The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-11 00:00:00

DECEMBER 11, 1848.

IRELAND.
THE LATE CATASTROPHE ON BOARD THE

LONDONDERIZY STEAMER,

The Banner if Ulster contains the foidowing details,
communicated by a Londonderry correspondent:—
" DERRY, DEC. 6.—A1l now is unravelled, and with
every one the feeling is, that there was the very grossest
neglect, on the part of the commander and crew, regard-
ing the unfortunate dead. The destruction of human
life was so great, that the mind can hardly believe it a
reality; yet this morning about one-'calf of the bodies
were still uncoffined and uninterred. It is thought that
by tomorrow morning all will be enclosed inside the
burying-ground of our workhouse. As cart after cart
moved on to the workhouse, yesterday, some containing
four, five, and six coffins, the wailing and the cries of the
surviving relatives were most herirtrending'; and! no
wonder, as the coffins of wife or husband, of brothers,
sisters, and children, with whom they hoped to spend i❑
a foreig❑ land many happy days, hurried so barbarously
to a premature pauper's grave, unwaked, and almost un-
known of to their acquaintances of early life.
" I regret that the coroner's jury did not call the at-
tention of the Government to the shocking manner in
which steerage passengers are provided for and treated
on board our steamers plying between Ireland and Bri-
tain. It is surely as much, if not more so, the duty of
our legislators to interfere with steam-packet companies
as with railway companies; and, when they caused the
waggons for the transit of fourth-class passengers to be
covered over for land travelling, how much more neces
vary is it for those travelling by water, exposed to the
roughest sea, the coldest wind, and the pitiless rain, to
have a covering to shelter there, which their wretched
clothing is insufficient forAoing. And I do hope the press
of this country, ever forward in promoting acts of phi-
lanthropy and benevolence, will not rest satisfied until
they see some desirable reform brought about for the
safety and comfort of the poorer classes, so many of
whom travel daily by our steamers from one port to
another. With such an awful lesson before them as
seventy-two human beings stierifcod.for want of such
accommodation as I suggest, is enough to arouse not
only the whole press of the United Kingdom, but every
Member of the Legislature, to devise and bring about a
speedy remAy."
The Londonderry Standard of Friday contains the
following statement in reference to the number of per-
sons on board the steamer, compiled from the ship's
papers, and the records of the inquest:—

NUMBER OF SOULS ON BOARD.
Steerage passengers... ... 174
Cabin ditto ... ..• 3
Captain and crew ... • ... 26-203
Of these died on board (all steerage passengers)—
Men ... ••• ... 23
Women 32
Children ... 17— 72
Remaining to be amounted tor ... 131
Steerage passengers surviving
Cabin ditto ditto
Captain and crew

26-131

CATTLE ON BOARD.

Black cattle ... 44 died 13
Sheep ... 62 died 25
Pigs
••• ••• ••• ••• 26 died 1
LIST OF PERSONS DEAD, ADD WHOSE BODIES HAVE
BEEN RECOGNISED:—Biddy Tearsny, Owney Scanlon,
John M'Laughlin, Anthony Martin, Mary M'Laughlin,
Pat. Clancy, Pat. Milmo ; Ellen M'Anulty, Anne
M'Anulty, Michael M'Anulty, Nancy M'Anulty, Cathe-
rine M'Anulty, Biddy M'Anulty (one family); John
Tearnon, 'ready Armstrong and son, John M•Gowan,
Mary Talland, Anne 'Callan, John Connaughton, Mary
Kane, Margaret Connaughton, Catherine M'Gowan,
Michael M'Gowan, Hannah Brown, Catherine Gilgan,
Pat. Glin, Pat. Neallon, Bridget Bailly, James Cathey,
Pat. Clark, Catherine Reilly, Brien Flyn, Thomas Ton-
ner, Anne Cullen, Michael Egan, George Stevenson,
Owney Haughney, Mary Rowen, Anne Rowen, James
M'Cormick, Bridget Bourke, Mary M`Donagh, Mary
Cain, James M`Griskin, Brien Melvin, Thady Tearsny,
Owen Scanlan, Dominick Carty and son—in all 50, leav-
ing 22 bodies yet to be identified.
We understand that a total sum of 1241. Iss. Bid. was
found by the constabulary on the bodies of the deceased
individuals, and on examining the floor, after their re-
moval from the scene of death, a further sum of about
101. was discovered. It is scarcely necessary to add, that
all this money will be accounted for.
LIST OR PASSENGERS SAVED.—We have made every
effort in our power to obtain the names of the passengers
who were saved on this occasion; but in consequence of
a number of them having left Derry immediately ater
the termination of the inquest, we have not been able to
complete the list. The following are all the names that
could be procured:—
Winney Carthy, Catherine Dwyer, Bridget Nimmo,
Margaret M'Gowan, Margaret Blundon, Mary Mourne,
Bridget Wynne, James Wynn, Jane Dwyer, Betsey
Dwyer, Sabine Carron, Bridget Melvin, Nancy Melvin,
Mary Melvin, Mary Manley, Catherine Quinan, Bridget
Merrick, Anthony Merrick, Bridget M'Donald, Maria
M'Donald, John M'i)onald, Catherine Molloy, Nancy
Feeney, J. Martin, Michael Martin, Patrick Martin,
Mary Martin, Bridget Martin, Patrick Blundon, Anne
Gannon, Bryan Heiver, Bridget M'Dermott, Edmund
M'Dermott, Bridget Crafton, Margaret Bank, Patrick
Morron, Betsey Hogan, James Dwyer, Bridget Brennan,
sen.; Bridget Brennan, jun. ; Anno Brennan Michael
Brennan, Dominick O'Connor, Bridget Feeney, Ca-
therine Gallagher, Mary MtGettens, Betsey M‘Fad-
den, Owen Kane, Mary Kane, Mary Walsh, Patrick
Walsh, James Coyne, Bridget Connaughton, Michael
M'Laughlin, John M'Andrew, Thomas Colman, Jerry
M'Anulty, Mary M'Anulty, John Allen, Eliza
M'Gowan, Patrick Golden, James Quinan, Thos. Jinks,
jun.; James Colgan, Miles Gibbons, Philip Gannon,
Edward M'Dermott, Peter Walsh, Patrick Tynan, John
Logan, Mark Milmore, Patrick M'Niff, John Martin,
James Nellin, Patrick Blunt, Charles Scullion, and Mat-
thew Molloy.
The Londonderry Standard adds—

"The superintendence of the funeral arrangements was
principally undertaken by the Mayor and Sir R. Fergu-
son, but in this department also the constabulary had
heavy labours, while Mr. Lyon, the company's agent, not
only defrayed all the expenses, but sent twelve of his
own men to assist in digging a suitable grave. Ground
for this purpose was obtained in the burial-place at-
tached to the workhouse, where the coffins were depo-
sited in rows of two in depth, and all the solemnities be-
longing to the melancholy occasion were duly performed
with the utmost decency and order. Clergymen belong-
ing to the different denominations were in attendance.
All the luggage and property of every description, be-
longing to the deceased passengers, has been landed from
the steamer, and is now in process of being handed over
disposed itsd n of tw
being) willproperly
the charge of the constabulary until it is regularly
claimed, and as the men belonging to this torce have had
remainid in
-
en
an immensity of extra fatigue, the authorities ought to
provide some means for their proportionate remunera-
tion."