The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-03
THE Wrecked ATLANTIC,
THE ILL FATED ST 6AMER.
Fuller and Later ReporIs Confirm
the Worst Fears,

sb1 p Atlantic, OF the !" nlte N'ar LIuti
fro N Liverpool, March 20, Tor New Y ork,
rur,nirg 2 short oicosl, made for Hall Ak
w hen about twenty miles from port,
of cape Prospect, at 2:30 this morning,
she ran ashore on Meagher's Head.
] She had on board over one thousand
men, women and children. Only Two
hu ndred and fifty succeeded in landing
Tie remainder, including all the wo-
men and children were lost. The cap
tai n and third Off Ger were saved. The
f irst officer WAS drowned. On the re-
cei pt of the news Of the disaster Gu
nard and Government steamer started
to the assistance of the Atlantic, but
tho third officer, who arrived here at
$50 this atterb oon. says that the vessel
ard cargo are total loss
The third officer, Brady arrived In
thus city this evening. He says that
the Atlantic lett Liverpool on the 10th
OF March, with upwards OF nine hun
dred steersge passengers and about fifty
cabin passengers. The steamer expe-
rlenced borsterous weather during the
passage, but all went well until noon on
Monday, 3lst, when the supply OF coal
becoming nearly exhausted, the Captain
determined 10 put into Halifax. The
Captain and third officer were on deck
until midnight. The position was then
jud ged 10 be Sambro light bearing \.
n. w. thirty-nne miles. The Captain
then went into this chsrtroom, leaving
orders to be called il there. was
any change in the vessels posi-
ton. They went to bed sbous the same
time as the Captain. The next thing
that be remembered is that be was
thrown out OF his bunk and be heard
the snip strike several times. He then
rushed on deck and found the Captain
and officers there, aud the deck iull OF
passengers. He got an axe and com
menced to clear away boat. The
Captain and other officers were busy
doing the same thing. Brady got his
boat out, and put two women in It. A
number OF men attempted TO get into ii,
and about a dozen succeeded. just at
mat moment the steamer tell over on
her beams end and sank. Only one
boat had been out, and that WAS car
ried down 10y the steamer, and all on 1t
were lost.
Brady scrambled into the mizzen rig.
ging, which was above waller, and see
ing that he could do nothing there, he
then went forward and removed the
halliards, being assisted by Quarternas.
ters Spearman and Owen. Brady then
took the hallisrds, and all three swan
10 a rock. Then a line was hauld
ashore, and number OF passengers
apded by it. A number had got on the
rock, but, as the tide was rising, their
position was no better than on the ves-
sel. Just then fishermen on shore came
out in boats and rescued those on the
rock, and large number from the rig
ging. Brady remained at the scene un-
Ill noon to-day, when all who were
alive on board had been taken from
the ,reok, except the chief officer, Mr..
Firth, who WAS in the rigging, shouting
Tor help. Brady says he tried to get g.
crew TO 20 to the rescue OF Firth, but
the sea was SO heavy nobody would
volunteer.
Altogether about $50 persons were
saved, including Captain Williams,
also the fourth officer, Mr.. Brown, and
several OF the engineers aud sailors
Not single woman or child was saved.
Most oftbem as we'll as hundreds o.
men were drownded IN their berths
rbe steamer struck about 2'oclock
this morning. The weather at the me
was dark, but not thick, aud the sea
rough. s Gamers are going down to-
MIL ht to render what assistance they
can, All the people saved from the
wreck, with the exception OF Brady, are
still al Prospect, where the fishermen
are giving them all the attention they
possibly can.
HALIFAX, April 2.-The steamer
Montreal, which has been despatched 70
the scene of the wreck OF the steamer
Atlastic,is not expected 10 return before
five o'clock this evening, and 90 iurtber
particulars can be Obtained until that
hour. TIE anxiety is terrible. 1t is
hoped that particulars may somewhat
mitrsste the terrible character OF the
calamity. .
The steamer Delta has not returned
from the scene OF the wreck of the i'll
lated Atlantic, and consequently there
is 20 later news regarding the disaster
up to this hour than has already been
published 1t lie reported that nothing
10 the shape of documents has been
saved from the wreck OF the steamer.
The return of the steamer Delta from
the scene of the wreck this afternoon
is awaited with intense interest. Ru-
mors of all sorts are a6oat as TO the
probable actual loss OF life. It is said
that there must have been gross mis-
take made in the reckoning OF the ship
in striking q rock many miles from
where she was supposed to be. This
.xcltes the indignation OF the pilots in
this section.
TIE LOST STEAMER.
The lost steamer Atlantic was built
at Belfast, Ireland. in 1871; was 420
teet long, 43 feet beam and % feet depth
of hold. and registered 1923 tons; was
constructs! OF IRON; had tour masts
and six water tight bulkheads; was
fitted with eleven boilers and topr CYL
,nders on the compound principle, uu-
der which the average consumption Of
coal was only forty-fse tons. The dis
sster is believed to be traceable TO the
carrying of an insufficient supply OF
coal for a voyage Of more than ten or
eleven weeks.
| HALIFAX, April IA number Of pas
sengers and crew Of the steamer Atlan-
tic arrived this evening. They report