The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-15
S AFE AT LAST T.
Arrival Of 40 Storage Passengers Of the
Wrecked Steamship City Of Washington
Thrilling Statements of Men and Women
The sufrerings on the Rocks of Nova
scota-sleeping In a Drenching
Rain and Without Cover.
ing-Hunger, Exhaustion,
Cold and Wet.

VOlO ana Wet
some l4o OF the Storage passengers of the
wrecked steamship City Of Washington, Of the In.
man Line, arrived here at six O'Clock yesterday
morning on the New Haven steamer Continental.
They had left Halifax at ten O'Clock on Friday
morning, arrived In Portland at one O'Clock on
Saturday afternoon and in Boston at eleven p. M.
they passed the night in Boston in the depot in the
most wretched manner. A special train took them
10 new Haven, ana from New Haven they came
mere by boat The steamship City OF Washington
carried ABOUT ATS steerage passengers. About 2s7
were taken on board the steamer Falmouth and
Drought TO Portland. About 100 OF these went
westward by the Grand Trunk Railway and about
fity-nve remained in Boston and went to various
places In New England There are still 100 left Co
be forwarded to their various points OF destina.
ton, ana these were yesterday morning already
ON TIE WAY FROM HALIFAX
to Boston. They will probably arrive here on
Wednesday morning.
The scene at the foot Of Peck slip was livery in
teresting one early yesterday morning. The poor
emigrants looked worn, feeble and exhausted.
They were in high spirits, however. After all their
dangers and suferings and privations they found
themselves actually in New York. 1t was no
dream, no illusion. Here they were, eating o
hearty breakfast, which Mr.. Dunno, an employee Of
the Inman Company, who tosk charge OF them
from Boston, had provided. Many were looking
about anxiously for their luggage, but were unable
to ind their trunks, which had probably remained
behind or had been lost. The hearts Of the poor
emigrants died within them as they found that
their few clothes were missing and some OF the
women wept bitter tears. A HERALD reporter
who circulated among them, found that the ma
Jority were Irish but there were also large num-
Der OF English and Germans, and few Poles and
Swedes. They told him
THE STORIES OF THEIR sUPFRRINGs.
They all recOunted substantially the same facts,
but two or three, which were told with particular
intelligence and descriptive power, will be found
OF exceptional interest.
John Edward Francis, from Sussex, England
gave the following statement
ave left Liverpool on Tuesday, June "a. The
weather was very rough. Tn Friday it became
very squally, and continued very cold, rainy aad
fOggy, and on Saturday, July s, the ship struck
midway between two rocks. 1t was little after
halipast one O'Clock in the afternoon. The guns
were fred. The captain, who had not used his
lead once all the time, did not know where he
was. We thought we were lost but u small boat
came rom the shore. 1t was manned by two row.
men, Cornelius SlOanburg and William Ferguson.
One OF the had been Ill in bed for seven weeks
but got up when he heard the alarm. and had cone
to rescue. They offered to give all the assist
ance In their power. 1t took them an hour and a
half to lower the boats The excitement was terri.
bic. All the people were on their knees and pray.
ing to God. Some cried.
"LoRD HAVE MERCY UPON u.s."
and the women and children shrieked in the most
Is the sey were
cabin passengers had taken care to go first While
were going ashore the rain fell down in torrents,
and we suffered great deal We Law ali night on
ha he n nd m nd hnd
not even blankets to cover ourselves with.
On Sunday we made some wretched tents out OF
sail cloth that we got from the Ship We were very
hungry, and they brought US provisions IRON the
ship, biscuits and butter. One biscuit for each
day the weather cleared of. We had but one
biscuit and little tea and rice oil day. We had to
walk over mile to get drop Of water We found
The fog became very thick again, there was u
drizzling rain In the evening, and we were all cold
and miserable. They brought some Of the luggage
from the ship, but l found my trunk cut open. l
suppose
lost every thing, ESQ which had in the trunk and
nearly all my clothes. on Thursday night we SUI
tered very much by the rain. At nine A. M. the
still twenty men on board, but four boats put
OF to rescue them ana they were oil saved The
Was wec ana sae
Starr, heaved In sight, but owing to the thick fog
she went away again Captain Phillips then sent us
word that 300 of US should march to Portland Bay,
distance OF about four miles. and there embark for
Halifax. We started at halfpast nine A. NJ, and
The Moo al hPes p Ky
board the M. A. Starr, but the accommodations
there were wretched in the extreme. We all lay
hudded like 80 many sheep, and the weather was
rough that we expected to be washed away by
the waves every moment. We arrived at Halifax
Dsh al ia tSe Hn earnae
which was much better than the rocks, but stili
very uncomfortable. on the boat from New Haven
S XaS Sn ND fS Of dry bread and cup
SUFFERING DREADFULLY FROM HUNGER
when we arrived here.
the next statement was made by Mr.. Henry
sa5 22 s SsI'Kis y s ssEapa Queenstown we
had ana wath log q
age. At midday you could just catch faint
glimpse Of the sun, and that was all. On the 9th
his course and he never reEained it Afterwards. A
cabin passenger told Captain Phillips that he was
out Of his course. but TIC later replied gruily,
rough treatment from the officers and men. There
seemed to be no discipline, no system, and every
struck Gull RocE near Port Harbor She had run
rock. The captain tried to back her b. failed.
We were all terribly frightened. The fog was very
thick and we could see no land One OF the sailors
told US that the snip had grounded on the rock.
There were blowing oil horns and whistles and
firing of guns, and two fishermen in O small boat
came to our assistance. We were oil praying and
Most or Us WERE ON OUR KNEES: .,,.
have heard our cheering when We reached the
shore. We hurrahed and waved our hats, and
some OF us cried, ''Our lives are savedw Some OF
the women-who went all first-were unwilling to
leave their husbands or brothers behind, and said
they would rather stay behind with them and 60
last; but they were hustled down into the boats
almost by force. The cabin passengers who had
gone ashore before US were all conveyed to a farm
house. Not one OF them camped out, but Ne had
to sleep on the rocks aud sand In q drenchtng
We got nothing to eat. I could not sleep on the
rocks and walked about oil night. We all suffered
terribly from the cold. The women and children
were ell dripping wet, and they had to sleep in
their clothes soaked with water. Next morning
Sunday we built some fires, over which we
boiled our cOfYee. We also got some biscuits and
butter, but were still very hungry. The second
night was not so bad, for we had dried our clothes
before the ORE, WeIemaned
FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS
In this fearful condition owing to delay on the
part Of the purser in sending the message to Hall
lax. On Thursday we were told 70 be ready To 60