, 1875-12-22

To the Effifar Of VIC Ch'tdsn 1Fsbn1te:
Cu1cAao, Dec. 1B.-Darng tho paBt two
woels we l,0ye had intelligence Of many fearful
accidents by land md scn. I begin tho torriblo
record Of calami.ios by mentioning tho loss Of
tho Suunystlo, On tho Hudson River, when
twonty bodies woro bur1od III q watery grave.
Tho cn5o OF tho Deutschland, lost in B!ght OF
"Uld England" In still moro painful. and do
tnnuds thorough Investigation, as ocean-stean,-
ships, with but Tow exceptions, would appear to
DO ,lnithcr moro nor loss than graveyasds. In
tho sail explosion near tho steamship Aoeol,
ut Uremcrhayen, over sixty lives fonml aa un-
timely ond, not speaking OF others who aro
so1ullsly aud permanently injured. Other ca
lamtles On smaller scale hare occurred. waH
glad to observe that writer signing hip,gclt
"l}orEl" had called the attention Of the public
to ocoan-dtsantets. When to pointed ont that,
by skill, tudicouB managemont, ht1tl cntefulnosa,
ocean-accitcntB might bo avoided, ho pointed, ns
know, with high dcgruo Of accuracy aud
truth, to tho fatal diaAstefs TINT hago befallcn
Star Llnen. 1ho City Of Boston and
others belonging to tho aforesaid liuss
hayo loft painful Impressions Oil tho lioarts OF
many whose dearest frionda found nm untimely
Erase. The Anchor Lins's record Is awful.-
llnudsods and hundreds Of lives having boon
ongulfuu In tho fathom!csa sen and, ms
l,orti Baya tho Cambria aud tlle IT.
1otnia nto only two OF the many Of their iIeot
tllas aro lying rotting 10 tho dusork Of waters.
vacant hearth, and bo diMnod With toarB tue
llstro oil many all cyD.
II.e question will ariao In tic hoarts OF many,
When will auch catnstrophoa cuase to take
r!aco? 1s tt negliHoaca Or downright caroicHs-
ncsa that tEleso disasters ct nearly daily oc-
culruuce 1t iH impossible to entor into tho
fuplltHs Of tlloBa who Aayo boon LoreaYed OF
tAe!s irleadA,-f& less to estimate tho amount OF
nltsery md suffering thus cauAe,t II these dis.
nAtsra eo.t'd roalIy 10 called lulsfortuues arising
from circumstances which could not DO foru-
seen. anu over which there WAs no control, 1t
fact III almodt nll CASES Of tho liu.i All atte1npt
10 made to o1ouerAte thu Tosp0nsibi8 party from
ba'ne, and hand down top0Atettty such lisaAtors
nj among tho cAapto1s OF accidouts, or a. tho
result Ut mysterious P1oyile1A1al lntarpoBi-
lion; hut. when carcful inquiry isn,ads thay too
This is omphsttcal1y true IN somo Of tito oasee /
havo spoken Of and tho duty arisng from as
cprta!nod and undopinble facts Id palpablo aud
imperative. The sunnJstdo WAS badly built and
badly managed when the accident occurred.
Tho Deutschland wnH eylloutly cut of hur
rock in moderate and opeu Weather. Whore tho
Jaws Or life and nnture are violated, the uB1nl
pc,lalticH must he expected. ln eyuEy caAo I
llay1 mentioned, doubtless tloro wad III iufrac-
tion Ut tho simplest ruos aud Ut tho most OBJ
yons lictaEcs OF common sGnse and tho Won.
der won]d hayo boon II suffering and death Lad
rot followed.
il Ia very doplorablo bnt the lesson taught
iB, that, by loVorn1ueut oficera and tho ser
snnta Ut public iirns still creator cnro shoa be
exercised Yet public duty romaias the sams
aud, by wise regulations 10 begin With and the
rigid enforcement Of tlou,, TIC risks which are
Incurred on the sea ought 10 be reduced 10 4
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