The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-08 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING,

THE LOSS OF THE AMAZON.

The destruwion of this splendid steamer, and the
dreadful loss of life v;ith whica there is every reason to
apprehend that it hag been accompanied, have created,
as might have been expected a most painful impression
lin the public mind. We regret to say that no tidings
have been yet received of any
more of the passengers
and crew being saved, and a day or two will probably
elapse before all doubts and ur.certaintins are removed
upon that terrible subject. It is possible that other
boats besides those seen may have got away from the
burning wreck, for there were nine altogether, three of
which were swamped, three floating off with their car-
goes, and three still remaining unaccounted for. The
darkness of night might by chance have prevented those
in the life-boat from observing all that took place, yet
the strong impression among them seems to be that they
are the only survivors.
_

The list of passengers believed to be lost is as follows:
-Messrs. Do Pass and Delgado' Lieutenant Gulls, Mr'
Fellows, and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Winton, Jamaica; Mr.
Beet and servant, Mr. Killeelly, Messrs. Callender and
Stirling, and Mr. Alloyne, Barbadoes ; Mr. Johnston; Mr.
Burnett, and Mr. and Mrs. Scotland, Trinidad; Mr. Hick,
Mr. and Mrs. M.'Clinneve, Demerara ; Mr. Eliot War-
burton, Mr. Geraud, L and Madame Lacombe and
child, M. Kerssboe, Mr. China. file. Barincose, and
4r. Dellemare, Chagres • Mr. M. Del Rio, Margaret
Fitzgerald, M. Fevrier, ;lid Mr. Giennie, Vera Cruz;
Miss Smyth, Porto Rico; Mr. Joel, Jamaica; Mr. Cum-
ing and Mr. Ev ALIY, St Thomas; Mr. Cardennas, Santa
ele.rtha; Mr. Blood, Mr. Anthony, and Mr. Hamilton,
Jamaica;
.Mr. Ferreor, Grace Hoare, Mr. Stryboo, and
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Mr. Granter, Vera Cruz; Mr. Crevecowst, St. Thomas;
Mr.
The
ee
passengers Faye, G ue. d
arcedal
ea're-Mr. Hawkes, Vera Cruz;
Mr. Neilson, Demerara; Mr. Sisley, Chagres.
The names of the crew believed to be lost are :-Wil-
ham Symonds, commander; Henry Roberts, 34, chief
officer, Gosport; Charles H. Treweeke, 29, second
officer, Mogan; John Lewis, 21, third officer, Kingston,
Jamaica; George D. Goodridge, 21, fourth officer,
Paignton ; James W. Fullerton, 37, surgeon, county of
dshi
Donegal; M. H. S. trutt, 33, parser, Middlesex; Francis
midshipman, East Indies; William K.
Stuart, 15, midshipman, Tallyhog; Thomas Walter
Stainforth, 16, nai
Shapcott, 28, purser's assistant, Southampton; David
Davis, 40, boatswain, Cardigan; James Murchis, 34, car-
penter, Ayr; James Bryant, 26, carpenter's mate and
ve joiner, Denton, Wilts;
Joseph Kay, 41, master-at-
arms, Bolton; George Deal, 26, quartermaster, Brid-
port; Alexander King, 33, quartermaster, Stromness;
William Martin, 33, quartermaster, ' Farebam;
Richard Carter, 20, A. 8., Poplar; Peter Kelly, 19, A. 8.,
Aberdeen; Daniel Brown, 27, A. 8., Yarmouth; George
Webb, 34, A. 8., Southampton; Samuel Perry, 20, A. 8.,
Harton; Richard L. Tammadge, 34, A. 8., Hilsea; Henry
Wright, 28, A. 8., Gosport; John M. W. Rogers, 28,
A. 8., London; Joseph Weisman, 20, A. 8., Devonport;
