Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-09

VNttthlB VDIultlllS, VVteUl
sent to the officers of the wrecking company at
Halifax instructing them to send their vessels at
once to the scene Of the Atlantic disaster for the
purpose of saving anything belon Sing to the
Atlantic that can be found. The Atlantic, to-
gether with her cargo is valued at about $780,
OUO. The loss will be partly covered by insur-
ance, ..
NorE.--Half of the crew and half of the steer
age passengers arc lost The names of $50 steer
age, and 10 cabin passengers have been forward
ed as among the saved. The books of the YES
sci were lost.
The BODIES stiII washing Ashore.
NEW York, April 3.-The Captain of
the Atlantic attributes the disaster to the
speed of the vessel, which must have made
more than nine knots to get so far out of
the course. The Captain seems overwhelm-
ed with sorrow. He said to reporter: "To
think that while hundreds of men were
saved and every woman should have per
i5hed, it's horrible, If i had been able to
save even one woman, / could bear the
disaster, but to lose all, it's terrible, terri
ble." He seemed to fully realize that the
world would hold him to a strict account.
The latest accounts report four hundred
and thirteen saved and five hundred and
sixty lost, including three hundred and
fifty women and childred.
The cargo generally consisted of fashion,
able dry goods, valued at 100000.
The agents of the Star Line have order
ed one hundred collins for the bodies al
ready fioated ashore.
Not . Woman Saved.
narrowing details of the awful scenes
attending the loss of the steamship Attain
tic continue to be received. All the women
were asleep at the time the ship struck,
and were drowned in their hunks. The
heavy sea which constantly poured over
from reaching deck. Some of them, who
showed remarkable presence of mind
and an appreciation of the awful situation,
only reached the deck to be washed into
the sea and drowned. Soon after, the six
men ON shore wrote oil q blackboard,
"Cheer up-boats are coming to your as
sistance," and the announcement was re-
sponded to by hearty cheers from the ship.
The Third Oeacer Alone Competent.
After half an hour OF awful suspense the
men were seen on the island carrying q
boat over the rocks and soon IL was launeh-
ed and took off three boat loads from the
outlying rock. While rescuing these
men, Capt. Williams and passengers called
loudly to the crew of the boat to come to
the ship and take them off first as they
were in the most imminent danger, the
captain saying "I will give five hundred
dollars for every boat load rescued.n The
The boat afterwards made for the vessel
and took off two boat loads, half an hour
later another boat came and rescued many
of those clingipg to the rigging. The third
officer, Brady VINO had succeeded in reach
ing the shore over the line carried from
the vessel himself and organized the crew
that materially aided in the work of the
rescue.
Seeming the Bodies OF the Drowned.
New YORK, April 3.-Mr. Freeman D.
McWool, a cabin passenger on the Atlantic
send the following dispatch to the ascot
ated press.
-. HALIFAX, April 8.
I say to the friends of the cabin passen-
gers of the Atlantic that i will remain with
the wreck until have secured all the lost
cabin passengers. have boxes going to
the wreck this morning to receive the
bodies of Mrs. Fisher and Miss Merritt.
We have the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Mer-
rift, Miss Scuymser and John H. Briee, of
New York. have great hopes of securing
Number Of Passengers ON Board.
LONDON, April 3.-The steamship At
lantic was insured in London companies
for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
There were seven hundred and sixty steer
age passengers on the ill-fated vessel. The
passengers and crew of the Atlantic, as
She sailed from Liverpool, were classified
as follows: English, one hundred and
ninety-eight men and seventy-four women,
twenty eight male and twenty-one female
children; Scotch, seven men and foul
women; Irish, forty-three men, eighteen
women and three children; other nation.
alities, one hundred and fifty adult males
thirty-two women, nineteen male and
nineteen female children. A large mum.
Der of emigrants embarked at Queenstown
making the total number of souls upon
the steamer, when she sailed from tina,
port, 952.
LIVERPOOL, April 5.
To j. II. Sparks:
The Atlantic's deviation to Halifax il
incomprehensible. The quantity of Goa
on board was 967 tons, against an averag,
consumption during eighteen voyages O
IA tons.
Signed, isMAY, IMYER & Co.
The papers received from Europe by tn,
White Star Line here, state that the At
lantic had 1886 tons of assorted cargo OF
board. Large numbers of poor people, re
latives of the steerage passengers continu,
to throng the passenger agency rooms her
in hopes of further tidings of their friends
Mrs. Graf, who lost her husband an,