The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-05 00:00:00

ERWIN' ON LAND CNAILZS NtACCLZSUL

SCARBOROUGH, MONDAY.
The dreadful events of Saturday last, at Scar-
Wench, have thrown • gloom over all classes of the labs-
%heats sad visitors that will long remain en many sad
arr(Those events were briefly recorded in our rester-
inspriniion.) With regard to the circumstances follow-
the stramling of the Coupland. of Shields, it is impos-
Age to describe the same in detail, so as to convey any-
thing like • true idea of its horrors. Between 4 and 5
dela*, the vessel attempted the harbour, but could not
ensesed ia eatering. She drifted rapidly amid foaming
billows, that chased each other like huge, mad, cataracts,
until she *rock immediately opposite the Spa promenade.
la the meantime the lifeboat was maimed, met sent out tothe
relief of the schooner'screw, whose danger was notnow so im-
agism:lk The sea broke upon the ses-wall with such terrific
violent), that the massive SWIM on the pan pet were
DJ de-
ns rebound of tbe waves es such
MI no
=Loran but the lifebest could have borne. Arrived
at this point she wee watched, and her crew
were spoken to by the pimple on the Spa. The crew
' of the lifeboat appeared to be quite terror-stricken by their
awful position. Suddenly • fearful lurch of the boat
pitched out the veteran badman, Thomas Clayburn, the
Nsdmg man in her, and mes d great experience and good
at. He (Claybare) was quickly washed up to the
and was saved by a life-bnoy. James Raab was
a few minutes after, and was saved by the sues
mew alter a very fearful struggle. The oars were now
dashed at of the hands of the crew, and they were at once
•segbred powerless. The boat was washed heavily up
Hiplani the wall, sad nothing but her great Meagth and
exesiked qualities preserved her from being at
ones dashed to pieces. Rope were thrown from
the beat to the promenade, and she was drawn
tlisough the surf to a leading place at the southern end of
the wall. It was here the fatal occurrence took place.
Having touched the ground, the men jumped out before the
water had needed, and seeing the danger they were is a
rush down the incline was made to assist them. In the
momentary confusion that ensued, another run of the sea
came, and nearly all the party were thrown from their feet,
and were now scrambling to save their lives. Many suc-
ceeded in getting up ; but soother wave washed off those
who were yet below. Two or three times they were
carried out sad back spin. Among these were
Lord Charles Beauelerk, Thomas Brewster and John
Burton (two of the boat's crew), Mr. &irony,
Mr. Rutter, Kr. R. Rawling. and several others. A
hugs wave was MB to lift the lifeboat with fearful
Imes against the wall, and on her release it was found that
the tea Brewster, having been between the boat and the
waR, was killed with the collision. He lantaatly fell for-
mat and was washed out to sea. Lord Charles Beauclerk
was shnifarly treated, but he was not killed oa the spot.
He wee washed to the foot of the cliff, Misr* Mr. flarcey
sad Mr. Rutter went to his assistance. A rope was pre-
Thusly thrown to him, but he seemed powerless to grasp
It. The gentlemen above llama] succeeded in fastening -a
rep round him, and he was drawn up the incline, life just
ebbing out of him. He was conveyed to the Musio-hall
adjoining, where he was attended by Dr. Lycett, who pro-
seemed him to be dead. Two or three other mee
is ass seen under the boat when she lifted with the
am" One of these was said to be Mr. Wm. Tindall, son
Id we late John Tindall, Esq., banker, of Scarborough.
He has not been Moos seam John Burnia, another of the
boat's mew, was also washed at to ma and lost. Mr.
flardey and Mr. Rutter were swept away, sad were recovered
wits great difficulty.
F. A mat was washed tip on Sunday nem, said to Wag
to • man named Hills, who was lee* frees the Spa,
An inquest has been held by Mr. Easton, comer, on
view of the body of Lord Charles Beanclerk, whoa
many of the facto embodied above were stated in
evidence.
Dr. Lyeett attended his lordship on his being brought
into the Music-balL It was his opinion that death
was toned by the combined effects of • coo-
emellsa et the brain and drowning ; and that drowning had
Mew aessierated by the coneumion of the brain it was 'ap-
p.* he bad sustained. He had examined the body, and
Semi an farther marks of violence, either internal or ex-
ternal, thus fracture of the humerus of the right arm.
The jury returned the following verdict. " That the de-
ceased, Lord Charles Beauclerk, 'est his Mb aceidestally,
while generously end nobly endeavouring to save the me
tperilled lives of several el hie fellosernen." His lordship
pada years d age, audios left a maws horsily.
The morning the body of Brewster was found in •
mutilated state on the rocks. No others had been found
up to the time of our correspondent closing his parcel. The
lifeboat is a wreck, and the schooner Coupland has gone to
pieces.

