The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-12 00:00:00

WRECK NEAR THE FERN ISLAND&

Os Sunday seorsiag last the brig Bravo, of Novo.
stale, W dim Asitt, maser, whisk salted es Tb
ter Loaders, wes ohsarved is the Tor Way. between
Bam-
breagh seeds and the Ina Maeda, with a signal of distress
Ey sad shanty afterwards same 'shire es the twee It la-
bs low Um Castle. ••deg wee baited ea the
Code ausl a bell rase, sad numbers of people ham Baia-
breasts sad North Sastierlind hurried to reader grist.
snot. The wind w blowing • pie mil the sea Isreeklag
one the vessel, sad it was inkiest that Me Suet sees go
L eiteess. TM senors tried to get wet the bag bat,
wee slams instantly washed overbeari, sad tier serf
relied in so heavily that it was alma impaction
to beach a boat from the Men. AIM • gallant
bat Mentes, attempt to reggae the new by three &har-
ness ef the duettist, sad also by • party of the west gaud.
• ntwee•ger was deepen:lied far • boat to North ftwolerlead,
twat • large reale belonging to Lad Crewe's truster was
lashed sad moneyed le Bushrough. light sea, belongiag
North lluadirlsad, threw off their jackets and got tato
the beat, which, by the visited random of the byeasden
lassalsed threes b the surf. Their names were Gear
Wilms, wawa; WeUism Spears, cooper; William Berry,
soestiserdasa ; sad Healy Grey, Thomas Knox, Gouge
Telt, lad Hobart Bon, samea ; Robert Petrick, • fisher-
▪ taking the monis, ear. The Ant wan whisk
blebs over the boat yearly filled km, sad streak the
steering oar Dot et Patrick'. hand, who narrowly escaped
Wag mdsed over booed. After the most berme
struggles, amidst the breathless lamest of the spec-
tators, and the inn mad exclamations of the wcmes
megmbied on the shore, the boat weeded the vessel. where
;Anse of the Reuses bed slid down the rigging to the .ad
of the bowsprit, owl they were hanging by the ropes sad
saps. The espial' sad his daughter, • gal of 15, had akin
refuge is the maintop, sad the notainder of the silicas
clustered ia the main rigging to imam the dash of the sea.
By some of the loon ropes hanging over the side, the bast
was made tut to the ship, at a rufiltriest distance, and,
watch*, a favoa,shie opportunity, the girl was first takes
of the wreck. The men on the bowsprit ware next dragged
late the bat; sad the remainder of the crew, being unable
to 'ford the sligliteet meistasios, the., themselves into the
sea, and were reined by the heat's .new, maid the sheen of
the people on the shore. Tim greatest danger to the boat's
crew was still to be encountered. The eoble, laden with 18
men, two boys, end • girl, half tilled with water, sad destitute
of anything to bale her, atter the loss of see oar and the
breath,g it another, was almost at the mono( the ideated%
and it would have been an act of madams to attempt to lead.
The .yeas or the gallant fellows were therefore directed te
ksep her head to seaward ; sad after several Mere exposure
they wore deserted by the daemon of Holy bias& who
west of. as he as the breakers would allow, to their assist-
ann. More geovidestislly, the ma for ea instant abated,
and, taking advantage of a lull, the overloaded craft was
Draught into smooth water. The girl sad me of the boys
were earned as shore is the arm of the &Aerates, being
usable to stand Wm the effects of exposure. The wrecked
names were kiatily sheltered on the island by Mr. Milos,
the lowborn-master; and leaving the boat, their preserven,
half dead wi'h cold, wet, and hunger, walled back ten miles
to their home st North Sunderland, where they arrived at
• Ist. hour of the night. A more courageous and merito-
rious act has not been performed since, nearly ea the mum
spot, Orem Doling and her lather mused the marrivon of
the week of the Forfarshin.—Nerscasflepaper.