The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-08
AWFUL DISASTER.
steamer Atlantic Goes Down
Nearly Eight Hundred Perish


HALIFAX, Nova SCoTIA, April l.-TheI
White Star steamer Atlantic, Captain
Williams, from Liverpool to New York,
while coming into the port for coal.
struck on Meagher's Rock, near Pros
rect, twenty-five miles west of Halifax,
and became total wreck Of about
one thousand souls on board upward of
seven hundred were drowned. -
THE THIRD OFFICERS STORY.
The third officer, Brady, arrived in
this CITY this evening. He says that the
Atlantic left Liverpool on The goth of
March, with upward of nine hundred
storage passengers and about fifty cab
in passengers The steamer experienced
boistcrous weather during the passage,
but all went well until noon on Monday,
the 3lst, when the supply of coal be-
came nearly exhausted The captain
determined to put into Halifax. The
captain and third officer were on deck
until midnight. The position was then
Judged to be-Sambro light bearing N.
N. ,39 miles. The captain then went
into his chart-room, leaving orders to
be called if there was any change in the
vessels position. He went to bed about
che same time as the captain.
The next thing he remembers is thai
he was thrown out of his bunk, and he
heard the ship strike several times. He
then rushed on deck, and found the cap
tain and officers there, and the deck full
: Of passengers He got an ak and com
, menced TO clear away boat. The cap
tain and other officers were busy doing
t the same thing, Brady got his boat ou
5 and put two women in it. A mob o
r men attempted to get into it, and abou
dozen succeeded. Just at that mo
ment
THE STEAMER FELL OVER ON HER BEAM
END AND SANK.
Only one boat had been gotten out
and that was carried down by the steam
er, and all on it were lost. Brad
scrambled into the mizzen rigging
which was above water, aud seeing tina
he could do nothing there he then wen
: forward and unrove halYards, being as
sisted by Quartermasters Speamen an
, Owen Brady then took the halyard
and all three swan to the rock, and the
2 line was hauled ashore and a numbe
Of passengers landed by it.
5 A number had got on the rock, but a
u the tide was -siing their position wa
!, no better than on the vessel. Just the
l the fishermen on shore came out in boat
u and took off those on the rock and
r large number from the rigging. Brad
y remained at the scene until noon to-da,
when all who were alive on board ha
been taken from the wreck, except til
Z chief officer, Mr.. Firth, who was in I'll
e rigging shouting for help. Brady say
e he tried to get crew to go to the re-
l, cue of Firth, but the sea was so heay
g nobody would volunteer,
0 Altogether, about $50 persons wei
g saved, including Captain Williams; ais
q the fourth officer, Mr.. Brown, and Sc
q eral of the engineers and sailors.
n NOT SINGLE WOMAN OR CHILD W.
" SAVED.
d Most of them, as well as hundreds
y men, were drowned in their berths.-
n The steamer struck about two o'clot
d this morning. The weather at the tim
h was dark, but not thick, and the 81
), rough. Steamers are going down t
IF night to render what assistance the
: can. All the people saved from tt
: wreck, with the exception of Brady, a
still at Prospect, where the .fisherme
e are giving them all the attention the
i possibly can.