The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-02 00:00:00

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' LIVERPOOL, Fni.eay.-1?- ileig‘ueUsEt SwTas. resumed this
day. ___ - _
Whiston,Bristow, said he wee formerly in the em-
koy of W, Anderson, stn., and Co., of ,Bitairia *rid
.s on his way to Cincinnati, as ate of the second 'cabin
passengers en board the - Ocean Monarch. On the first
alarm of fire''the'Captain was standiag:oil ithaalaaboaed
side-erthe anarter-deek, 'and witness heard hies giving
orders about :the':management .atathe' ehipe, Witness
saw smoke. issuing-from .the ufter,ventilator, tied went
into-the- sti cabin; which. W'ti'S then fillediwith smoke.
The chief 'ipeie-and.taitness, with.. two . or )three others,
tore away-the cabin table, and lifted up -t he-- menace- and
Alien discovdred, the -ship was, on fire. Afterwardsiwent
on ileckabd-itiW CaptaiaMurtloch, alle Was -ellcotirag-
4...t,taahiAlkiteilieas.eieag..alae.ewater aseatuickly as
possinie. Atter giving some evideneo24`esfieet4tig,•tibe
powder,. on board, and stating that he, with the
stewardess, endeavoured to get to the magazine, but
were obliged to retreat owing to the smoke, the witness
said that on againcoming on deck .he .caw Captain
Murei ode still onathe Inboard' side 'af . the quarter-deck,
actively engagedi and directing and assisting in roll-
; ing the'• water casks aft. Ten.' minutes could not
_laLe elapsed before the after_part_of the ship_ was .en-
tirely in flames. Witness tore up some benches near
the skylight, and hove them up into the wing or side of
the ship, in order that they might be ready fur any per-
son to take-hold of; and almost in a moment the flames
.burst out of the main-hatohway,- and suddehly the mid-
ship part ,of the ship ignited.- On glancing
.his eye aft
Witness-saw the n2.131e-i-ragiileaft, iind all Comniunieidio,ll
:then appeared: to: be about to be cut off between the after
and fore part of the ship. At this moment he saw the
captain aft. antLap_par_entlyemployedain _throwing. ever
light loose .spars for those overboard to save themselves
by. After_ a while witness pulled off his trousers and
jumped eve-rbeird, Witness was tbe Brit Man Whb was
picked up by the yacht. During the whole of this try-
:mg:scene, the last time witness sae; the'captain he be-
haved in the most noble mannerae 'Sive Cie ship and th-e
people; and he could only add his wish, that it he was
ever to be placed in such another position, that there
might be two or three other men like bias on board; he
gave his orders with ',coolness and judgment. He most
alecidedly-said-thaai-f-all-theaseamenehad- stood by the
captain and executed his oielersamanyenore would have
been saved. .., _' a -• '' -- .
Mr. Jams MoOre,The carpenter, was, next examined,
and said: that, in his opinion, the captain used every ex-
ertion to save the and passenger& '• '
The CORONER here said .that he Would' again ask for
the foarth time, if there were any person in Court who
had been on board the Ciimbriteer_ the. Orion steamere,
end'Who.riiighcwish to Makeany,statetilent relatiVis to
--thOe't aeltaelei-aireavitit4eaketieattreeenedatia
taitroatthe :Ocean ,klensreetree veee :a ee.! Laala - • - - . 'aee „al, a ..
Minutia' -Tinier; • is- seamanion 'het:l4 11e otibilarlia - -
stated that no man. peak' do snore than Captain Murdoch
had. done, under the eireunistanfes.. ~ <'•
- The CORONER said it must be !'eis, gratifyipg to' qapt:
Murdoch to hear welt a'volunterY statement.
