The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-12-04 00:00:00

COLLISION IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL

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Toe Jane Bunk steam:l.. of Liverpool, arrived at
S•ans• •on Fri ley 'awnin& idler hamlet 4 been in collision
arm Cl.. boiyoe Lo.d Mum. a. ot ier mem, out +sr I
bound or Vmparato Th, i.tter v.,...1 . auk with Ima of
Lb. cap an sal tour of the Ore.. The collision ....tarred
near Skerweather lignmittp The Met mate, Jame.
ILL an, sm, loot ma well as the captain. Emit, Kraut,
twee of the able eettooen, and a lad—.ix io all. The
L ord illarnalou mailed on Widnes ley evening. asd hod
gone a ennui web', dot inc. mown Channel, hut hod
to return, o•I is, it wee alleged, to the mot:fondue: of
one ot the seamen, Who had t be talt..n on shore.
en
alter I, inc sh.pptal in hi. place. All went w.. 11 unt•l
molnigut. WOOD to.. mate teas sullenly heard cylug OUL
". owner Ahoy I TA, owe I Kee. 01l r Too Lori
Stsrown W., at thie moment on ter full canvas. =I
.t ems S. by E. on the starboard lack. But there woe
• tertin crests as the amain, cut into th - doomed
INag• t. The c.ptsto took hit place on in, pop, whi.,l
he stuck to to toe Mo. The mate called !he c ook al
steward, •ho hal only tome 10 Come on deck, jump int,/
a Web sot ring, and jump overboard. It is ad teat the
time LbALL .14..1 bum tha until too L
Illertoi .11 a...plowed was only too or two and • halt
imiouL AL The captain swag out t • cut the I...things of Me
Most on I get her .ntsa the sea, but befero his ord- r c mid
be o.ened the barque bad settled dew., and 614 wat •r
wet up to the boat. A men named litr cud g a
buoy anti and jumwed lilt; the 11,//, antW. afterwards
',wised up. Ile saw the capiaio on the pop When the
ship went down, but the mate, Jellies +mind
overbOUtl, and was drowood. Anoth..r a-couut says the
Jane 11 aeon left tits Cuinfoorlani llo.in, Bristol, at ball-
plait six ut night fur Livespod. 81e doer-rd the fiVer
Arun .1 halt-past seven. At .hirty doe wino& repat ten
alt imaged the Nash Point., h c nu.. le Mg twit ,-west
halt-weak and the we•ther tine. At a quarter-
pest twolve mooing, when About as or *eV.n miles
below the Sserweatum lightship. •he came into oil iOlOl3
IV .Lb the bazaar [owl fLarmj.n. Captain Amiss, of the
Jane Bacwn, was bdow at th, tone, and the e rand mate
won 0.1 duty. The our, str ick th • twit at ht•twewit the
sn iu on touts, a fol t 1.. sank in about t•o or
tore., tut ULd. all r ti.. c 0.1.1 of the nivalt hoots
ci tho strew r Oil over ,•ne •hle in three minat.-• at OF
the Willallo.l. and w•• mat totly to:latest by the afeboat.
The mon in them .uce "law' to p ctiug up eight
of the craw O. th-, loud kl,trulion—.outo out of toe
water and others rout Cho wreck. The steamer and
the boats remained near the scene of the Manstrr for
• consilotabm time, but uo others could he seen.
Toe lane Dec on then proceeded to the Mumbles. towing
her boats Monona% fearing every moment she would go
down, as there was a Lige bole in her bow, and her fore
comportomot was full of wamr. When afmut Milan hoar
on Wu course to the Mu/oboes they .poke ta No. 1 Swan-
sea plat, and asksti toe crew to keep alongside of them to
the IlLumb4e. Tom dropped anchor at the Mumbles at
half -pet three o'clock, nal arrived at Swansea sblut six
o'clock. Tit* Jen* Bacon is °end by Kr. John Bacon. of
Liverpool, gib, WY ale. owner of the ill-fated Agnes Jack,
which went down In February last with all hands off the
Gower comet.