The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

THE WRECK OF THE BRIAN BOLROIMII£

The following are the particulars of the wre...:
of this vessel, which occurred off Cape Clear. She 1.. r
Dublin for Quebec in ballast, her crew comprising alit,:
hands. She was out about a week. and MIA 120 milt,
the south west of Cape Clear when a heavy gale came
and continued all through the day. The ship rolled s.
much that she sprung a leak and began to make
The pumps were rigged to clear the hold, bet it way f.iiin
that the ballast rendered this impossible, for V.
sand worked into the timbers and choked the pump.
The gale continued the next day, and the ship be ;an
sink. A number of the crew launched one of the sh,;, ,
boats and left the vessel, intending to save themsclve, hr
reaching a vessel which had been sighted shortly bci
that. The captain, mate, and the greater part of
were still on board, and watched the boat for some he,.
but long before she could have reached the ve,..el is •
captain lost sight of her, and it is probable that 'I..
down, as there was a very heavy sea running at the lose
The captain, mate, and the remainder of the crew then
out the long boat, and all but the captain, mate. and inz
man got into her as she lay alongside the yeas..l.
three were about to get in when the vessel gave a
and heavy lurch to the side at which the boat was
and the latter instantly sank. The men who wen. iu
were immediately swallowed up in the warm. a:a
drowned before the eyes of those who expecte.] iu s
time to meet the same fate. There rcmaiae'l uu hi.rl
the sinking ship then only the captain. mite. ss.l
one man. In a few hours another ship came ts
sight and, a signal of distress being hoisted by
those on board the Brian Boiroimhc, appriithid
and sent a boat es near to her as was p0,...M1y
thought safe under the circumstances. .to the tort re-
fused to go close enough to take the three men of. wr
fear she might be stove in by the yeeeel, which vs.
rolling fearfully, the mate and man swam to reach her,
leaving the captain on board, he being unable to swam.
But the mate, when leaving the vessel,
cones neily
took a line with him between his teeth, he whieh
posed_, when he swam to the boat, to draw the i:apt.uu iJa
board ; but his intention was frustrated by the
of the waves, which were so high that they corupellel lets
to let the line go before he reached the butt. The hthe
et.after it hadpieked the two of them up, returhel tii
vessel to which it belonged, and she toe proosslcd
course, leaving the unfortunate miptainakitie on a -Tim;
ge
vessel. In this dreadful situation he remained alt kn hf
night, the ship settling down deeper and deeper m flad
water every hour, and threatening to give every 1111114 N
that last heavy lurch that precedes the disappearance ?es.
math the waves of sinking vessel. BO m?!.'1;:o
nom hove in sight.
and, perceiving the state of the Brian Boeroimbe and the
signals of the captain, sent a boat to her, and rescued his
from his dreadful position. On the arrival of the Wallet
off the harbour on Tuesday, a pilot schooner boarded her
and brought the shipwrecked master into Queenstown.

The West India steamer Atrato, which broke
down in the Atlantic, is an enormous paddle-wheel steamer.
Her break down was complete, and her enormous paddle-
wheels and other circumstances made hers wretehed
sailor under canvas. She could make no headway, arid
people on board became alarmed. Her Majesty', ship
Terrible met with her Ord, and being very powerful
towed the huge packet along at the rate of eight knots an
hour. When the Royal Mail steamer Oneida was met the
Terrible left, andthe Oneidatowed the Atrato at the rate
of
sir knots an hour. This disaster to the Atrato will Wen
the universal adoption of screw steamers. The fleet of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company consists of 46 shiph
and only six of them have paddle-wheels. The Royal
hfail Company now build screw steamers, and all tit,
German transatlantic mail ships are of the same kind.
A new weekly journal, called La Cloche, comet
out to-day in Paris. It is in the same form as Le Lostrom.
Its editor calls himself "Ferrague," a pseudonym kw'
rowed from one of Balsac's novels.
It appears from a publication in the Brno.
Deus-No*4a that the cost of the Emperor's stable sash:
liniments for 1888 was 38,0001. The salary of the Presi-
dent of the Republic in 1848 was only 20,000/., and yet
there are people who deny that France is tint advancing
.
propperity.—lndipeitdanes Beige.
ITALIAN PA.BBI'ORTB TO FBANCE.—The French
government has issued antics to Italians embarking from
England that " Italian subjects will not be allowed lots
France unless their passports have been r 18.4 by the French
consul in England within the year."
The Spanish government has conceded to BC
Jape Caceres the privilege of laying down an electric esble
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yachwillAnthetilt :an brpinhodithereeacac°atedeoramstfroofumtu*dieNireowti
York for Cowes on the 30th ult. It is understood flYt!
as will be offered for sale on her arrival in Saguia
waters.