The CORONER then said they were now about to enter
into aniavestigation. as to the truth 'or -Malice :of the
statement which had been -made, to the effect that. the
Cembria and Orion'might :have afforded assistance bad
they proceeded to the burning ship. He (the Coroner)
had been requested to ask for the production of the log
books Ofahose vessels. "The parties were not bound to
produce those books,or anything else-which' might crimi-
nate or reader themselves culpable,- bat he (the Coroner)
OW asked that the boelre ifiould be produced. , ,
Tliereas Littledale Esq., was next examined., Ho
stated that the Cambria steamer passed his yacht when
therewere -under latiffinaislabd, and 'the Orion passed
them ;before they left Beantuarise 'The ship was about
five or six miles to the eastward of the Ormshead,
' About half-past :twelve ,qr ai, quarter to one o'clock,
' when they reutafedthe"head'ot the ship, they observed
the smoke of the Cambria. She was going away from
thema . His impression was that the Cambria was about
five or six miles from the ship. Had any -other boats
have come up at the time, we think a great many more
lives would have been saved.
Crass-examined by Mr. O'Brien, one of the owners of
the Cambria—Witness thought he saw other steamers
besides the Cambria. He did not know which steamer
was nearest to the Ocean Monarch when we got to her.
We concluded it was the Cambria, from its having passed
us in the morning.
By Mr. Wright—We had been observing the Cambria
that morning. When off- the Ormshead, about a mile
and a half to the northward, we attempted to compare
the differeuarates -of speed between my own yacht and
the Cambria. She was ' hull down, but hen fore-topsail
was ,atanctidaiely: above the water.- Our deck -is very
low, and my impression-is--ghat she-was about seven miles
' from us. : .-- - . - ' -
By Mr. Price—l do not know that the Cambria_ passed
' the Orion:
:BY Captain Hunter (captain of the 'Cambriaj-aWhen
'we left Ptah:lsland we had the mainsail, foresail,
'and jib set. ,We had no gafatopsail then. We were :
lying to' when the Cambria passed
.us, getting in the,
small boat. '
*Mr. Rice to-Mr. Wright—Is he Mean that the Cam- .
brim passed the Oriob, and was at hiverpool half anhour:
before her ? ' • • e I
. . . .
Mr. Wright—He cannot know that of his own keevre ,
ledge.. • a . • - _ - ' - - • • - .
. The. Cons:men—l take it, that is a sword that Will cut -
' both, ways. if she ossessed such sailing powers she
'was the better able to render assistance. .
! . 'Captain -teens like exhibited to the jury a chart of
the 'outer:chatinels- of the port, in order, as he:said, to"
point out the relative positions of the different iessels at'
!the time, to judge of the: assistance . they 7 'bight -have:
'been enabled to have afforded.. Ile then proceeded to"
point out the relative positions' of the Cambria, tbe
Orion, and .- the Prince of Wales; with respect
,to „that , of. the Ocean. Monarch. The captain of
the Prince of Wales, stated that by the-leg,af that vessel :
he was, at twenty minutes past one, in a position to see
the ship 'en tire, and it seemed quite evident to him
(Captain Evans) that if the Prince of Wales at that time,'
from the position in which: she was, could see the fire,
ami could get in time to save life, and also saw those-
vessels (the Cambria 'and the Orion) ahead bet Ween the
burning ship and the Prince of Wales=ifshe could get
up in time to be of service, that both the other vessels -
might have done the same, and the whole. question would
hinge upon the fact as to where they were at the time.
Mr. Littledale had stated at what distanee he had ob-
served the two steamers, and at the time the fire broke
out• it seemed they were very near the burning ship.
Then they should next know, and it was esseitial to
know that,-thai the trading' vessels generally called at
Llanillads for.passengeasi and if the Cambria and Orion
had called there, it would brings their 'position- much
nearer-to the Ocean Monarch than : had been described .
Mr. Littledale said they had only run three miles from
the time they saw the Cambria until they saw the ship
On fire, and by a patity of, reasoning-the Cambria ought
to have been the burning vessel also. • : ..
