Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-10

OF an insufficiency of coal and relieve
the company of the terrible responsible
ity OF sending ship bearing nearly a
thousand souls on a voyage across the
Atlantic in the stormy month of March
with only ten days supply of coal.
The agents here state they do not know
what to make of it, but think the At
lantic experienced very strong head
winds, compelling her to burn nearly
double the usual quantity of coal to keep
up the customary speed
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
Freeman D. Mackwell, cabin pas
senger of the Atlantic, sends the follow
ing dispatch to the Associated Press
HALIFAX, April 3.
Say TO the friends of the cabin pas
sengers of the steamer Atlantic that /
will remain with the wreck until have
secured all the lost cabin passengers. l
have boxes going to the wreck this morn
ing to receive the bodies. The bodies of
Mrs. Fisher and Miss Merritt we have.
! The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt. Miss
| Scrymser and John II. Price of New
York have great hope of securing
CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS.
The following dispatch was received
from Halifax this morning, and copy
of it posted up outside in large letters:
NomoE-Two hundred passengers are
expected to leave Halifax per steamer
Chase this morning for New York via
Portland. They will be supplied with
ample means and tickets The remain
der will follow per Falmouth tonight.
/ They may be expected ON Saturday.
THE PASSENGER LIST.
The duplicate list of passengers did
not arrive by the City of Montreal as
was expected The complete list will
not be received before ten or twelve days.
1t was telegraphed for to Liverpool yes
terday and will be sent by mail. The
Cunard steamer Algeria, which sailed on
the 22d of March, will bring the list Of
passengers whose passages were pre-
paid here and their destinations.
THE PASSENGERS.
LONDON, April 3.
There were seven hundred and sixty
steerage passengers on the Inflated yes
sci. The passengers and crew as she
sailed from Liverpool were classified as
follows: English, one hundred and
ninety men, seyenty-four women,
twenty-eight male children and twenty
one female children Scotch, seven men
and four women Irish, forty-three men,
eighteen women and three children
other nationalities, one hundred and fifty
adult males, thirty-two women, nineteen
male children and eighteen female chill
dren A large number of emigrants em-
barged at Queenstown, making the total
number of souls upon the steamer when
she sailed from that port nine hundred
and fifty-two.
SAVING THE CARGO.
The Underwriters of New York have
dispatched the wrecker William Ii. Mer-
ritt, with divers, and full instructions,
to Halifax, to take charge cf the wreck
ed steamer Atlantic and save the vessel
and cargo, and make all possible pro-
vision for saving and preserving the
bodies of the lost.
The Coast Wrecling company have
dispatched a steamer to-day with
full wrecking company to carry out this
object.
A dispatch from Halifax states the
Atlantic was broken at the foremast.
THE QUARTERMAsTER's sTATEMENT-''ICE
AHEAD'-COMISG ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- OF THE TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.
HALIFAX, April 3-Evening.
There is nothing of Importance from
the wreck to-day.
| Robert Thomas, Quartermaster, says:
At 2 o'clock, | went upon the bridge
with the second officer, Mr.. Melcalf,
and told him not stand into land so, as
| the ship had run her distance to make
! Sambro Light from my calculations.
| He told me that l was neither captain
nor mate. | then went to the fourth
go on the main yards, as he would not
see land until he struck on il. He told
me it was no use for me to go up. /
! then relieved the man at the wheel, and
at g 80 o'clock the second officer told the
captain, who was reposing in the chart
room, that the weather was getting
thick. The second officer went outside
| the chart room The man on the look
out called out, 'Ice ahead. They were
among ice and shortly after the ship
struck The time was S.15. l put the
helm hard starboard, and reversed the
engines full speed astern. | left the
wheel house and went to the after wheel
/ house and got the axes OFT and distribut-
ed them for the purpose of cutting away
the gear about the boatsr A little boy
and his mother, named Munney, both
steerage passengers, with her brother,
Alfred Munney, all from London, were
lost. She called to me after she came
out of the after steernge, and SAID to
me, "Robert, where are you?" | said,
II am here" She said, ''Save me-"
took the mother and child on the saloon
deck and told her to stay there until |
could get the boat clear to put her and
the boy into. The ship suddenly listed
over and they lost their hold on the rail
and were swept overheard and sunk to
rise no more | think they have some
friends or relations at Yonkers, West
chester county, N. Y, as | received an
address to the above effect.
William Purdy, quartermaster, was
the first who attempted to swim ashore,
but when going he said, g Goodbye,
Thomas, will you come with me ?" |
replied wanted to see the boy and his
mother l then saw that the boy and
mother were swept away. swan on