Show I 1 ailiin Ai oiin f the me errock of a splendid bit eliop ap lies I 1 in in the surf that beau beats on tho the MAY share of mara head the sepulchre of more than ahn fire hundred human hoi who c lives have bac been sacrificed to incompetence taj built aad well appointed with every modern improve in machinery for nearly dearly two year tho te atlantic carried her freight ol of pre doug clous lives in aernots the deep her ced the regularity of 01 her ati trip ip and tho t comfort and bleg anco ol of her ac c majo made her a favorite with ocean tra traveled velen and nd the question or of her security was never caned riad those leaving port in this ship folt felt no more ampre hension of danger than when the i boyage was the harrowing story of the shipwreck A reek on oa tho the terrible coat coast of nova NOT kim shows how ill founded was this fatel fatal confidence there cn be no question that he first responsibility for this awful calamity rests upon the owners of the atlantic who he cent her to sea eca in the iho most ilan dan berous and stormy season of the e year with barely sufficient coal for a quick PL kawage age to new york wo we altor ivr no BO weight to the statements made bythe by the agents or of the line that an extra auppl zd was placed on 00 board and that it aou would be more expensive to run rua into thin to take in a double quantity of coal even at the eiph price it now dow commands in england tho the fact that the atlantic was waa short abort ol of coal while still three days from new york aitho without t having lost any oy time in is conclusive evidence that the iho supply was insufficient no amount of as severa tion or denied denial can of this stubborn faal As to the special plea pica the fact that the iho space which should have been tilled filled with coal could be devoted to freight at a largo profit deprives it of all lorce force unless stronger proof to tho the contrary can bo produced the owners of the cho atlantic must bo be held primarily responsible for the awful catastrophe which has filled the with hor horror Tor to send out a ship freighted with nearly a the thousand wand souls sous on a long lone and perilous boyi voyage I 1 ge in tho the most droge dinger roua oui season odthe of the year with a supply of coah which should be considered iii cupply cred insufficient fur for the emergencies which may attend any wasa was a terrible crime against humanity as it should be a crime against law puni h able in a a measure proportioned proportion ex to its enormity the coi company m may also be held responsible for the incompetent officer ocre and a crew ot of mutinous ruffians who were disorderly during the voyage and who robbed the dead bodea of 0 the men and women was fahed hed ash ashore ore by the pitiless waves we have no de hire to deal harshly with captain williams his condemnation comes from his own lips lipa IRS ilia own story convicts him of or criminal neglect ile he was approaching a dangerous and aad treacherous coast with which it is stated elated ho be was not familiar kt at midnight do bt he be judged the position tiou of the cuip to be only forty eight miles from S sambro albro light toward which he was driving at the rate of twelve loots an he hour ur every revolution of the s screw crew b bringing ri gang the 1 he ship nearer to a coast wh which ic the most experienced navigators tip approach with wilh the atmo utmost t cau caution tiou yet at tho the time when lio to should bo be mot watchful and alert he leaves the alip bi jo in the care ol of an inferior bud and incompetent officer and retires to his room no captain worthy to command abia would have left his pott at such euch a time I 1 no officer of even ordinary prudence would have ruo run bis big blip at full speed on tile the strength of bis big MC koning while approaching pro aching a dangerous coast lotrus Kd with the safety of a thousand lives captain williams have used extraordinary tra precautions t instead ordrie lag ing on w with ith a diirck disregard ard of consequence coning the charge of cy is clearly proved by tile f tal error of his hia reckoning at the very time lima when according to his his ship aar sh should dhave have been eighteen or twenty milos miles sou south th v st of sambro light the ran on the rods rocas of I 1 mars hars head I ome omo twenty miles west and nearly dearly that distance north of her supposed obed position baft williams cannot account fur the mis mistake in hie big calculations no one elc el cl c we believe will find end any ditE difficulty culty in ia doing 1 I so go we ive with it were po isible to 1 in praise cf captain williamae Willi Wali amas conduct 10 in the the aw awful ful chibis of the ilia wreck but hero here again his bis own words condemn him by bis big own statement he be left in one tf cl the boats which came from the shore while a number of the abben gers werd acra still clinging to the erect wreck anil ana while the first officer in ia the mizzen rigging rig gingi wui wils holding a dying ayin jomaa in ia his arms jt if was once bel bold if to bo be a dishonor and worse thin than death for the captain of a wrecked vessel to take a position po in a boat to the exclusion of his hb 1 i subordinates and passengers in ia the first moments after the atlantic samek captain williams made brave exertions to leep keep order der and save life but the fact that he saved bis big own own and left others to per ibb or be rescued by other imada is ia a dishonor f or for which nothing can atone it is not surprising that he fees feels mo mot most t keenly his position through lis bia in competence and negligence over five hundred eoula burned without warning into eternity and of ad the women and children board but one saved there is no more terrible story in in all the be annals of shipwreck it is a relief to turn to the belr fi conduct an act of the first mate who refused fuse to av leave ch the poor woman whom he bup supported arted in h he e until unta she died to tte the heroism of biging the a hardy fis fishermen bermen who braved the dangers of the terrible breakers to savo SATO human life and to the courage of the clergyman mr Anci ancient who put offa off in a small boat to the acue of the first mate nor should tho the name of quartermaster thomas be forgotten who warned the officer in charge against the reckless course which drove tile the ship to destruction had that warning been heeded this great calamity might have been averted the legal investigation into the re possibility of the owners and the captain or of tho atlantic must be searching and thorough public opinion loo justice and humanity cry out for thi thre there must loan lu an end of tho the criminal negligence which sands bends ships to sea insufficiently kup supplied plied and under the command ot of incompetent officers af if existing laws afford no means for chec 1 jinet 11 8 t demands and for punishing those 1 10 C greed and count their by the hundred the most gent leg legislation Nation should bo be invoked to epply cupply au all adequate remedy harpers Harp weekly I 1 |