The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

SEVERE GALES.

THE LOSS OP AN ABERDEEN STEAMER AND
UPWARDS OF THIRTY LIVES.

(nom THE Nzwcaffrut CHIOHICLL)
TYNEMOUTH, 711IDAT Mount°, 2 o'cLoct.

The sea, which had been gradually growing in
violence during yesterday, became more and more boisteroas
as evening draw ea, and as the shades of night began to
draw around, the wane could be seen dashing in foaming
breakers epos the rocks. The wind at the time was from
the wt-southcast. About dark • casualty occurred which
proved the herald of others of • much more afflicting
astern Os* of the Tyne Commissioners' lighters, having
three WNW as board, weadriven by the fury of the storm be-
hind the North Pier. Fortunately she drove sufficiently near
to enable some of the men employed upon the pier to rescue
bar mew by memos of life buoys, which they threw to
them. The steamboat which had the lighter in tow was
driven on shore on the Bent Sand; but her crew were for-
tunately saved by the South Shields lifeboat. Worse was
yet to come. The steamer Staley, of Aberdeen, on her
purge to London, with peamagers, merchandise, and
cattle—the latter about 40 in number, together with some
sheep and pigs—was overtakes by the gale ; and made
such bad weather of it, that she captain, being anxious to
ears the live Meek oa the deck, made for the Type. Sed
to relate, while entering the harbour she struck ea the
reeks off the Spud* Battery, at about 6 °Week. As soon
ea she ISMS 10 the ground, the %Wm' Indus Una ewe
her with terrific force. The rented of the meal as
the rooks, the heartrending shrieks of the female pm-
semems, sad the hoarse sad harried shouts of the sesame
as they were tamed to sad fro, aids up a mese which
it a impossible to find words adequately to depict. The
irresistible fans of the waves lifted her further on to the
rocks, and in coming down she holed her bottom. The ma
rushed in, pat out the engine fires, and burst one of the
bailees. The dream fortunately escaped without sustain-
ing say more various injury then • few alight ,olds. As
seen es the ill-fated seesaw was seen on the rooks, Mr.
Lingoes Byres, on the Coast Huard, immediately cubed
the rocket apparatus to he taken down to the shore oppo-
site the Staley. After three shots had been fired,
they were successful in establishing a couseuni-
cotton with the 'treaded steamer. Toe rocket appa-
ratus worked admirably, and cue of the crew of the
steamer was eoeeesstally brought on share by
it. The next man that was brought on shore by the
apcos was the firemana. An attempt was then made
to ' off • third man, but most unfortunately, while the
poor f • eras midway between the vessel and the shore,
the whip-line of the aplomb= became entangled somehow
with the rocks, and the cousequesce was that he was kept
in the water • ocasidesable time. Ultimately those ou shore
succeeded is drawing him • little nearer the shoe, whoa the
apparatus again bemuse entirely melees, from having again
boom* useleady =tangled sameopt the rooks. At the
imminent risk of their lives, Mr. Geo. Bruce, draper,
Ty *smooth, Mr. James Fry, lobar, of the same
Mr. Ferguson, sad soother men oboes name we failed
to samba, enerted themselves with much daring gal-
Wry, sod maacesded in freeing the entangled line, and
the third min, much exhausted, was drawn oa shorn
After the disheartening sorldent to the rocket apparatus,
Mr. Byess ordered it to be taken up into the fart. Before
We was done, however, Mr. Byres himself bad a very
borrow inapt from herng swept away by • retiring wave.
While holding on by the hawser of the apparatus • mighty
sea came rushing epos him, end he must have inevitably
perished had it not been for the courageous conduct of an
aged geetlamea, who rushed to his saistance, and wheels
cloak he fereanately seised hold of in time to save himself.
About this time it was seen that the SWUM WWI endea-
vouring to lower the lifeboat of the steamer from the
davits, with • view of suing the women and children on
board. The mew had previously beau badly engaged in
pitching the cattle overboard in the endeavour to get the
deck clear. They bad then turned their attention to the
meow of the bombe. While in the act of lowering the We-
boat the tickle of the fore davit gave way--at that time
five women sad three mikes being in the boat—and the life-
boat immediately swinging round by the other davit
swamped. Two of the women were pulled into the etearner,
bat the other poor creatures, it is feared, found • water;
grave. After the rocket line fouled it was takes into the
fort, as already stated, with the view of getting it refitted.
Altar that was accomplished Kr. Broom end Mr. Fry sug-
gested that the rocket apparatus should be taken down to
Shields in scut, with • view of putting it oa baud • steamer,
in order that it might be got nester the wrecks. It was ac-
cordingly taken to Shields, but no steamer would put off
with it, several steamers having been disabled already. An
offer of 201, to go off was refused by one captain. The
Tospant was coasequestly brought to the Low Lights.
hai these efforts were being made to save the crew,
the KISS= which proceeded from the vessel, and I. which
the shrill shouts of the women piteously mingled with
the Mares cries of the sailor lads, were sufficieet to piers
the hearts of the stoutest spectators; and the painful
sounds were kept
had
long after every effort to rescue the
orring sufferers had temporarily owed. It was about half-
past tea o'clock, when a ',chooser west cm shore a
little to the westward of the steamer. This
new moues of misfortune, as may be conceived,
greatly in the excitement, sad fora moment diverted
the thoughts of the crowd from the more appalling catas-
trophe ,• but as the Stanley was the larger vessel of the two,
and had the greater number of people on board, the efforts
of the coestamard men were primarily directed to the ill-
fated steamship. In the meanwhile the sehoomer gradually
drifted up until she came to • ledge of rocks soarer to the
shore. In this state of things the mow of the Tynemouth
lifeboat, massed by an efficient crew, pat out of
the haves, and atilernipted to get Amami& the steamer ; bat
usable
the terrific ma which was running, the Ina were
to dose. Thu then made for the school:ler, and had
nearly got alongside of her when they were overtakes by a
heavy see, which broke all the oars on the larboard side,
end also stove in that portico of the boat ; the reebbeholy
onsequace being that Edward Borneo, Junes Blackburn,
Joeeph Ball, sad Jaw Canal, four of the crew of the life-
boat, were pitched into the water before any Webers
could reach them, and were drowned. About half-pin ten
o'clock. the tide thee being within an hoer sad • half of
high water, the schooner slid off the ledge of rocks, and,
and to state, capons& Truly terrible was now the
moan The arias of the immense crowd of people
on the shore rose up in a despairing wail for the
poor creatures en boa* as the eisf °donate vessel slowly
disappeared in the Wing surf. It is supposed that there
were as bond about six human beings, the whale of
whom have thus met with a watery grave. About ten
minutes alter this painful calamity the
of the spectates were further aroused by IPM6 cr"akeeles,
micompsaied as it was by what appeared to be the
cries of persou on board, sad wee by saw searibed to the
breaking up of the steamer. Shortly afterwards, however,
the eight became • little clearer, sad it was them user-
tallied that the ominous noise bad anima—set, as wee
supposed, from the Stanley, but from the abash of a brig
which had hue driven &loomed* the ill-fated steamer.
The people on board the brig began to make sigoals of
distress, but it was implausible to render them any mist-
s/ace, and they bad to beleft to their fate, with the hope
that she would held together until the am fell. At two
o'clock she still withstood the Meknes of the wanes. At
that time it seemed impoesible that the three lifeboats
would be able to get to the steamer on the rise of the tide.
When the Northumberland lifeboat made an attempt to
nub the vessel before that, she was struck with a tre-
mendous sea, sad the men ea board were completely
stameed by the weight of water which fell upon them.
They lost eve of their oars, and were obliged to row beck
to the harbour much disecieraged at their misfortans,
sad smelly dbappoie tad at sot bow able to reser way
lusistanos to the poor creatures who were in deadly peril.
Two of the South Shields Wilburn were else mused, and
ready to vesture on their life-saving miaaloo as soon as there
seemed to he any prospect of getting near the yawls. The
sea is still making, but the wind is westerly • tittle. It is
quite appareat, however, bons the stale of the sea, that to
the eastward • very straw gale is blo . The only haps
of saving say of the unhappy people on the steamer
is that the fen part of the used, which apposes to be
firmly axed apoo the reek, may bold together 'mid daylight.
A great many of the cattle have swain Nihon, and beim
captured in various plum. Ono or two were towed oa
shore at the stern of the lifeboats. At half-post 11 o'clock
the body of Edward Robson was washed on shore at the
Low lAghts, sad takes to the cleadhosen
The oboe at Tynemouth was meet heart-rending. The
wives of the men who had beim drowsed were on the shore
bewailing the fate of their loved and lost ones, who had
perished so gallantly in trying to save the lives of others.
A telegram has hese renewed at Hartlepool by Mr. Jobs
Loveday, sllpowww, aanousang the lam of the brig J anion,
of that port, Carotins Barton. The ship apposes to have
gone ashore on the Cork Seed, near Harwich, yesterday
morning, and she experienced • heavy ma and a strong
'Sad. AU beads, with the exception at the master and one
maa, are drowned. The Janata was an Amoebae vessel,
264 toes register, sad sailed from Hartlepool on the 16th
ion. for Loadaa. Ithe is beard ia the North Star and
Mutual (Hartlepool) Clubs.

