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SS Atlantic
Most passenger and crew names of the SS Atlantic, that sank off the coast of Nova Scotia on April 1, 1873, were taken from the New York Times, dated April 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th. The edition of April 2nd, 1873 did not have any passenger lists. There is an account though of people going to the office of the White Star line to find out the fate of friends or relatives. A few names are mentioned; these were added to the passenger list below. Names and their spelling vary in most editions of the newspaper, therefore a duplication of names might have occurred while transcribing the passengers. The scans were also not very clear at times. Some of the foreign names are also spelled phonetically.
Coloumns represent: Passenger number, name, country or city of origin, sources, additonal information in the line underneath the name.
Key to abbreviation of sources:
NYT02041873 stands for New York Times, published April 2nd, 1873
NYT03041873 stands for New York Times, published April 3rd, 1873
NYT04041873 stands for New York Times, published April 4th, 1873
NYT05041873 stands for New York Times, published April 5th, 1873
NYT07041873 stands for New York Times, published April 7th, 1873
Book stands for the website that has all the names from the book "Carry Clancy, Heroine of the Atlantic".
Book Web Site stands for the online transcript of the whole book.
OFFICERS RESCUED
1210* James A. Williams, Captain NYT02041873 NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1211* J. W. Firth, chief officer NYT02041873 NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1212 Cornelius L. Brady, third officer NYT02041873 NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1213 John Brown site, fourth officer NYT02041873 NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web Site
1214* Cuppalge, surgeon NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1215 John Foxley, chief engineer Book Web site
1216 John Hodgson, 3rd engineer Book Web site
1217 Robert Herring, 2nd engineer Book Web site
1218 Robert McFarlin,7th engineer Book Web site
1219 Samuel Davis, 6th engineer Book Web site
CREW RESCUED
1220 B. Acton NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1221 George Anderson NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1222 Robert Atkins NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1223 John Ballte Baillie NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1224 John Bulger NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1225 Peter Burns NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1226 Walter Campbell NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1227 George Cheers NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1228 John Cosgrove NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1229* James Counolly NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1230 John Cummins NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1231 D. Davidsen NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1232 Walter Donnelly NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1233 John Dovtue Devine NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1234 Charles Dudley NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1235 James Dunn NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1236 Thomas Dunn NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1237* Patrick Evans NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1238* Patrick Evans NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1239 Owen Fostler NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1240 John Frederickson NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1241 John Gilbert NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1242 William Griffith NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1243* William Hannor NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1244 David Horn NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1245 William Hughes NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1246 Robert Irving NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1244 John Kelly NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1248* William Kiely NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1249 Alexander Lindsay NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1250* Daniel Loue NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1251 Alfred Lower NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1252 Daniel Mahoney NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1253 Patrick Matthews NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1254 Samuel May NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1255 Robert McFarlane NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1256 James McMullen NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1257 Daniel McNichol NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1258 Frank Moffat NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1259 John Monaghan NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1260 Matthew Montgomery NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1261 John Murphy NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1262 George Myers NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1263 Henry Newton NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1264 Alexander Norton NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1265 William Patterson NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1266 Robert Pavne NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1267* Charles William Royalance, quartermaster NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1268 John Ryder NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1269 George Sanders NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1270 John Sheridan NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1271 John Simpson NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1272 John Speakman, quartermaster NYT02041873 NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1273 Irving Stallaford NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1274 William Sunderland NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1275 P. Tapman NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1276 Patrick Tuck NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1277 Robert H. Walker NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1278 Arthur Wilding NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1279 Thomas Wilson NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1280 Joseph Carroll, able seaman Book Book Web site
1281 Robert Thomas, quartermaster Book Book Web site
OFFICERS LOST
1282 Ambrose Worthington, purser NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1283 Henry Metcalf, second officer NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book Book Web site
1284 Thomas Grant Urquehart, fifth engineer Book Web site
CREW MEMBERS LOST
1285 Hugh Christie, Chief Steward NYT03041873 NYT04041873 Book
1286 Frances Machaward, Stewardess Book Web site
1287* Mary Merrill, sailor Book Web site
1288 James Dennier, greaser Book Web site
CREW UNKNOWN FATE
1289 Mr. Owens, quartermaster NYT02041873 Book Web site
1290 William Purdy, quartermaster Book Web site
1291* Mr. Roylson, crew Book Web site
1292 D. Williams, quartermaster Book Web site
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
Passengers were numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
? A question mark indicates a letter or number that could not be read.
Passengers were numbered for ease of referencing.
1210: the middle initial seems to be Agnew, given in the newspaper.
1211: the last name was also printed as Frith.
1214: the last name was also printed as Cuppaige, no first name is given.
1229: the last name was also printed as Conolly.
1237 & 1238: there are 2 crew members called Patrick Evans, this is not a transcriber's mistake.
1243: the last name was also printed as Hannar .
1248: one edition of the newspaper lists a William Kiely, the other one a Patrick Kiely.
This could be two different people or a mistake in the first names.
1250: the last name was also printed as Lane.
1251: the last name was also printed as Raylance.
1287: according to the book, it was a surprise to the surviving crew to find that
the well liked sailor Bill was actually a female. The belief of the author of
the book is that it could be Mary Merrill.
1291: the book refers as "Mr. Roylson, one of the crew" the last name was also printed as
this crew member.
Another voyage of the SS Atlantic can be found in Volume 2 at: SS Atlantic 1871. More information about the voyages of this ship can be seen at SS Atlantic voyages. Scandinavian passengers can be found at 100 Years of Immigrant Ships from Norway. Names from the newspaper editions were compared to names from the book "Carrie Clancy: the Heroine of the Atlantic", published 1873. This book can be seen at Carrie Clancy, the Heroine of the Atlantic. Additional names were taken from the text of the book, which can be found at: Website for true stories. Records from Sessional Papers of the Government of Canada, 37 Victoria 1873 (4), pp. lvi-lvii. (Note: the 1873 date on these papers is an error and should have read 1874) can be found at TheShipsList at Wreck Atlantic 1873. Marj Kohli also has information: Loss of the Steamship Atlantic, White Star Line, March 30, 1873 (Extracts from Loss of the Steam Ship "Atlantic" published 1873 from Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) #26654.) at Atlantic 1873 which contains lists of passengers and crew and more. The names of friends or relatives of passengers who arrived in Castle Garden were taken from the New York Times dates April 7th, 1873.
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