The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-03

selves and got ON the rock, whore they re-
manned about an hour. very few of them ven
turing to wade ashore with the assistance Of
the single line to the island. At six O'Clock
a scaii boat Or skiff came TO our assistance.
but tho sea was SO heavy that they
could not rescue any of those
who were on either the rock or the ship.
quarter of an hour afterwards man on
shore wrote ON black board. ''Cheer up;
the boats are coming to your assistance"
which ELECTED hearty cheers from the un-
fortunate beings, who thought that at every
minute they would find watery grave. About
half an hour afterwards we saw some men
carrying boat over the rocks on the island,
and in few minutes thereafter they launched
it and went to the rock, and rescued in this
way three boat loads of passengers, or
about thrty-six persons. During the
time they were rescuing these men
from the rock the Captain and
the passengers on the ship called loudly to
those in the boat to come to the ship and take
them off first, as they were in most imminent
danger. The Captain called out to the men in
the boat to come to the vessel and he would
give them $500 for every boat load they would
rescue. The boat commenced taking men
from the ship and rescued two boat loads,
and in half an hour afterwards another boat
came to their assistance and took off
those persons who were clinging to the
rigging. A third boat came off
with the third officer, Brady. who
had succeeded in getting to the shore pre-
viously by the aid Of ropes. got into this
boat with several others and landed in safety.
When left about eighty persons still re-
manned on the side of the vessel and the rig
ging. Those remaining when left seemed
QUITE COOL AND CONFIDENT
of being rescued being wet through to the
skin and much exhausted from the cold,
crawled, as I could scarcely walk, to the near
est house, where there were great many per-
sons before me. We were treated with the
greatest kindness. In about an hour after get
ting warmed went down to the wreck and
it was fearful sight to behold Some were
still remaining on the vessel; others had been
washed up on the beach, which was strewn
around in all directions with dead bodies.
saw one woman who exerted herself in getting
out of the cabin to the rigging; but as no one
could render her any assistance she froze to
death in the rigging. She seemed to have
been lashed to erigging, as when saw her
from the shore her body hung downwards
saw that no more assistance could be rendered,
so I, with some others, got into skiff
and rowed to . fishermans house, where the
first, third and sixth engineers were, with
about fifteen others. We took dinner, and
afterwards we thought it the best plan to
walk to the city, as the accommodation there
was meagre, SO many people being there from
the wreck. We started at half-past one yes
terday afternoon. The roads were in fear
full condition. foot of snow in most places
but as we received refreshments in two places
along the road, which helped us, we arrived in
night; saw the Mayor of the city, who
directed us to the police station, where we
were taken care of in first class manner.
THE CHIEF ENGNEEns REPORT
John Foxley, Chief Engineer, says the
vessel struck on the rock at quarter-past
three o'clock A. M. on the 1st inst, and COM
menced to heel over to the port side, the sea
breaking over the ship and vessel filling
rapidly All the female passengers who were
asleep at the time the ship struck were pre-
vented from coming on deck by the seas
washing over the ship and filling her. Some
of the passengers got in the lifeboats, the
davit falls being cut away to allow the
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the expectation Of getting clear of the vessel
by that means, but sea broke on board and
washed the greater portion Of the passengers
who were in the boats out, the boats were
stove, and those who ventured in them
persisted The third officer, Mr.. Brady and
line which enabled great number of the
passengers and crew to get on shore. got on
the rock soon afterwards, and also
Robert Herring, second; John Hodgson,
third; William Patterson, fourth; Samuel
Davis sixth, and Robert McFarlin,
seventh engineers, and we and others of the
crew and passengers assisted others to pro-
coed from the vessel to the rock. A great
many of the people were drowned while CON-
ing from the vessel by the rope to the rock
The cold was SO intense that some of them,
being benumbed, were unable to hold on to
the rope and they let 60, and we were unable
to render them any assistance. The rock
that we were on was covered with seaweed
which made it very dangerous to stand upon,
and its edges were round.
All on the rock being soaking wet and cold
were unable to render any assistance to those
who were in the greatest Of peril. A number
of them were washed off the wreck and
drowned and number who were trying to
get from the rock to the island by line were
also washed from it and drowned. We could