The Portland daily press., 1873-04-05

kissed the ground, while others swung theil
hats and hurrahed. The steerage passengers
each of whom was furnished with loaf Of
bread and large piece of meat by the officers
of the Falmouth, were hurried on the special
train of nine cars which was to take them to
Boston. Meantime the reporters jumped on
board the steamer to interview the officers and
cabin passengers. One PREss reporter secured
the following statistics, while others obtained
the statements from passengers which are pub
lished below:
CABIN PASSENGERS
William Roberts, Detroit; Thomas Dunn,
S. Camacho, s. w. Vick B. B. Richmond, De-
troit; 81. Hirzel, J. Brown.
sTEERAGE PASSENGERS.
Al Germans; 191 English and Irish; y Swedes
and Norwegians.
The shipwrecked passengers expressed them
selves as being very grateful to the officers of
the Falmouth for the great kindness showed
them during the trip. The thanks of the pub
lie journals are also due to Capt Colby, purser
Hackley and other officers, for the facilities
furnished to reporters. We of the PRESS, are
indebted to Mr.. John Brewer, Jr., of our Gus
tom House, who came from Halifax in the Fal-
mouth, for much valuable assistance and in
formation.
The special train for Boston left at 2.2O AT
Boston Faneuil Hall will be thrown open to
the sufferers, and ample provisions be made for
their comfort. Similar provision will be made
at New York. Some of the passengers still re-
main in the hospitals at Halifax, being so bad
ly injured and frost-bitten as not to be able to
be moved. Many of those who came thro' this
morning were frost-bitten and injured, but
still persisted in coming thro The man, whose
feet were frozen, had to be carried from the
boat to the cars on the shoulders of the Fall
mouth men.
We append statements of passengers which
we have collected:
EXPERIENCE OF s. W. WICK.
S. w. Wick of Wilmington, N. c., said he
was on the rigging about eight hours-was
awakened by the shock. The ship struck at
about three o clock q. m. At least three hund
red persisted within five minutes after she
struck the second time. The officers were cool
and competent, and behaved admirably in this
trying emergency. The crew acted with great
inhumanity and tried to save no one but them
selves. After the crew got ashore they begun
wreckinr and stealing.
was assisted into the rigging by gentle
man just as heavy sea swept over the deck
taking all that were left there. Among those
swept away at this time was Mrs. Davidson
and daughter of London, going to San Fran
cisco to live with brother They were lost in
about ten minutes after she struck. Mr.. Brin-
Law f o,oJ o1c
shirt, pants and stockings-was nearly frozen.
Couldn't have stood it more than half an hour
longer. The weather was extremely cold and
great many died on the rigging and deck
from the cold, after suffering hours.
The sights were most heart-rending. Strong
men fell on the deck and died. went ashore
in the boat entirely exhausted-remained on
the shore from II a. M, until the middle of the
next day. The islanders were very kind, and
furnished shelter, food and clothing, so far as
they were able. The whole disaster was very
sudden. The ship struck twice and immediate
~ turned over. There was heavy sea, which
drenched everybody in the rigging, except in
the highest parts. There were not many lost
after daybreak. Wick has sustained some in
ternal injury.
SIMON cAMACHo.
The story told by Simon Camacho, one of
the cabin passengers, was most pitiable. He is
an Italian by birth, but is naturalized citizen
of the United States, having been resident of
New York for twenty years. Two years ego, h
left his wife and children, and went to Venez-
uela, South America, and was on his way home
when the ship struck. He was in his state
room and did not realize the cause of the shock
until some one cried "the ship has struck a
rockp' He seized some of his clothes and his
money, and rushed on deck. The vessel was
careening rapidly, and he made for the rigging
but he did not stay there long, the position was
so dangerous, both on account of the rushing
waves and the fiendish conduct of part of the
crew. He got down to the deck again, and Sc
cured hold on the side of the ship, where fol
seven long hours he hung until at last he was
rescued. The waves were continually beating
against him, and both feet were frozen. He
fears that one of them will have to be amputa
ted. He acknowledges the best of attention
since his rescue, and his only desire is to reach
his family as soon as possible.
WILLIAM ROBERTS.
Second Purser declares that the credit of tax
ing the rope ashore from the Atlantic, which
was most perilous deed, is entirely due te
Quartermasters Speekman and Owens an6
that Officer Brady is not entitled to any par
of the great praise that he devided among these
two gallent seamen after reserving good Dor
ton for himself. Mr.. Wick corroborates thil
statement.
STATEMENT OF JOHN TAYLOR
Tnb y1or ono of tho ctaoropa ,oeeoororn
said: 81 am an Irshman. Last winter, Will
liam M ee, an old mate of mine, came ove
to Ireland and wanted me to 30 back to Che
States with him. He had been in York State
five years. Tarrytown was the name of the
place. So we took passage on the Atlantic
When she struck on the rock. me and my mate
were in the bunk. heard dragging, grating
sound, and thought she had let down her an
chors. got up and got my clothes on. Their
there came an awful crash. Me and my mate
rushed ON deck. Men were crowding for the
rails, and were tramping each other down
MY mate was pushed off and drowned. Pretty
soon a sailor swan to the land and got a small
iopf' chung to the rigging until relief boat
sa"e' Ihere were many others in the rigging
"nose hahds got frozen, and who dropped of
in'o the water. Some of them screamed and
Son'e Swore. Others kind of moaned like.
NV "onan was brought on deck by her hus
o"ua' DA0 sne ieh dead with fright and cold al
no'' 30 'oon as she struck the deck. Crowds
U. men WHO rusned up from below were SVEN,
OH the deck by the waves before tbev cou,d 4,
anything. When reached the sbora s.,, =
with some other steerage passengers a &c" III
made ourselves comfortable. The go. '''u W.
to get into Halifax because the coal was wv, VIZ.
gone. They had begun to use the ballast '''''
| WILLIAM W. HAYMAN's sTATEmrNr
! am an Englishman. Have lived for =.
years in Milwaukee. Went to England on ,
visit last winter, and came back to the State
by the Atlantic. When she struck heard
so<tof dragging sound. Was koooksd mar