The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-17 00:00:00

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allied Tomlinson states that he got on the weather net.
Cute and as the ship heeled over he ran up the ni,zon tripod
MAR he waa washed off, lie then swam for the pinnace,
aud was rescued by the second launch.

The following account is from one of the Bur•
v ivors :

While the middle watch were bring mustered by Mr, E.
F. Gerrardlow, midehieneen, et midnight, on the Gin of Sep-
timber, the captain called the gnemer's mate, and told Mtn
ts trice 3 careful hend with him and cover up the turrets.
While en ieavouring to lift a grittier; so at to perform this
tiler, the ship was thrown an her hcane ends by a squall.
The gunner's mate, who was to leeward at the time, held nn
to the gretiog ; while holding on, the first launch and second
launch and galley (which were both stowed inside the
first launch) were washer' over him, the bottom of the
first launch Musing his back. lie sat a that be wont
over with the .hip; as Goon as he came to the surface he
saw the launches about 15 yards Mt and In relent a
dozen strokes he got on board, weere he felted two men
who had limped into the boats while the ship was going
down one of these men could not swim) With the assist-
ance atone of there men lie succeeded In hauling 11l twelve
other men, each man as he got in assisting to save others.
They then separated the launches (that is to say, the first
lauoch got full of water awl sank from under the second,
in which the latter neon were;. Durirg !hie time
they were being swept away to leeward. On getting out •
at er oar they succeeded in passing chose to the steem
PlllO.O, which wee Heath) g bottom up, with (7 iptaln Bar.
eolne, James May (gunner), and five nien unit. While passing
the owner Jumped into the launch, at the same time asking
the captain to jemp, as it was his only chance, tie flees not
:Tint usher the answer the captain gave him, but he believes
that the captain Jumped hut missed the boot. Three other
melt silo Jumped and succeeded in getring on board, making
a total of nineteen emits in the second launch. When &lot:s-
-hit'. the Menace one of the men offered the mptain an car,
het be declined, falai g, • For (1 A. 1.11 sake, men, keep your
ears; you will want them.' They were then swept away
and lent sight of the pinnace. They endeavoured to retain
to the pinnace, sod threw Overboard the galley (which we.
inside the accord launch, as before /Owed', so u to save the
captain and two other men who were left on it, but could not,
censequencie of a very honey sea, which prevented them
fret making any headway While attempting Mar, (ieorg•
siyere, who was in the launch, said, 'I Meg we are all right
DOW.' The words were scarcely uttered when a heavy sea
struck the boat and washed him overboard: so alter a short
consultation they bore away for the lami which they knew
was under their lee, at the came time commencing to lighten
the host by throwing overboard the stay tackles, masts. hr.,
retaintog only the oars. The boat was all this thee up to her
thwarts in water. Luckily, one of the boat's crew (David
bergh) happened to be in the bout, and accordingly knew
where to fled everything, so that they wore able Ii rig the ,
pump, and with the assistance of men that could not man ,
oars ) who were bailing with their caps) eucceederi in Wilms I
her one, At 3.30 am. they saw Cape Finisterre Light,
and arrived in Corcution Bay, inside Cape kietsterre, at noon
ol the 7th, havdig been twelve hours In the boat, and were
taken on board the Mono rrh at two pm of the Wei, sailing)
for England the name evening In Her Majesty's ship
l'olege. Shortly before the ship went over the captain was
oe the bridge endeavourleg, with the watch, to round in
the topsail yards, but could scot; be then gave the order to
let go the lee topsail sheets (the halliards having been pre-
vfously let go). Belem this order could be obeyed the ship
was over on her beam ends, with the water pouring down the
filneel, which was not sufficient to drown the shriek. of the
stokers, which were heard by some of the sn)vivors ; she
then turned bottom up and sank seem first in leas than five
minutes. The report when she sank they describe as resem-
bling • tremendous explosion. Not a soul could get up from
below as the whole thing occurred in an instant; all the men
saved belonged to the watch on deck. Shortly after she
sank, • ship, supposed to have been the I neongonl or
Bellerophon, passed close over the place, but they did not
EOO the boat or even miss the fillip until Admiral Milne, about
two h curs after the accident. caused a signal to lie made to
tie, fleet to couut the ships; they accordingly ilict so, and all
signalled back ten, and there ought to It we been eleven ; the
next day they the Fleet) found two beats, yards, spars, and
gathers ; secured to a boat's bowsprit they found a silk hand-
kerchief which had been ruled by one of the men who were
saved to fasten himself to the spar, hitt, seeing h tarred: erect!
himself howl: end swami.° the boat. Tho imonee's mime wee
most miraculous ; he was avrokeby some mollies melting a n oleo
outside his cabin, and noticing that the ship was knocking
sheet he dressed and went oe deck to examine the guns and
see if they were properly secured; on going up Into the atter
turret the ship went over and he jumpel out of the turret
into the water, scant to the pitmace, and was rescued by the
launch. A mixtn towhee, as the ship capsized, got on the
weather rotting, and ran op the mizen tripod, but finding
the ship still sinking, he took to the water, and was saved.
Another man (David Dry burgh) crawled over the weather
nett,L•ra, and /ideally walked along the ship's side as she went
over, Fool finally along her bottom as she turned bottom up.
lie distinctly remembers pia:Ape els foot on a Kingston
valve. At the time the Alp was cal:aired she was under
double-reefed fore and nods topsails, and fore topmast stay-
sail, close hauled, the yard. being braced rare sharp up. The
general opinion Is that the ship was too heavily sparred."
Another di scribes it as follows :
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'";;;;;; as I got inside the turret I felt the ship heel over
deeper and deeper, and a heavy sea at; Ike her on the weather
side, the water flowing into the garret as I got through
the pointing hole. tin emerging from the turret I found
myself overboard ; the lust I saw of the ship was her
prow : the time from capalzing until she sank was (rem five
to ten minutes : after swimming a short distance I succeeded
In reaching the 'derma, (mind some men on it, and assisted
the captain to get on It. Lsunch passed jumped and
caught launch; helices.e captain to have Jumped, not
,ertain ; large ship passed, supposed to be inconstant,
shouted to her; suppose that wind and sea prevented them
heating ,• endeavoured to return to WV captain lu attempt-
ing. sea 'mike over boat, washing ere man overboard: bore
, away for istel under lea. After twelve hours' hard work
arrived in Corcubion Bay, inside Cape Finisterre ; the men
behaved admirably the whole time. Charles Tregeona
worked the steer oar for 12 consecutive hours. Mink steam
: was up. Night very dark with drizzling rain."

