, 1873-04-09

T0AhtiDR QnlY lib INDIVIDUAL 0Apos4tAtc't o4s
vhono combined collection mnkos horrible
whole, tho recollection Of which noW hhunta
their troama and rondors seep pain; although
tho crash to tho8o In tho e1tromo for-
{1R9 Tad part t tho e.1ps sp s00oa tsF o soop
imagined II wns moTely the casting. OF tho
anchor in I1a1ifax harbor and tho subsequent
grazing Of tho veaBol on tho rooka was tho ohnin
cd them to : scnsc Of Tho situation and Boon tho
dock Was alive with nakod mon. q scoro or
moro Of tho married men In tho aft Hteerago ht
tho first shock had gained tho dock and shon ran
over on tho port aide now wrenched of tho fan,
opening tho entiro atorn, and the wator rushed
In, drowning In loaa time than It takes to
write 1t over 400 human beings 1iko rats IN
their wives in thoir arms and young boy
who crawled through . portfolio, Of ~ that
were III that part Of tho ship, s,1ccoc1od In
mahnF I,saF eySn R aa d9y
buried and boltod against tl,orn, which they had
to broak down. Tho samo r,1BlA Of water drowned
In a similar mannor number OF tho saloon pna
sSo he D %oso G s5oso eod ths
roaring OF tho waTcs. Tho majority Of tho single
mon in tho forward STORING meantime had Buc-
c6eded IN bursting opon their hatohes, which
Of tho hatohes is reported in both instances to
have been tho work Of tho third maso-tho ono
whose wooping in tho rigging when woman by
big sito wae :, composed and calm created oyen
attempts to launch tho boats are conflicting. One
sAyB long life-boat WIS launched, and tho heavy
sea and . crowd Of ornigrants rushing in Bwampod
tho wator on tic atarboard side, on which ahe
,7aB launched, Was smooth aB mill-pond, and
that tho boat was really knocked to pieces whilo
on tho stays By tho 500 boating IN from tho port
side. Another says that tho third mato aban-
doncd launching ono just as sllo wag about to ho
lowered, which, had II boon accomplished, would
lavo snyed the liveB Of thoBe who Woro washod Off
tho deck bofore they could CROSS on the ropos. All
hope, however, Of cscnpo by tho boata vanished
after this last attempt, and tho half Thousand
souls who were ollnging to tho rigging and STAR
board railing began seeking eafoty by tho aid Of
q rope which had been stretched, soon aftor tho
which she lay to another about 30 foot further
towards tho shore. The depth Of water was no.
whero above feet, but tho current was vory
strong, aud the mon, nnmhed and chilled By tho
narrow space. The Captain, SO moro than ono
omigrant says, anxious to got off tho wrook
Aimaelf. nnd yet not Wishing to bo among tho
first, urged them to go on faator, 30 that
along tho rope Ut ono time. In tho struggle
for life tho strong would ride over the weak, and
forco them to let SO their hold; but the groat
majority periehod whom endeayoring to climb tue
hlimy rock whose slippery atdoB afforded ledge
for Mother grasp OF hand or hold Of foot. And
when On its top they wero hardly aafer than
before. Not more than acoro OF square foot at
low water, # was quito engulfcd thigh water,
md tie tide WAS coming in with increasing rapid-
lty. Another rope waa stretched to tho aloro;
but como wero drowned In making oven this
passage, although, ut the samo time soyoral Of
sucooodod in swimming tho ontire distance
from tho ship to tho mainland without tho
aid, Of any ropo. The omigrants who accuse
the Captain Of forcing thom to leave the vessel
doclare that numbers porished in this way who
ynl116 In fcn had ito5$
boata which wore putting out from shore to take
them Of. In the meantime hours had passed. !;
tho soa had inoteaaed to a fearful size, and tho
crowd srowd ht who had sonsht netngG in the rigging
they dropped to their doom; happy wore they
| who fell cloan into the ocean thoaeiwho did not
| clear the vossol wore daahed about betwoon the
nna s IN the ID Sdsnng s aXh he
wings OF wounded Birds, whi1o their foatures
were rendered unrocogui2able BY the man
Cling thoy had undergone. In almost another
rive, and In the course Of three llourH more tho
survivors Of the sea and the cold were all taken
Of both ship and rock to tho various islands IN
tho vicinity, whore they quartered themselves in
hsho1men's huta, with tho exception Of twonty,
| who had SWAN ashore and set out to walk to
| Halifnx, distance Of about tho sano number Of
miles. Thirteon Of theso, gave out from roak-
reached the city thist night, an and gavo tho
autho1ities almost tho :irat i1ti1nation
they had received Of tho dieaator. It was
during the night spont in the 1gllcrmon's huts
that the oarelesa character Of the crow became
especially manifest, aud Bome Of tho SURVIVORS
say that they had rather havo boon drowned with
the rest than havo boon tho victims Us thoy woro
Of such brutality. Thoso fortunate enough to
possess whole garments were forced to surrender
thom on pain Of instant death, and any that
| even hositated woro benton without mercy,
| Their. thoy wero not, in my event, a.
| lowed to warm their poor bodies at tho fires,
| and were pushed into tho corners and against
| tho thin walls Of tho huts, whore thoy siyered
| IN their wet garments Ill that terrible night,
| Tha Htatomont has boon denied that one Of tho
sailors hacked off doad woman's flngor to ret
at lor ring, but moro than one OF tic Bteerago
| passengers Baw diamond cluster on tho hand Of
the one charged with tho crimo, on their way to
Halifax on tho Delta and Lady Hoad tho noxt
| day. Thoso ateanora took them oil carly tho
| no1t morning, which many, in their misery tho
| long night before, thought would never como.
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