, 1879-06-04
THE ARCTIC.
T.. ocaan Horror Whose Memory
~ & ives After Many Years.
:. fro "Hard a-s'arboard /" Heard
'S' " twenty-five Years Ago,
Recalled.
, ,.,,,,.pp. Captain and IN jndi"1pl1ued crsw
" .~colng pas1n 'fhile Firing
Slgnal.Dnn.

,<tuion, aHA sco'eu ''"o'. ~ u.op! y" Wv
SS.norf, tsal few persons a3o fea.'y 70 ne'tcSe.
1bous rejection. tas u occurred aas1.se ,ss, q,
ttasas5 ~. ~n, tcndrr+ti in I'M ctv after
,ppbc ftccpl'o' "Hs ,,. s.t ~ t"a t....',.
s.. 1tseuC, Is NOW fuu'iS.'eseo, p'ik"t'eteu
~ =, NAN, emptoscd san inspector " tho 0feat
~ u fn,nrtno> insurance Company In its
asss IN ~ w.. s'' ,,,no in many vcors tho n,,h,r
rot Tho drst tltno ~ 'u""s yeh,n' ~. pup.'a
IA. direct ram!n1or Of tho appalling calam!ty
~ a.-seh hc was the contral figure In his np-
@s% n.. 4, a witness In the Morrill, Win case
p'aoeo Ell. ~ ,r,shan1 rns n Can,atn In I'm
uus ltue Of tteahsh'!a' a'". onp.: '.pee usc"
,..,n.p,Iy % tee itr at his Office after her hus'
a" ~. dssth It Eaq tlts observations OF her
ssaa, oud his mctnury Of what this C.
rsuaes't n'n. .,. ..1, . tl,n, W.. .n,,,,, n, t1a
ua.,tc old laos eau, u."' wa ,' suueAs " u'e
nxrtft The yellow tles Oh tno newspapers
,bn..d ia October, 1864. arc full OF the dra-
.,. t'. .,ory AS II was gradually revealed by the
.ntas a'o.. .ar vim ,xcrc nirkc,l nm. tnn,c IN
sIueJ'tesen mSn ~ nnn "n' nfrro ~ wary somc an ~
beass, eon,, on w. u ~. a,,,,J 49, .a.,s,,
,aother. NOT "o.hRh ''ot e','a "as ohSeu'
nc< l,pe, Her statcrooms werc a revelation, OF
". .'.e,ncs to tho EnropGAns tour,ats III thobo
i',. md hare |lartly been cQtlalcu since. H!lu
eJa a,1Is, rom Iitycspool on "Wednesday stosntng,
s.,t % 1854, with GG pnHheHgcr. and with q
s..r s, II t5O n.cn-3S9 pcrsnrs, ali told. Among
.,loont ., wcsn bfrs. +. X. Col1[hst wlfa OF the
;.au; Ell ~; thc line, who was returning with her
tuabter. IS years old, and her sou, II yoars
IA IN hrr hoiuc In larch1oDt, inter q summer
saeht In Europe; ". B. Brown, son Of James
SToNn, Of }roH'n lIrothers, hankers, with his
!, III i;rammont aud tl,r Duke Dc auynct, both Of
Tnn,e; Wr. f. Sanford, leading lawyer Of
thts rjtr: Mr., Woodruff, brother OF Mira. Col
I'M w1tb b{s wife: Mr.. Mal,lon Day, wife, md
iIurhtcr, and many well-knuwn business r1un,
,usb IL 1T. A, Benedict, Of Burr It BoncdIos,
i,urh,cf, 10 tllcso maY b1 aided Mr. W. W.
tomstock, brother OF Cnpt. Comstock, who
"a then commanding tile Battle, Of the snlno
lie Il steamships, aud Mrs. George. F. Allen
nd child, B4e ,yas doughtcr Of Afr. james
BtoEp, named above. 1Ier l'usband, who ac-
Thieves The vessel had fairly good weather. md at
MON Of their seventh t1ny out Capt. Luce COLI
Neturtd thnt they wcro within fifty miles Of
Ind OIL Tho Newfoundland Hanks. Tho helms
rt,a m Sas steering rest by the compass. II had
nen forvy, 10 that usuafly the tlotiblc.luoI,-out
of's milo. At intervals, however, tIIt shIp,
sbseh vas kept going at the rate of twclse u,itl
opehnli miles an hour, would plunge Into for
.sbInding vi snow-bauk, untl tllts would bc
followed 6y 4 clear space extending mile Or
tho miles ulend. Cupt. Luce found IL clear
blos to work out Ills position. Ills calcu!a-
Ion finished aftorwarti showed It to 10 latitude
5deg, IS mIi,. N, Longitude b3 deg. ".
