Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-12

New York, lost off the Scilly Islands in
1915, 200 lives; In the Geiser, run down
by the Thlngvalla in 1888 off Sable
Island, l05 lives; In the Sud-Amcrika,
sunk in collision off the Canary Islands
In ISIS, l0l lives; In the Vile du Huvrc.
sunk in collision between Havre and
New York In 1873, 22G lives.
1t Is comforting to notice that the
losses In the earlier days Of steam navI-
CATION are much heavier than they
have been In recent years, but the later
disasters are still numerous. The fore
going summary, which Is incomplete.
shows the Clmbrla, the Naronlc, the
Geiser and the Sud-Amerika have ali
been lost within twelve years. The
Elbe tragedy reminds us that the dan
ger Is always present. The liners ap-
pear 10 have better luck In re-
cont years. Accidents of the most
alarming character have happened with
out loss Of life, The sinking OF the
Oregon OFF Fire Island in 1885, without
q fatality, seems miracle The &c
oident to the City OF Paris, which placed
her for days at the mercy OF the least
rough weather that might come up. is
not less wonderful. Better equipment
discipline and life-sHving appliances
must reasonably DO supposed to have
something to do with the fortunate
An historic ocean calamity was the
sinking OF the Arctic, by which great
many well known New York Families
We're bereaved, She was the crack shin
or the Collins line, an American firm
and was built in New York. Leaving
Liverpool on September 20, 1854. abe
was struck when seven days out by the
french screw-steamer Vesta. Tho
arctic was worked by paddles. OF
more than four hundred passengers
nbput one-tenth escaped. Some seventy
VI me passengers were transferred lust
as the ship was sinking to a large raft
A passenger named McCabe was even.
tually the only person OF this whole
NUMBER to reach land. Here is an er-
tract from his story;
The sea, though not strong u,as
rough and the waves, as they rushed
| remorselessly over the raft wnsbaS
away n portion of It's living freight II
was an awful scene--a multIt,de 10
human beings in the midst OF the ocesn
without the slightest hope OF assist.
see' WINE every minute one by one
was dropping into a waterv yra,,e
from sheer exhaustion, Those wbo ~
lte.perseryers did not sink, but eoetaJ
with their CHASTITY faces inward ~
Hilulng those who stlll remained aiiya
Oh the rate that awaited them.
or those who dropped ewav so
.oa'eu away and We're gnawed ana
vateh by nshes, while Others uva,,d
washed under the raft. where thate
iaees could be seen through the omar
ilss as they were swayed 10 ana ~
py the waves, The raft Mt ono ~, lro
was SO crowded that many had 70 htt'iiss
on oy one hand. Very few word , nolu
spoken by any and the only sonr Se. .,
We heard was the splash on tha me-. 70
" me heavy breathing OF Tho NJ.
ssuieIers, as they tried 10 recover NE
uleath after wave had nosse6 n a,sl
mem. Nearly all were s,ihrners.,93 Ner
diHc,, Ii,rnhpits while a few could WIN
! surface. "Saus ABOVE the
~, The women were the arst 10
lhey We're unable to stand ,hs ~
lTrS'sure more than three or four hon.,
lheS All fell OFT the raft wltho,,t :
wotd; except one poor girl. who er,od
out IN intense agony: Col. nv S ,
motner and sistersr bNpr
Al the end OF tho day McCaha ~.
me only person left alive on the Vas
curing the night OF the second dav ~
was rescued by the second officer s ne
some sailors OF the Arctic IN h aia
Not single woman OF the Ars,i.,-
passengers was saved. Ne
me steamship Central Ar..t
Wnen she left Aspinwall for Ncv, vua,,
on september 8. 1857 cerriaHT iprk
shAn four hundred passeneers io.s