, 1875-06-11
Two Boats Containing Fourteen
Men Leave tho Ship III
Safety.
Forty Peleous Supposed to Have Cons
Down with the Ship.
Five Of the Survivors Arrive tn New
York Yesterday.
1he1s SloT of The Disaster and Their sutss-
qnent prlgatioas-

4H6lo IL uu IcCQEl OF aucn lc0.no44 a. nAfA
been sliding pass Our s!,ora4 this aoason. Tho
aeahng Captains report tho lce IN mauy Instances
20 foot In thickness aud hard a. tostiu3 masBes
OF granite. Had tlo Hcason boon q stormy ono
this leo would hagn p!ayol sad havoc ANON. our
fleet. From Tho 3tA Of January, whom tho leo
first appeared horo. til! tho 1lth OF May, 1t was
nevor out OF sight-a hugo river Of leo SLOWLY
floating past. Ships that came through It report
cd 1t to 30 200 ml0s Ii broa1t1l. ItR ieugth iA
b1s in nil probability it extended from
Ha.tiu's BAY 10 the Gulf Stream, distance Of
!, ECO to 2.011 n!cB. The intousc cold of thts
winter sce,ns to hnve converted the whole s,lr-
fa9e Of the Aea along Greenland into lco-Goda,
and no sooner was one borno nway on
tllu bosom of tho Arctic current than another
ono was formed. Une would suppose that such
m cnor1nous leo delivery would temporarily
lower tho temperature OF tho Gulf Stroan itaelt
aud give us Il coll surnmer. Even at this date,
vast quantities Of ice nro passing south, though
not III H;sht. Tho frs. two outward bound mail
stea'nora from Liverpool woro tlnabe to enter
the Port OF st. Loun owing to tho Ice, and had
to run on to 1ialifax; and tho samo Is truo Of
the two tisBt houaauard-hound steamers. Thu
third outxard.bound 1nail-stonner. by which
this lcttar should be conveyed, Is overdue, aud
may have passed. u4 by. Tho "oi.iost inh4bi-
liant" remembers no au4h rcason as this.
SUNK At SEA DY ICE.
NEW IpEK, Juuo 10.--'ihe steamship State OF
Gesanauia, which arrived this morning, brolght
five sen!ncu Of lhe Dominion Limo steamship
yickshlrs, from Montreal for Liverpool, which
was sunk by leo on Tuesday. Juuo /. The mon
weso picked up June 6, nearly dead from o1pos-
ure. but since then had been rapidly improving.
Thoy tell fearful tale Of distrcas. Other boa.H
fn,.r ohoJ 1or ,hnro ~
hut tho greater number wero seen to pcrIsh
without getting In the bos.s.
Tho ylcksburg wont down In tue rahist OF ice,
nnd the boat Was surrounded by iceberga aud
field ot Ice when picked up, Tha other boata
have not yot been heard from.
Tho fire men rescued had their feet and logs
very much swollen, 30 much 80 that their boots
hnd to bo cut from their feet. They ara still
suffering from their Gront e2posure to wet and
cold, but are recovering ~ faat Is could BE- OK
| pcctod.
JAMES cnowtrF's ArArEMEHT
| Wo loft Quebec on Thursday morning, Mar n.
Nth ships crow OF sixty men, al told, And
eight saloon paasengors.-avo gentionon antl
three ladles,-and about twousy iu tho stcorago,
OF whom four wero fomalcs. THO weather.
wAs fine until o'clock Sunday c,on-
| Ing, May 90, when NO fell In With field
OF leo, aud vero soon surrounded ~ 1t.
