The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-09 00:00:00

THE WRECK OP THE OANADIAN STEAMSHIP

BOHEMIAB.

A despatch to the New York journals dated Port-
land (Maine Feb. 23, gives the following account of the loss
of tbeiCaea stesmehip(Boltemian, a brief account of which
has already been published in our telegraphic intalligeoce:
It is estimated that the number of saved in all the boats
is 29+4, leaving 19 to be accounted for. The crew were
nearly all saved. The lamptrimmer, Peter Hart, and the
engineer's storekeeper, name noknowo, are supposed to be
drowned. All the remaining otfioers and crew are isle.
Portland, Feb. 23, Evening.
Nothing relative to the passengers can be obtained
yet from the check list. Many of the saved have not yet
cocas forward. From reports of passengers I gather the
following list of the lost :—Ellen O'Connor, aged 23,
of Portland ; Pat Purcell, aged 26 ; his wife, 25; his
child, Eliza B, and an infant, of New York • Patrick
Cassidy, aged 25; and Jam Cass 17, of Brooklyn.yn, New
York; Barbary Canavan, 4 years, of Portland; Gilbert
Manley 3 years ; Jahn Manley, 10 ; and Rickard Ann*
13—all 'of New York ,• Ann Mullen, 18 ; John Mullen, 7,
H New York ; Benjamin allichureh, 23, of New York ; Jobs
Kane, 32, of Boston; John Martin. '2, of Boston ; Honors
Walton, of Boston. This makes 17 in all. Mary
Hoy, aged of Philadelphia, is also reported lost.
Thirty-one 'have not reported, and five are saved whose
names are not on the list, probably been misspelled and
constituting a part of the above thirty-one, thus leaving
twenty-six to report. Some may be at the Cape, too ill to
come to the city, and some may be distributed about the
city in charitable heeds.
A force of men has been engaged this afternooe in strip-
ping the wreck. They have recovered 32 mail bags, as fol-
lows :—Ten for Montreal, three for Hamilton, six for
Toronto, one for quebee, on. for Kingston, four for Port-
land, three for Chicago, au for Detroit, two far Boston,
and two for New York. The mails were all on deck,
ready for delivery, and were wubed about and overboard.
The steamer lies in the same position as this morning.
Our citisens have already raised for the sufferers over six
hundred dollars, and have supplied them with all necentary
articles of clothing. The steamship company have fed and
housed the passengers, and will forward them to their
destinations. . _ _

The following an some facts concerning the vessel and the
lioe so which she belonged : The Bohemian, belonging to the
Montreal Often Steamship Company, ran between Liverpool
and Portland in winter, and Liverpool and Quebec
in summer, touching at Montreal during the latter season.
She is the seventh vessel her owners have lost. Among
them were the Aoglo-Suon and North American, and it is
understood also the North Briton, the Hungarian, and the
Indian. Captain Borland supposed himself four miles off
from his real position. The hue probably nailed bits as to
the true position of the light. He bad been looking for
• pilot, and throwing up rockets sad blue lights for
half an bout, and vu going at the rata of a mile and •
half so hour when the vessel struck. Half an hoer before
he got soundings in forty fathoms of water, with • soft
bottom. Mae of muck uperisoce in nautical matters think
they recognise in the loam of the Bohemian • sewn's/tuition
of the statement often made that the numerous accidents
on board iron steamers are attributable. in some degree at
least, to the failure of the compass to operate accurately on
those vessels. It is not doubted, however, that the diMmilty
may be oversews.