The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-04-05
Wrcck sr The ,:esn&hI.' Atlantic, Il the
White Star Luce. Terrible. L,ss Of Life
...Oyer 700 LIVES LO {.

...Over 700 LIVES Lo I.
Halifax. Apri! THE steamship Atlantic,
Of the White Star line, from Liverpool,
March Goth, for New York, running short
Of coal made for Halifax. when about 20
miles from port, Of Cape Prospect, Mt $50
"'clock this m ,rning, ran ashore on Mesher's
Head. She he'd 0u hard over / 100 men.
women and chikl:en. only $50 succeeding
in iaading. the remainder. including the
women and children, were lost. The cap
tain and third officer were saved; the rest
were drOwned. On rcceips Ut the news III
the disaster the Cunard and Government
steamers started to the assistance of the
Atlantic; but the third officer who arrived
here o $50 'h,s r. m. says the vessel and
cargo nre u total loss.
Third officer Braly Says. the steamer cx
pcrirnced boistcrous weather during the
rassa.c, hut all went well until noon Mon.
dav when the supply Of coal became nearly
exhausted and the captain determined to
pu, into Halifax. The captain md third
officer were on deck until midnight; the
captain then went into his Chart room leav
ing orders to he called if there was any
change in the vessels position. Brady
went To bed M!,Uu. the same time rs The
Captain. md the mex, thing he remembers
| is that he was ihrnwn out Ut his bunk and
heard the chip strike several times. He
next rushed on deck and found the Captain
and officers there and The deck full Of pas
sengrIs. tie got IN axe and commenced to
cl AZ away a boat. the Captain and oit,r
officers were busy doing the same thing.
| Brady got out ,Nat and put two women in
1t and number ct men attempted to yet in
! il about twelve If whom sue. edrd just a.
I this mUmrht. the srca,Gcr fell ovcr on her
beam end ani .a,lk only one boat In /
been got Ou' and thu, wns carried dOan by
the steamer and ali in it were h,s,. BRADY
scrambled into the mizen rigging, which
was above water, aud seeing tia he c"u!
dn nothing there We: forw ar,i q III unrcavcd
the l,a...arls being assisted by Quartcrmas.
Ter Sl,nrnan cni Brady. Brady then took
/ the laliisrds and all three sw in 10 Il rock,
aid Then u line was i,au!,d ashore and n
numlsr Of passengers i;.aded by il. bu, the
tide was rising and their position no better
than on the vessel. Jus, then the fisher
men IN shore came out IL. boats and took
those on the rock and large number from
the rigging Brady lem inrd ut the scene
till noon to day, when all who were alive
on board were taken. except chief officer,
Mr.. Firth, who Was in thu rissn: shouting
for help Brady Says he tried to g., crew
10 go to the rescue Of Firth, Int the sen was
81 heavy nOls'dy would volunteer. Alto.
ge.bcr about ESQ persons were sayed inclu-
ding Capt. Williams and the fourth officer,
| MIR. Brown alsO several engineers and sail-
ors. NO' single woman or child was
| saved. the most Of them. rs well Us hund>
reds vt men were drowned in their berths.
The steamer struck about two o'clock this
morning. The weather was dark but not
thick. Steamers are going down to night
! to render what assistance they Tan. Al
the people VIII" were saved from the wreck
With the exception IF q lady. n,e s,ill at
Pc'sNc: Point where thu fish. men nre CIV.
ing Them oil thu attention they possibly Can.
The While Star Company scy the ac.i.
dent Was Wcasioncd by mi>,ak,ng inr lights
IN the coast and excuIpa,e the officers. d,
/ tapiain Williams 10 an experienced and
ex"sllcnt seaman. tie has been about Twelve
years IN the trans Atlantic trade. and with
the White Star Line since its organization.
The Atlantic had $50 sieeragc passengers
aud % saloon. There had been tao births
during the voyage. The crew numbered
142. and "a stOwsways were discovered.
Three hundred in all were saved Ou, Ut the
total number If 1888
Wrecking vessels and divers have been
sent form New York to Halifax. The At.
lan'ic is rcr"rted broken .. the foremost.
Robert Thomas. Quartermas,er ct the
Atlantic. blnmes the second officer.
During the weary wc'c!, before dawn, the
fore bonn broke loose rom its fnsienings.
and swinging AROUND instantly crushed to
''ea'h at"ut zoo persons The crew is said
to h"vs l'een the hardest one ever gathered
together In any vessel. One Of them cut off
dead woms"'s finger 10 obtain ring. and
p!underel the dead bodies All the surviv
ing passengers were IT, leave Halifax for
New York an thursday. "'. =T"
New York. April 3 -IIarrowins dc,ai..
81 the awful scenes attending the loss Of the
Steamship Atlantic continue IL b. received,
All the w"inen vii" wrrc "s'c.p IT. tho time
the ship struck were drowned IL their berth.
The heavy seas which constantly poured
over the vessel and filled her preventing
them from 'c.ching the deck. Some women
who showed remarkable presence Of mind
and appreciation OF The awful situation.
only rc,che'l the deck To lie washed int,
the sea and drowned One woman follow,
ing example Of the sailors and stronger NAL
pass myers, took 70 the rigging and lashng
herself there 70 keep from being sweep away
f"ze :" dcs,h in that position, Soon after
SIX anenoh sl'nre wr0te gu q e ak 3 ard
Cher up. th's's are cunning p your assist.
sncc Ain Tic announcement, was responded
y hy l'esS'y cheers frrn the ship Af,cr
half an hour IT awful suspense men we're
seen ON the island Carrying boat over the
rocks and sn'n Is was lsu ,chsd and npk nff
thres bpst loads frOm TIE ou,lAying rsck>.
Whiic -escuing those men. Capt. Williams
a,d tue passengers called badly 70 the crew
nf the lsDst to come to the ship and take
them of fryi. g they we're IN most imn,,.
na"i danger, the Capt.ip saying--"I will
give $500 for every bsat load rescued" |
The bt,at Afterwards made for The vessel end
took off two baat losals Half an hour later
sno her boat came and rescued many Of |
'M~e cling,pg 70 he rigging. Third officer
Brndy. who bed ssccsedtd in reaching shore
over : line carried fFpm The vessel, by him
self organized > crew aud materially ailed
fn The work Of rescue. t.fi SIT, a. "
The LvespDc agents Of the line thu
morning tslrsraptesl NJ. Sparks. New York
sgeot, ~ AolIows:t4is ssn arsmP sfT
The Aslsasic's deviation 10 Halifax is
The Othanlitv ar tcsnl IN