The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-04
The Wreck of the Atlantic.

THE following additional dispatches
describing the wreck Of the steamship
Atlantic reached us at too late an hour
yesterday morning to appear in that days
issue
STATEMENT OF A CABIN PASSENGER.
Truman D. Markwalk was interviewed
bya Chronicle reporter. lie says: turn
cd into my berth OF nine o'clock Monday
night and was aroused by the shock OF
the ship striking. All the men in the
cabin rushed upon deck to see what
was wrong. l went into the saloon
on deck. / observed by the clock that
tho time was 800. Rockets were being
fired, Within fifteen minutes from the
time the ship struck she carcened The
CAPTAIN with his officers behaved braVely.
The cry was raised, "Take to the rigging;
its your only chance" At daybreak o
tisherman's boat came out and rescued a
number of US and landed Us on Meaghcr's
Island. A handful Of people there warm.
" welcomed us; they gaVo us food aud
clothing and did all for us that they could.
Edmund Ryan, magistrate, Dennis
Ryan, and their wives were especially &C.
tive In ministering to our wants. There
were three boats crews whose names de-
serve a high place on the roll OF honor.
The first boat was manned by Dennis
RYAN, James Coolin, Frank Ryan, John
Blackburn and Ben. Blackburn; the sec.
ond boat by James O'Brien, Micheal
O'Brien, p. DOllard, VIM. Lacy and T. ].
Toorg. l regret that have not the names
of the other crew. To these'men chiefly
belong tho credit Of having, at the risk Of
their lives, rescued from death over four
hundred souls They, us well as several
others Of whose bravery have heard,
should certainly receive some record for
their noble conduct. Coming up on the
Delta there were ringing praises of the
gallsntry OF the boats crews already re-
icrred to, Us well as Of Rev. Mr., Ancient,
who rescued perlshing chief officer Pirth;
of Brady, third officer, and Of Quarter.
masters Speakman and Owens, who first
established communication with the
shore. Tho kindness Of the people Of
Prospect was also universally ncknowl.
edged. 81
FURTHER PARTICULARS AND INCIDENTS.
The Sun furnishes the following add.
lional particulars: A Storage passenger
saws nearly all the passengers in his part
OGtho steerage-to the number OF one
hundred and twcnty.eight, II not more
rushed on deck al tho same time. Some
Of the passengers who first succeeded IN
getting on deck were told by some OF the
officers in command that nothing was
wrong, that they had only lowered an
Choir. The passengers then went down
again and tried to persuade the rest TO
that effect think this was done to pre-
vent confusion on deck. l came up again
and had Just time TO get on the saloon
deck, about ten minutes after tho ship
first struck, when she turned over toward
land and sank. A number OF persons
chung to the bulwarks, but the sea being
high they were washed off and many
drowned. Others, along with myself,
who got into the rigging swung them
selves oil by ropes into The water and
swan to the rock, distance Of about
fifty yards. About one hundred and fifty
who were passengers, principally belong.
ing TO the Storage that was in, saved
themselves in this way. The captain,
who was clinging to the ships side, pass
ed of about one hundred passengers into
the boat and advised them to jump into
the water and swim ashore.
William Hogan, oil Waterford, tells the
following II was on deck at . O'Clock.
heardI sailor on duty call out "Alls
well; three o'clock" After hearing the
sailor saying "Alls well" went 10 the
forward bteeragO and got into bed. About
I'VE or ten minutes afterwards heard the
TsIChman cry out Breakers ahead" and
almost instantly heard tremendous
Crash, and the air rushed In and blew Out
Aelights. II was my impression that the
ooler had bursted. Called up some Of
he boys that were sleeping near me, and
loId them to rush on deck, that the boil.
fhad exploded. Some Of them refused
!!ogo up, and said that 1t mAttered little
thinking the steamer was out at sea; thai
twas Just as well to meet death below
@on deck, The orders were given, as Il