The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-04-03
CASUALTIES.
TIC Steamship Atlantic Goes
Ashore Near Halifax.
Seven Hundred and Fifty Per.
SONS Lost.
Not q Woman or Child Saved
From the Wreck.
Steamship and Cargo a Total


STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC LOSr-TERR.BLE Los.
OF LIFE.
HALIFAX, n. s., April 1.-The Steam
chip Atlantic, Of the White star line, from
Liverpool, March Goth, for New York, run
ming short of coal made for Halifax, and when
about twenty miles from port, and of Cape
Prospect, at $50 o'clock this morning, she
ran ashore on Meyers Head. She had on
board over one thousand men, women and
children, and only two hundred and fifty
succeeded in landing. The remainder, in
Guiding all the woman and children, were
Lost. The Captain and third officer were
saved, and the first officer was drowned. %
the first receipt Of the news of the disaster
. Government steamer started to the assist
ance of the Atlantic, but the third officer,
Who arrived here at $50 this afternoon, saws
the vessel and cargo are a total loss.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER
ATLANTIC.
The third officer, Brady, Of the. ILL fated
steamer Atlantic, arrived in this city this
evening. He says that the Atlantic lett Liv-
erpool on the ooh of March with about nine
hundred steerase passengers and fifty cabin
passengers. The steamer experienced bois-
ferrous weather during the passage, but all
went we'll until noon Monday the 3lst, when
the supply Of coal became nearly exhausted,
and the Captain determined to put into Hal
ifax. The captain and third officer were
On deck until midnight. The position Of
the vessel was then judged to be from sombre
light bearing ". n. W. SO miles. The Captain
then went into the chart room leaving orders
10 be called if there was any change in the
vessels position. They went to bed about
the came time a. the Captain. The next
thing that he remembers is that he was
thrown out of his bunk, and he heard the
ship strike several times. He then rushed
ON deck, and found the Captain and officers
there and the deck full of passengers. lie
got an axe and commenced to clear away
boat. The Captain and other officers were
busy doing the same thing. Brady got this
boat out and put two women in 1t. A
number Of men attempted To get
in il, and about dozen succeeded. Just at
that moment the steamer fell over on her
beam ends and sunk. Only one boat had
been got out and that was carried down by
the steamer and all in it lost. Brady
scrambled into the mizzen rigging, which
was above water, but seeing that he could do
nothing there he went forward and removed
the hallisrds, being assisted by Quarter
masters Spearman and Oven. Brady
then took the halliards and all three evan
to rock and then line was hauled ashore
and number of passengers landed by it. A
number had got on the rock, hut a. the tide
was rising their position was no better than
on the vessel. Then the fisherwomen on the
shore came out in boats and took of those
on the rock and large number from 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.. Tu:h, who was in the
rigging shouting for help. Brady says he
tried to get the crew to 60 and rescue Tuth,
but the sea was 40 heavy nobody
would venture. Altogether abon,
two hundred and fifty persons were saved,
Capt Williams; also the fourth
officer, Mr.. Brown, and several of the engi-
neers and sailors. No. a single woman or
child was saved, and most of them, as we'll
n hu dreds of men, were drowned in their
births. The steamer struck about two
o'clock this morning, and the weather al the
time was dark. but not thick, and the sea
rough. Steamers are going down tonight
to render what assistance they can. All the
people saved from the wreck, with the ex-
ception Of Brady, are at Prospect, where the
i.hermen are given them all the attention
they possibly can.