The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-19

In one oil the poorest sections of y cw-
ark, y. j., little John Hauly has found
home in which to rec Yer from the effects
of his terrible experience on board the
steamer Atlantic. Between q and clock
yesterday morning his bro;her-in-law
Hugh Torray and "a cousin named Thomas
llanly, received him from the company's
agent 1t Castle Garden.
LITTLE JoHSSY's STORY.
Il hal been asleep with my brother, in
o berth on the lowest tier, and was awak-
ened by u thump and "A loud noise. We
got out of the berth, and while | was put
ting on my shoes, Michael his brother
dressed, aud then the water came rushing
| down upon US. l didn't wait for him,
but ran, and forced myself into one Of the
| beds GU the second staging. The beds
| were filed with men, and very often the
water washed In. l was held in my place
by the men behind me, who constantly
shouted for tho outsiders to break in the
| PORTFOLIOS. The first one broke was just
| above my head, and two men who were
next me pushed me through the port hole,
and | was caught up on the deck. ! held
| on TO the ropes running from the rnasts to
the side of the ship, and kept my hands
fairly warm by keeping one in my pocket
/
were no women on the deck that ! could
see, except one in the rigging, and they
told me that she froze to death. The men
did not interfere with me, and it is not
true that got upon a passengers back,
or that | was passed over the hends of the
crowd 10 the boat. | WAS on the deck un-
til after daylight, and the boats had made
xix trips, think with ten persons each
trip before they took me OF. No ono
tried to stop mo from getting into the
| boat, and l suppose they were willing To
have me saved first. Iii hard 10 say what
, the men were doing while we were wait
. ing; some were praying, more crying, and
/ prayed some Lmyse!E Capt Williams
e advised the passengers TO lie quiet and
leayo the ship as soon as they could. Ii !
i can see a man can tell whether he is
a drunk or not saw the captain, and b,
was not drunk.
The night OF tho accident ! left iathe
and mother at : o'clock, and ! never saw
them again. After got on shore in Hall
,is fax | went with the rest TO some publ
hall aud We were fed. Every body wa
at stealing clothes, ard | WAS soon left will
80 nothing but waistcoat. Aiterward the
found one Of my shoes, but | dill not 20
III it back. Mrs. DUH, who owns brewery
n gave me two suits OF clothes, some on
else gave me WOODEN shirt, and anothe
s. gave me black bag to carry my thing
% IN. remained with the passengers Will
in Halifax, and on the journey hor
/ WAS with them, bat Mr.. Rob
|. erts took care of me. About Ia
first thing we did in Boston was t,
: look for something TO eat, and after that
u felt very comfortable and willing to sta,
there ah.tle while. Tho collection the,
70 made for me is kept by the man in New
&c York Mr.. Sparks until next Tuesday
when he is going to give it to my
VI sister. ! haven't been sick since thel
re took me off the ship, and only for sor,
foo, that my new boots gave me | ,hOul,
u be all right,
a Johnny is short in stature for q boy o
his age, but he makes up in broAdih wha
he lacks in length. He has bright, intel
20 ligent countenance, his cheeks have
= beautiful color, and his conversation that o
a much older person.