Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05
An Awful Disaster.
SINKING OF THE WHITE STAR srv,v.u
ATLANTIC.

wednesdays papers reported the -.
terrible marine disaster which has s,. .9l
the world for years. The stea 'a'slea
Atlantic, of the White Star limo a rislp
left Liverpool for New York on H. " 9a.i
nit, with $50 passengers. strncl -v.u
twenty miles from Halifax, N sJ A,
2 O'Clock yesterday morning. ana s"Vn
In few minutes. There were lnoe s PAIN
on board, Including passengers anS o soul'
and only $50 were saved the rsmst I'gn,
perishlng. All the women ana cbiiS.sr
on board were lost. The vessel and c,rea
are a total loss. 4u 'A'so
On the first receipt of the terrible /.
telligence at HALIFAX, a Cupard s"a W.
Government steamer started to the as.i.,
an0e Of the steamer but could do no go"s
Third officer Brady, one Of the 49,
arrived Mt Halifax last night and savs ~
AHaIific lett Liverpool on March On T.
With upwards of 300 storage and ab,n,
so cabin passengers. She experlercaG
rough weather during the passqgo. bn
nll went well until noon on Mondsy
March 3lst, when her supply Of eoal X,
came exhausted. The captain a.,
mined TO put into Halifax, and the o..
tain and third officer were on decl N a.
midnight. Her position was then lnd,oi
to be sambro light bearing N. N. W., 70
miles. '' ~
The captain went into his chat roo,.
leaving orders 10 he called If tbere w.
any change In the ships position. Rad
went TO bed about the same time az ~
captain. The next thing he remembo,,
Il that he was thrown out of his bnnr
and felt the ship strike several times u,
then rushed on dock and found ina can
tain and officers there. and the dect s,il
of passengers. He got an axe and conn., NM
menced to clear away the bonita. tn
captain and other officers were bu.v Az.
Ing the same thing. Brady got bls bos,
out and put two women In IT,. A number
OF men attempted to get into It, and about
a dozen succeeded.
Just NJ this moment the steamer fell
over on her bcam-ends and sank. Only
one boat b Id been got ont, and that was
carried down nv the steamer, and all In h
lost. Brady scrambled into the mizzen
rigging, which was above the water. and
saw he could do nothing there, went for.
ward and unwove the halyards. being as.
sisted by Quartermasters Speakman and
Owen. Brady then took the halyaris
and AL three swan to the rock. The line
was hiu'cd ashore and a number Of pas.
sengers lnrded by 1t.
A humber had got on Il. but az the
ide was rising their position was no
better than on the vessel. Just ther
fishermen on shore came ont IN boat
and rescued those on the rock aud larr,
number from the rigging. Brady re
NAMED at the scene until noon YESTERDAY
when all who were alive on board ha,
been saved, except the chief officer, Mr.
Firth, who was In the rigging, shoutinl
tor help. Brady saws he tried to get
crew to 20 TO Firth's rescue, but the SCI
was so heavy that nobody would volun
tcer. Altogether about two hun lred AMI
fifty pers ons were saved, including Can
tain Williams; also, Fourth Office
Brown, the doctor, aud several Of th
engineers aud sailors.
Not single woman or child was saved
Most of them, as well as hundreds O
men, were drowned In their bOrtss. Tn
ship struck about 9 a. ~, the weather a
the time being dark, but not thick. witt
a rough sea.
LATER PARTIcuLARs-No LIST OF TIL
PASSENGERS DEMONSTRATION DI
MANDED.
NEW York, April 2nd.-No list of Ii
Andtihe passengers has been received
The White star Line, offices are crowde
, with the friends Of those supposed 10 b
, Passengers.
, Dispatches from Halifax state that NOT
Of the tlantie's cargo had foated whic
I shows that her hull is unhroken and ma
be raised. An investigation demanded
to show who Is responsible for disaster.
4 SECOND DISPATCH.
HALIFAX, April 2.-The steamer Dbl
Is expected this afternoon from the seer
of the Atlantic wreck. No addition
i, news can be had until her arrival.
R FURTHER DETAILS OF THE TERRlBl
AFFAIR.
2 The further and fuller particulars q
S the great disaster near Halifax are put
&, lished In the morning papers. The de-
= patches include the statements Of ih
1 captain and chief officer of the ill-iate
e Atlantic, and of a surviving sleerag
passenger; also a list of all the cabi
J.. and most of the Storage passenger
d who were saved, besides the cabin pas
d sengers who were lost. There are IS
n names Of saved passengers. Besid,
d these, n others were rescued, whol
= names have not been received. Th
Il makes total of 4l3 known to be save
n The captain estimates the total numb
y Of the crew and passengers Of the 10
; vessel at 97G, and he thinks that 4
e were saved. This would make the tot
number of lives lost 5l6. The repol
g published elsewhere tells fearful sto
T. Of suffering. Many of the passenge
e were drowned In the heavy surf, or dll
Of oold in the rigging Of the vessel, aft
several hours exposure. The bravery
third officer Brady, Of the Atlantic, al
l. the hcrOism of Rev Mr.. Ancient, min
i ter Of Nova Scotia, who assisted In say
n lives, deserve special mention.
Ie New York, April 2i.-Harrowlug d
r tails are received Of the suffering Of t
n passengers Of the tlaniic. The capita
70 encouraged the efforts of the boats fro
e Shore by offering five hundred dollars {
" every boat load rescued.
- INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
i NEW YORK. April 2d.-The Domlni
= Parliament has ordered searching
e vestigatiOn of the disaster. An app
r priariOn was made last year for lig
house at the point here the acclde
j. Occcrred.
/, LATER PROM THE SCENE OF DIsAsTE
II New YoRK, April 3.-The whole nui
t, Der on board the atlantic was 952. 7
+ bodies of two female cabin passeBg,
e have been recovered. The atlantic had
2 board 967 tons of coal, when the avera
2 consumption during eighteen voyages W
only IA tons. All the rescued passenge
:. wlllcave to-day by steamer for Portlan
4 and Will reach New Yofk by Saturday
II !.