William Foy, 21, A. 8., Althorpe; Thomas Hart, 33,
A. 8., Kent ; Squire Glen, 34, A. 8., Greenock; John
Clark, 39, A. 8., Burnham; William Stevenson, 23, A. 8.,
A. 8., Isle of Wight; George
Mile-end; John Forse, 36,
officers' servant, Exeter; Richard Harris, 16, dispensary
H Ayr;ola h James
2 9,ship's Dove,
cook, 36,
boy, Isle of Wight; William Fox, 17, boy, Falmouth;
Southampton;Ds tnie l Trimming, Koyel; F. S. Wall, 15, boy,
17, boy, St. Ives; George
Angus, 34, chief engineer, Dunbar; William Angus, 32,
second engineer, Dunbar; Bastin, 40, third
engineer, Alphington; William Stone, 37, fourth engi-
neer, Ludgeon ; Andrew Ferguson,
25, fifth engineer,
Greenock; Frederick Davey, 26, sixth engineer, Exeter;
CharleslB, Leddra,boy
Isaac Roberts, 36, boiler-maker, Holyhead ; John Lamont,
22, fireman, Jersey; Charles Flemington, 29, fireman,
Morton; George Reeves, 22, fireman,Brading; Charles
Lang, 44, oreman, Alverstoke; Michael Fox, 36, fireman,
Blarney; John Fowler, 38, fireman, Old Ford; George
Harding, 26, fireman, Crayford; Nathan Wigley, 32, fire-
man, Paul's cray; Thomas Attwood, 30, fireman, at sea;
Petes M'Kirdy, 33, fireman, Rothsea; John Richards, 29,
fireman, Millbroolee; Robert Furl, 36, fireman, Portsea;
William Paine, 38, fireman, Southampton ; John W.
Watts, 23, fireman, Southampton ; William Scott, 29,
fireman, Harwich ; William J. Lane, 31, fireman, Ly-
mington ; Henry Day, 22, fireman, Walton ; George
Tucker, 21, coal-trimmer, Walton ; W. Jarman, 30,
coal-trimmer, Portsea ; W. Good, 32, coal-trimmer,
London ; Charles Dendney, 25, coal-trimmer, Hastings;
W. Lucas, 20, coal-trimmer, Dorsetshire; Henry Car-
ter, 21, coal-trimmer, Southampton ; Abraham Bundy,
33, coal-trimmer, Leap ; W. Wall, 25, coal-trimmer,
Wickham; John Potter, 23, coal-trimmer, Wylie ; Sa-
muel Lees, 35, coal trimmer, Wolverhampton; Thomas
Forder, 32, coal-trimmer, Sutton; Angus Mimes, 27,
lamp-trimmer, Fortwilliam ; W. Norris, 18, engineer's
servant, Southampton; Michael Gould, 41, head waiter;
Kinsend ; W. G. Lambert, 24, waiter, Chatham ; W.
Adams, 21, waiter, Shirley ; John Bance, 20, waiter,
Southampton; John Blake, 33, bedroom steward, Hop-
ton; Thomas Philpott, 34, foreroom steward, Ramsgate;
Robert Daniel, 23, saloon cook, Bethnal-green; Debray
Thophile, 30. French cook, France ; Charles Mills, 25,
second cook and scullion, Burnley ; Joseph Kirby, 36,
baker, Southampton ; John Watson, 22, boots, South-
ampton; James E. Stroud, 26, butcher and stock-keeper,
Thatcham ; Frederick Falkner, 33. storekeeper, Mid-
dlesex ; E. Scott, 44, stewardess, Banff ; George Ger-
rin, 17, boy, Helin ; Thomas James Brown, 18, able
seaman, Hants.
Those of the crew saved are-Mr. Vincent, jun.,
midshipman; Mr. James Williamson, chief steward;
Mr. John Danford, quartermaster; W. Foster, Thomas
Carney, James Maylin, James Mowatt, William Stears,
J. H. Passmore, H. Williams, William Stevenson, and
John Nerink, able seamen; William Nutman, water-
tender; James White, John Shearing, and Charles
Thorn, firemen; W. Dumner and George King, trimmers.
The fearful account of life and death, therefore, by the
loss of the Amazon stands thus at present-
Ship's company
Admiralty agent
Passengers

