Death On The Deep

jScws ik ïvceived .of the wrock of f lnstcamship Vicksburg, with the loss of lifly Uves. (lapt. ('ooji; i-, of (lic stoamer ! Germania, wliicli arrived at New Voi-k rccently, makes tho following statement; "Juno 5, latitude 46:34 north, longitiule ; 47:58 west, wc diseovejvd a .ship's boat, with pails set, on the port bbw. I made immediately for hor, and slie provcd to ' be boat Nö. 1 of the ill-fated steamer Vicksburg, of Liverpool, belonging to the Dominion line, and eoinmiuided by Qapt. Bennett. There were flve mes in hor, in a very exhaustcd sbite. ïheir f eet and legs were very mueh swollen, so much so that thoir boots had to bc cut f rom their f eet." James ( 'ioicy,on(i of the roRouod men, s;iys: "Tho Vicksburg lrft Quebec on; Thursday morning, May 27, witli a sliip's crew of C0 men, all told, and c;ightsaloon passengci-s. At Í) :30 p. m. on Mond ay, ' all Iiaiulfi wi'i'o cnlled to sliorten sail. The shiii was stopped amona; heavy ico, and licuded to tl! kouíIí, vrhen we ]roceeded at f'iill speed to get olear oí' the ice. At 1Ü o'clocfa ai t'ul] spoed wi slniok the ic. The enginêH were ininiedintely reversed. The sliip fruck heavily aft on the port quarter, carrying away tho fans of tho propeller, and a luile was knooked through the nlatef on that quarter, through which the ship made a great deal of water. Tlie Cajitnin gave er. cis to launch the boats, witli their repeetive crews, and told them fo mind that the distancc froni St. Johns was 120 miles northwest. The shi]i sunk about 10 txclock, floating boat No. 2 from her il:ii!s witli the cbii'f oificeï and about thirty people in hér. Slie got clear and pulled to the windward. After the sliip went líowir, we ,s:tw Ihe Captain and some i other pprson I1 i.it-iiif on a bale of hay, amóme tlie wreckiigr. We tried all we i'imiM to piek tlimi m, bul öwing to the boat bcing liair full of water and the ice abputi were not ablo to do so." Other interviews with mirvivots afe ! I published, aad from these it Nc.ems that tiloso of the crew mul piiNseupjera who escaped in the bóftte, abandoneá the vessel and those on board to their fato in a j marmer whioh ia somewhat discreditable, tu siij the least. It is al.so quite eleaidy sbowu that nearly üfty livea were lost. The steamor wtis ukh! only for the transportation of freight; otherwise the loss of life WQuLd havo been much heuvier.