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

reporter OF man who stood bootlessly tnquirlng
OF q clerk for news.
~ had; my brother. James carrigan. was on
board" he replied In voice Of sullen sorrow.
"How do you know he was on board !"
"IIe told me in letter got ten days ago that
he'd sail from Queenstown on the goth on the
White star steamer Atlantic" resplied the man.
TEARS wELLED INTO HIS EYES.
but he bit his under lip aud seemed 70 squeese
them back.
"And had wife and child on her. I'm afraid.
too" said man who stood near alHUi M
sDo you know that they were to sail by that
steamer, or by this line 2" asked the reporter.
.sNo not by this steamer, but told her In my
letter to come by the White Star iine and she was
to sail about the end OF the month";
Later in the afternoon an old man reeied In Q
drunken condition down the steps leading into the
Office. young man. . friend. evidently. was
trying to support him. and prevent him from being
bosreroas and disorderly.
mo No I w0an't sit down." grunted the
old man. BY God, my brother 10 dhrownded. an
d-n their souls. l want to see them about
it. l sent him the money to come over. an now
he's dead, dead Oh woan't keep stlhp'
3 His friend got him TO sit down. and after few
minutes ofbolsterousness the old man went away,
vowing he'd 'se every stitch ofclothes he had and
keep dhrunk till his brother came" y
It was strange the efrect his maudlin and noisy
grief upon the dozen OF quiet people who stood
in mute patience in the once. In fact IL seemed to
shock them so that their sympathy recOied from
him.
But 1t was not merely the sficers from whom In
formation was sought by these people, who dreaded
to hear and yet yearned to know whether their
kindred were among the lost. The reporters were
as eagerly buttonhoed, for the people fancied that
THE COMPANY's OFFICIALS
had given them intelligence which they would not
impart to the friends OF passengers.
Scenes like those described above were OF con-
tinual occurrence throughout the day; but by in
that not one in fifty OF them at all certain that
their friends were on board the lost steamer They
simply expected their friends would sail about the
time Of the Atlantic's departure and dreaded lest
they might have been hapess enough to embark on
this fatal voyage. 4t6
AT THE BULLETINS
about the newspaper Offices ever-changing groups
OF people clustered to read the latest brief an
Inducements from the wreck but there were few
among these who had friends relatives on board.
They were OF the great sympathzing mass OF hui
mainly and felt appalled, at the calamity which had
destroyed as many peaceful lives as an army OF
$4,000 men would ordinarily lose in killed In an av-
erage day Of BATTLE
At the hotels too, among men OF business and
"men about town." all ordinary SUBJECTS of con-
versation were overshadowed, and the great topic
was this fearful ocean disaster. There were COM
ments Of blame against the company and OF deep
imprecation against the commander OF tho ship.
''His greatest misfortune that he too. did not
GO DOWN WITH HIS VESSEL.
In that event the worlds censure would have been
lighter and his crime OF neglect would have been
sooner forgotten" said a gentleman in the ro-
tunda OF the Aston House.
"Yes," remarked his companion, mo matter
what explanation or defence he may have he will
suffer under the disadvantage OF being prejudged
everywhere.