Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-09
The Atlantic Disaster.

One of the most ierrib.e disasters IN
record ocurred of the coast Of Nova
Scotia. early Tuesday morning. April Sd.
The ocean steamship Atlantic OF The
White Star linz, which leh Liverpool on
the Goth Of March. having run short Of
coal, attempted to put into Halifax to Sc
cure a supply. but. when about 20 m'lr"
from that port. at ha.fpssi 2 o'clock "a
the morning. ran ashore on Meaghers
Head, Cape Prospect, anj became total
wreck.
The third officer, Brady, says tina, the
Atlantic left Liverpool Oh the 10Th of
March, with upward Of9OO sieersge pass
engers and about 90 cabin passengers.
She experienced boisterous weather, but
all went well sill noon of Monday, the
3lst ult., when the supply of coal was
nearly exhausted, aud the captain deter
mined to put into Halifax. The captain
aud third officer were on deck till mid
night. The position was judged to be,
Sambro light, bearing north north est 30
miles. The captain went luto his state
room, leaving orders to be called if there
was any change in tae vessels osition.
Brady went to bed about the same
time as the captain. The next thing he
remembers is that he was thrown out ot
his bunk, and that he felt the ship strike
several times. lie then rushed on deck,
and found the captain aud officers there,
and the deck full Of passengers. He get
an Ak aud commenced to clear away u
boat The captain and other officers were
busy doing the same thing. Brady got
his boat out and put two women in 1t. A
number Of men attempted to get into it,
and about dozen succeeded.
Just at that moment the steamer fell
over Oh her beam end and sank. Only
one boat had been got out and that carried
down by the steamer, and all in it were
lest, Brady scrambled into the mizzen rig
ging. which was above the water. Seeing
) that he could do nothing there, he then
went forward and unwove the haiyards.
Brady then took the halyards, and he.
and two others, swan to the rocks. A
line was then taken to the shore, aud u
number of passengers were landed by it,.
A number had got on the rock, but as
the tide was rising, their position was no
= better than Oh the vessel. Just then the
I 6sheomen on the shore came out in boats,
, and rescued those on the rock and u large
c number from the rigging.
Brady remained at the scene till noon
Tuesday, when all on board who were
alive had been saved except Chief Officer
= Firth, who was in the rigging shouting for
h help Brady says he tried to get crew
q to 90 to the rescue of Firth, but the sea
e was 80 heavy that NO boly would volun-
I teer.
d Altogether about $50 persons were
Is saved, including Capt, Williams, the
s. fourth officer, Mr. Brown, the doctor, and
eral of the crew. Net single woman
nor child was saved. Hundreds wer,
ID drow, ed in their btrths. The shil
e struck about O'clock A. NJ, and the Sc;
y, y was rough.
, Fuller accoduts Of the frightful disaste
,e off the Nova Scotia coast, Tuesday morn
H. ing, happily show that the first report
ie somewhat exaggerated the loss Of life b.
the week of the steamer Atlantic, thong
ne the black list is at best trighttully lou
i'd one. The officers of the ill-fated vesse
VI state that she had on board when sh
" struck the fatal rock 976 souls. Of thi
" number only Alb are known to have bee
& saved, making 563 who were lost Th
story Of the week, as told by the officer
bo aud passengers, is very fully set forth
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