Show I 1 I 1 HE 11 A lawless and Bes besotted otten crew of sailors RIFLE THE 11 1 I 1 I 1 and steal tha the valuables of the passengers A disordered COMPASS Is said to bo be the tile case cause of ho tho disaster I 1 8 to SIT siva themselves Themi elres while tho crew indulge in drunken dran icea disputes among themselves E brwer ased A J pre ii t abo lb HALIFAX july II 11 the eton of tho the A v reek of the steamer merrimac ae as told by reveral passengers who arrived hero here to tonight night is is ono one of the most remarkable in the history of marine disasters the people of the steamer es i terrible fate after being driven ashore on a clear and cloudier cloudless night light with the moon and stirs winning shining brightly overhead but according to I 1 their I 1 beir own oun assertions their baggage was w as rifled rifted and q y number of valuable talu able articles stolen N while bile the owners were on oil deck peeking seeking to tobago bave their lives tile passengers pa declare it is as their conviction that these depredations were committed by members ottlie crew who immediately mimed bely after the ship struck secured a considerable quantity 0 of I 1 li liquor I 1 bor be became c ame drunk and ere created at e d a di iggi graceful befu 1 disturbance the rho facts connected with the disaster arc are related as bolow fo llowEn low nearly all the passengers were sound asleep abet ft hen 1 about 1230 12 jo otI ocL satur day night they acre awakened by b a half doben shrieks s of 1 whistles hist los les follow ed oil immediately by several heavy bhicks and tearing te ieng grinding sounds as though tho the steamer was wit 1 forcing her layover way over a rocky bottom captain cr crowell Cro 0 weel the pilot and andino two Is w were ere on deck when the steamer er of struck ruck and as far as could b be e le arned trie d acar give satisfactory reas reason on N fth h lie e 3 were eo so close to lie tile coast iho tito was going at full speed when hen tho eho struck and forced her way ivr over tile rocks for fully five minutes thero there i beroa ere a number of heavy leavy shocks and the vessel tossed about eo so fearfully fearful Iv that thoe those on deck lactic had to hold on tor fir their lives or they would i have been da dahedl bed into the water by the timo time site came to a atop all on board were out of their berths ft omen women and children being huddled together in in tho the cabin with terror in in their faces and sending forth pier piercing chig arr screams eaIns for hp help indescribable confusion and excitement prevailed but tho the efforts of a few men succeeded in restoring partial calmness and the ho work of launching auti ching the boat was corn com nion ced it was wits while this scene waa was being enacted that the pit laging of the passengers pis luggage took place TI the le staterooms vero were entered valise 4 wera torn or ripped open and any goods 4 ol 01 value were w rem removed ovea jewelry cloth ing and other articles disappeared and when whon heir their owrie owners rs after ascertaining that the tile vessel veasel would go down at once went to their rooms to secure their property they found it on the floor in a promiscuous ro manner with the tho most mabl val portion goue one inq bassenger pj Vas stated hut that ho lie tot ait oit about 1500 worth in a hla ibay a vi while tile numerous other passengers telf tul stories aitho at tho barno a time a of the crew suddenly mid denly drunk and got into a dispute naich ended only when they wore compelled to abandon tho the stear steamer nerin in boats zt which had been launched by y the aid of other bands there was su some delay in n getting gotting the boats afloat caused apparently by ioor poor management but eventually event nally everybody cry body wits safely removed from the steamer A M bag has already been stated the passengers bete nil all safely ua landed though there were a number of 0 narrow cs capen who arrive I 1 Iho here thia afternoon ter noon travelee trav trave elai lel by teams te inn all list night fand and all day today to day tho the remain dor jar athe of the as are reported report cl to have the main land tod to aty d iv tho the steamer city of st john will be bisp dispatched a tche a to take them to yarmouth they will wilt bo be sent from that place to boston direct the wreck is believed to have been caused by a disordered com compass so as aa a it st statement ater bent that effect lias has mn been ahado by the merrimac pilot |