, 1873-04-09

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too 9N " 70
,raro ~ ,,onin1 Ncntnn,a tnsa .
,',ai II. n11nins sna warn cnnd 1athosios fn
thoir aI @ faatIna nowors humored on tic efor iav
tho 9p o. ao1 m
fop anop m hor
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eenaem iot to n eo eorrnd ~ ,ran H. ,nat
tr;o H. "nF tnv tyoto coorod viii oinnnrv ~, ,,ianaa
cnf1co 1rIini, forrnod Tia broakfast hcvnTaTn'
yvp9g ssna aod IN in noh aIovanlv atvo % that Ist
l'n,,r h@n ols l.vnd n3onaa t6;orn tlo nnncnnatant
h"'n,,,,vrnrt,, % % ~ noaty hroad whio, mstv na Il
was. was the NJ ostpalatablo thing theyhad, Thus
they Ind at@or to dsinE theIr heoifee* eola, 10
"nt t,o Ir ireoI wftomt nnrtnino F. mn;atcn It.
~ 10 n1.n"at nrnhihtad 4 anJ
toa, wl,on altar ioda Tere seryed. and nesrlY
anothor ho1r r1aaaed beforo iii Of bnttor oo,,ld
tho nntiro t]ay woa a1most snent in a varitable
strnrr1o for o1;atonca- Sompp iava o,snsod ho.
foro tGo comnorativnly dainty st6mneha Of aomo
Of tic eulirrants accustomed to tho plain but
n 7 T1.4tn
forced by tlle pangs OF hungor to oat tho food 1t
uli. mud Iii laurtiishsd On Tho rnheaithy diot
For tho first three days tboy boro this without
complaint, but whom on Sunday. no pudding ap-
tho contracts for passage, thoir patIeaco was eI:
haus.od, aud they complained to tho Captain,
who referred tlom to tho atoward. As
o consequence tho following Sunday
"pfum duii," which, savo The raisins, proved 10
tough and unpalatablo that thoy threw It into tho
500. But tho moro than ordinary ill-treatment
to which tho invariably ill-treatcd class wero
subject was pitinblo. The White Star Limo on
this occasion had shipped harder .sot Of men
than over Walked any but a pirata'a deck, mud
thoso boat aud Kicked tho e1nlgrantu about at
oyory opportunity. Dosidoa tho regular crow,
through tho connivanco of tho boatswain, as
Rnan sslsesqs Is to- vos s
0uartor Of Iiyornooi had boon allowed TO
steal on thu yosaol, who, after Queons-
town had boon paesed, md they were no longer
CO court % discovery % by tIoir raids tpon tho poorly
provided lardor OF tho emigrants, When ordered
to assist in manning tho ship and thus work their
passages over they foiglod slckness. and ono
Sa naas o n spiG
u1,por decks whom ordorod below by tho Captain
rofusol to 70, The Captain threatened to put
him in irons, and ho then was aoen by some Of
tint no man would lay hold Of lin witlout ro-
pontinr Il. So tho story goes. and tloro arc
others Of pitched battloB resulting In tho uso Of
knives among tho regular crew, all Of
which which their od subsequent sts ,c 9o1uo @ S0t ,.n ao
passengers knew little or nothing OF all this.
Thov cnioyed The conlforts Of tlrst-class hotel.
aud only realized tho character OF tho hands to
which tkcir lives we're confidod whom tho Atlantic
meantime had coatinuods fair until Monday,
whon tho aky otoudod over and it goou bocamo
oyidont thut storm was brewing. And a fear
ful storm it proved. All day Tuesday and
"Wednesday the yossol wne knocked about in q
fearful manner witch tricd well it's strength.
but on Tuesday It oloarel and continued clear,
with light hoad-vinds till tho morning Of tho
disaster. All accounts agreo TINT at
stars , wore Shining r overhead tue @
wind waa light, and only small soa running z
Monday. tho 91th, indeed was an unusually
pleasant day, and about noon tho STORAGE pas-
aougerB wero gathered in groups calculating tho
probabi]itioB Of reaching New York, whom they
suddenly observed tue ship's collrao to change.
and aho began smiling in almost opposito diroo-
ton: One Of the moro ndventurous asked tho
Captain whether he was not making for Halifax.
was glyon out that tho supply of coal was o.
haunted, and that that was tho reason Of tho
change OF course. 10 .corroborate this ono Of
tho ilromenn declared they had bcon burning at
their supply OF 960 odd loft loss than $50 with
which to make tho 400 milos betweon tho thon
position Of the veBscl md Sandy Hook. As this
consumption WAS nearly twenty-five day
groator than the average, no gave rs all explana-
tion Of the incroaae, that tho coal was Of info
rior quality, Homo Of 1t being like so much dust
Capt Williams explained it BY tho bad weather
md head winds the , shp bud net With although
OF tho 25th and 2Bth, showed tho passage to hayo
boon remarkably clear ono Tor tho tilno Of
year. For tho uino days hetwoon tho 2lst and
four "olear," only two " stor,ny,H and ol,o
cloudy" Those explanations, although
diieront, did not ut all conflict; but here anothor
firoman camo In and contidod to several, who de-
asscrt that theyhad not BURIED much nc more more thai @
tho usual supply, and that thorc was botwoon
500 and 400 tons in tho forward part Of tue ship,
tho approach to Which was covered with cargo