"{uZ WITH A DIFFICRISHOZ."—Can it be true,
M telegraphed, that the Arrn la de l'Empereur is hence-
forth to be called the R,,e Victor Noir, A bad oaten,!
Suppose the "black Victor—the l'runsian Engle—
thotad really fly Into Feria that way !—Punch.

THE DEFENCE OF PARIS.

The JDIOIIOI 0064/ continues to publish decrees from the
Otwernment of Natiinal Defence In relation to the Impend-
ing Investment of the capital. Thus, on Saturday (the flthl
authority was given to the Garde des Scums, M. Crkinievx,
to transfer the Criminal Chamber of the (jour do Cora etton
to the city of Tours. Another decree placed 40,000 f. at the
disposition of the Scientific Committee for the Det mce of
Poiis. Again, all notices of legal action or appeals are am-
perided during the continuance of the war. The ectro
duties upon switch, introdliced into Sails ore temporarily
impended in order to enable the inhabitants of the stir-
rontrdinz dixtrict. to remove their property from the reach
of the enemy. The telegraphic stotem Is cl, seri against
private de.patches in the Department of the Seine, news-
paper messages xcept.% bot the infernal tat -.graphic, *s-
tem of Paris SS .tlil avallnialfor private despatches
The pay of the Garde Mobile hoe been fixed at lf. 50e.
per du-m.

the Government hse decided that during the siege of Pole
It should be Eel resented at a town In the interior of France ;
the performance of the duties of the several Ministers will,
therefore, be assured, and "tire natlonal defence will have
outside Paris a centre of action and if resistance' The
c'et de Police ,Comte de Keratryl has loaned the following
oroer :—" Considering that the country is In mourning and
that the opining of theatres is inconsistent with the general
:ruling of the Ps: Wan populition, cousidethig, also, that
In the course of grave events which are about to ocnur
all active force must be devoted to the service of the
country, mid that the theaires engage the servicea of a
certain number of firemen, who may be more usefully em-
P 1..) ed, it is ordered :-1 From after to-morrow, the 10th
of :4eptember, the theatres shall be closed. 2. The directors
ale required immediately to remove all decwstions, stones,
sky-pieces, curial., and fittings which in cave of fire may
feed or trend the flames to viiij lining buildings. 3 These
operations must be executed within 43 hours. After the ex-
piration of that period this will be effected hy the authorities
at the cost of the directors who fail to obey this order 4.
The elven rkponopicrs attached to the theatres will 1.11.11110
their ordwsry duthc to watching over the safety of the
City."

-.Tie Tbiftitre Franca!' Is to be oonverted Into an hospital,
and leveret of the leading actresses of that establishment
, have issurd an appeal for coxt,ibutions of lint, bandages,
',Minn, and other supplies,
The Sor has discovered that Sevres lithe " Keir °traria
Immeniateiy in front of the lemons porcelain works thtre It
a alto which commands the Seine and the city of Paris. Is
had never occurred to the military confreres to fortify that
spet whence the Prufstans could shell us at their Intone. At
Cerium hankie was &trout to form there a beautiful park.
aftl was building a chateau upon which the workman aro
strll onside) ed. The Defence committee has ordered the
Immediate construction of a redoubt ripot that spot, and the
work is being carried ou day and night under the dfrection
of engineers, but more workmen are wanton. The Say' ap-
peals to the inhabitants of Parts to furbish 3 090 men to motet
in a work which Is of the first importance for the' r own do
fence. The papers also announce that all the fens around
Peels have been supplied with apparatus for illuminating the
ground In front of them with the electric light.
The Ito) pet states that in a few days 11;,httnn by gas will be
tiliftweered throughout Paris, this men n are having been
ordered by the CorumitWe of Defence lest the Prussian shells
should cause an explosion of the gasometers.

The Rawl slates that the Provisional Government has
decerminsit to abolleh the punishment of death, and a de.
erect, that effect wtil shortly ha piPiliahed The deist in des
Plantes has b_en converted into a cattle park Upwcrild of
3,000 oxen are collected there. Tee rolontaire Matta thst
the Seine ab.dve and below Parts has been blocked, and Is
further protected by an extensive system of twp-sioes. The
outlying farts are constructed to mount in all 062 piccea of
artilleiy, and it is ballevtil that theso guns are all In their
places. Me evcs,,te coulinu,e will hava 1,228 pieces of
artillery, besides other engines of war of a new deicriplion
respectii g whtch the P.dris Press, from motives of patriotism,
remain a tsnt The common of opt rations upon he ram-
parts f the city has been entreated to nine general efficers,
to cachet whom absolute authority within a certain section
of the fortifications will be given. Complaints are made and
wanilugs given, that as the defend, rs of the city are armed
n ith muskets of various pstterns, the diversity ot cartridge
iptired for their use may lead to great and perhaps fatal
confusion in a severe conflict.