The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

COLLISION OFT TBZ LIZARD.

About nine o'clock on Wednesday night the
schooner British Queen. of Plymouth, Adam., master, with
enals from Newport to Yeast. came into collision with the
schooner Emblem, of Loos, Bartlett, muter, with copper
ore, the weather being thick and the night very dark. At I
once it was discovered that the British Queen was in a
sinking state, as she was fast filling with water. Both
vessel. were in close contact for some minutes, and the
muter and mate of the British Queen got aboard the Em-
blem • but in the consternation and darkness it was
scarcey possible to know what hail best be done. The
boat of the British Queen was lowered and four men got
into her, and also three men from the Emblem ; but it was
cow found them was no painter to the boat, and she was
soon half filled with water. Just them the fishing lugger
Naomi, of Newlyn, Thee. Carter, master, from Plymouth,
came alongside, awl took the boat in tow. The British
Queen went down in five minutes, and everythe g in her
was lost. Two or three of the men were in their berths
with mareely my clothes on. The Emblem struck the
1 British Queen oe the starboard bow and store her in,
I carryieg away her bulwark.. stanchions, Re, The men
I were obliged to jump into the sea to reach the boat. One
man had ow only a pair of drawers and a Guernsey frock,
and neither shoes, athekiop, nor cap. The Naomi followed
the Emblem a short distance and spoke to her, the crew
of the latter replying that they believed thee were all
right, but this is doubted. The Naomes hawser parted
thr nigh the violence of the weather, and the boat was lost.
The poor weather-beaten fellows reached Pursue* about
half-put one at midnight, and had great difficulty In
getting into the pier, as the tide was low sod a heavy
now was running at the time. The next morning Mr.
Ludlow, bonoesry secretary to the Shipwrecked Mariam'
ISociety, fad and clothed the men, and sent them by rail.
way to their several horns. at Plymouth and Lae. This
I makes 53 seamen forwarded to their destination b grail
from Pei:mace liv the society during December. litell. It
was hoped the Emblem might have arrived at Falmouth,
but es 'aviary byttelegram it was found that no such
vessel was la the harbour, or near, at 1 p.m. yesterday.
The MAWS of the men landed at Penzance from the
1 British Queen are John Matthews. Edward Clarke,
Henry Shipley. and William Collins. From the Emblem:
Edward Scantlebery, mate, Thomas Stevens, and Samuel
Good, Outer, the master of the Naomi, ought not to
go unrewarded, as he lost his hawser, and throughout
exposed his own boat and himself to considerable risk in
bnnging the seven destitute men safe to Penzance. The
men themeelves were fall of grateful expressions, and the
Emblem's men were very sad at what they feared mast he
the loos of their ship and the men on board. All declared
that as it was they had a fearful !draggle for life, the cap-
tate of the sinking ship begging, them to jump into the
! sea to the boat. Fuel he being the last man to leave her,
' only a few momenta before she went down. Red they
stopped to save eves their clothes they must have been
list. The collision occurred just outside the Stag Rocks.
The first report of the occurrence, from • Penzance aw-
lrespondent, was as follows :—" The schooner British Queen,
Adams, of Plymouth, from Newport for Yeolm% with coals,
was run into by the echnoeer Emblem, of and from Leos,
for Port Talbot, with copper ore, off the Lizard, on Wed-
, nesday night, The British Queen immediately went down.
Her captain and mate got on Ward the Emblem, and, it is
supposed, proceeded to Falmouth. The mate of the Em-
blem and two of her crew got oa hoard the British Queen,
I and with four of the crew of the latter vessel were picked
1 up in the ship's boat by the Mount's Bey fishery logger
Naomi. Cuter, from Plymouth, and landed at Peozoece
Yesterday morning. The slimes of the men are es follows—
, From the British Queen ; John Neathem, F Clark. W.
I Collins, and Henry Shaperdt. From the Emblem , Edwin
I' Seantleberv. Samuel Good, and Thome' Stevens."— Western
Nursing New.

The Mersey Dock Board have established a
dining hall for the we of their numerous workpeople. It
wee sueriessfelly opened yesterday.

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