Geer cc' owl

SHULDS, FREDA; Nom

We bawl bad the wart terribly exciting *lit ever es-
pariseeed es air river, and we have had a pester lase al
life at the mouth of it thee has ever hems experisseed bomb
within the last fifty yam. The asrvivera ef the
and crew of the steam. Alp dtasky, from A=res
Load's, which is apes the reeks, were het sight, after
expreimbi • al& .l Ylsld ban" wawa tam

[TWOPENCE

the fore-part of the ship which wee left after she broke in
two betirigln--tbse morning, bonnie flueed six o'clock,
by means of the basket apparatus, which was ably managed
by the gime of the coast guard. Of fifteen female per
gaugers but two are alive, and of the same nin-
on of male punsters nine have been rescued.
The following are the names of those saved :—Mr.
Gnat and Mrs. /11Torald, firstolus passengers. Seeped-
class: Sergeant Cummings, David Musson, Dun, A.
Adorns, J. Waters, Mrs. Mitchell, and A. Maenad&
Captain Hudak the commander of the Stanley, is a fin
type of a reel British sailor. He would not leave the ship
till every living pence was landed. The body of a Mies
Garden, who was going to a situation is London, wee WI
on the venal She perished through exposure during the
night. no bodies of tau drowsed persons have come ea
shore ; four of the are wanes'. Several of the lady pann-
iers wen emigrants going out to Austrelia. The vessel le
ea
entire wreck ; her argo is all scattered about the shore