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S,yed

Of the causes whiCii
yet known
doubt, form the subject nothing is
at present be hazarde
di-
rectors o rs
ships of f tshneffe r company, -
outbreak of the firem more
the subjoinedled .to thinerribie catastrophel4o
eetw oirthnlaersrsati certainty, but they will, n o
of e
stheated immediate
state
einquiry
bearings.b y the
All
il-1
from the
in her The only conjecture that can
is that which connects with the
seengt theirwail ec eo f wind which
able to untilwas
engines get into
full pressure of steam,
working trim, and, as will be
position was course
tissh:vt very cause. sameAcamu wayss ez. The
likely thus to arise, and
The loss of life,ofthteh.swaamp
blowing, the heavy sea, and the
originated in the en
all tended to increase the danger
the point at which the flames
were first seen certainly
will probably be gine-room. Some of the survivors
ppienagrsoftothperobvoeatst,haatndthaelyl
this point. give important evidence on
the other horrors
account for. The ion of the fire rendered it impos-
sibleafflicting event are too easily
the ship's head was
to get at the
th: windward the flames swept the
engines, in order to stop them. When
the wind she was going afterdecks, where passengers chiefly were. Before
orta: a tremendous speed, and it is
saoh marvelloushow
circumstancesariy
and
in such a sea. The escape of
e boats were launched under 1
is no doubtvineent due to the calmness and in-
trepidity
yesterday years, proved himself a thorough who, though a mere boy in
occasion. He not only man and sailor on the
till he joined the life-boat,
the little
m r .
officer,
there he took immediate
4guided his small boat in safety
courage of the crew throughout
command as superior
power to sustain the
e following written statement
r, and did everything in his
that dreadful night.
yft anitoeornnooonf bthefeor3edthoef
January,directors
was laid by him
" The Amazon Was
1852, in lat. 49 12 N., and
time she steered w. b_
S.long. 4 57 W., from which
same day, when she wYaa i S., till 9 30 P.M. of the
of the company:—
At 11 12 PN. she stopped to cool the bearings.
course, steaming about Bproceeded, still steering the same
increasing from the wiudj knots per hour, wind and sea
the 4th smoke was observed coming
At 40 minutes A.M. on
way, on the foreside of the coming through the hatch-
afterwards the flames burst foremost
funnel. Immediately
immediately given, and the
through. The alarm was
came on deck. The fire-hose
captain and chief officer
brought to play on the fire°,Bl: and buckets of water were
attempt to stop the engine was
that together with the
was put hard to starboard to as ineffectual. The helm
it was some time before she put her before the wind, but
when lowered, was immediately swamped, off' The mail boat,
people in her, all of whore w- arramPed, with about 25
when lowered, sheered across there lost. The pinnace,
in her could unhook the fore •tacit:i sea before the people
washed out, and the boat remained They were thereby
While clearing away the second " hanging by the bow.
and raised her off the cranes aecrtter a sea struck her
tackle. The fore end immediatei un
Y fell down, and
doubled over the thwarts, were of two, who hung
sea and drowned. Sixteen men Precipitated into the
gers) succeeded in clearing a.,,,eincluding two passen-
life-boat on the starboard side. YT and lowering the
deavour to save those in the water,hey used every en-
past so rapidly that their exertions
but were swept
out avail. At about the same limo
were with-
with the chief steward, one passengerno I (Mr. Vincent),
got into and lowered the dingy, and and two seamen,
were picked up by
the life- boat about half an hour afterwards, when we
immediately took the small boat in tow,
for the ship, hut the wind and sea and stood down
dingy being upset, and ourselves heiincreesing, and the
we were obliged to let the small boat n swamped,
g nearly
life-boat with her head to the sen, and keep the
c
Whilst
lying-to a
barque passed astern of us, and was ac
and did, I believe, answer, but did nothingdingly hailed,
of any kind
to assist us, but stood down to leeward of
the ship,
hauled on a wind, and went away. There was now on
our quarter a boat with five teen jo h
be the gig), but we could not from the severity of the
About weather render her any assistance. half an hour
afterwards we suddenly lost sight of her. About 4 A.m.
it rained heavily, wind shifted to northward, decreasing
sea, confused, but going down; Put the boat about, and
kept before it. At 5 the magazine exploded, and about
half an hour afterwards the funnels webodily. nt over the side,
soon after which the ship went down
At noon
we were picked up by the Marsden, of
London,
stood in
for the coast of France, and afterwards (wind shifting
to the southward) for Falmouth, and lastly for Ply-
mouth, at which place we arrived on i‘/onday, 11 P.M.
"48 5 N. lat. when picked up; 5 30
„ _ W. long., ditto.
s.
p. WILLIAM VINCENT.
" To the Secretary R. M.
Jan. 6, 1852.
-11:mil)a"3',
The Court have already taken steps to supply the
gap in our communications With the
West Indies and
of
Central America caused by the lossthe Amazon, and
on Sunday or Monday next the Avon will start from
Southampton.