. Edward Brimecorne, mate of the Queen pf the Ocean, .
said that they had been at the wreck an hour'before any
other vessel came up. At that time the Prince of Wales
• and theAffonso came up. Had other boats come up
' when they did a great many more lives might have beat
Saved. He was enabled to trace the course the Cambria ,
was pursuing from the time she went ahead of them at '
Puffin Island up to the time witness observed the Ocean
lakinarch. As they neared the Ocean Menatch .he was
still enabled- to trace the Cambria. At . the, time they
first saw the Ocean Monarch he could see the hull of the
Cambria. Judging from nautical' mike, the Cambria'
was then about: six miles from them, and about four and .
a half from the,Ocean Monarch. There was nothing at
all to prevent the position of 'the Ocean Monarch from
being seen by the Cambria. The Ocean Monarch was
lying in the same course pursued by the Cambria.
• By:Captain Evens-a-Had the Cambria turned back,
they could have saved more lives than we. did. It was an
hour after I first saw the Cambria that the Prince of
Wales came up. -The Cambria - could have got to the
ship long before the Prince of Wales. She might have
reached the ship balf an hour before us. .
By Captain alunter—l do not know the rate the
Cambria goes. Ido not know whether she goes five Or
..
ten miles an hour. •
' Thomas: Wells, master of the yacht, gave similar evi-
deuce to Mr. Litticdale and.the last witness,: :.uil. *Sated 1
it as his belief that had the Cambria - come up es grease
number of lives would have been saved. -
..
for the new channel, and they
Orion were then making ne , /. .
saw
t the Oceanl3a t 7.llloaten-aroolf it, the
en
rfirrinefe'•TothelY: Caim'ales'brisaa.ulanlide
mwe:nearbeleit.ween, , the Prince of Wales and the Ocean
Byalr. Wright-e.lf you had had 400 passengers on yoor •
boat would you have gone to the assistance of the Ship? -
Witnesa.) Yes• if I had had 700 on board I would have .
done so.
shill:until they gut down to the burning eohrttharp.ae.h.:
Captain Evans—let -the time' they left the
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nothing whatever to imeede the sight,
smloo,ok.elifwe-absudoi3s:e.
the captain
°onralbo.shareda.d' ‘furtherout. They had aboveil
and the boats
:eisrrflo,
directem d.
t.heie-Aofsireoaotnhn
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rt liipe:h,
ivi ua s were rneti. 'd l
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were After some furthedr itohemyl,o-trhi:gCvoenrod'aionte:Lummed up,
all me,dedieeaat
drowning, in consequence of the ship
dhYs fO: :he erfiinvtg:in
acci-
dental;oceanatinsaerdchbytaking fire ; and that at the same time
ttegnd;•clhoeeCCirdajtuieportysall°i,tr:infuta
the :jury evorild 'show their marked approbation of the
conduct of the captain, and particularly that of the first
mate, during that most trying scene,
,as also the noble
and praiseworthy-efforts of the distinguished individuals
who signalized' themselves at that awful catastrophe, as
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most efficient service to the. ill-fated people on beard." -
This ;morning the two nen, Bakal aid Bennion,
were again brought before Mr. Rushton; when Mr. Dow-
ling, the head.coustable, stated that it had been a&cr-
taieed that 'a person answering the description of the
missing one had been landed by the Taliesin. The ma-
gistrate stated that when that fact was substantiated ho _
should hand the men over to the Flintshire magistrates.
Fur this purpoim they were again remanded.

ADV..kisinTELs OF A LETTER.—The Stanford lifer-
cury says:—Some time since a letter containing bills of
exchange amounting to 5,000 i., was posted in London,
addressed w a banking firm at Boston. The word "Lin-
colnshire" being omitted from the address, the letter
was pat into an Ainerican bag and crossed the Atlantic
to-Beston in -Massachusetts! -No owner being found,
Brother Jonathan honestly retuinud.this - letter, and on
Tuesday morning last it reached its proper destination,
Alessi& Gee and Co.'s, Roston, Lincolnshire, after twice
traversing'the Atlantic, and having-caused a journey to
London; and irking and anxious corivspondence.

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