The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-31 00:00:00

Steam'

It is cur painful duty to record another fatal
steambrlt collision, which occurred at an early hone
on Thursday morning, resulting in a sacrifice of folir
lives, d the foundering of a small steamboat. The
circu tances are as follows :—The screw steamer
Guy F wkes, 34 tons, A. Campbell, master, left the
tail-of tthe bank about 6, on Thursday morning
barred fjor the Karnes Gunpowder Works, situated in
Kyles of Bute, having on board a quantity of nitrate
of. soda, about 1,200 empty kegs, and other general
cargo. The morning was comparatively clear, and
thOTGuy Fawkes had all her lights out according to
GOernment instructions. When TOUDdingKempoch
Pala, to the westward of Gourock, the lights of a
large :steamer coming up the riverwere observed. The
GurFawkes was rounding the point close in shore,
the tidg at the time being about low water. When
the lights of the steamer were observed, the man
at the wheel on board the Guy Fawkes got orders
to port the helm, which was at once done. The
bow of the steamer was thus pointed for the Dunoon
shoie. The Earl of Carlisle continued her proper
course, but the master, fearing his vessel might take
the ground, gave orders to starboard the helm,
which was done. Both vessels consequently were
thus steering for mid channel. The result was that
the Guy Fawkes was struck by the Earl of Carlisle,
on the starboard quarter, close to the mainmast,
receiving such injuries as to cause her to founder in
about ten minutes after the collision. The small
boat of the Guy. Fawkes was stove in, and the crew
ware thus left without any means of escape. An
attempt was made to tun the Guy Fawkes ashore,
but the water rushedi in so speedily as to put out
the fires, and the vesseisank immediately thereafter.
The hands at once made provision for saving their
lives, eacinnan laying hold of some buoyant subs
stance in' order to fl it until assistance could reach
him. The steamer made a long circuit before lower-
lai...atgu you ala II tjat—being sent onl
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vered. This man, named Duncan M‘Farlane, was
at once taken on board the Earl of Carlisle in a very
exhausted state. The names of those drowned arc :
—Archibald Campbell, ma,ter, aged about 28 yea] s,
man ied, and one child ; Hugh "M zic, engineir,
married, and five children; Du4ald .31.1ielle.r, deck
hand, unmarried ; Alexander Thomson, aged about
19 years, unmarried.
The unfortunate men all resided in Karnes. None
of the bodies have baen found. The coastguards.
men stationed at Kempoch Point put off in their
heat, but none uf the immersed men could be seen.
Other boats were also put off from Gourock, but
unfortunately too late to render any assistance.
Duncan APFarlane, the man who was saved, states
that ail the crew clung to pieces of floating wreck
until, becoming exhausted, one after another sank
and was drowned. 111‘Farlane believes he was about
three quarters of an hour in the water ere he was
picked up. All hands were on deck on board the
Guy Fawkes at the time of the collision. The sea
was comparatively calm and the morning clear.
The Guy Fawkes is supposed to have sunk in about
15 fathoms. An attempt, we believe, will be made
to raise her. The Earl:of Carlisle was uninjured.—
Glasgow Herald.