The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-16
HE DIED LIKE A MAN.


ing its course among Atlantic steamers.
The loss Of no fewer than five large YES
sells had already been chronicled when,
on the 81 day Of October, news reached
New York that the Arctic, of the Col
Inns line Of Liverpool steamers, had
gone down under circumstances Of pc
culiar interest and horror.
She was one of the finest vessels of
her time. She was n side wheeler. had
cost 500, 900, and was insured for $780,
900.
On Wednesday, Sept. 81, 1851, she was
on her return trip to New York with
22G passengers exclusive of children),
mostly homeward bound tourists; a
crew Of 175, valuable cargo and a
heavy mail, and had gotten within sixty
five miles of Cape Race, the southeastern
extremity Of Newfoundland, when, ex-
actly at noon, while steaming through
dense fog, she was struck by the
propeller Vestn. bound fromA}t. Peters
to Granville.
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the lookout at the time of the accident,
the fog was so thick that the Vesta was
not sighted until within a minute Of the
time Of the collision.
The Arctic was making twelve miles
an hour and the Nesta eight and they
struck head on. The stern of the Vesta
struck about twelve or fifteen feet abaft
the stern of the Arctic At the moment
of collision the Arctic was on the crest
Of a large wave or swell, while the
Vesta was in the corresponding trough,
and the bow of the Arctic being ele-
vated the Vesta struck her below the
water line. The anchor of the Vesta
was driven through the timbers of the
/ Arctic and broken, and part Of it was
/ left sticking in the oriice. The Arctic
was pierced in three places, two of the
| breaks being below the water line. The
/ Vesta had about ten feet Of her bow
literally stove in and crushed off, and
when Captain Luce, of the Arctic, hur-
ried on deck and saw the Vesta he
thought she must Immediately go down.
He dispatched his first mate, Mr..
Gomley, and boats crew TO the Vesta
to offer assistance, and turned his own
vessel in the direction the Vesta had
taken, and, reaching her vicinity, he
steamed twice around her.
He found to his surprise that no as
ISSUANCE was heeueu' Inc Nesta'
Vhoush IN appearances a hohGescrlP'
craiV, was proNlueu WIN pulkhead'
WhiGh' re-ehIorCeu OS loo nlaltreSses'
PlalilasseS ana o1Ier elecls OIL lhe crew
kept ouV lhe water suIlclehtly (especlallN
alter the lorenlaSV hau oeen cut away
20 Keep the Nessel anoat uhtll she reach,
cd port WIN the lfo persons VINO sun
renamed ABOARD her.
soon aIter tne colllsloh captain Dn
cneShe' Oh lhe ' esla' ulspatched noa'
with crew OF ten men TO the Arcuc t'
oiier assistance, out IN attempting tl
board the Arcuc their boat was cap
sized ana an but one OF lts crew were
lost, either by beng struck by the vince
OF the Arctic or by drowning or both
Ihe single survivor was saved by th'
crew OF the Arcuc' Mate Golnley' o.
the Arctc, lost MS way IN inc log ant
/ did not get back to his shin, but cventu
allv reached shore.
1t was not until shortly after the Arc
tic had resumed her homeward cours,
that the gravity of her injuries was dis
covered. She was found TO be talip.
water rapidly. and efforts were made +,
ston tbe breal, in her bull Inv nassin,
sails under her and bv thrusting, mat
trosses and nillows into tbe holes Th
anchor chains were thrown overboar,
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finbers so FIRMLY tbat if was impossibl
10 disIodge If or to pet tbe soils clos
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