The New York herald., 1873-04-19
Captain Williams Certificate Revoked
for Two Years.
Suspension Of Jchn Brown, the Fourth Ul1l-
Ger, for Three Months.
xhe Vessel Nc. Properly Coaled-captain Will
Eams and His officers Landed for Their
Efforts to Save Life-The Currents-
The Captain Not Awakened at the
Hour He Had Ordered.

HALIFAX, N. S. April Is, 1873.
The Commissioner convened his Court Of Inquiry
Into the loss OF the Atlantic at four O'Clock this
afternoon, when the following decision was rem
aered:-
THE COMMISSIONERS DECISION.
~, The wresh Of the steamship Atlantic and the loss Of
sUst has been has been one Of the most
ship Of the finest built with nearly thousand
sS and S aa e a9 hoard @
became total wreck and more than five hundred souls
has % S % wns5.s .s
serioas dpensatons Of Providence The result
% whether ase Si Se want
charged WIN the care and . % PROP
T anS so wheh ye
"A Sect: ana capiain George Ksnzis sor,
s e Of n e nna % e
aediateiy attending it; but throughout the investi
THE DIFFICULTY HAS BEES FELT
that IN Of the toa K loss Of al the shp
memory only stating the and data upon
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Ssy arising from the ecumsances Of the case the ev
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certificate master; fourth ofcer John Brown certi-
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for sss
her speed being reported sisst
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wiih Ss
fs ana e e 5 so4 to
nut 70 change hs course and bear up for HALIFAX During
maj sfsn ii ns after
day Of the passage With less than 1e bo n
Sy .s%aiaaS en- lie aIsIs%ss Inevitable
S her class From the engineers we have the iniorma
non 'nat when using wv,sv co.,s
her consumption was from tyye to sixty tons per day
tons Of which eighty tons we're used before her
sad h sa but %aG
q hs she s eRens Of on % pe na
and 1as less a. san thirteen when
ss.ss been aas favorable, and no ainicatss from
tnis quantity Of coal might, undoubtedly have
ae n nd but hs ne % s to
tic in the Winter without more less Of unfavor
.Ss @ shse A 'ps
Che CONTINGENCIES of low rate of speed resulting from
ToUL vEATnER OUGHT PROVIDED FOR.
Under the circum:tances Captain Williams seems to
During S0'i nc
on. % s% hs s
Changed % 'hs s. %s he 1S%ns
s sase
carried her well to the eastward Of sambro had there
.uths were Obtained dafas the % and the bear
sorSees and be re@emssred mat these ise!ssre
iSe snip have the westward BY cur
rent Of something over one knot per hour
ss xss log at Of
mile. hour from the time her wes changed
s.%Sre iSat hour @ he ws'eS . eeSw the ship
% mn the
% ns chart giving orders to his INT to call him
sn: I ss g can him a. sss $ q, i
during the three hours light seen The captains
ssrysnt came to call ALL him At twenty minutes to three
ahe fourth ocer also appears that the officer lett
DID NOT coxnAsp GIVEN 81 CAPTAIN WILLIAMS
., three o'clock for ind that % he sep, until awakened
by The shock Of the ship str.ing the shore AZ from
s.ssf upon Isss. Which, upon gssI:y;
yads sSe
h.r S9w a M w ba her her ssaa ae
diatsiy afterwards turning e the eastward In afew
and rushed upon deck, but that time she listed
M s s s sea
teerage cut OF and those remaining between deck
rMs cespgcI o, c.rrs, WILLIAMS IA A AND HIS orr.cEns
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situation Their efforts 70 save life appear to have been
sRq
me md ana h
only men en- e. e strong able e them
ne s.J Ss.. ,ns s,,Ss. he
ssrsns .s ship ns {, sSs quickly
h the s.a Fens Il IL s %
E D M al. .; gseTs the and
ZEE ACTION or CAPTAIN WILLIAMS IN BEARING
>. on. n, on the sls tt' harcn was pruden, and
JSsi.be and also ths, hat. his M c9,du. and that Of his
Sg nSy s and s s snd
70 ne s,
pos.iOe 70 speak Win sppr0yaI y the management,
a' Or the
kes ON 4n hs o @ y ne e. lasi 81 .ne
eswsrd d % that which h"'c captain Williams believed
Westerly earpest pes' which S' usually pisSas to
which Is said to run Nth hue areaep force during the
months March April and Nay than during any
vHITHsa NOT SUFFICIENT ALLOWANCE WAS MADE sY car.
g aos Tsr not Sssssn1 eem be ques
speed q 7 s SsrS sp and the 'ss lack s o
e too sppafn an ct5 @ a Yne nssea Tsre on oSsa
soupcings or use The most ordinary precaution that
lG s on he hs
n at sr e r. IN n Snsy s her
had her course been correctly held being about the same
the distance from that point OF
where she wrecked. II DE mpossible to |
e o8 no lights % proTs s @
sAMBRo ISLAND, cHEBUcTo AND DEviLs ISLAND LlGuTs
all IN gsod order that night sambro light was
distinctly visible from the Devils Island yhta distance
and when she could been more s thsRR
seven eight miles distant from sambro light The
night to been fine. Captain Williams
that at mdnight when he lett the deck and again when
ne came on deck. the stars being visible the light ought
20 have been and that the land might have
Deen seen at two three miles distance Some Of the
val between twelve aud three O'Clock II was very
DARK ana some nnc sleet falling, but the whole
weight OF The testimony goes to show that the night
was one on which the light might have been seen and
ought 10 have scer time before the disaster
proper and vgilant lookout had been kept. gross
error must nave been made in estimating the speed OF
fhe ship. From a reduced consumption Of coal and a
upeed Of seven knots previous to her course being
elauGed a MnndAY the ~ m ~ cnnl xns