The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.

PARTICULARS RZSPECTING THE HURRICANE 07 OCT. 29.
Royal Mail Company's steamship Rhone, at 9 a.m., ba-
rometer 30in., wind from S.S.E.; Royal Mail steamer Con-
way, at 9.30 a.m., barometer 29.30. Conway left the Rhone
at 11.10 a.m., barometer 29.88; at 12.15 a.m., barometer
28.60. Calm came on at 12.30 am., barometer 28.10; at
12.50 a.m., wind from south, barometer rasing; at 5 p.m.,
barometer 29.45. Wind before calm came on, N. by W.
after calm, 8. and by R. Terrific thunder and torrents of
rain. Observations of barometer on shore at Tortola; fell
from 29.75 to 29.

(Signed) C. Vasa, Captain and Senior °Meer.
BRITISH STEAMSHIPS.-4110120, II total low off Peter
Island, nearly all hands drowned ; Wye, a total loss
off Buck Islands, nearly all hands drowned ; Conway,
ashore, but got off ; Derwent, ashore, much damaged ;
Tyne, partially dismasted; Solent, pertially dismasted;
Columbian, sunk in the harbour • Robert Todd, ashore,
damaged, but may be got off; 'tugboat Itchen, sunk
in the harbour. Ship, British Empire, sunk in the
harbour, a wreck. Barques: Agnes Lamb, dismasted
and much damaged ; Howard, dismasted and much da-
maged. Brigs: Her Majesty, ashore, complete wreck,
saving cargo ; Onesiphorus, ashore, complete wreck,
saving cargo ; R. Sooles, ailore,complete wreck, saving
cargo ; Wild Pigeon, ashore, complete wreck, saving
cargo ; Princess Alice, ashore, complete wreck, saving
cargo ; Ida Abbott, ashore, complete wreck saving cargo ;
Hope, as complete week, part of cargo saved.
Schooners : Proctor, sunk in the harbour ; Ocean Gem,
sunk in the harbour • Waterwitch, whore. complete
wreck ; Fdiraheth, sunk'in the harbour : Norman, sunk in
the harbour. Sloop : Nimble, sunk in the harbour.
DANISH VESSlll.B.—Barques: Ludvig Holm, complete
wreck • Nordskov, complete wreck. Brig : Valkyi len,
complete wreck. Schooners : Maggie, sunk in the harbour;
W. E. Packet, sunk in the harbour ; Nannette, sunk in
' the harbour • Das Hermanas, sunk in the harbour; Petrel,
ashore, may be got off. Stem-tug Pigmy, ashore, may
be got off • Urchin, ashore, may be got off ; Liliputian,
disappeared,
d, supposed to be sunk • Vise-Governor Berg,
. ashore, can be got off. Steam-dredge, ashore, but without
damageAseßlCAN VEMILR.--Ships: Sarah Newman, ashore,
possibly may be floated; Charles Sprague, disappeared, sup-
posed to be wrecked. Barque: Aberdeen, ashore, chs-
misted. Brigantines : Meeasta, ashore, dismasted ; Nellie
Gray, dismasted, alongside floating dock. Schooner :
Clinton, capsized.
FltlNCll.—Screw steamer Caravel., diamasted and loss
of funnel. Tugboat, sunk. Barques : Bernice, ashore,
wrecked ; Bruno, ashore, wrecked ; Veloy, sunk ; Gaulle,
ashore wrecked ; Emma, sunk ; General de Lourmel, die!
masted, a wreck. Brig : Jacmel, dismasted, a wreck.
Sloop : Sylph, sunk, may be raised.
PRUBSIAN.—Brig : TreMer, sunk.
Durcu.—Brigantines : Vane Anna, ashore and dia.
masted ; Antigis, dismasted and damaged. Schooners:
Julie, dismasted • Amalie, sunk.

SPLUISIL—Wai steamer Veaco Munee de Bilboa,
dis-
masted and damaged. Steamships : Palazzo, ashore and
dizmasted ; Carnarmayia4,tore and dismasted. Schooners :
Union, sunk and ; Rapido, sunk and damaged
Formalidad, sunk and aged ; Tres Hermanos, sunk and
damaged ; Altagracia, sunk and damaged ; Alfonso, sunk
and damaged ; sunk and damseanriela, sunk
and damaged; Velos, dismasted and
Viazzur.L.lll.--Schooners: Panchita, aU7l7..nd destroyed
in port ; Toven Panchita, sunk a.td destroyed in port ;
Oriental, sunk and .destroyed in port ; Conceacion, sunk
and destroyed in port.
NORWrGIAN VESSEL.—Ship : Yeloz, ashore, dismasted.
GSRMAN Yrstmts.—Erie : Berths, sunk in the harbour;
Helios, ashore, partially dismasted, cargo saved; Edward,
ashore, partially dismastod, cargo Rayed.
Bawl= Vitasiu—Brig: Johann, wreck.
All the lighters are ashore or sunk, and a number of
island sloops and ballast open boats are also lost. Names
and particulars cannot be ascertained.

The lighthouse of bluhlenfeld's Battery, at the entrance
of the harbour, is totally destroyed. In consequence a
lantern will be hoisted on the point until repairs can be
effected.

St. Thomas, Nov. 2.

A BOY% BYOBY.

John Bailey, an intelligent, nice-looking lad living at
No. 5, Regent-street, Southampton, said—When the ship
Rhone struck I was on deck, and jumped on the pat side,
and then into the water. I was there about half an hour
on a piece of wood, and then I saw an ordinary seaman
named Gough full out of a lifebnoy, and I swam lowarda
it. I was knocking about a long time with both my arms
throng% the lanyards until it began to rain, and then I
thought it was no good stopping any longer, and so I
dropped off to sleep in the buoy; but I bad no supper first
though. I did not dream at all, and when I woke up I
was near the shingle about three quarters of • mile from
the shore. I struck off for the shore and saved myself,
and then laid down and went to sleep all night, with the
lifebuoy for my pillow. The buoy is marked " Rhone,"
and I have brought it borne with me. Of course I had
nothing for breakfast. I walked about for three or four
hours on Beef Island, and then I fell in with two others,
and we've come home in the Douro.
♦ rI•ZYLN'S STORY.

Henry Harken, a fireman of the Rhone,living in Crown-
terrace, &mei, Valley, said : The first thing in the morn-
ing on the 29th of October it began to blow, and went on
blowing till we were told to go down and get steam up.
We then steamed a-head, she having parted from her
anchor. We were then told to get as much steam as we
could, and it reached 201ba., and we steamed on antil
about one o'clock in the day. We struck on the rocks at
Balt Island. I should think we were there for seven
or eight minutes, when the chief engineer called us up from
below, when the ship broke in halves, and I went up the
skylight. I saw the sea break right through her side,
and when I got on deck I saw the sea come right over her.
I saw many persons rushing to the fore companion, and
up through the skylight on to the spar deck, when I was
washed overboard. I can give no further account until I
found myself on Beef Island, where I got about half-past
ten at night, I should think, and we were brought off
from there to the Tyne. We had taken a few passengers
out of the Conway, I believe, but I cannot speak posi-
tively. Dr. White joined the ship the day before, and his
body we picked up and buried at Tortola, and all that could
be found of Captain Woolley was merely the sleeves of his
coat.