The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

LOSS OF VIRZI MAMMY •11113 OTIIII vaisna.

DIEADIOL LOY Or Ur/.
We regret to state that among tbe many fatal wrests
that took place on the Bast Coast during the fearful
otoorthor of riedoesdey night and Thursday, telegrams
have thee parived annoeneing the bass of tine. la,.
SSOOADOW4 accompanied by a shocking lOW, a life.
The most deplorable catestropta aripmes to have bees
that which betel the See earew steamer, Stanley, be-
loosing to the Leedom sad Aberdeen Steam Navigation
Company, whim& bad been funning during the mama
between the two porta, sad use • favourite veered sie
11,. station. She left Aberdeen for the 111100, la the
the merle of Wednesday, milts/ more then
tonal implement of passempra, sad • geseral cargo,
sad some cattle ea desk. hescarding to the particulars
time tam bees furnished at the Athenian Wharf, it
would appear that on the ship making her way dowa
the Noribumbrisa meet she meountered the mom
'mere weather. • tremendous sea running, sad no
arriving off the mouth of the Tyne on Thursday night
the we. either naming in for shelter front the storm, or
in coosequence of being in mine way dieabled when the
met with bey sad fele. The night is described to ham
been of the swat fearful ohsrector, end already aim*
of the vessels had gone on the rock; and sands, whisk
stretch out from the harbour. In making for the bat
the Stanley was unhappily dnvea on to • cluster of
rock@ k own as the Mack Mild..,, on Dm north side
abreast of Tynetecouth Castle, tied aloes to the
Spanish Battery. When the fact brew known oat
t oast the most intense imatement prevailed. The
position in which the Messner lay sad the dreadful
weather that was raging monad soon foretold the doom
of the unfortunate ship, and the most laudable spirit
was at once evinced amongst the boatmen to reoccur
the crew and pi...encore. The life boat was lirenthed,
and the coast-guard commenced flring esthete from the
shore over the wreck in order to effect • communication
with her. By this means three men and Um mate
memeded in getting ashore. Tim ship them apparently
broke in two sod the poor creatures, gamy of them
females, could be deserted clinging to the fore pert of
the ship for safety. The Tye...swath life boat, which
we. moat gallantly weaned, in endesvouriog to gel
aloogside the stranded steamer. WY 8101,11, sod two of
her brave crew were thrown out into the sea, and,
melancholy to relate, were drowned. The Mmairver
were no injured. that they had to return. While die
terrible WOWS was going on the schooner Friendship, be.
rooks,
Coltamter, was driven es to the same mane el
sad was mon dashed to pieces, every sold of bar
grew perishing. Two steam tugs, the leper arid the
o.prey, were also oast on the Herd Sand en the south
aide of the bar. In that:auras of the night other hitherto
were manned, and pat off with • vie- of pesearaieg
the poor creatures who were clinging to the wreck of the
Stanley, but unhappily without encases. Just before drip
breek, however, other rocket apparatus menninnication
was *fleeted with the wreck, and by them means some 26
In all were got on shore, but ere regret to add that roost
of the pemengers, many of them females, were drowned.
We ham received from the agent of the steam pack ..t
company • list of Dm psasengen who went or board
at Aberdeen. They were :—Firet cabin, Miss Boherisi.
Mra. Maodooald (saved), Mr. Grant (saved) ; monad
Garin. Mrs. Firth, Mr. Clark, Mr. M'Pberson, Mae
Gordon, Mies Davidson, Mr. Faidiacm, Mrs. Pratt, Mr.
Adams (saved), Miss Femmes, Mae Jainsieroe, Mae
Middleton, Mr. Bernie, Mr. Dorm (amed), 11(1,11
Duman Mr. Shame, Kr. Ward, Mr. Hamm, Mr.
Water (sawed). Mr. WOooesehie (saved), Serteant 13,
Cinuminp (sem d), Mr. Great (saved), MIL Beeper.
All the new with the exception of four, were saved.
Thom who pa:sighed were Mr. Falooner, thief engineer,
Gordoo. Amman. Wellace, seaman, and Seandeznen, •
boy.
Register of Shipping deem Ries the Stanley,
steamer, to ham been A 1 for 13 years, having been
built in 1859, tinder special survey. She was an iroa-
built ship of 552 Cons register, and was feted with
four eater-tight compartments. By the 1.4 ameanse
It would appear that there is every probability of her
going to *rem A large quantity of her cargo and
several bodi.. bamboo& washed &them. A gentleman.*
carriage which was stowed on deck, was also Seated es
to the heath. The coast-guard have hiken the usual
preoaotions to protect the roman:to of the dead.

