The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-16 00:00:00

Shipping Disasters.

SIIIELDS, Monday, Noon.
Another fearful collision took place off the
the YoArnork-
shire coast on Sunday morning, between
steamship, trading between eith and London, and
the brig Medina, of North Shields, laden with grain
from the Sea of Azoff to Leith. The steamer ran
into the brig amidships, and the latter immediately
began to fill with water, and sank 20 minutes after
she was struck. The master of the brig, Mr. Cole,
with the cook and steward, Emanuel Bryant, jumped
on board the steamer, and assisted by the mate of
the steamer and a soldier passenger, a young re-
cruit, who showed great bravery throughout, the
master of the brig got out one of the steamer's life-
boats, and he and the two persons mentioned pulled
it in among the wreck of the brig, and succeeded in
saving the following persons belonging to her, who
were floating about in the sea :—W. E. W. Taylor,
chief mate of the Medina, who belongs to Great
Yarmouth ; Wm. Pybus, second mate, belonging
to North Shields ; 'David James, a seaman, belong-
ing to Aberystwith ; and Patrick Kelly, a seaman,
belonging to Douglas, Isle of Man. The following
were drowned :—Henrich Walter, seaman, belong-
ing to Hamburg ; Augustus Finslow and Her-
man, seamen, belonging to Dantzic ; and John
Batters, an apprentice, belonging to Newcastle.
The Arno's bows were stove in, and she made a
good deal of water forward ; but she did not ap-
pear at the time in immediate danger of sinking.
As soon as the survivors of the brig were got on
board she was steamed towards the land. After she
had run in about four miles she sprang a very serious
leak, and she soon had about ten feet water in the
fore compartment. Orders were given to clear the
decks, and the carcases of about 300 sheep intended
for the London market, with other merchandise,
were thrown overboard. But that did not relieve
the ship. Under these circumstances the master of
the steamer thought it prudent to get out the life-
boats, and four of them were put over the side, into
which 48 passengers and seamen got, and as soon
as these boats were cast off the steamer ran more in
towards the land. A steam tug came to her assist-
ance, and was seen to run in with her. After pull-
ing about some time the people in the lifeboats fell
in with the full rigged ship Summer Cloud, belong-
ing to Leith and bound to the Tyne from Peru,
with guano, the master of which took them on board.
The master of the steamer, with 18 men and three
women, remained on board after the lifeboats left
her.
During Sunday night the Conservator screw
steamer brought Capt. Pattison, the officers, and
the remainder of the crew and passengers of the
Arno in the Tyne. They stood by the ship until
within ten minutes of her sinking. The Conservator
bad got a rope to the Arno and attempted to tow
her, but the vessel was so far sunk forward that the
Conservator could make no impression on her. The
Conservator stuck by the Arno during the whole of
yesterday afternoon. About half-past 1 o'clock in
the afternoon the water broke through the bulk-
heads of the Arno into the engine-room and put the
fires out. The captain, crew, and passengers then
left, and the two Tyne tugs, the Renown, and the
Victoria, got hold of her, but in ten minutes after
she sank, with George Adams, a man put on board
from the Victoria. A. man belonging to the Renown
saved himself by floating upon a basket until he was
picked up. The Wizard, steam tug, brought four
marines into the Tyne last night. She took them
out of an open boat. They had drifted from the
Arno and had no oars to guide their boat. The
principalportion of the fore cabin passengers aboard
the Arno were seamen and marines belonging to her
Majesty's ship Trafalgar, and they were coming up
from Leith to their homes in the south on furlough.
They, with the whole of the passengers, have lost
everything, and are nearly all assembled on the New
Quay this morning. Many of the men complain that
they have had nothing to eat since yesterday.
EXETER, Jan. 14.
Another severe storm occurred last night, and the
river Exe rose to such a height as to flood the
Bristol and Exeter line, and delay the arrival of the
trains. Scores of sheep have been washed away,
and hundreds of trees have been uprooted and car-
ried down the stream. The streets in St. Thomas,
adjacent to the city, are submerged, and the inhabi-
tants are compelled to remove to their upstairs
rooms. Last night a Mr. Wescombe, jun., son of the
proprietor of the Exeter Gazette, and another young
man were being driven in a fly from some mines on
the banks of the river 'reign, where they had been
to pay the workmen. The river had overflowed the
bridge, and the flydriver, a man named Jessop, in
attempting to cross, was washed down the stream
and drowned. The two young men were rescued
liter being two hours in a most perilous situation.
The horses were drowned. _ _ _

