The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

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some ten minutes, a. she wa3 going all the time. 0.1
laying hold of it we were got on board, and were after-
wards landed at

George Horner—l was on board the Joseph Willis,
and saw all that occurred, as described by Wallis and
Mr. Ford. I heard the captain cry out to the people,
" Stop by my order,, and I'll run you on shore ; but
shortly after that the ship heeled over on her side. I
then heard the captain tell the people " to keep hold of
the hen coops—toss them overboard, and keep hold on
to them." I did as ho told me, and after being in the
water some ten minutes, I got back to the ship, and
got on to the m:zen, which was lying in the water,
the ship being on ler beam en6s. A boat then came
and took me off with some of the crew ; but I was so ill
after this that I scarcely know what took placc,, ur, what
beraaie of me.
Thee survivors said that Captain Hunt, a Passenger
on board the steaunr, mu most instrumental en reuder-
ing assistance to them and those who succeeded en
reaching that vessel. '

As yet but an imperfect list has been obtainel of those
known to have been brought on shore. The following
are the only Dailies sent up :—Mr. Henry G. Ray
and Mrs. Ray, of Milton, near Sit tingbourne ; Walter
Wright, George Horner, W. W. Wallis, Mr. Ford, S.
Scott, C. Fleming, steward, passenger. cook, boat-
swain's mate, 1 midshipman, 1 apprentice, 3 boys, 2

sailore, and ship's butcher.
The Josephine Willia was a new ship, and had only
been one voyage. Her cargo is laroly inured.

