The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-04-09
.Ansther Dreaaral disaster.

With mOurnful interest. Inc lil-Iateu
steamer was Of the White Star Line
from Liverpool, bound for New York,
and when Off Cape Prospect, at 2.5o
\. NJ. April lst., she ran ashore.
There were one thousand men, women
and children on board, more than one
half Of whom pcrished.
HALIFAX. April 2.-Only three or
four cabin passengers were saved from
the wreck of the Atlantic-one Eng
!ishman and two or three Freneilmen.
Only one lady passenger attempted to
save herself, and she was frozen to
death in the rigging and fell into the
water. The purser is among the lost.
Some Of the passengers arrived in this
city to-day and give the narrowing
details Of the calamity The names
of the officers or passengers saved are
not known as vet. The relief steamers
are expected up at two o'clock. The
Atlantic had $50 steeraee and 80
saloon passengers. There had been two
births during the voyage. The crew
numbered 152, and there were II
stow aways discovered. Three hun
dred in all We're saved out of the total
number Of 1898 persons.
About one half of the steerage pas
sengers we're lost. All the books were
lost aud their names could not be
obtained.
The following is the captains state
1peut: We sailed from Liverpool
March Goth. During the first part Of
the passage we had favorable weather
and easterly winds on the twenty
fourth, twcnty-ifth and twenty sixth
experienced heavy southwest and
westerly gales, which brought the ship
down to one hundred and eighteen
a day. On the thirty first Of March
the engineers report showed but
about l27 tons of coal on board we
were then 400 miles east of Sandy
Hook, with winds southwest and nigh
westerly swell and falling barometer
the ship steaming only 8 knots per
hour. Considered the risk too great
to push on, as We might find our
selves in the event of a gale shut out
from any port of supply. and so decld-
ed to bear up fer Halifax. At J. ?.
". on the 3lst, Sambro Island wa'
distant ITO miles; ship speed ranging
from eight to twelve kuots per hour;
wind south with rain, which veered to
westward at ?. NJ, with clear wealth
er at midnight. judged the ship to
have made l22 miles, which would
place her 4S miles south Of Sambro,
and then left the deck and went into
the chart room, leaving orders about
lookout and to let me know if they saw
anything. and call me at A. NJ, in
tending then to put the ships head to
the southwark and await daylight.
Nv first intimation of the catastrophe
was the striking of the ship on Marr's
Island, and remaining there fast. The
sea Immediately swept away all the
port boats. The officers went to their
stations and commenced clearing away
the weather boats; rockets were fred
BY the second officer. Before the
boats conld be cleared, only ten min
.nes having elapsed, the ship keeled
heavily to port, rendering the star
board boats useless. Seeing that 70
help could be got from the boats I got
the passengers into the rigging and
the outside rails and encouraged them
10 60 forward where the ship WIS
highest ard less exposed to the wafer.
The third officer, MIR Brady, Quarter
masters Owens and Spcakmaa, by this
time having established communication
with an outlying rock, about forty
yards distant, by means Of a line, got
about 200 people passed. Between
the rock and the shore was passage
Of one hundred yards vide; the rope
was successfully passed across this, by
which means about fifty cot to land,
though mamy were drowned in the at
tempt Ats \. NJ. the first boat ap-
pearel from the island. but she WIS
too sulall to be Of any assistance.
Through the excr.iou Of Mr.. Brady,
the islanders were aroused, and by s
A. NJ. three larger boats came to our
assistance. BY their efforts all that
remained cn the side of the ship and
on the rock were landed in safety aud
cared tor b. poor fisherman, named
Clancy, and his daughter.
During the day the survivors to the
number of 429. were drafted off to
various houses and scattered. The
resident magistrate Edmund Ryan,
rendering valuabl" assistance, the chief
officer having got up il the mizzen
rigging. the sea cut off his retreat. He
stood for six hours by woman wao
had been placed in the rigging; the Sea
Was too high to attempt his rescue.
At 8 P. NJ. clergyman. Rev. Mr.. An
cient, succeeded in getting him a line
and getting him of. Many Of the
pasSengers-saloon and steerage-died
in the rigging from cold; among the
number was the purser Of the ship.
Before the boats Went out: placed
;wo ladies' in the lise-hoat, but finding
the boat was useless, carried them 10
the main rigging, where I left them and
went aft to encourage others to 60 for
ward IN TIC side Of the ship. At this