Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

could be cleared, only ten minutes having
elapsed, the ship keeled heavily to port, rem
dering the starboard boats useless
Seeing that no help could be got from the
boats, got the passengers into the rigging
and outside the rails, and encouraged them
TO go forward, where the ship was highest
and less exposed to the water. The third
officer, Mr.. Brady, Quartermaster Owen and
Speakman, by this time having established
communication with the outlying rocks by
means of line, got four other lines to the
rocks, along which about 200 people passed.
Between the rocks and the shore was pas
sag about 100 yards wide. A rope was sue
cessfully passed across this, By which means
about so got to the land, though many were
drowned in the attempt.
At A NJ the first boat appeared from
the land, but she was too small to be of any
assistance. Through the exertions of Mr..
Brady, the third officer, the islauders were
aroused, and by A. M three larger boats
came to our assistance. By their efforts all
that remained on the side of the ship and on
the rock were landed in safety, and cared
for by poor fisherman named Clancy, and
his daughter. During the day the survivors,
to the number of 429, were drafted off to
the various houses scattered about, the resi-
dent magistrate, Edmund Ryan, rendering
valuable assistance. The chieI officer having
got up the mizzen rigging, the sea cut of his
retreat. He stood for SIX hours by woman
who had been placed in the rigging. The
sea was too high to attempt his rescue. At
3 P M, Rev. Mr.. Ancient succeeded in get
ting him line and getting HIM cf. Many
of the passengers in the saloon and steerage
died in the rigging from cold, among the
number the purser of the snip.
Before the boats went out [ placed two
ladies in the life boat, but, finding the boat
useless, carried them to the main rigging.
where left them, and went aft to encourage
others to 90 forward on the side of the ship.
At this iuncture the boilers exploded, and
the boat rolled over to leeward, the ship at
this time being on her beam ends. Finding
myself useless there, | went to take the
ladies forward, but found them gone, and
have seen nothing Of them since. Many
passengers al this time, could not be stm :
lated to any effort to save themselves, but
| lay IN the rigging and died from fright and
exposure. | remained on the side, encourag-
ing, helping and directing, until about Is
were landed, when. fnding my hands and
| legs were becoming useless, lett the ship,
TWO other boats being close to, which en-
| Odrked the remainder.
On reaching the shore | dispatched Mr..
Brady off to Halifax, across the country, to
telegraph the news of the disaster and to
obtain assistance. Mr. Morrow, the Cunard
line agent, promptly responded and sent two
steamers with provision to convey the survl-
vors to Halifax, where they will be well
cared or, and forw 4rded to New York.
The latest reports of the loss of life are
at of all on board Alb were saved, anc
about $50 were lost Among the latter were
$50 women and children.
The lost steamer Atlantic was built AT
Belfast, ireland IN 1871. Sle was 420 feet
IN length, 40 beam, and % depth OF hold
and registered 1923 tons; she wa, construct
ed of iron; had four mists aud six water
tight buikheads. She was fitted with elev-
en- boilers aud four cylinders, on the com
pond principle, under which the averas
daily Consumption of coal is only 45 tons.