JERSEY, Jan. 13.
The storm has for some days interrupted the usual
mail packet communication with the Channel
Islands. The mail via Southampton due yesterday
morning did not arrive till this morning, while
that via Weymouth due on Wednesday after-
noon did not arrive here till the same time. On
Wednesday the steamer Dred, of Maryport, Wilson
master, bound from Havre from Swansea, was seen
in distress about eight miles off Gorey. The cutter
Umpire weat to her assistance, and put four men on
board, and during the night she was brought to
about three miles from the land. Yesterday morn-

ing a signal of distress was hoisted, and Capt. Amy,
the harbour master, secured the services of a pilot
to proceed to the steamer. The lifeboat of her Ma•
jesty's ship Speedy, Commander Rogers, was ob
tallied, and four of the crew volunteered to go off
The lifeboat was towed out by the cutter Uniipire
One of the crew of the Speedy, named Stoneman,
remained in the lifeboat for the purpose of steering
her, all the others being on board the cutter. When
about halfway to the schooner a heavy sea came on
board and nearly washed all bands off the deck. It
overturned the lifeboat, throwing out Stoneman,who
was drowned. The boat was lost. The crew of the
cutter was unable to render him any assistance in
consequence of the main boom giving way. Being
completely exhausted, they were compelled to return
to shore. The gale increasing, the schooner began
to drag her anchors and drive shorewards. Her
crew cut away the masts, and again signalled their
distress. Capt. Amy telegraphed to St. Ilelier for
the lifeboat to be sent round, and in about an hour
and 'a quarter she was launched at Gorey. A volun-
teer crew was immediately raised and the boat put
off, but on its arrival at the schooner the captain
refused to throw out a line, and the crew, .who were
much exhausted, had to pull back to shore after
their fruitless journey. They effected a safe landing
near Seymour's Tower. After riding out the gale
last night, the weather having moderated a little,
the Dred was towed into Gorey-this forenoon by her
Majesty's ships Dasher and Speedy. The weather
is now (midnight) quite calm.

The Board of Trade have received the annexed
list of ships lost during the late gales. The
details are furnished by the Receiver of Wrecks:
:
—The ship Guy Mannering, 1,600 tons burden,
Captain Brown, commander, from New
York for Liverpool, totally lost on the rock
at lona, Scotland ; 17 of her crew drowned ' • cargo
very valuable-1,600 bales of cotton, 5,360 barrels
of flour, 38,986 bushels of corn, and 40 cases of
merchandise ; estimated loss of ship and cargo,
£40,000. The ship Severn, 856 tons burden, owned
by Messrs. Lidgett and Co., of Billiter-street, Lon-
don, from Calcutta for London, abandoned, a total
loss. Her cargo was as follows :-149,8131b. of
Assam teas, 22G tons of saltpetre, 750 bales of jute,
270 bales of hemp, 350 bales of safflower, 24 bar-
rels of dye, 275 cwt. of turmeric, 13,572 hides, 40d
tons of rapeseed, and 18 tons of linseed ; crew save
—estimated loss, ship and freight, 118,000, and
cargo, £50,000, The ship Simla, from Calcutta for
London, burnt at sea ; cargo-300 tons of rice,
,282 bales of jute, 150 bales of hemp, 7,800 hides,
36 tons of linseed, 350 tons of rapeseed, 58 barrels
of oije-wood ; estimated loss of ship and cargo,
a. °"'°l3°- Thy. T ; ship Albion, 1,245 tons burden, owned
by Me
apseott and Co., Liverpool, from
New York. for Liverpool with general cargo, totally
wrecked near
estimated nesshHarbour ; 11 lives lost,
~. of
945 tons, owned and cargo, £40,000.
The ship Attillia
Treharne and Co., Cardiff, owned by Messrs. John
totally
lost off the coast