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GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
It is our melancholy task to announce that a most
fearful collision took place in the Channel, off Folke-
stone, on Sunday evening, between the Josephine Wil-
lis, Captain Carney, one of the London and New Zea-
land line-of-packet ships, and a pop:Tele' iron serest
steamship, sailed the Mangerton, bound to the Thames,
from Limerick, which resulted in the foundering of the
former ship, and, it is feared, a lamentable sacrifice of
life. The receipt of telegraphic messages from Remsgate
and Folkestone announcing the catastrophe eceasioned
deep feeling of regret throughout the shipping interest
in the City yesterday.
The Josephine Willis was a first-class ship of 1,000
tons burthen. She belonged to Messrs. Fletcher, of
Limehouse, and was chartered by Messrs. Willis and
Co., who run a regular monthly line of packets to New
Zealand, for a voyage to A.ucklan,l. She cleared out
from Sr. Katherine's Docks on Friday, laden with a
valuable and miscellaneous cargo, 10 first class pas-
s.engers, amongst them Mr. and Mrs, Ray and a bre-
then relatives of. the owners, about 60 steerage pas-
sengers, and a crew, of and men, of some 35 in
number, upwards of 100 on board, all told. She was
towed down the river from Gravesend out to sea, and
the pilot left her off Deal at 6 o'clock on Sunday even-
ing. The weather was fine and clear, with a moderate
fair wind E.N.E., favourable fur her ran down Channel.
Sire had passed the South Foreland, and was proceed-
ing as satisfactorily as could be wished, when about
half-past seven o'clock, Sandgate hearing S.S. W., 9
miles distant, a cry was ritie.l by the look-out for-
ward of a light a-head. Whether the ktaainer saw
the Josephine Willis, or miscalculated the distance she
was off, are facts yet to be ascertained. However,
she Caine on, and struck the ship amidships with
such tremendous force as to cut her down to the
water's edge. A :cone of the most painful description
immediately ensued amongst the passengers on board
the Josphine Willis, and a rush was male to get on
board the steamer, which was then ascertained to be the
Mangerton, Capt. Boucher, from Limerick. Unhappily,
front some unexplained cause, Capt. Boucher almost di-
rectly backed his vessel out from the wreck. He may
have had some good reason for doing so, but it is alleged
that had he remained or stood by, the larger portion of
those on board the ship might have been rescued. Only
a few managed to scramble on board the steamer; others,
as will be seen, were accidentally picked up some time
afterwards. Capt. Csnney, who throughout the whole
of the trying scene exhibited the most noble an I sea-
=alike conduct, endeavoured to pacify tare terrified
creatures by assuring them that if they only attended
to his orders they would all be saved. He called to
them to come aft, where the bulk of the passengers
were last seen. The ship then heeled over with the
end of her yards in the water, and- what became of her
living freight is at present a matter of conjecture. It is
known that she has gone down, as her topmasts were to
be seen just above water, not far from the spot where
the collision occurred.
The Mangertou steamer appears not to have made any
attempt to go in search of the ship she had run into. Her
bows and stern were completely driven in by the force
of the collision, and on sounding the pumps it was ascer-
tained that she was making water. Her fore compart-
ment wi s partly full ; still, however, no serious conse-
quences were entertained of her condition. In addition
to those who goton hoard her from the wreck, she picked
up a boat containing several persons, and at six o'clock
yesterday morning she anchored off Deal, wirer,: several
of the rescued passengers were put ashore. As it was
considered somewhat unsafe, in her damaged condition,
to continue the voyage to London, it was proposed to send
her into Ramsgate to undergo some temporary repair.
She accordingly went into that harbour and landed the
remainder of those she had on board hulouging to the
Josephine Willis, in all about 29. Amongst them were
the first and second officers, tire surgeon, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray. It was then ascertained that at midnight a
boat had. reached. Folkestone from the wreck with seve-
ral of tine crew, and from their statements Lloyd's agents
concluded that, as they reported they lead left the wreck
on her beaanends, with tine passengere and crew shifting
cargo and pumpiag,there was a chance. of saving her,
andanumber of flailing boats and luggers put to sea in
the d:rectian of the wrack, in the hoe° of rendering her
aid. Some of them returned without having seen any-
thing of the ill-fated ship Several bodies, however,
were observed floating about, and three were washed
ashore, one evidently a passesger (neme unknown) with
a life-preserver fastened round his body.
The tubjonied statements of three of the survivors
will furnish some additional detai's of the catastrophe.
Mr.. Wm. Ford, of 3, Ridge-street, Landpert, Hants,
passenger on board the Josephine Willis, said that
about eight o'clock on Saturday evening, the 3rd inst.,
the look-out man called out to the chief mate, " A !ight
ahead, sir." The chief mate raid "All right," and
running forward, got to the forecastle, returned aft,
went to the forecastle again, and then t> the middle of
the ship, calling out to the light, which was drawing
nearer to us, and proved to be a steamer, " Port your
helm," severs!. times. A few minutes afterward', the
steamer, the Mangerton, from Limerick, Commander
Boucher, came full speed into us, striking us iu mid-
sllips and cutting us down to the water's edge. We
had lights up inn the foremast, and were ping at the
rate of about eight knots, wish a very clear night and
smooth sea.
W. -W. Wallis raid—l heard the man on the look-out
• say, "A light ahead," and saw the mate run forward
and then return aft, and afterwards go to the middle of
the ship and call out to the steamer which was steaming
down on us, "Port your helm," as loud as he could 1
several times. About three or four minutes after-
wards the steamer struck us in the middle, by the main
mast, and cut us down to the water's edge. Seine
persons got on board the steamer, which backed her en-
gines, and went away from the ship, to which she never
returned. I then went upon the poop, and saw the (lec-
tor pulling off his clothes. He put them on again, and
got into a boat and went to the steamer. I then heard
Captain Canney call out to the persons on beard,
"Come all, and I'll save you all." He then called out
to the crew, "Something the mainsail, and I'll run the
ship on shore ; stand by my orders all hands, and I'll
save you. We will run her on shore." The people
then lowered the life-boat. I with several others got
into it. We then picked up Mr. Ray and his wife,
Catherine May, and Mr. Wright, who were in another
boat, which we found to be sinking fee. We then
lowed alongside the steamer, and having hailed them,
they threw us a rope, which we could not catch for