THE LOST PACIFIC.

NZ Truth, Issue 151, 9 May 1908, Page 7

THE LOST PACIFIC.

Towards the end of March, 1856, no doubt longer existed that tne Pacific, one of the fleet of Collins's line of mail steamers, running between Liverpool and New York, also had foundered with 180 persons. At any rate, nothing has ever since been heard of the missing steamer, nor has any article of furniture of luggage been picked up which would give any indication of her fate. Like the President ancl the City of Glasgow, the Pacific is written qn the list of the missing. She was a magnificent, American-built steamer. ' fitted up with every appliance necessary for comfort, speed, and success m the competitive work for which she was intended. She left Liverpool on January 23, with 25 first-class and 20 second-class passengers, and. d. crew or 14i American seamen. The passenger-list is always scant during the wild winters of the North Atlantic, and the Pacific's slack season was at hand. Time passed, and the USUAL PAINFUL SUSPENSE was suffered by relatives and friends. The Pacific was at last civien up, under the general belief that she had struck an iceoeig and foundered instantly. She belonged to the same company as the Arctic, an account of whose loss,- accompanied by fearful '- loss of lire, was given m "Truth" some months ago.