, 1873-04-09
THE LOST ATLANTIC.

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THE LOST ATLANTIC.
Continuation OF tho Investigation by
tho Onnntltnn ANthOrttlcs--V Visit OF n
| Reporter to tho Hvrccl1-.Arrlvnl OF
S0mo OF tho Sufferers To-nny, on
Thcir Why to t1ao West.
! A pnrty OF forty-ono Swedish on1igrantB, sur
vivors OF tho wreck Of tho Whtto Star steamer
Atlantic, will arrive in this city ut hnlf past 6
o'clock this morning. by tho Michigan Southern
Nailroad. They will 10 met ut tho depot by tho
Atlantic Fund Committee and tho Chicago OIL
cora Of tho White Star Line, md escorted to q
comfortable hotel. Tho Steamship Company
| will dofrny thoir o1ponsoB while hore, and,
| whom they have overcome In q mAnnor tho To-
| .tigue incident to their lato troub1os, will
sond them to thor aovoral destinations in tho
Wost. ~-To-dny tho Fund Committee will divide
tho sum Of $4,000 among the weary travolcrs,
who havo lost all their worldly POSSESSIONS
This money was collected through tho oxertions
Of few charitable geentlomon, who do not look
report tho following collections have boon nado:
BY. Mr. Fred L. Fako-Giles nroa. h Co, $40; Chnun-
coy r: Bowen, IS; Heath hilngan, $40; Han'lin
by III. H. F. Jonntson-1. Latin, s. r. J. MorAo;
Noo a, Iyef IIe haSsS Company m = oark Abbott Co.
EdeaT Egg a. Le"en' 81 b. Hayes *lo' John Ashton
Tho manner in which the fund is distributed
will DO explained In tho daily papers.
HALapA1 April a., sMWm;t H. Patterson, Fonrth 1a
engine at tllo timo Of tic disaator, testified TO-
day TINT tho lowost pressure during. the night Of
tho disaster was S6 pounds, Which was be-
tween II and 2 O'clock; between 2 and
sas 90 POUNDS pro- prosearo on tho I saugo t as
tho timo sho struck. Tho remainder Of his tcs-
timony gives dotails OF whit l,o did after tho
ship struck. Ho testified to soeing tho ongnos
royorsod the steam shut of, and the safety
Mr. brady, the Third Officer, was recalled, and
testified to having received hlastor's cortifl-
cato, and boen in command Of steamers sailing
out OF Liverpool. Ho said tho groateBt speed Of
tho Atlantic undor atoam and sail was thirtcon
knots per hour.
Capt. Mulligan, Of tho stcauner Carlotta, which
that ho arrived at HALIFAX tho night botoro tic
dsa8tor to tho Atlantic; IN tho carly part Of tho
night It WAS thick weather, but subsequently boz
came clearer, and ho could 500 tho lights as ho
entered tho harbor; connidorH sambro light
troachorous ono as to distance; can 500 u miles
| In clear nightH always remains In tho pilot
house after sighting sanlbro light till he reaches
Halifax.
Adjourned to Thursday.
New YonK, April 8.-A newspaper correspon-
don't who wont down into the wreck Of tho atoann-
ship Atlantic yesterday says: Tho hull of tho
{ag 1GhSn Sk in S sSssf sSa sss os ~ tho erg
women jammed among tho boxoB and crates-
Limbs arc strown around brokon from the bodies
by tho continued action Of tho waters. At tho COM
isH, lying III coufussu heaps, Houlu areasod but
many half nudo, Children wero olinglng to
mothers and husbands clasping wives. At tho
companion-wny OF tho stocrago for male pnssen-
gers, bodios Of mon, old aud young, woro to-
gethor Oh the stairs, with distoniod nostrilB,
gaping, mouths, staring, Rlassy eyes, giving
some idoa Of their horrible death whilo strug-
lnonts were numbers OF bodioH Of men with bod
clothing H4rown among thom. Broken stanchions
aud the Jagged, sphntorod woodwork had torn
wero bruised aud batterod about thoir hoada,
which are rod and bloody, contrasting horribly
with the features OF tho others.
HALIFAX, april 8.--Only ono body waB recov-
unknown cabin passenger The diver saw in a
stateroom tho bodies Of two ladios believed to bo
those OF tho MiBaca Brodio mud Dakor, Of Chi-
c'FG: lf1o .toamor North American which arrival
last night from baltimore, reports having PASSED
a body floating twenty miles south Of Haltfa1.
! Capt. Isaac Smith, OF tho coasting steamer ".
A. Starr, was interviewed today IN regard to the
all ooastors arc acquainted with tho strong
ehoro and SOUTH and nd. wost tt further er' out: It.
rsns s but seas9n a. most e ss'pssty pwoSy S. 1s Jq
enco OF ovor knot or q knot and half. There
foro he ia satisfied that at midnight tho Atlantic
must have been loss than 48 miles from sa1nbro
light, or sho could not havo got to Mongher's
| Special Dispach to Tia Chicago Tribune.
E5a!N, Ill. April ; s;-it Is certain M that WILLIAM
lantio. Mr: Todd has resided hero for yoars, and
went to ireland to vHit old friends, starting Jan.
49, His son LOFT, last night, to mako an effort to
| rccovor the bodio8.
a Connected Story Of tho Voyage md
Foundcring, as Told by tho steorugo
| pnsgengcrs.
Boston (apr1 6> corrtspondenes u the New lors
Tho following account Of the voyage OF tho
steamship Atlantic from Liverpool till sho WIS
wrecked on Moaghor's Head, of tho coast Of
| Nova Scotia, and tho consequent loss OF GIG
lives, together with tho subsequent sufferings
| of tho survivors, IL carefully compiled from tie
ago passengers who arrived in this city to-tlay.
haYo boon especially careful In sitting tho owl
donco relleoting on tho character Of tho Captain
| and crow, Betting down naught In malioo, but ut
Ing the plain unvarnishod talo Oh which eacl
and ovely sulroror agreed. Tho statements,
too, ~ to tho poor food norved the ateerago paa-
sengefs on tho voyage, and ita failure to nourish
thom. and thoi1 consequents ntspeody exhaustion In
the hour Of trel, may bo roiod upon, as they nro
derlvod fom the unanimous Testimony of tho GU
| tire number;
Tho steamship Atlantic. Of tho White Star
Line. James 4: Williams, Captain, weighed
ping. at Queenstown, OH Thursday, March 40. 1t
o'clock In tho afternoon, having on board
thirty-throo saloon aud 828 steorago passengers,
besides crow Of 130 men. The unusually largo
number Of immigrants, many Of whom woro iu-
by tho flaming announcomonta OF spool
comfort and safety set forth In the Companys