The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-03

fAsfgtses st che most &c BE cssr.
tSfarceiy ofelIR!f had On d ss0n1passe and
respectable suit 6F ciotff The wealthy
merchant of Lcnann and New FORK. ( the
Ihigh-tOned professional gent cnaH, and the
lowest OF the foreign etl1sggants, ppearcd IN
tcletting which had been giYen to- them hy
the good people sef Prospect. All had 70
mourn the absence Of Some comfort 10 the
ielethiBg line. "A warm. ;weieome, however,
met them upon boarding the Delta on The
part Of Captain Shaw and his officers, who
spared no pains to make them as comic tabie
as possible. ,fs t..s "
The GoIiah returned TO shore, and was
soon back with just such another crowd as
atlie previous one. There were several af.
fecting scenes between friends who bad been
separated from each other, and never expect.
ed to meet again In this world. upon being
brought face to face itisthecabiuo OF the Delta,
where they grasped hands and wept for joy,
| and returned thanks for being spared while
SO many had been sent into eternity.
II by 10 O'Clock all who had reached the
shore safely, except an officer and four men,
who remained, and those who walked In
land. were taken on board the steamers Delta
and Lady Head. a - 81. 8, s1.'s.5- 70
/. From calculation made by Captain VIII
liams it appears that the loss of life, thought
to be immense, was not as large as had been
at first reported. There were SO cabin pas
seDgers, 800 steerage passengers, and q crew,
officers included, of 143 men total, 976,
leaving the number lost $40. ~
TIE cM, OFFICERS STATEMENT.
J. ". Firth, the chief officer, of the Allan
tic, in reply to reporters questions, made a
| statement in substance as follows:
| i"MY:watch ended at IL o'clock Monday
night. The second and fourth officers took
charge, and ! went to my berth, and was
aroused by the vessel striking. The second
| officer came down to my room and said
the ship was ashore, and he was afraid
she was gone. partially dressed myself,
/ got On axe and went on deck to clear the
boats. The ship had careeDed ovef, before /
reached the deck. / cleared two starboard
boats, but just then a heavy sea swept the
| boats away. The night was so dark and
Che spray blew SO thickly that we could
not see we'll what was going on around
us. saw men on the rocRs, but did not
know how they got there An WHO were
alive on board were in the rigging. Many of
these were drowned in attempting to go for
ward. Many reached the shore by aid OF
lines, and the fshermen's boats rescued many
others. At last all had either been rescued
OF washed of, except myself, woman, and
q boy. The sea had become 80 rough that
boats could not venture near us.
1 Soon the boy was washed off, but
j pc SWAN calamity and reached one of the
boats In safety: I got firm hold of the
woman aud secured her in the rigging.
could see the people on shore and In
the boats, and could hail them, but
| they were unable to render any assistance
| at P. NJ, after We had been in the rigging
ten hours, Rev. MIR. Ancient, Church Of
England clergyman, whose noble conduct
can never forget while alive, got a crew Of
four men to row him out to the wreck He
| got into the main rigging and procured &
line and then advanced as far as he could
towards and then threw it to me. I caught
it and made it fast around my body anG
dumped clear. A sea swept me of
from the wreck, but Mr. Ancient held fast tx
the line. pulled me back, and got me safely
into the boat. was then so exhausted ant
benumbed that was hardly able to do any
thing for myself. The woman had died two
hours before" =. 5@ 81 -
/ --LATEST.
L Captain Williams, of the Atlantic, is here
1t is understood the Government will com
mence an investigation at once.