Oregon, to come forward and
nobly he did So This gentleman, as calm
and polite in peace as he is gallant in war,
went round and induced several women to 60
dispatched whole gangs of them under me to
house them and
BUILD FIRES FOB THEM.
Many poor creature went to sleep at night
blessing Colonel Parnell. am sorry to say
that did not see one single other cabin male
passenger exerting himself in the slightest to
assist the poor creatures. When the Colonel
and went up to the Lewis's that night at
one O'Clock we found gentleman who is con-
nected with the Inman line at Liverpool.
IN COMFORTABLE FzArHER BED,
with the door locked ON the inside, whereas
there were dozens of women, including the
two Misses Lewis and old Mrs. Lewis in the
next room, lying on the floor. The next day
broke
DAMP, FoGaY AND RAINY
The doctor came ashore and behaved ad-
mirably, putting up tents from canvas sails,
attending to the women, &C., in fact doing
everything in his power to alleviate their con-
diton. Up to this point we had not caught
sight of the steamer, the fog being too thick.
On Monday, however, the weather cleared up,
and there she lay quiescent,
As IF SHE WAS AT ANCHOR.
She lies about half mile to the leeward of
Green Island, which is about three acres in
extent, and half q mile in direct line from
the shore.
LINE OF REEFS
extends out from the shore, with heavy
breakers on them Had we gone to the
right or the left only two hundred yards we
must have
STRUCK EITHER THE ISLAND OR THE REEFS,
and fearful loss of life must have ensued.
About four miles in the rear of the ship is the
Little Hope Rock, by which we must have
passed within q few yards. The steamer lies
in about
FIFTEEN FEET OF WATER
and appears as solid as the rock she lies on.
Her stern is in deep water, and if we had
backed of we must have sunk in five minutes
Ten minutes after she struck she began to
fll, and is now filed up, with
YrrEKN FEET OF WATER IN HER HOLD
All Sunday and Monday stores, blankets,
beef, biscuits, &C., were landed, and every one
appeared as contented as possible under the
circumstances. The kindness of the people,
what few there are, is excessive Every one is
engaged in alleviating suffering. On Monday
evening meeting of cabin passengers was
called, and about two hundred dollars were
snhscrihad ON the snot in coin for