The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-05
TIE S|TERI
FuRr1IEl:R DEsrA

ea.s -1s.s.sf AkAH x&-e Au6 agents Of e1e White
- ssa. uhe nave engaged Faaeuil Hail in order
~ - pa,pyiue JOE the wants og the emigrants
.Sssa asot si'e wreck OF the steamer Atlantic.
THE WRECK. l,. s.
HALIFAX, April A. steamer has t,,st ar.
iared rom the wreck or the steamer Allan.
tic. The ship isalrlost intact. Only few
packages Of her cargo have come ashore.
,Ihe report that Mrs. Fishers body had been
found was not correct. The story In some
OF the papers that Albert Sumner had com.
m,eted suicide is 'false. One of his friends
VINO was saved says shat MIR. Sumner held
on 20 the wreck as long as. he could, and
tnen was washed off by the sea. The cap-
,ai9 says the stories OF The mutilation OF
ooaies by the crew are false, and the reports
Vi Foooeries are largely exaggerated. He
says the people Mt Prospect did all thew
could for the living and the dead. but amonr
the crowds who focked to the place from
the surrounding country there were some
who rtfied the bodies whenever they could
get chance. The collector of customs Ia
awaiting instructions from headquarters.
and will probably commence on inyestiga-
ton this evening or in the morning. The
captain can giSeno explanation Of the cause
Of the disaster except miscalcu!ation as to
the current and the vessels speed. Great
numbers Of people are leaving in the steam
ers going down to the wreck.
Last night coal-train from Plcton ran off
the track west of Truro, and soon after the
inter-coionial express train from st. Johns,
New Brunswick. camealong and ran into the
freight train. Engineer Cameron aud Bag
gage-nlaster Hunt were killed. None Of the
passengers were injured. Among the pas
scpgers were the agents Of the White Star
line, who were coming to Halifax to look
after the Atlantic. One hundred and sixty
four is the exact number Of bodies found up
to this morning. The work of burying
them has commenced, and gang Of men
will DO sent down this evening to help the
fishermen in that work. The bodies of John
II. Price, Henry S. Hewett, Mr.. Merritt and
Miss Merritt, OF New York Albert Sumner,
of San Francisco and Henry Metcalf, the
second officer, were brought up to this city
HALIFAX, April 4.-No stone will be left
unturned to recover the following bodies:
MIR. G. ID, Fisher and wife, of Vermont;
Mr.. w. j. Sheat and wife, son and daughter
of Nevada; Henry L. Wellington, OF Boston !;
Mrs. Merritt, Miss Scrymser, and Mr.. Kru-
ger, of New York; Miss Brodie and Miss
Baker, of Chicago Mr.. Brindley, Mrs.
Davidson and daughter, of England. Besides
what were reported this morning rs recov-
cred, this completes the list of cabin
passengers who are lost.
b Capt. Williams and his assistants searched
the islands around the wreck thoroughly last
night, and picked out from among IHany
bodies brought ashore those reported this
morning, which have been telegraphed for by
friends. The bodies reported recovered this
morning have. been dressed and placed In
metallic coffius, and await the arrival Of
friends and relatives to take them in charge.
1t is thought that the bodies will hardly re-
main id a condition to be examined. The
collins have been sealed and made tight.
Another trip will be made to the wreck to-
morrow. 2.i-
The stewards and men acquainted with
the passengers have been left in. charge at the
wreck to take care of the bodies rs they are
washed ashore. John Brindley was lost.
His name was put OH the list of saved by
mistake, one of the passengers having mis-
taken another for him. 1t is now proposed
to bring all the bodies to this city and bury
them together in the public cemetery, and
erect a monument over them. The City
Council, on the application of the Colonial
Government, resolved this afternoon to place
a lot in the cemetery at the disposal of the
friends OF the dead. .......
HALIFAX, April 4.-The Collector of Gus
toms commences an investigation tomorrow
morning. Many fishing families at Prospect
gave all the provisions they bad to the ship
wrecked passengers and crew, and are now
in want themselves. The propriety of
bringing the bodies to this city for burial
was discussed in the Legislature and City
Council to-day, the White Star Company's
agent having reported that there was a diff.
iculty in finding burial places at Prospect or
men to perform the work.
The Government has sent down an agent
to ascertain the facts, and if the bodies have
not been buried they will be brought to this
city,