Tho ship was stopped until daylight. when
wo proceeded again with but little leo in sight.
| At $50 .. III. Monday al hands wcro called to
ahortou sail 1ho ahp was stopped amongat
! heavy leo. and hcade1 10 tho south, when NO
proceeded at fnll speed 10 get clear Of tho Ice.
| at T. o'clock, At ba!f-specd
! We k1nucK THE ICE.
| Tho engines were Immediately reversed. Tho
ship struck heavily afs Gu the port quarter, car
| rylng Away tho fans Of the propeller, md hoIa
WAS knocked through tho pla;os OIL that quarter,
I through WHICH tho Bhip male great deat of
wator. Got sails over aud stopped the hoo up
10 that hut ittlo wator came iu. All hands wero
employcd il, hearing tho caEgo over
board. Tho Hccoud officer and myself were
| tskeu from tho cargo to c!car away
tho bouts. THIS was about .. nj. Tuesday.
June i. The Cnptaln ordered the forward wells
to DO sounded. ant. 9 inchus Of water waa found.
! the after asoosago thon being full Of water. Tho
maln-holl wells wcso also SOUNDED, aud 5}9 foot
ol water found. The Captain ca]led mo on to
tue briaso and told me not to mind the boats,
nua then callod everybody Aft aud told thetn to
have 10 fears, as llc could taks tho nhip to 81,
Jpllnn, n. i. It Was tlou discovered that
TIE FIRES IN TIE KNulNE-aoo4 WE'RE DROWNED
| oCT.
Tho CAPTAIN then Gayo orders 10 launch tho
| bouts, with their respective crows, tuu told
thcu. to mud that the distance from st. Johua
No. /, which my buat. and 1t was eapHixed Ill
loworlut;. losing tno clronoinetor, watch. chart,
rutller, aud pa.t Of the .prov,aions. 6hs ~aa
foil Of wnssr:, o1't'en and bai!od hes partly
jumped IN. We could not hang or to tho nllip,
uwlnE to the harry Hea "a and ice ubout. 'Drleu
saw the Captoin gu tho bridge beckoning tho
boat bacls., we having dIthed about l5o
boat lowered a!I cloar, wiki nino hands mi Linn.
nolt In slos bho catno round tho bow and pulioi
to wlndwasd about G0 yhrla.
! THE srlr HUNK
chockA with tho cllioi officer and about tlirty
peope In her. She got clear aud pulled to wind
"n,d. O'Iritn. Aftor tho ssip went dowt4 saw
l. tho Captain aud anmo persons noatinE on nao
OF hay among tho wrrck5Ko. We tsted all VIC
could to nick d.em uF, but owing to tho boat
being half full Of wato: and tAo 1cs about, wero
not ablo 10 DO 30. wo shipped out matt. and
kept company with the other boats for about
to the westward. We. aecided then tu
stee. south to got clear Of tho icc. Hove tl,o
boat 10 with Al oar, md bucket - drag. t.ll
daylight ou Wednesday morning: We had in tue
beof. Ii pounds Of bread, wot With salt-watar,
aud co'upass shich did not fstl out whsn tho
boat capAized. Agsla SO put s.il on tho bo.t.
anl stecfei routll, tho wind blosing from tho
northwnrd and Westward ali throughout and be-
ius bitterly cold. About 4 y. Vi. hauled the
Doat's huad so the uostheast sill Thursday
morning, thon tucked to westward till
ahDut j o'clock in tho afternoon, and
again lay to With tho drag I'LL o'clock
III the syeuing. when We took tn tho dfaE and
,.,ae Wi! mi atood 70 the northeast till Friday
tuostllug at daylight. Tackod to southwest q!
midday; tacked axnsn 10 the northeast till
motulng, when. about half-past 10 o'clock.
| WE albATxD SogA sA!R-
Wo got out tho oars aud pu'lod AWAY dand to
w,rdMard till yuu p!ckpd u up. think that
forty odd people; With the captal!n. went down
the tLroo ladies' aud tho SlewAEdess, Nlell wore
lost whuu &lo boat cApsi1oa. We HAw no ladies'
in tho chie{ Or second ollcerB boat.
| DROWNED.
| Speetal Nstakh to Tht catea9s 1rtatt~A
ALTON. ILL.,, June l0-A boy about "a ysAss Of
ace, named 1ame4 Kinney, VIA drowned Ia I