,rdeu an ocean steanlahtp IL on her course, m
ur1ei 10 change tho heln Ia very rare. nnd thu
shInge male ID usun!ly ycry sltGi.t. While the
C,pls!u wa Working cut his position he Heard
tlhouted order. "liacu p-atorbonrtl i, THIS 10
aioe could hayo but one meaning. Capt, L1co
4oppcd hIs papers and spranu UP on decR. As
Ntmerged ffum tho coinpanto.i-way l,n felt a
urat crash forward, aud ut tic snme moment
nv Tie pro,y Of 4 stra1rcr lust yia[blc through
The for, Under Ills starhuari bow. The order,
"Iarl a-ktarboar0," va given TO turn tho
Arctic 10 port, BIT It caru8 tooslate, Cant, Lucc
tas, a. the strange steamer drove INST him,
that tcn feet Of ilcr bow bad oecu crushed off
bsihr collision. md AZ once inferred tl,at el,s
mutt s!uk. lIe had little fears Tor his owl,
Ets,el, aud nIs tirst order after the Arctic's
ttteIs upra reversed was tI,nt Frat officer
1olftay and six scan,en should % 10
hts relief. ThuY rot into tl,ctr loat and tllsau-
pearcd IN The fog, never to be heard OF atter-
s3'd. Ihcs were hardly Ia the wator, louoyer,
before tl,e cry came up from below Tint tlls
Arctic Nas leakIng. Exntpination showed tint
&hlo the crushed bow NJ thn strnrpe stcnmrr
a.d only SCARED the stde Of tic Arctic abovc
sl!ert isr anchor, Rttcl, was swinging over tbs
ihe, lad ciycn The larger vessel d fatal stab.
4E IuIi 4lQtk tcf(lSB nlEGE3 Ot lilo Anchor. kGFGD
Inches By four tnyhes suilarc. htd bcuu driyoIi
through Inc stds Of thc Trrt}c nbout eIrhtean
hhea ADORE ,s water linn n1ul nue If ia flakes
ah made grcat nolr Just below lie watcrIlt,s.
lii tontectt,red t1ut tf,r ii11tu to-a oty t,nns.
because lie shank Or matl, ei,nft Of lie ancor
Eide. It Is ulso tl,ought thut eoae Of ti,e
sttsrl p,uy layo ,,fnrrnt1 tn SrrIic. sf'he nt,nr
1ssel was stcerIng atsolitjlcast across thc
A.etic'a course, Md WIS heatcd toward Iant.
The cucjnes mud stham.t,tIJnns. aid biioo IN.
eetIons On tbc Aretft waro orticrM at work.
Tic bl1gp Injections ,ycre 0t1 annaratl,s hr wcl1
teach revolution Of lie wl,rci II strro,n n ,y,.
ter Of The si.o Of a barrel culitl he throw, nj.
Luce tal1 altcrward TINT In Ind rraaon h, be.
leye TINT Chuf. itnc i,,rnr Enrers ditl mt ect
tho tlgo Ipjuctions AZ work. nfhusul, In ha,I
tod hlfu bus!tIye,y fhnt hn I'M, urnc e, in mi.
dltioh to fla I,,.n,,mTs fn,,r tlrat. .r",n.',
stra vigorously wurk,.i nv narsnnrcrs. In liz
nea1tIma ydl,, effnrts werc rmatln r., a,o1 III" t
kas BY puttiur tails OYER III" bow. #, nrti"r
hwaa fouud thns lin watar ,ro. t,aininw ranii1,
% tho pultlps and thrcateuint. 10 ,ut ot,t liz
tEta Cant I,,.c r.v" nrd"r. y! huat tS
Thu ohly cun,II,,icatfnn thnt lad hnrn har
sth tlle other stcnu,sltjn wns Iy neons Of n
sah whicl, shs ,atl sent ait !" fnG,,rs Intn Il t "
ca1dllIon Of tl1u Aretir. Tlis haat. rat,,c in
suddenly IN iha Inn. mi was "p,,ahnd ,nflne one
sne. Vnly pt,o .,,a1'' Fn,,"h saor ,ySs ~ s,v sI
out Of s rrcw H.. a. h",,1aS ~ w. s,s e".Su ~,
sie, and ruyn tba t,r.s,,,a's'r M'u ~ w. 10y
W thc iron ,rru,v stca,,,"n 1
ht uapt Duchns,,m fatIas.ror, I' rnnto;n ~ ~.
PtrsIrel o"p'"'A ~ '"s
Tie order to lowcr t,,c boot. vo. III. ,,on,,
!ss wild tlsniar r,oi,.i ' ~. "a1 tG
The 4ro.i. i"E't 4H4!nAJ Guo tu Ale uEelneh