The Portland daily press., 1873-04-05
THE ATLANTIC.
The Bodies of the Storage p,.
to be Buried mt Hatif,x

| The Bodies of the Steerare p
| to be Buried mt Halifax
| HALIFAX, April 4.-The bodies of Job,,
| Price. of New York, II. S Hewitt of New Yorll
| Mr. Merritt of New York, Albert Sumner, Son
of Increase Sumner, of Massachusetts, and sec
ond officer Metcalf, have been recovered and
are now in boxes awaiting metallic collins. As
soon as the divers can get at work, it is hoped to
| recover the bodies of the remainder OF tie cabin
| passengers. The bodies of the steerage pas sen
gers and of the crew are provided for Ihey
| will receive burial mere. The body OF Mrs. u.
NJ Fisher has not yet been found.
The suppIy.of Coal on the Atlantic.
1t is now stated that false report of the
amount of coal on board the Atlantic, must
| nave been made to her cap ain.
Ono Hundred and Sixty-Fivs Bodies
Recovered.
I, steamer has just arrived from the wreck of
Ine Atantic. The ship is still almost intact
| oniy rev packages of the cargo have come
ashore. Inc swell continues so heavy that the
e eve eannot work 1t the weather continues
hne, most of the cargo can be saved. One HIM.
| dred and sixty-tive is the exact number of bod
| les found up to this morning. The work of bnrv.
| ing them has commenced A gang of men
VIII De sent down this afternoon, to help the
| fishermen in that work.
More Bodies Found.
Capt Williams and assistants searched the
islands around the wreck thoroughly last night
and picked up many bodies that had washed
ashore. Those reported this morning, have
been dressed and placed in metallic cotfin rs, and
await the arrival of friends and relatives to take
them in charge. AS it was thought that the
bodies would hardly remain in a condition to be
examined, the cotfins have been sealed and
made tight. Another trip will be made to the
wreck tomorrow. The stewards and men &C.
quainted with the passengers have been left in
charge of the wreck to take charge of the bod
les as they are washed ashore 1t is now pro-
posed to bring all bodies to this CITY, and bury
them together in the public cemetery, and erect
monument over them. The city council. on
application of the Provincial Government ra
solved this afternoon to place lot in the ceme-
cry at the disposal of the friends of the dead.
Investigation.
The Collector of Customs commences an in
vestigation tomorrow.
Morning-Many of the fishermen's families
at Prospect have expended all the provisions
they had to feed the ship-wrecked passengers
and crew, and are now in want themselves. The
propriety of bringing the bodies to the city for
burial was discussed in the legislature and city
council to-day. The White Star Agent having
reported that there was a difficulty in finding
a burial place at Prospect or men to perform
the work, the government sert down an agent
to ascertain thd facts, and if the bodies have not
been buried, they will be likely to be brought to
this city.
Further Criticism of the Construction of
the Steamship.
New YORK, April 4-The Bulletin of to-day.
in discussing the causes and circumstances at
tending the loss of the Atlantic, says that the
most notable fact connected with the construc-
ton of the vessel is that she should have ca reen-
ed over so soon af.er striking the rocks Had
she been of ordinary breadth of beam, even
though unusually long, she would have doubt
less kept her balance and upr. ght position Ion q
enough for many more, possibly ali the passen-
gers, to have safely landed. A short time since,
the Oceanic, sitter ship to the Atlantic, was
found to have strong lis" starboard. and the
officer on deck, 1iscerned to his surprise, that
by merely changing from one side to the other
25O0 pounds of freight, the vessel, though draw
ing twenty-one feet of water, was given equally
strong list in the opposite direction