Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-04-04
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TBE:
LOSS OF THE: ATLANTIC.

By yesterdays kilograms We have
further particulars of the loss OF the
ocean steamer Atlantic on the coast
of Nova Scotia and the additional
facts thus furnished apprise rs that
the loss. though immense. is not so
great as WIS at first reported. It
seems that there were 50 cabin pas
sensers and $50 Storage passengers.
and that the officer. and crew alto
gether numbered 143 persons. all
told. making a total Of 1886: and
that of this number as many rs 401
are known to have been saved.
Amongst those reported lost are
Mr.. Street. wife. son anu daugh
ter. of Nevada AS likely as not Of
Nevada county. California Another
item which we came near overlook
ing says that there were as many rs
four hundred and thirteen of the
steerage passengers saved these.
added to the cabin passengers,
officers and crew that were rescued,
twenty-five in all. as enumerated,
make q total of 43S. saved. The
scenes are graphically described; as
for instance, some steamers having
gone to the scene of the wreck
No time WAS lost, and the Goliath
and boats soon returned filed with men.
who proceeded to get on board the Del
In, and such a motley party, English.
Irish. Scotch. Welsh. German. Dutch,
Norwegian, Swedes. Swiss indeed. rep
resentatives of every country in Europe
and of the United States-were huddled
together. talking. laughing. crying. pray
ing and thanksgiving producing great
confusion Of tongues. Scarcely one
half of them had q complete and re-
spectacle looking suit Of clothes. The
wealthy merchant of London and the
New York professional gentleman and
lowest of the emigrants appeared in
clothing much of which had been given
to them by the good people of Prospect.
Some were without coats, many without
hats, others without boots. and all with
the absence of some comfort in the
clothing line. The scene may more
easily be imagined than described. All
We're WARMLY welcomed on board the
Delta, and no pains were spared to make
them as comfortable as possible. The
Goliath returned to the shore and was
soon back again with just such a crowd
as the previous one. Friends who had
been separated after the Atlantic struck |
and never expected to meet again III this
world were brought face to face IN the
Delts,'s cabin, where they grstsped hands |
and wept for Joy. and thanked Him
whose mercy had spared them, while so
many of their fellows had been sent into
eternity"
The chief mate who. in yester-
days dispatches was reported lost
tells a very thrilling narrative which
is reported follows: !
My watch ended at II o'clock on Mon
day night, and the second and fourth |
officers took charge. 1 went to my berth.
and was aroused by the shock of the |
vessel striking. The second officer came
down to my room and said the ship WAS
ashore, and he WAS afr.li she was gone.
/ put ON few articles of clothing, got /
an ax and went on deck to clear the |
boats. The ship had careened over be-
fore / reached the deck. / cleared two
star-board boats, but just then a heavy
SEA swept the boats away l was hold /
in. fast to the miZzen III S. ri 5:,ing, and
now climbed higher for safety. The
night WIS so dark and the spray flew so
lhickly that We could not SEE well
what was gong OH around Us. / SIM
men ON the rocks, Int did not know
how they got there All who were alive
on board were in the rigging. When
daylight came / counted % prisons in
in the mizzen mast ri..,uing with me. i'll
one woman. When these Per
sersous saw that there were lines he
tween the ship and shore many attempt
Ell to 60 forward to the lines. and i'll SO
doing were washed overheard and
irowned. Al my reached the shore by
Inc. nd of the lines, and fishernens
boats rescued many more. At last all
h.,,i either been WASHED off or rescued
Except myself, the woman and n boy.
The sea had become SD rough that beats
could not venture near Us. Suou the
boy WAS washed off, bnt he swan gal
.,ltly and reached one of the boats III
safety got Il firm hold Of the woman
md rescued her in the rigging. I could
zee people on the shore and in boats,
md c,.nid hail them, but they were un-
.ble to help Us. At 2 o'clock III the af-
ernoon, after We had been III the rig
in. ten hours, Rev. Mr.. Ancient, al
church of England clergyman. whose
,uble conduct 1 cannot forget while