The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

FEARFUL COLLISION AT SEA.-SEVERAL

LIVES LOST.
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A direful collision happened near the Mouse Light
(mu mike below the Gore) on Wednesday night last, tie-
tween the Trident steam-ship, Captain Morris, and the trig
Hanwood, of. London, Mr. Graham, muter, which ended in
the almost instantaneous foundering of the latter vessel,
with six of the crew, who perished.
Since her recent serious mishap off St. Katherine's, when
she took flre, and had to be scuttled, the Trident has been
on the Tonningen station. On Wednesday she
lap~tford f.r tat port, and proceeded in lardy until
algal aloe o'clock the same night, by which time she had
sasibed the vicinity of the Mouse Light, when she came in
Iheefal sontact with the Huewood, bound to London from
Cardiff. Such was the tremendous character of the shock
Mat the brig went down in about two minutes from the
time of her being struck, and all on board, with the excep
Visa of the master, Mr. Graham, and one of the crew, John
Mason, were drowned. It appears that the Harewood, which
bed recently been almost rebuilt, of 400 Won rod
the property of Mr. W. Dowell, Waggiseesel,
machos at half past eight on the shore aresalag, Etas die
Oise buoy to the southward of the Mom% the wind befog,
S.W. strong one flood tide. She wee Isept close by the I
wind on the larboard tack. In the owansilthree-qtarters
of an hour, when nearly in mid channel. en crew descried
• bright light and then Immediately a PA one en the
brig's weather bow. It we M esejeelmed le be these
of an approaching steamer, sal the MAW teak his sepal
lantern to the weather gangway, sad waved It for three
or four minutes, and it was thought that it had been ob-
served. The red light was then missed, and almost imme-
diately afterwards a green one appeared in sight, which at
once intimated to them that the steamer had changed her
course, and was bearing down upon the brig. Most of the
hands were forward calling out to her with all their might
to alter her helm ; however she came on, her weather bow
striking the weather bow of the Harewood.
The concussion is described to have been of a most
tremendous character, and it is said that the steamer,
owing to her sin and power, althoagh she had stopped
her engines, almost ran over the brig. The foree
of the blow canted ber on one side, and she immediately
began to fill, and in less than two minutes went down it
Ift fathoms, not a scream nor • cry escaping from the six
unfortunate fellows who disappeared with her. As the
eamoner was passing from the wreck, Mason, the 'lnman,
=litbold of the netting of the poop, and so got on board,
reerving his vessel go down, he jumped into the
quarter boat of the Trident, and called for aseistaace with a
view of rescuing soy of his fellow shipmates who might be
slinging to the rigging. Accompanied by the mate, he
gulled of to the spars, and disoovered the captain in the
4equens4aing, which was a few feet above water. After
NMI dialalty he was extricated and got into the beat, but
ristithq; mild be seen of the remainder of the men on
board. They then returned to the Trident, and she, having
sustained some damage, put back to the Thames, and landed
the two survivors. The names of those who perished are
George Waters (mate), John Alderson (seaman), Richard
Thompson (seaman), William Johnson (seaman), sad
William Collins and Thomas George West (apprentices).
The vessel and cargo is a total loco. On the part of the
steamer it is alleged that the brig ran into her on the star-
board paddle box, and that perceiviog the apparent bear-
ing of the Harewood, the engines were stopped. Up to
Saturday evening none of the bodies had been picked up.

FIRE IN THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY ARCHES.
—Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, a fire of a very
alarming character broke out in some of the arches of the
South Eastern Railway, occupied by Merry. Garner, ja-
painters. There was a large stock of oils and other inflam-
mable articles, and the fire could not be subdued until
several hundred pounds' worth of property had been de-
stroyed. The cause of the accident is unknown. The pre-
mises, where there bad been a similar disaster some time
previously, were insured.
AN EXTENSIVE YACHTING TOUR. Lord A.
Churchill and Captain Cathcart loft Falmouth on Saturday
la the Wybom yacht, for Melbourne. They propose sub-
sequently to procced to China.