The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-29 00:00:00

THE LACE STORMS.

Between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock last after-
noon, as the Clarence steamer, on her way from
Kilrush to Limerick,approached Grass Island, three
teen were perceived waving their hats and making
eager signals for assistance, the steamer then run-
ning- at about nine knots an hour, with the wind
from the south-west, blowing hard. Captain Bing-
ham, with great promptitude and humanity, had the
engines stopped and the sails slackened, so as to
keep to the windward of the island, and drift a::
near to it as the safety of his vessel would allow. In
the mean time preparations were made to launch and
man the jolly-boat, which was despatched to the
shore, at the edge of which the three poor ft-flows
were anxiously awaiting the boat, as they had sup-
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posed that the steamer, from the rapid rate at whiC:,

she was sailing, as well as her distance, the swell of
the Shannon, and squalls, could not stop to take
them from their perilous position ; but they were
most agreeably disappointed, and having been
brought on bond the Clarence, they gave their
names—viz., Patrick Horrogan, Patrick Blake,
Thomas Kean, with the folloa ing narrative :
Last Tuesday week the Mary, of Carrigaholt,
laden with beans, the property of Michael Cum-
ming, left that place for Limerick. Patrick Hort o-
gan had the ina:lagement of the boat, assisted by
Peter IVl'Mahon Ertl Scanlan, boatmen, and M'lnery,
Cumming's clerk; after having sold the b-atiQ, the
boat was abandoned by all the men except Horro-
gan, with whom they generously left one
worth of potatoes for his sustenance while in Lime-
rick and on his voyage home. Poor Horrogan con-
trived to maintain himself as well as he could among
the boatmen at the Quay (reserving his potatoes for
support during his trip ro Carrigaholt )until next morn-
ing ( Friday),whcn Blake anti Kean agreed to accom-
pany him ; they set sail at 8 o'clock, and got on well
till they reached Soil Islaad,when the wind blew hard,
and they struggled to make way; but off Grass
island, the rudder was cirried away, the boat struck
upon a rock, sprung a leak, and made water so fast,
that in order to save their lives they determined to
quit her. Hotrogaa was the only man of the party
that could swim, and having fastened the peak-
halyards about his shoulders he swam ashore, by
which he succeeded in saving the lives of his com-
rades. Kean, who had received 5/. for beans in
Limerick, when he got to the land began to bewail
the loss of his money, upon which Horrogan, feeling
gratitude to him and Blake for their kindness in
accompanying him, swam off to the boat, and got
out of the box in which the money was kept Keitne's
51. and 701. which Blake had received for his em-
ployer, Mr. Kean, of Carrigaholt, and having put
the whole of the money into a stocking, tied
it round his neck, with the notes at the
back of it, put a new hat of Blake's on
his head, and a pair of new shoes, which also be-
longed to Blake, and brought them all safe to the
island. The boat soon after sunk. The men re-
mained on the island from eleven till a quarter past
three, when they were fortunately saved by Ciptain
Bingham; arid, from the state of the weather, they
must have inevitably perished if left on the island
for the night. If the steamer had not been detained
most providentially at Kilrush on Thursday, these
poor fellows would have been lost. To the Hu-
mane Society we most earnestly recommend Hor-
rogan, for the fearless and manly efforts he made to
save the lives and the money too of his comrades
(Blake arid Keane). A small gratuity would be to
him of vast value, and he deserves it most richly.—
Limerick Chronicle.