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| the ship strike several times.
| He then rushed on deck and found the
| captain and officers there, and the deck full
| of passengers. lie got an axe, and COM
menced to clear away the boats. The cap
| :ain and other officers were busy doing the
same thing. Brady got his boat out and
| put two women in it. \ number OF men
attempted to get into it, and about dozen
succeeded. Just at that moment the steamer
| fell over on her beam ends and sank. Only
one boat had been got out, and that was
/ carried under by the steamer and all IN 1t
| lost. Brady scrambled into the rigging,
which was above water, and seeing he could
| do nothing there he then went forward and
nnwoye the halliards, being assisted by
| QuartermaSters Speakman and Owen. Brady
| then took the halliards, and all three swan
to the rock, and then a line was hauled
| ashore and number of passengers landed
| by it.
A number had got on the rock. but as the
/ tide was rising. their position was no
/ better than on the vessel just then the
| fishermen on shore came out IN boats and
rescued those on the rock, and large mum
/ her from the rigging. Brady remained {
| the scene until noon to-day, when all who
| were alive on board had been saved, except
! chief officer Firth, who was in the rigging
shouting for help. Brady says he tried to
| get the crew TO 90 TO the rescue OF trlth,
/ but the seq was 50 heavy that nobody would
| volunteer. Altogether about go persons
were saved. Not single woman OF child
was saved, most of them. as well a. hum
/ dreis of men, We're drowned in their herths.
/ The weather at the time was dark but not
| thick. and the sea rough. Steamers are
/ going down tonight 10 render what a>>i--
/ lance they possibly can. All the PEG pie
saved from the wreck. with the exception
| otBrady, are still atCape Prospect, where the
/ fishermen are giving them all the attention
they possibly can.
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
The followin. is the captain 5 statements.
/ We sailed from Liverpool March 2oth.
! During the first part of the passage had
] favorable weather and castcriy winds on
! the 3lth and 36th. experienced heavy south
west winds and westerly gales, which
/ brought the ship down To- one hundred and
| eighteen miles a day. On the 3lst % March
| the engineers reported but about l27 tons
| of coal on board. We were then 100 miles
east Of Sandy Hook, with the wind south
west and high westerly swell and falling
| barometer. the shiu steaming only eight
/ knot, per hour. Considered the risk too
great to push on, as We might find ourselves
/ in the event of gale shut out from any
| port of supply. and 50 decided u bear up
Tor Halifax.
ALP. M. on the 3lst, Sambro Island
was distant 10 miles, the ship speed vary
| ing from 20 II knots per hour, wind south
with rain, which yeered 10 westward az f,
D. m. with clear weather. At midnight. /
| Judged the ship 10 have made ~ miles,
which would place her Is miles south Of
| Sambro. and then left the deck and went
INTO the chart-room. leaving orders about
the lookout and 70 let me know if they
saw anything and call me at > a. m, Intend
ing then TO pat the ship, head to the south
ward and await daylight.
Nv first intelligence of the catastrophe
was the striking of the ship on Mares l.
land and remaining there fast. The sea i'm
mediately swept away all the port boats.
The officers went 10 their stations and COM
| menced clearing away the weather boats.
The rockets We're fired by the second officer.
Before the boats could be cleared. only
ten minutes having elapsed, the ship keeled
heavily TO port. rendering starb0ard boats
useless Seeing no help could be got from
the boats, got the passengers into the rig
ring and outside the rails. and encouraged
them TO 20 forward where the ship was
highest and less exposed 10 the water.
Third officer Brady, QuartermasterS Owens
and Speakman by this time having estab-
lished communication with an outlying rock
about forty yards distant. by means of line
got four other lines 10 the rock, along
which about two hundred people passed
Between the rock and shore was passag e
100 yards wide; a rope was successfully
passed across this, by which about 30 per
sons got 10 land, though many were
drowned in the attempt. At five Il. m. the
first boat appeared from the Island, but She
was too small 10 be of any assistance.
Through the exertions of Brady. third Off
Ger. the Islanders were aroused, and by SIX
n. IN. three larger boats came to our assis-
lance. BY their efforts all that remained
on the side of the ship and the rock, were
taken to the Island, and were cared for by
poor fisherman named Clancy and hi
daughter.
During the day, survivors to the numbe'
of l29, were drafted off to various houses
the resident magistrate, Edmund Ryan
rendering valuable assistance. Many OF
the passengers died in the rigging from
cold. Before the boats went out | placed
two ladies IN the life boat, hut finding the
boat useless carried them to the main
rigging, where | left them and went aft
to encourage Others to 20 forward on the
side of the ship. At this juncture tn,
boilers exploded, and the boat rolled oyel
to leeward, andithe ship at this time being
on her beam ends Finding myself useles.
there, went to take the ladies forward
but found them gone, nor did | see then
afterwards.
Many passengers at this time could mo-
be stimulated to any effort to save them
selves, but lay on the, rigging and dice
! g., friubf nd avpocnra | rap,ofpa1 ar
the side, encouraging, helping and direct
ing, until fifteen were landed, when find
ing that my hands and feet were becoming
useless, | left the ship. On reaching SHORE
despatched Brady, third officer, to Halifal
to telegraph news of the disaster and to OBJ
= tain assistance. Marrow, the Cunard lin,
agent. promptly responded and sent two
= steamers with provisions to convey surviv
ors to Halifax, where they will be cared
for and forwarded to New York at tn,
first opportunity, in charge of the frs
= and fourth officers, three officers and fou
, men being left at the island to care fo
dead as they come ashore.
Early this morning the Dominion govern
; ment steamer Lady Head, the Cunar,
: steamer Delta, and the steam tug Golial
left the city for the scene of the wreck 0
the Atlantic to render such assistance n
new tOulU. russian ldRIeu regimen
l. re well attired and respectable-lookIng
We jared to these English. Irish, Scotch
conn German, Dutch, Norwegian
Welsh, and Swiss. They huddled togethe
Swedes, alta, talking, laughing, crying
on the ID, d giving thanks They wer
praying al med on board the Delta, an,
warmly welcC pared to make them as com
no pains were lie.
Portable as posi- 'hough immense, was no
The loss of life, ,eported The Atlonti
so large as was firstl Thin nosceno,ore so
had on board 80 C. 4 n Grew Ie,S;no.s :; =,
Storage passengers, an total 22G son Il
| cluded) of Ii3 men; SaG M no,
leaving the number lost Is no,rI w 80 mo
not be precisely correct, but SANE 3os;t;o
The wreck remained in the nost, o nnI,
as before reported, bow and 90 ro,rI
above water, and the sea breaking - rIaS
that boats could not approach wit e.,
| She was broken in some places an. ~ ,
packages had washed out and drii. ..
sea. but the bulk of the cargo appeare
be undisturbed.
!. W. Firth. chief officer of the Atlantic,
| says he counted - persons IN the mizzen
mast At last all had either been washed
off or rescued. except myself, a woman and
n how. The sea had become so rough thai
| the boats could not venture near us. Soor
the how was washed of, but he swan gal
iantlv and reached one of the boats in safe
Nv I rot a firm hold of the woman AM
secured her in the rigging. | could see tn
neople on shore and in the boats and coul
| nail them, but they were unable to help.
At two O'Clock in the afternoon, after W
had been in the rigging ten hours, the Rev
Mr.. Ancient, a church OF England clergy