Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-04-12
TELEGRAP PHO.


LATEn PROM THE ATLANTIC STATES.
Ssd Disasler-W'reek ~ the Steamer .sAt.
1nntic snd 1Isss Of Seven Hundrsd Lives.
H.ILrAx, April 1.-The steamship
atlantic, uf the White Star line, sailed
from Liverpool March 2OtbS for New
York, and running short of coal, made
for Halifax When about twenty
miles from port, off Cape Prospect, at
2.3O this morning, she ran ashore OH
Mesgirers Head. She had on board
over one thousand men, woman and
children. Only two hundred and fifty
succeeded in landing. The remainder,
including all the women and children
were lost. The captain and the third
officer were saved, but the first officer
was drowned. On the receipt of the
news of the disaster, a Cunard and a
Government steamer started to the as
sistance of the atlantic. The third
officer Brady arrived here Mt $50 this
afternoon. He says the vessel and car
go will prove total loss.
New York, April People who had
friends on board the ill-fated steamer
atlantic crowded the office of the White
Star Line this morning, and full in
vestigation is demanded by the public,
to the end that the awful responsibility
may be fixed on the proper parties.
The White Star Company, last even
ing, on receiving the news of the disas-
ter to the atlantic, dispatched an agent
to relieve the survivors, and instructed
him to telegraph their names to impor-
tant points. Two other agents left for
Halifax this morning to forward the sur
vivors to their destination. The steam
ship CITY Of Montreal sailed from Liver
pool on the same day March 2Oth, }
with the Atlantic. She had duplicate
list of passengers,-cabin and steemge
and is expected to arrive to-day
The Company says the catastrophe was
caused by installing the lights on the
coast, and they don't attach blame to
the officers of the ship.
Capt. Williams is an experienced and
excellent seaman, who has been about
IL years in the transatlantic trade.
He has been in the employ of the White
Star Line since its organization. At
one time he commanded the steamer
Colorado, which, after he retired from,
was sunk in collision i'm the Mersey.
BosroN, April 2.--The following is a
dispatch to the Tfarcley, from Halifax:
Only three or four cabin passengers
were saved from the wreck of the steam
er -atlaaic--one Englishman and two
or three Frenchmen. Only one lady
passenger tried to save herself. She
was frozen to death in the rigging, and
fell into the water. The pulser is
among the lost. Some Of the passen-
gers arrived in the city to-day. They
give narrowing details of the calamity.
The atlantic had $50 steerage and 80
saloon passengers. Her crew num-
bered 142, and 40 stowuways were
discovered. Three hundred persons in
all were saved ont of n total of ,O38.
HALIFAX, April 2.-The steamer Militia
has not returned from the scene of the
wreck of the .1Hantic hence no addi-
tioral news has been obtained concern
ing the disaster.
HALIFAX, April "A steamer has ar
rived from the wreck of Tire steamer At
htic. The ship is still almost intact
Only few packages of her cargo have
come ashore. The swells continued so
heavy that the divers cannot work. If
the weather continues fair, most Of the
cargo can be saved. The exact num-
Der of bodies found were 164 up to this
morning. The work of burying has
commenced. The bodies announced
as recovered, Including Sumner of San
Francisco, were brOught to this city to-
day and placed in metallic collins to
await orders from friends.
The report that Mrs. FISHERS body
had been found is not correct.
AS soon as divers can get to work it
is hoped the bodies Of the remainder Of
the cabin passengers will be recovered.
The bodies of the steerage passengers
aud the crew IRE buried.
New York, April 4.---Thc proprietors
of O number of the hotels in this city
announce that they will entertain free
of charge all passengers of the Atlantic
passing through here to their destina-
ton. ..'
HALIFAX, April 3.-Captain Williams
has returned to the scene of the wreck
to look after property. Hopes are en-
tertained that the greater portion of the
cargo will be saved. The vessel is still
in the same position, with her bow and
mast out of the water. ."
Statements are made that the crew in
dulged in plundering dead bodies. An
instance is related of a wretch who mu-
tilated the hand of lady to obtain po-