Another meting simmer called the Whims* thy
property of the Dundee aid Newcastle Seem Naviga-
tion _:onipany, is reported to have foundered durise the
gale of Thursday evening the mouth of the
By the telegram which has been miniver', annocaeing
the 1-eri, it appears that the Dalhoeise wee oa • Tomei
front Dandee to Newcastle, and eneoestered •terrilW
ees off the coast, which would seem to bass quite over
w Imbued tter, and she foundered, and every goal an
board is reported to ham perished. The Dalhousie me
iron bent UMW 140•ZO•r. 200 tome
:lamed Al, foe 12 pears, 'tad was worked hi, megiabsts
Whore* power.
The third ill-fated steamer is leered to he tie William
Hutt, one of the Seri of the General Iron Screw cooky
Company, which reported to hove goes dem early an
Thursday morning in St. Nicholas Ci&b_etweee Ter
mouth and Lowestoft. A primbe oe vs.
e feed in the City announciog the facit,TeittZt
Lag, one of the crew, had been peeked up by the
Telegraph, smack, Partridge master. The empany on
hearing the intelligence at once forwarded • telegraph's
dispatch to their agent at Lowestoft loq.lrtag into the
truth of the report, and an *Dever wese.ceg the
effect the, the smack Telegraph bad passed that port
(Lowestoft) in the mem of the moraine with • ma au
board n•med King, who had been Liked up, and who
reported that his meal, the William Hutt, bad
foundered, as briore stated. It is thought that the
smack, being bound to alert nearer the Thomas, and
the man being possibly iU, she kept on tier way wittiest
landing the survivor. The William Hutt wee to have
left Sunderland on Tuesday ermine for London, with
soul, and as no ommunkation had bees received from
the master, Captain Valiance, of any delay, it In sip-
posed that rim ailed as appointed, and would he cdf the
Norfolk coast, sad expermaid the fearful gale while
has caused malt destructive molts of the seam on
which aim is Mated to ham gone down. She was dee in
Sits Thames early on Thursday, and nothing has ham
seen of her. The worst fears are entertained,therefor.
that the report of her lase is sorriest, and as nothing is
mentioned of the remind,' of the crew, or how they
got away, if seals was the feet, the MOM serious
Eiermions are entertained as to their fate. The WITM
Hutt was • line iron renew waaaaaar of NO tone, Wit IA
Newcastle in 1863, and during the Crimea war was am.
ployed as • transport. She wee token up on different
charism, and often went in the Mediternaraa trade.
Her mew numbered about 18 hands, all told.
All along the met coast the gale seem to bare told
with great ',verity upon the shipping, and weery
and fishing pleas furnishes • sad Ike of di=
Daring the height of the storm of wind and rob en
Thursday morning the collier brie initiate& bowed to
Loudon from Hartlepool, was driven Mere on the
Cork Sand, in the upper port of the Stria. aster
Harwich, and went to Mess, six of the arew meeting
with a watery Frays.
The coxswain of the Duagesses lif, boat of thi,
National Institution reports to the eseretery that •
vessel was stranded sheet • mile to the westward at
his station, on the evening of Wednesday lame The
boat.., manned in the interval ; attempted to get off
In the Coast-gaud galley, shish we failed to do, there
being Nub a heavy ma, with the wind right cm. We
thee launched the life boatmansed by the Oceetimiard.
sad they seemeded la grilse as heard. The weemel.
which they found to be the barque Louie KIT., 436
tons bound from Dunkirk to,Liverpool in bellacit, had
parted her cable Is Dungeness Rods. The mew 01 16
men, inaluding eaptain and pilot, were brought ashore
in the life boat about three,o'clock am Thursday morn-
ing. There is every probahility 01 tin vessel beisming
a total wreck.
Admiral Common reports mother shipwreck •1/ Hiner
do en, near Deal, on Thursday marshy. The selmeeter
Devonport of Teignolouth got ou shore • little to the
eastwerd of Kingsdown, and the mew weld he heard
calling for help bet in eintammeace of the heavy see
upon the beach at Limeades's the shoes beets there
were enable to launch. ifeeeeree were thee ladoptell
for sending the Waimea Ida boat to the vessel, but
before they were completed the methsr bad se far
inodsrated as to permit of the lanaehine al • Kings-
doors boat, and the ream of the grew of the veinal to
abeam
From Yarmouth reports of very severe weather have
been reesived, and several shipping cassalties occurred
on Thursday morning. At about foe, the barque Sea
B"Plet, Captain Amongh, of and from EthWilit for
Jamie* h wale aniseed her saaboes, sad
endedrolt Mom to the Wellington Pier. The life
resowered a potties of the mew, while the
'amebae, were laved by the rocket apparatus.
At Oorlestee and Cotton the asbecoser lady Am..
Captain Harman, drove from her mime ea
I. the beach. The erew took to the nbsg, the sea
wee e,ed with elect, acE lb.
Thscore with lb. essrpsN, slab. ns.ed
wveat vessel with fearful 'leSs,,,. Tie
r;:te.h.47B4"ovstml:::..Lath:
The
in oumbey were rsses,d by the lechet
separate& The whoopee Selma, Captain limomd, of
Fr,.., with cask, dre,, on Goelsuton
bomb. Tito moo were saved by the "414 alllmrstee, The Preach *chooser Aetif is also on shore is; Coale&
The Dahill LI:: with • ereer of id& Mee
drove as the CCilien were road by the rouble
4P=Ltb• Prothro smack was off Lome/off ea
Musky raoeslag • billowy sea wombed overboard
Pavia, one cd the arm, who wee htemed.

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