Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-03

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board over 1000 men, women and
children, only $50 of whom succeeded
in landing. The remainder. including
all of the ONE and children. were
lost. The captain and third officer
were saved. Third officer Brady saws
the steamer experienced boisterous
weather during the passage, but all
vent well until Don Monday, when
the supply of coal became nearly ex-
hauSted. The captain determined to
put into Halifax. The captain and
third officer were on deck until mid
night; the captain then went into his
chart room leaving orders to be called
if there was any change i'm the vessels
position. Brady went to bed about
the same time as the captain. The
next that he remembers is that he
was thrown out of his bunk, and
heard the ship strike several times.
lie then rushed on deck, and found
the captain and officers there, and the
deck full of passengers. He got an
axe and commenced to clear away the
boats. The captain and other officers
were busy doing the same thing.
Brady got a boat out and put two
women in it. a number of men at
tempted to get into it and about a
dozen succeeded. Just at this mo-
ment the steamer fell over on her
beam end and sank. There was only
n boat out, and that was carried
down by the steamer and all in it
were lost. Brady scrambled into the
miZZen rigging which was above the
water. and seeing that he could do
moth ing there he then went forward
and removed the halyards, being as
sisted by Quartermasters Spearman
and Owen. Brady then took the hal
yards and all three swan to the rock.
The line was hauled ashore, and a
number of the passengers landed by
it,. A number Cotton the rock, but the
tide rising their position was no bet
ter than on the vessel. Just then the
fishermen on the shore came out in
boats to those on the rock and in the
rigging. Brady remained at the scene
till noon to-day, when all who were
alive on board had been taken from
the wreck except the Chief officer
Mr.. Firth, who was In the rigging
shouting for help. Brady says he
tried to get a crew to go to the rescue
of Firth, but the sea was so heavy
nobody would volunteer. Altogether
about $50 persons We're saved, includ-
ing Captain Williams, also the fourth
officer Mr.. Brown, the tiremen and
several of the engineers and sailors.
Not a single woman or child a
saved. Most of them as we'll as a
hundred men were drowned in their
berths. The steamer struck about .
o'clock this A. NJ.
SWEDEN.
COPENHAGEN. April 1.
The Lower House of Rigsby has
passed a vote declaring a want Of con-
tidence in the Danish Ministry.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, April l..
The Grand Duke Alexis has arrived
at Shanghai.
FRANCE.
PARIS, April 1.
The Spanish N~ice-Consul of this
city has absconded, leaving a deficit
in his accounts of 10000 francs.
The Spanish Nice-Consul, charged
with embeZzlement of public funds,
has been arrested, and sent in custody
TO Spain.
BAYONNE, April l..
The CarlistS in Spain are receiving
supplies of arms and ammunition in
various ways, but mostly by sea.
~ cOt,N VI ltti lltlltltu NtTllSlS re-
crUited at Navarro last week, and
We're equipped almost as soon as their
organization was effected. Senator
clio, who is Director of the Carlist
Committee here, eluded the local
authorities, who had orders for his
arrest, and crossed into Spain on
Saturday last.
\ battalion of French troops will
leave this city tomorrow for the
frontier.
1t is reported that all Custom Houses
on the frontier, except that of Trun,
will be occupied by the Carlists, who
are terrifying them.
SPAIN.
MADRID, April 1.
The Cure of Santa Cruz was sur
priSed Yesterday, and narrowly es-
capped capture. Several of his men
We're taken prisoners.
The agitation in Barcelona is sub
siding. No further outrages have
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