New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-09
THE RECORD OF A YEAR.
FIVE OCEAN STEAMERS LOsr-TnE ATLANTIC,

FIVE OCEAN STEAMERS LoSr-THE ATLANTIC, THE
CITY OF WASHINGTON THE IsMAILIA, THE VILE
nU HAyRE AND THE EUROPE-NEAILY EIGHT
HUNDRED LIVES SACRIFICED.
The wear which the loss of the Europe may
be said TO close has unusually disastrous in the
annals Of ocean travel Never IN single tweveinonth
have so many American travellers crossed the ocean
and no single year time OF peace has yielded so terri
bic record in loss property human suheringand loss
ofe The first and most terrible disaster Of the period
mentioned was announced IN the New-York papers of
ApriI q 1873 The magnificent steamship Atlantic
OF the White Star line wrecked on the coast OF
Nova Scotia April l. 1873 at O'CLOCK a. No. ana $40 ives
were lost The Atlantic in command OF Capt Williams
left Liverpool for New York March 49, with $40 souls on
board The passage somewhat stormy, but uneyent
fu until March 81 noon when the supply Of coal was
exhausted The Auantics prov turned toward
Halifax where fresh supply To be taken ion board,
and at O'Clock Of following morning she struck on
Meagher Rock. Cape Prospect % miles west on HALIFAX
No one on board the exact position OF the vessel
the night was dark and stormy and the rough and
boisteTous The sulcrings OF the passengers wero
terrible as they grouped together deck cling
INC IN DESPAIR the rigging while the cold spray dashed
mon them and an occasional heavy wave swept oyer
them CARRYING with it many struggling victims. BY a
life line stretched 10 the shore many were
subsequently rescued, but not one woman was
saved The Atlantic OF the first steamships OF
the White Star line and only about three years old
at the time Of her destruction. She OF the
largest and finest steamships ahoat. Scarcely three
months mad passed when tidngs of the wreck OF
another ocean the dangerous Nova Scotia
coast The Inmau steamship City Of Washington sailed
from Liverpool for NewYork June "a Soon after leav-
ing Liverpool she entered dense fog. aud p. m OF
July she struck on Gull Rock bar. Port lie Bear 20
miles west OF Sambro Light and within 80 miles OF the
| point where the Atlantic wrecked. The City Of
90 hin and
| sengers. ali of whom saved. The also es-
vessel was the least valuable OF the nman feet
| She had been built about IS years.
The steamship Ismailia belonging 10 the Anchor Line
steamship Company sailed from New York for Glasgow
| She was employed a freight steamer and never
carried passengers She one OF the oldest vessels
belonging TO the Company and had for many years
| employed IN freight service between this port and
| Glasgow She insured for "A portion her value,
| aud the pecuniary loss comparatively slight.
| The French steamer Vile du Hayre sailed IRON New
YORK for Havre Nov. 49, 1873. Soon after leaving the
American coast she entered thick fox through
Nov Il clear however, aud at OF 22d she
| was struck amt1ships by the Eughsh ship L1ch Earn
ana sank in twelve minutes Two hundred AID twenty
ak lives lost The captain, who not On duty
| a, the time of the collision went down
| ON the bridge, but was subsequently rescued
| by the Ife-bo OF the Loch Earn The
passengers who were rescued by English
ship transferred To the steamship and
lanaed Cardiff, Wales Dec l. Among the ptsse
OF the Vile du Havre were several delegates to the
| Evangelical Alliance returning 10 their homes and OF
| these OF the most distinguished were drowned
The Europe therefore the nth steamship plying he
tween New YORK and European ports lost within
The loss OF life these steamers has amounted Ia 772
souls and OF property ~ many millions OF dollars.