In a communication nreeived this morning by the National
Lifeboat Institution, relative to this sad disaster, from .1.
Woodall, EN., banker, of Scarborough, it is stated :—" The
lifeboat more than answered the expectations of the crew ;
and they have this morning (Nov. 1) told me that the mis-
fortune of the coxswain (poor old Clayborn) being washed
out in the act of getting the boat round, was the cause of
all the mischief. They then lost a moment of invaluable
time in endeavouring to get him again, and then
lost heart when it was most wanted. A moment
later and nothing could be done. The lifeboat
is a aomplete wreck. The oars were torn out of the hands of
the crew and the rowlocks, and the helpless boat was thrown
op and down like a ball in front of the sea-wall, and bow
the men kept in her at all is beyond the powers of imagina-
-1 tine. Nothing could ;meet her, not even her dishing against
the wall, when the sea was breaking at times twenty feet
high. Mrs. Cockroft, of Scarborough, has generously
offered to give the cost of a new lifeboat. The proper
coxswain of the lifeboat sad the enrolled crew, except one,
were &bleat at ma. Lord 0. Beauclerk and Mr. Tindall
were crushed to death." The National Lifeboat Institution
has taken immediate stops to replace the wrecked boat by
another powerful lifeboat, which is expected to arrive from
London by railway at Scarborough in the comas of a few
days.

THE ETTECITI HT THE 04LZ IN THE CHANNEL.
The screw steamer Zephyr, from Waterford, arrived in
Liverpool on Sunday evening, alter putting into Wicklow
and Kingstown. She was 49 hours on her passage from the
former port, and suffered so severely from the violence of
the gale that, on her anival in the Mersey, it was found
that no lees than Z pigs had perished on the painago.

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COLLISION orr DOVER.—On Sunday night, at
9.90, u the Guernsey brigantine Orb, from Newcastle to
Dartmouth, was passing down Channel, she was run into
by a Russian steamer from London to Odessa. The vessel
was three miles off Dover Harbour when the accident
recurred. The captain and crew stood by her till she sank,
and as she was going down took to the boat. They were
unable to reach the harbour till nine next morning. When
brought to the Sailors' Home they were in a much exhausted
slate ; lamed them were severely bruised on the wreck.

•
THZ 801,061 D Loss OF • WHALE BOAT AND
CUM.—Great alarm wag occasioned in Queestown by the
rumoured lees of a whale boat belonging to the Mom%
Cummins Brothers, eta for Lloyd's, and her crew, off
the shore. It ►ppeared that about seven o'clock on Friday
morning the boat put out to convey the captain of the
Malabar barque, who came ashore for orders, on board hia
vessel, which they succeeded in doing, but owing to their
lengthened absence and the prevalence of a fresh wind at
the time it was feared they were lost, more especially as
Intelligence reached the shore that the boat was seen filled
to her gunwale with water, whilst her gear was observed
drifting two miles nearer Queenstown. It is satisfactory
to find by a telegram which we have received from the
Messrs. Cummiu that the poor fellows were rescued from
the peril to which they were expend. The telegram says :
' Pilot and boat's crew landed at Puorhead, and have arrived
bare safe. The boat was stove, towing alongside a ship."—
Cork itrporter. _ _

Ditsrauertva Fran. Several fires occurred
Cry in the metropolis. One took place in the premises
nfigtig to Mr. E. Stow, corn merchant, No. 251, Um.-
*beet, Islington, the stabling, a building between 40 and 50
feet long, together with the cosch-honssi and the contents
were consumed. Insured in the Atlas office. A fire took
Once yesterday morning in the Lord Raglan Music Hall,
Theol;alds-rood, Holborn. The discovery was made at half-
put eight o'clock, when the flooring, plating, and partition
o. • portion of the hall ou the ground floor were discovered
to be in flames. They were, however, extinguished before
much damage wee done. Lest evening, about five o'clock,
as explosion took place in the residence of Mr. d. Town,
No. T 2, Cross-street, Bermondsey. It appears that ass elf
W domestics went to light the gee in the lower part of the
banding, it laving escaped from the burners and accumu-
lated round the ceiling unknown to the inmates, and the
moment the light was introduced into the room a terrible
explosion occurred, which blew the windows out, set fire to
the window drapery, and seriously damaged the whole of
the upper rooms and the furniture. The most serious fire
at the whole took place yesterday forenoon, in the
manufactiuy belonging to kr. Waltham, ship rigger,
di:eller, Ice. in Brick-fields, Crisp-street, Bromley. The
diewter occurred from some unknown cause in the oakum
mill. a building veer fifty feet in length and forty feet
wile. The oakum mills were burned down, and the
stabling and warehouses were also all but destroyed. The
two private dwellings, the property of Mr. A. Sheffield,
were likewise nearly gutted, lied the occupants were unin-
sured. Mr. Westboro was insured io the Leeds and York-
shot end Manchester offices, and Mr. Sheffield insured In
the first-named office.

Boors KZNSINGION Mtwizrw.—During_the week
ending Nov. 2 the visitots have been en follows :—On
Monday, Tuesday. and Saturday, free days. 6,434 ; on
Monday and Tuesday, free evenings, 5.204. On the three
stadents' days (admission to the pubic Gd.). 1.434 ; one
students' evening, Wednesday. 158 ; total, 13,7.30. From
the opening of the Numewn, 2,335,190.