, 1873-04-08
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:. NUMBER 2332,

hard hard to ont, ! positively bolieyo great
means OF exit boon more ample; thero is, I
osso TOT on9 "ho to g"t ot a %
Was on tho lookout forward of tho bridge: know
wo woro making tho land, md tho coast Is dan
en- aho 1 abont tor knota eight
broakoE first, anl thon the land on tho sarboard
bow; sung out Drcakora n1,oad = to tic oAi-.
corg On tho bridget, did not hear tho broakers
ns,; nt FL; otood tt, about thirty yards from tho
onlcor; don't thiuk TINT, oven II the engines
Ind boon reversed, tho Blip could hayo boon
prevented striking.
was on tho lookout on tho bridge With tho eee-
"Droahcss or leo ahoad!" Gao Of tic 0uartoi.
nastors saw thcm at tile eamc time. and told tho
Second Officer, who Immediately gavo tie eignnl
full power astorn; hoard no noBo OF broakors;
Oh near as can jtIdgo, tho ship was within
quartor Of milo Of tho broakorn when I first
saw them. ::
Qnartormautor Thomna, in tho oourao of his
Second Otl}cor and anid the lattor replied ho
was not the Captain, and was MT tito mate,
ana an,5a ho could @ Do a. ho n1oasod; Thomas then
60 to. tic msin.yard md look X for SH'aa tho
land, and was answered, ut ia Of no
uso;" vi itness told tho Fourth oillcor ho did moi
feol tho 1anl until aho struck upon it; tho Cap
II
aud tho Witness told tho Second OfIicor ho hid
batter shake him. nnfl get him up; Just thon
Carroll cricd out, lee atload; - witnoaB loft tho
whoel and ran to tho door; eaw tho white foam
hard o Htarboard, thon ran to tho telegraph oon-
nocttng With tho engino-room, but Of that in
stunt aho struck. ..-........,....
ohiof Engineer Foxloy testified that at noon
on board, tho expenditure OF tho previous day
hayinB boon GO tonH. Tho ship was $50 milua
from Sandy Hook and TO miles from Halifax.
Tho baromotor was falling. All tho onloors
for Halifax. Eight hundred and forty -soyen tons
Of coal woro put aboard at Liverpool, aud thoro
wore 120 tons remaining from tho proviousvoyaGo,
making total OF DOT tous. Wo used about 90
ago daily consumption was 60 tons. The con-
sumption SaB creator than usual, because tho
coal waa mixed English and Welsh. Wo con-
s%med s% about tho sane quantity this timo as on
larger quantity, probably 13o5 or w 1,8oo tons. tons.
woro out .hEtcok Ma days and Ind 129 tons when
hs s weah Previous to tho
Tho Agont OF the Associatod Press bud an In.
terview to-day with Capt. Williams on several
points brought out during tho investigation.
Menoi1tor-now DO you account for tho e1-
managers say tho Atlantic had o much larger
quantity on board than slo usua1ly consumed.
Wi!liams-P Probably that is true as to tho
AuHHtllyt uut Auout uAll OF It WAS EERl18H which
ia Of inferior quality, whereas we generally uso
Wolsh coal. Had all tho coal boon Welsh, tho
quantity would have boen more than sufficient to
carry us to Now York.
Reportor-What about tho proyisions7
"illiams-We bad an ample supply Of all
stores except salt fish for tho Catholic pnssen-
gers. On tho Friday previous to tile wreck thqv
had complained Of q scarcity Of fish.
= HALIFAX, N. g. April 7.-Tho divers at work
to-day report tho vessel most awkwardly y.plaooa.
Two Of them won't into No. hutch, but found
no Light. On tho upper deck tho passongors and
cargo arc 30 much mixed that tho bodios can
not be got at. Two girls woro found lying
In their beds in the lower aftor-stoorage. Rolos
will DO blown in tho ship to facilitate the rocov-
cry Of tho bodioH and cargo.
Elovon bodies were got today, Of which flvc
.wero grappled. Up to tonight 228 havo boon re-
covered. None Of those found rocently wero
cabin passenBor9.
Tho reports in Tho press respecting Il light ut
Capo ProBpoct bolng mistakon for that Of sambro
are false. Thoro is no such light as Cape PROS
peot. Nobody on board tho Atlantic ssw my
Light in approaching tho coast.