New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-02
MARINE.
Another Ocean F0rFsF-WreCk OF ~ live
erDOOl and New York Steam-hip-NInF@
ahan seven Hundred People kSsr-EiSs
erpOOl and New York Arrivals-TwesS
ra.ThrpP Gaaliea DKoNEnPds

than seven Hundred People kssr-E.iSs
erpoOl and New York Arrirais-Twess
t,-Three Coolies Drowned
LIVERPOOL. April -ATrived-Zutreta0
Marx Maid of Orleans FermOsc aud Tug
pin. from New Orleans: Sailer Prince. trom
Galveston; Jose, from Charleston. aAd In
spection, from Mobile.
New YORK. April l.-Arrl"ad-San 5Ae
cinto and Champion. Arrived 0UI-Mano
haitian.
WAsHISoToN. April |. twenty tines
coolies were drowned IN the harbo- OF NO.
kohama by the capsizing OF small ooas
belonging TO the Pacific Mail Company %
February T..
HALIFAX, n. s., April This aft'rrOaa
a report being current that > steame: h&0
been wrecked on the coast and seVora:
lives lost. il was at frst regarded as d Cruog
April fool hoax, bat this evening the C"'
nard agents here received news that It wa&
true. and that only little OF the truth haS
been told, the fact being that the W hlte Star
steamer Atlantic, Captain NlIiIam5D irons
Liverpool for New York, while coming lDt'S
this port for coal struck on Meagher's rOcae
near Prospect, twenty-five miles ives! o.
Halifax and became a total wreck. pS
about 1000 souls on board upwards 06 OOS
were drowned.
THIRD Officer Brady arrived in th.e rieY
this evening.
Al
twentieth of March, with upward OF 500
steerage passengers and about fifty "abla
passcngers The steamer experienced b"l's
terous weather during the pdsSagcs HIt a8
went well until noon Monday. fAe thirty
first OF March, when the supply " eO~I D'se
came nearly exhausted.
The captain determined to put intN lYatso
fax. The captain and third officer wefS
on deck until midnight. The position waS
then Judged to bo Samoro light be3clnS
north-nOrth west thrty-nlne miles.
The CAPTAIN tLen went into he SDsTS
room. leaving orders to be called If theg9
was any change in the vessels position.
Brady went TO bed about the same 9infS
| as the captain The next thing he Temem0
bered was that he was thrown oct "i MA
| bunk and felt the ship strike several times
He then rushed on deck and found tue Ca[bo
! tain and officers there and the deck full OS
| passen gprs. He got an ak and COmmenCc1
| to clear away boat. The captain ana
| other officers were busy doing the same
| thing.
| men in it, A number of men attempted I'D
| get into it and about a dozen succeeded
| just at that moment the steamer fell OvrS
| on her beam ends and sank. Only emo
| boat had been got out and that was carSbsSS
| down by the steamer and all in it lost
Brady scrambled in to the miz8eD ?'s.
| plDp, which was above Lne WdJeTt anu 5CAS
| ing he could do nothing there he then went
| forward and uDwove the halyardso being
| assisted by QuarteTmasters Speakmais an0
| Owen. Brady then took the halyaT1a ana
| all three swan to the rock.
| 4 line was hauled ashore. ard number
of passeDg gers landed by it. number haT
| got on the rock, but as the tide was rising
| their position was no better than on IN"
| vessel, just then fishermen on the sbOr@
came out in boats and rescued fho5e on ihS
| rock and large number from the rigging.
Brady remained at the scene until nnO0
70 dav, when all who were alive on bOar1
/; had been saved except the chief officer. Mr..
! Firth. who was in the rigging shouting for
| help Brady tried TO get the crew I" 90 ia
the rescue Of Mr.. Firth. but the sea Was 40
heavy that nobody would volunteer.
| Altogether abou; 80 persons were saved.
including Captain Williams: also fourth
| officer Brown. the doctor and several Nt iho
engineers and sailors. Not single woman
or ch!ld was saved Most of theT. az We
as hundreds ni .uen, were drowned IN theiE
| btvths.
Tn. steamer struck abort two o'clock
this morning. The weather at the time % a.
dark. but nOt thick. and the sea rougfo
Steamers ar. gong down tonight t" T"n:
der what axe .a'a nee they posal0iF caRo al
the people s-"ec from the wreck. WIN IA"
execution Of B"ady. aro still az Prospects
wl.r. the a.li,:-nen ar" giving them AL
the attention tA.v r"-slbiE can.