, 1875-11-26
CASUALTIES.
Description of Some Of the Scenes
Attending the Wreck Of
the Pacific.
Women with Death Staring at Them
Weeping Over the Loss
Of d Child,
4 NlFc's 1mplorations for tho Retention
OF Her Husband In Doat.
Tho iludd|fug Together and chaiturln1 Of tho
Chinese Passengers.

Tho iiuo1|ng l09ethef and CRaileflh1 OF tllo
Chinese Passengers.
THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER PACIFIC
The Daily Br1tiAh Cotonist OF tho 9th 1nst
pnbitshed 4. v;ctotin n. CO, contains an inter.
ylow With Henry i. Jelly. tho first survivor OF
.ho Pacific who vaa Picked up BY the Sleeaongar'
1fe glres graphic description Of soms OF the
narrowing sconen that carno undct lNs obsersa.
tton. He ss5s that Il tho crash hc heard while
lsinE Ia bod was caused by d colllson With an-
other ship, IT was worry siiRht one. lilo Ia post-
tive, howoyor. thas on gaining tho dcck ho
saw. on tho starboard quarter. threo lights
as from vosncl lie hoard no hnil. Tho
weather VAS hot foggy at TINT time. Tho wind
was fresh, but tho sea smooth. lilo Has told
that thcro had boan. collision, and That the
steamer had sustained no damage. Previous to
eAsns On dock the first nme ho hoard the bo>ls
TO stop and then roverae tho engines. Thon he
rcaohcd tile dock tho steamer was going Aload
aRan. Passengers woro told not to be alarmed,
That there Was no dhhgor. Aud matters quoted
thus Mr. Jelly wont back to hls atate.room
give audden lu1cb and hoard q rush Of water.
lie again went on deck. aud discovered TINT tle
ship "ns sinking. 11c saw Cant Iiowotl
ssa!n,dlns IN bis room, and ;, asked him
Jolly ~cnt thero aud found the wheel deserted,
and tue ship steering wildly, whilo tho ongines
wore still working. He burned four lights, aud
boat (the laupch) Into which Tho womsn wero
boing placed, and took his stand there, and aaw
Mrs, Oils Parsons assisted H.. Mrs. Parsons
Was bcwalilng tho death ot her child. little boy
talon on aud killed instantly. Another lady
(su1posod from tho description to ba
Miss Alicia olandovills, Ills. Pa1sona'
sster) stood ,,i,,,, 6y har and sfso ,wSpt bit.
hs hsipoaa youna lady wno. from tho doacrip-
ton, must haye been Miss Fanny Palmer, OF this
city, Into tho launch. A. number OF the ships
crew crowded. into the boat, which was in charge
Of chiot-EngInoor Houston. They we're re-
1nonssratcd with, aud rep!od that they wore
thcro to look a5tcr tho ladies' aud ordered all tho
men to get out Of tho boat, but would not go
thcmnolgcs. They selzcd ono rnan-~a paason-
ger-whose vito WAS In tho boat. aud throw lin,
out on tho deck. Ills wife implored Them to let
him stay, saving, "Oh, my Goll 8avo him y
But they would not allow him to get IN again.
All this tmo thes ship was setsliog,-scsting into
hhr graYe.
Bomo Que came along at this moment and said:
Two Of tho boats layo got of on tho other
SIDE" They then trIea to lot this boat down
from the davits, but they could not. As the ship
settled. howsver, tho launch reached the water,
and souae brave spirit standing on the deck out
the fastenings looBo With an Ak. Tho boat role
for moment, and, hs the sen WAS still smooth
and tho boat "oll provided with oars, it WAS
o9ss at she Ted ,Sa se os.s ,.sa UnfS S
with water during tho. day (for roasona that
rlll bo prcaently explatnod). and was moro
thau haif-fu'l now. TIE weight OF water aud
people! therefore. csuacd tho boat TO carecn,
! sbEieks OF tho woman and tho despairlng cries
Of The men. Mr. jelly and four other men ulan-
aged to olamoer Oh tho boats bottom as she
came up; but tie poor women. Weighed down
hr thnfr ctnfhaA Nnr11 r1t avail fhar1avpH ~
that for]orn hope, and speedily disappeared.
