The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-05

WHICH ING people cling SO lbUdClOuSlN.
Distsneesometimes lends enchantment and
at other times dims the vividness of horror.
Had a vessel burned and gone down on the
great marine highway between New York
and LIVERPOOL, extinguishing 500 lives amid
the united terrors of fro and water, there
would have been something said by the press
beyond ten line paragraph. But of the
Cospstriek, which burned November IL
in far distant seas, on the way
to Australia, some weeks passing
before tie dreadful tidings reached
the fingers of cables and wires, but little has
been said or thought. 1t was disaster which
proosbly has not been exceeded in fearful
details at any time by the destruction of q
single vessel. No quick and ready writer
from the great daily journals could go
there to recite with liielike descriptions the
tale OF horrors, to gather up the incidents of
fear, love, despair and sgcnizing death which
for nearly two days, az eternity of anguish
to the poor victims, took place upon that
little burning world on the waste of waters.
Only the meager outlines of 4 picture are
given liz the scanty Information which has
reached the realm OF letters. and probably
the filling np of the details will be left for
ever to the imaginstions OF the thoughtful.
Think of it There were 427 passengers,
but they were not the children of wealth,
the luxurious tourists and ornaments of
polite society, like the victims of the Vile
du Hsvre. Not nyteweled hands were
upllfted in despairing cries and pray
ers. Only three of the 427 were
cabin passengers, all the rest were STORAGE.
But they loved life, they loved each other.
For there were entire families, father,
mother, and ali the children, big and little.
They were going together TO seek living
for each other and themselves in new and
strange chimes. Most of the number were
lsbore1s, who, driven out OF employment
under tie abominsble tyranny of strikes in
Englss(., were in pursuit of new field of Ia
Dor, whesethe father could bepermitted to use
the hands which God gave him in gathering
food for lis wife and babes. SO there on
the burning boat were the embraeings, the
farswells and the leaping with the full vigor
OF life in1o the grave HAND in hand;
the babe lashad to the mothers
bosom, brothers and sisters, fathers
and cons, al, all together swallowed
up I'm the renorseless sea. OF nearly 500
persons on board, but three are known to
survive the catastrophe. Two boats, carrying
thirty persons each, lett the fated ship and
started out on the ocean desert. Two days
they hoated tog ether, and then storm east
them ssunder One boat was found by the
British ship Sceptye, In which on five of the
original thirty stir ellng to life. Ten NOR
tai days OF dying hopes and dying friends
had passed. The living ate the dead to
lengthen out their cNzEces, and east the
mutiIated bodies over Sosd. one by one.
themselves expecting to follow soon. Two
of the Eve found alive were too far
gone TO rally to the hand OF rescue and died
on board the sceptre before she reached st.
Helena. Such are the facts so far Obtained.
The three who survive may tell the story OF
the last days and bring farewell messages to
triends when they reach the shores of