The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-10-15
Little Johnny HanIey.
The Only Child Survivor OF the "AtlantIe"-
His Story OF Tho ShIpwrcck.

! AIItIc johnny hhAnAeys
The Only Child Survivor of the "AtlantIs'-
! His Story OF the Shlpwrrck.
| Little Johnny Hanley, the child hero
of the lost Atlantic, is chubby and
cherry-taced boy of apparently nine years
of age. His features are well formed, and
his eyes are large and of a soft, deep gray
hue, with long dark lashes. As he APP
pears now one would take him to be a
miniature purser on the half shell or Just
out of it, for some good people in Halifax
bought him a regular sea jacket of blue
cloth, with gilt buttons, and navy cap,
which is also trimmed with gilt buttons
and cord. The unfortunate little fellow
lost his father and mother and brother,
nineteen years of age, his only surviving
relatives being two sisters, residing in
Newark, n. j., one of whom is married.
Johnny is the pet of all the survivors, and
the " lion" of the populace in all the towns
through which the company have passed.
His pockets are generally well supplied
with nuts and candy and fruit, and the
way the ladies "buzz" him and fondle
him is fearful premonition of what his
future career will be if they continue their
attentions lie says he is English and
comes from Ashton, but does not know in
what shire that town is situated, nor his
own age. He speaks with strong Eng
lish accent, and is quite child in manner,
for it seems almost impossible to fix his
attention seriously upon the fearful scenes
through. which he has passed. Indeed, he
seems scarcely TO realize its terrors or the
fact that his father and mother are among
the victims of that awful night. Last
evening, however, after talking to him for
some time, managed to induce him to sit
by me at table in the saloon of the New
port, assuring him that would not de-
tain him long, and obtained from him the
details of
HIS RECOLLECTION OF THE sHTPwREcE.
Jay Gould, the railway magnate, and
quite a number of other gentlemen crowd
ed about the table and listened to such
portions of the child's narrative as they
could hear, but he was SO intently en-
gagged playing with his fingers and scratch
ing the marble of the table top, that they
had difficulty in hearing more than &C.
casional replies to my questions.
I aske,l "Did you sleep with your
father and mother on the night of the
wreck, johnny r. @AA& sc
"Oh, no, sir" he answered. "The mar
RED people slept in one part of the ship
and the single people in another, and so
would not be allowed to sleep with them.
/ slept with my brother."s EF fs7fEF
"What was the first thing you knew of
the wreck of the ship?"
aIheard the ship hit again the rock
it seemed like big noise, and woke me
up. My brother got out Of bed before
me, and then I got up and went ptot the
second stage, and while 1 WIS standin'
there. two men lifted me up and put me
in the highest bed there was in tn q e
"Were you able to dress in the dark p
ooh, you know there was lamps burn
in and had most Ofmy clothes on
only had to put on my jacket and waist
coat and shoes"
What did you do next? Tell me all
you remember now of what you did,"
johnny wriggled a little and looked
around as though he wanted to get away
rom the New York reporter and run
about in the handsomely furnished and
decorated saloon. Ws1 Ei11a1 ss1s) 81 4
GO on, Johnny, and tell me-" Isaid,
how long you were in that berth p'
8" think | was there about two hours
Or more, and then remember the men
we're shoutin' 10 the men outside the ship
o break the window in. There was 3
nan outside as took a hammer or some
him and knocked in the glass, and / saw
tx or seven men pass up through the
window from the bed where wasp
why didn't you 90 out the portfolio
IT window, as You call it ?"
al couldn't reach it. These men went
Up through it and didn't say anythiugtO
ne.n A-zsasf1AiI8 II
sWas the ship turnedOver on her side
hen?"