The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-15 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,:: MAY 15,

THE 1.4,cb1r VHE.

The following is the statement of Wm. /Master
the chief engineer of the Anglo-Saxon as to ihe cir-
cumstances attending the lose of that vessel :

The Aegiodianes left Liverpool/ with about 444 souls
on bold (eomprising 48 cabin and 312 steerage pas-
senger* with • ship's company of 88 weds) on the 16th
of AA,* its p.m. Reached ldov ills, near Londonderry,
on the 17th. We bad strong westerly winds up to the
22nd, and cm the 2.lth made field ice, got *rough it eafelY
on the 27th, expecting to maks Cape Bees about noon
on Monday—engines going at • slow speed—very thick
dame fog. At eleven a.m. discovered breakers *he'd.
Orders were received to reverse the engines full speed, sad
reversed them full speed. The ship then struck heavily
aft. 'hen ordered to stop and turn ahead full speed. Did
so. Gave ceders* the second engineer to stand by the
bilge injection% and every man to stand to
his &IV, w►irh was done. Shortly after this
the water nibs rushhig into the forward stoke.
hole, patting out fires and filling engine-room.
By this time the engines ***coped, sad I maid the
safety-valve levers, and told the men that nothing more re.
main* to Moon*, and that they had better be cool and
saveitikmordwis. 1 then came on deck, and sedated is
risme end astaidiag sea bona hoes the ship's nisi to an
**teat rook. Over this we succeeded in getting ashore ;
and then, by means of • basket, slung for • chair, we suc-
ceeded is getting ashore the women and children. About
this time the ship begaa to break up. Numbers of the *a-
long.* and mew climbed into the rigging, leaving also •
large number on deck, ell of whom were drowned. The
scene at the aims was • dreadful one. Wee:mid give them
no further amirtanoe, and many of them attempted to save
their lives by dropping into the water, but were swept
away by the surf. The ship fell over to her port side,
sad broke completely up, leaving those on board
to the many of the waves. We then despatched
fear of oar number to find the Cape Light-house sta-
tion. They returned with Mr. John Murphy, captain
of the Associated Press Newsiest ; we went with him to
the telegraphatatice, and were there made comfortable.

During our stay near the wreck we pthemd sufficient wood
to light a tire, and succeeded in getting about two ounces of
bread for the children. Bat the arrival of Mr. Murphy
provided us with sufficient shelter and food. To Mr.
Murphy, for his extreme kindness, I, for myself and rem.
pinions, desire to return our most sincere thanks. We
shall never forget it, nor the large-hearted libenlity with
which be took we of us, and seemed to anticipate, our
every inclination or want until we were received on beard
the Bloodhound.

Mr. William Jenkins, purser, states ea follows :—" At
11 a.m., whilst going very slow, is, lead ahead. The
ship was stopped and backed astern ; she struck forward
first, thee her stern fell in upon the rocks, strikisg heavily
under the counter. I went up on the poop, and
then to the tomtit's ; got • rope from the jib-
boom on the rocks, and tried to get out •
hawser ; but before we could de so, her bead fall off, and
she came broadside on to the reeks. We then got •
hawser fastened to the rocks from t►e starboard fore gang.
way, and got the women and children ashore by means of a
teaks; she thirty or forty men. The ship was thumping
very heavily, entitle water getting in forward and covering
the deck ; the people weft washed away end smashed
against the rocks. Am the ship began to settle down, No. 3
boat, filled with the passengers, got fool with the rigging,
was upset and aIl lost. The top of the saloon then floated
away with • lad upon It, holding on to the capstan. Bowe
of the people got into the rigglog, but went overboard with
the mast, except those in the mime rigging, who succeeded
in getting away upon a raft. Three boats on the star-
board gide also got away with some people in them, but
I soon lost sight of them in the fog. We then succeeded in
getting the women up the rocks, and when they were all
safe, we mat aaa as in both directions—meth sad

emith—to find the Cape etetioo. Whilst then men
were away, we got the remainder to go down to the
wreck, to save clothing end provision, if any could be
found, for the women. We found the foremast still stand-
ing, with about a dozen upon it, but the see was so high we
could do nothing for them. The fog was still very deme.
We collected some broken wood, and sent it on to make up
a fire for the women sod children."