About this time our informant observed tho
steamer settling down on the port aido-that Is,
the side on which ho and the others y etc doat-
ing on tho boats bottom. and tho emokeatack OF
funnel fell into tho water. Tho steamer gave
two or three lurchos and then broke In two amid
ships With . crushing uotse, and vent down.
carrying With boz q: least 100 persous, who wero
standing on The deoAs at the time.
The ChlneBo, who numbered about fifty, had
huddled near the smoke stack, whlther they had
dragged thete baggage. aud had kept mp m In.
ceshant md loud conversation while tho exciting
scenes wero being enacted. Whom tho ship
broae In two and sank beneath the waves. theBo
poor creatures eank with hor. The surface OF
tho wator was presently covered With wreoahgo
| from tho loat atenmor, to some OF which mon
and women clung with that tenscity which ouly
teehpR Of despair cnn tmpart. Tha shreks
and cries It this moment we're dreadful. Tho
Wind and soa Vero raging. and the poor people
sdrilt on Old Oooan's melancholy waste veto
moment Mr. Jelly aaw the top Of tho pilot
| housed With mun seated upon it. Ho made Al
\ eGort mud reached 1t. Ilo fouud tho occupant
to be largo man. cvtdentlJ an American. with
drfted away from the Hceuo Of tho wteok and
rere soon out Of sight Of tho othor nnfortunatea
Tho handa employed On tho dtedaer gay tiat
| whoa tho Pacific passed out on Thursday sho
| hAd decided ldt to atarboard and eteersd 10
badly that the remark was made that something
! maBt ba wrong with her. At Port Townsend, it
| 10 said. tho vsese! leaked 90 badly that thpro
woro feet Of water Ia her lover hold, and that
| tbs grain MAS not put down there for feAr OF
damsstu8 1t. II this stasement be correct tho
lat 1s accounted for.
Tue story OF GAIT. aAwTxn, OF TIE onPHEus.
| Tho following extracts wero taken from the
lle says that at halt-past Q on the evening OF
Nov. - light MAS reported on tho port bow.
Yae second mate, who Has In ohArge OF the
deck, altsted her course to southwest BY west,
and brought tho light on tho starboard bow. 7
vent on dock and saw steamers masthead
lights l could SEQ no coloTed lights, but saw
beyeral saloon lights. kopt tho light On tho
searooasd noE aud brought tho ahlp up 10 west
southwest, With the yards s1usse and the ssils
rcd light. but ! could not. told tho tnau At the
| whoal to 'hsrd-a-port,' aud before shc paid OF
two points counterInanded tho order and had
! tho whool put 'hard-down.'
"About two or threa minutes the steamer,
than shout four and = half points on tho ss&s-
board bow, blew her whistle. and IL halt min
ute afterrard abe struck us cn tho Hta1 board
fore channels. carrying away tho foretop9a1!Ant-
mast and backs.ay, and tho mat btoa1ing fa
Our rail for about 40 foot, splitting she covering
board and piank-sheer, and splitting the plaaka
from pisnk'sleor to copper, and stavipB four
p!acks ~ through tho tim bers. sho also carried
Awss I'll tho sta1board braces. nasntopg Ai,ant
bsckstays. mizzeu topmost, aud topgsllans back:
stays aud bumpkln. l hailed tho steamer and
asked her to lis by and asnd mo 4 boas, for
thought my ahip Was sinking.
! :" Altar sounding pumps, etc.,..I commenced "a
shorten sail aud heave tho shlp to, with bead to
southwest, The steamer hailed me three times,
but could not make out what shc s&d. About
midnight had the nlllp under three lower top.
Bstls, main and forotopmast Atay-aAlls, snd
rcetea spanaer. heAding from south h-southwest &c
southwest, aud drifting to tho wost-noIthwea!
about Two knots. 1t MAS then blowing very haz
from tho eoutheaat and badseA Was getting up"
/ ACCIDENT IN 4 VARIETY THEATRE.
CLxrRtAsp, O., Nov. 25.-A young boy named