The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-07 00:00:00

PURTIIER PARTICULARS.

It was rumoured yesteriLy that, in addition to the two
children and the stewardess who perished in the wreck,
young man, named Littlet sn, was missing. We ar,
happy, however, to fin:l that the supposition is in this cat
unfounded. With regard to the poor woman who lost her
life by returning to the cabin, there is now no doubt that
her purpose in doing so was to rescue the children com-
mitted to her care, and not (as has been said) to recover
her bonnet, which she had forgotten. Indeed, it is said
that one of the passengers heard the deceased utter an ex-
clamation respecting the " poor children" before rushing
into the cabin. It was not thought that the vessel would
have sunk so rapidly, and the damage done to it must be
much more extensive than was at first supposed. We have
heard from one of the passengers that the shock was so
pow.rerfol as to: pitch him. to some considerable distance
from the place where he was standing. The loss to the
passengers is not very great, as scarcely any of them had
any luggage, excepting a few things in a handkerchief or
carpet-bag. There is, however, one passenger, who, it is
said, had a considerable amount of money in a portmanteau
in the cabin. But this will, no doubt, be recovered when
the wreck of the vessel has been got up.
A Morning Paper contains the following narration by a
passenger on board the Apollo, who was lying in the saloon
of that vessel at the time of the accident At the mo-
ment the concussion took place I called out,' Captain
Minter, if you are there, an accident has occurred, and our
engine has stopped.' I immediately ascended the deck, and
found the Monarch alongside the Apollo. I proceeded di-
rectly up the paddle-box, and threw myself on the deck of
the Monarch. I heard some person on board the Monarch
order the ship to back away from the Apollo, an attempt
having been made by the crew of that vessel to lash her to
the Monarch. I proceeded instantly to the side of the shin
towards the Apollo,and I observed she was so water-logged
that I exclaimed,' If the boats are not put out instantly t►iey
will be too late to save the passengers, 33 the vessel is sinking.'
A voice called from the Monarch to the Put down
your belm.? The answer was that. the vessel was unma-
nageable. The crew of the Apollo cried out, Bear down
to us.' Some smacks were passing, and the Monarch hailed
them, and told them to put out their boats, but no notice
was taken by them. The Monarch's boats were lowered,
and as soon as she had parted from the Apollo they pro-
ceeded instantly to the assistance of the passengers, who got
into them, the Monarch at the time lying nearly eighty
yards off the sinking vessel ; only two passengers having
jumped from the Apollo on the deck of the Monarch.
One gentleman was on board the Apollo at the time she
sank, and the water was to his waist, when he swam out to
the boats, and was rescued. His wife, who bad been put
on boars the Monarchs, was in a state of distraction when she
saw the vessel sinking with her husband. The time the
accident occurred was twenty minutes to four o'clock, and
there was light enough to distinguish objects one hundred
yards distant.

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