Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-10
Hurshor p PsrsleulAru Of che AtlantAa

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FursAsr P,rslenlars Of che Atlaat1,
A steerage passenger makes the fol
i lowing statement:
turned into my berth about II
O'Clock Monday night. The nigh
was dark, but starlight, and the woath.
or dne. ! knew the ship was goine
into Halifax for coal. Tho last I re-
member was th6t 2 bells Il o'clock
struck. / then went to sleep, and
swoke with = shock, and remarked K
my mate, "There goes the anchor"
thought, Of course, we were In Halifax
harbor; but 40 soon a. she made the
second plunge / said, 'sGood God
shc's ashore p with that We rot ur d
and dressed. The companionway wal
thronged with lower steerage passen.
gers. Seeing that the sea was ccmmen.
cling to break over the ship and lower
down the companion-way, I got as
many as possible to take to the bunks
and hold on to the iron stanchions.-
There we remained till after daylight.
The ship had fallen over and the steer
age was fun Of water, one side only
being out Of It. Our only chance
Of escape was by the ports. A num-
Der of men, probably twenty, got out
through the ports to the side Of the
vessel. l remained until all who were
alive were out. There were q great
many who were drowned In their
hunks, and others were drowned In
trying to reach the ports. I got ont
through port, and held fast to the
side Of the ship for about two hours,
and then went to shore by life line.
When I left tho ship there were still d
great many in the rigging.
The names Of the cabin passengers
lost are as follows:
Cyrus M. Fisher, counselor -at-law,
of Vermont, and his wife Miss Brady
and Miss Barker, both Of Chicago; j.
n. Price, 15l Broadway, New York |;
Mr.. Kruger, "a Exchange Place, New
York Albert Sumner, San Francisco !;
Henry T. Hewitt Of w. J. Best q Co.,
New York city; Mr.. Merritt and wife,
New York Miss Scrynlser and Miss
Merritt, New York; Mrs. Davidson
and daughter, London; w. b. We'll
lington, Boston; Mr.. Street, wife, son
and daughter, Nevada.
The following cabin passengers were
saved: Freeman ID. Markwald, Of
Thompson, LangdOn & Co., Broadway,
New York city; s. w. Wick, OF Wick
= Malone, Wilmington, N. c.; J.
Spencer jones' of New Ross, ireland !;
Lewis Lcvison, London; A. Gardner,
n ~ a =
Henry Hirsch. az Switzerland. Inn,
ron Camachio. of New YORK r. r.
Richmond. Detroit: Adolphens Inclo.
of New York city WIN. John Rrind.
lev, Of Burslcns. England: Daniel XII
name. Of Springfieid. Ohio: James
Brown. Of Manchester. and Nichoiss
Brandt. Of New York.
~
ne lVnuMlng .1., are tne oMccrs sSved
e. -. llllaII., y, Japan y. W. Fnth,
cn.eI oMcer Iornehus brady, Inlrd
oMccr Jonn brown, ionrth omcer,
1nu Luppa11, su.keOu 0ecca0 onn-
Cer Hshry Mc.can III u sMonR tne iost !
Also AMproso o'tn,ngson, purser,
anu y uuen xnrlsues cnlei steWar9.--
Aoou, seventy oI tne crew we're iost
sno tue ssme HumDer saved. -FOUR
nunuEeu sHo .hlrEe. oi .ne steerage
psssengers wsIe M savea, wnicn Is ABOUT
onc-halI VI tDo nutnoer ON Doard.
Cspt.in wiiiiams states: MY first
lntimatlon OF the catastrophe was the
si s.aiA,ng g,. =: ans mp On Molr.s lsl1no,
a..el,. suu .es ...u.v ..ss s1o sss a...
tsrsMasss, ns,s1s - 1Mr n,,s 49,. =. =, ~ pss -
t;nrs and com morced ciosr;rr swsv
the weather hoats' Rockets were Arcl
nv tho second ofY3cer. Rcfnre the hnats
conid he CLEARED. only ten minutes
HAVING elansed. she kec,ed henviiv ~
nort ren1arinu the starhnard hoats
rsale.s. Sec;ng that M holm coniI IL
uot from thc .hnats. 0ot tho n.ssen.
gers into the rigoinr and outside the
rails. and encoursged them to ro for.
ward where the shin was HIGHEST and
less exnosed 10 the water. The third
officer. Mr.. brady. Onartarmastars
Owens and Snc.kman hv this t;n,e
had estahl;shed commnn;cation with
the outlvinU rocE ahont forty wards
distant. Nv means II lina and cot
fnnr other lines tn Tho rock a,eng
which ahout two hundred nennle nass.
cd. Retween the rock and Tia shore
was = nsssaga one hnnd rod, v.rds v u;ds
A rope was successfully passed across
this, by which means about fifty got to
land, though many werc drowned in
the attempt.
Alta. m. the first boat appeared
from the island. Int was too small fn
he of anv ass;stance. Through the
exertions Of Mr.. Brady. the third OFF,
Ger. the islanders were aronsai and
three large boats came to our assist
ancc. nv their efforts ali who re-
maincd on the sides ~ the shin and On
the rock. wero landed in safety and
cared for bv 4 fishermen named Clan.
ev and his daurhter' Dnr;nv tho dav
snrvivors to the number ~ 79a wera
drafted off to the varions honses scat.
tare,i sbont. Many OF tha nassergers
At this time could NOT be stimnlateS 10
any effort to save themselves. Int Law
in the RIGGING and died from fr;rht
and exposure. remained on the s;ie.
encouraging, helping, directing, until