The following account is given by Assistant-Purser Gil-
bert Little :—•• At a quarter past eleven in the morning,
the (ship going at slow speed, and the fog very thick, the
cry of • Breakers' was heard, and immediately after the
ship struck. The captain tried to tack her, but the venal
had slewed round, and there was a large rock right under
the stern, which prevented any chance of backing, and
hemmed the ship in so that we could not possibly get her
off. When Captain Burgess found he couldn't get her
clear, he gave orders to get out the bow anchors, so as to
steady her where she was. We were lying close in to the
shore at the time, the sew running high, and a rock be-
tween the ship and the shore. We rigged • basket on
• rope leading ashore, and commenced to land pee.
sengere. The bowsprit at this time was right over the
land, and three men managed to get ashore by it. While
the passengers were being landed on the Jtarboard aide, the
three port boats were being launched, and almost imme-
diately
a clamber of the passengers and crew got into them
and hauled off. We continued getting the people on above 1
in the basket. At this time the captain and officers did not
apprehend any danger of the ship going to pieces immedi-
ately, and we worked away at landing the people nearly an
hour. The ship's forefoot was firmly fixed on the rocka,
but the stern was deep in water ; and, although the ship
rolled considerably, we believed she would hold together
some hours. I went below to see the condition of the ship.
Found the water up to the orlop deck forward, but no
water in the bedrooms aft, and felt satisfied that the ship
would last for • few hours. We had six boats altogether—
three on each side. The three port buts had got off, partly
loaded. We now lowered the aft starboard boat. It was so
difficult to get this boat clear of the ship, being on the shore
side, that only five or six persons were in her. The marl-
officer bad charge of this boat. He went off by the cap-
tain's orders, and brought back one of the port bats, in order
that she might take more passengers. The two boats came
alongside, and were quickly filled with passengers—chiefly
women and children. We were still landing the people in
the basket. In the meantime, the water had begun
to rise in the ship, and she was slowly sinking. When
we had got all the ladies who were standing Dear into
the boats, and they bad shoved off, Captain Burgess.
who was assisting me, turned away and said something,
I didn't understand what. That was the last I saw of bin,
The water was now washing over the decks. I then leaped
into the boat. The chief officer, when the water was up to
his knees on deck, jumped overboard, and we hauled him
into the boat. Ai this time the vessel was 'Wag over in
much to port that we were afraid the masts and rigging
would swamp our boat. A great somber of people were in
the rigging at this time, and we hauled our boat off to clear
the masts and rigging, and so as to pick up any persons who
might get into the water. But we could not get neer
enough to pick op any, for the masts were coming down
fast enough upon the water—the vessel having fallen
almost entirely over. It was now about • quarter to one
o'clock p.m. The three boat' kept hanging round all the
afternoon, picking up a few persona, and when there was
no more hope we put off to find a landing place. We went
some 1.5 miles north, but, oould not land, and rowed about
all night, anxiously waiting for daylight. Jost before ,
dawn, we spied the tug, and three such hearty cheers as
we glee have not bees heard for a long time in that neigh-
bourhood.'

"Mr. G. H. Tealby, pameager, skates as follows :—' I
was on deck when the ship struck. The captain was on the
bridge at the time, and ordered the engines to be reversed,
which war done. After a few revolutions of the crew, she
was brought by a rock. After some time I got into No. 6
boat, which I helped to lower, and into which got nineteen
passengers and two or three of the crew. The vessel listed
over*, fast that vre;were in danger of being smashed by the
falling of the hull. Searched for 001110 time for a bindle;
place, until afternoon, when we fell in with the other boats,
and, after spending all night on the water, were eventually
pinked up by the tug Dauntless about daylight.'
"Mr. R. A. Allen, third officer, given tba following
version of the occurrence Up to Saturday, April 25, we
bad experienced fair westerly weather. At eight o'clock
that evening we encountered lea shoat the outward edge
of the Banks, and the speed was reduced. At ten, p.m..