The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-02 00:00:00

WRECK OF THENORAH.

(From a Liverpool Paper.)
A large veaseit the Norah, of Liverpool, Captain Burn-
ley, from Demerara, lad'n with sugar, rum, and other arti-
cles of West India produess is a iota: wreck on the Hoyle-
bank. The Captain and the whole of the crew perished.
excepting one map. named Kenneth Macfarlane, who has
furnished the following simple and affecting narrative of the
wreck, and sufferings of himself and companions :
" The ..Vorah sailed from Demerara on the Ist of -Tau.
last ; had calms and light easterly winds until we reached
lst. 44, after which we had strong westerly breezes. Our
crew numbered 15, including the Contain. We were off
the Saltees, on the Irish coast, on Saturday last, at four
o'clock p.m., with a fresh breeze W.N.W. ; came up Chan-
nel undetsr:efed topsails ; SO minutes past II a.m. abreast
Holyhead ; by sinutes past 2, wind W.S.W., to the east-
ward of the Skerrits, shortened sail and made a few tacks
off and on to the westward,. as the wind was variable, accom-
panied by sudden gusts, squalls, and rain ; tour p.m., close
reefed topsails and foresail. and set the storm trysail, and .
stood off ship's head- N.N.W., to delay time for ,the. put
pose .of getting a pilot in the - mooing ; at 30 minutes
past 10 p.m. wore ship, and- stood in, blowing a perfect
hurricane ; at 30 minutes past three a.ru., saw the land
on lee bow, wore ship, and stood off to the North ; at
four a.m., the vessel first struck, which I th:nk was ore
West Hoyle ; after this endeavoured to get both anchors
clear .; after thumping several times, a heavy sea struck her
and swept the deck of boats. &c. ; then all bands took to
the mainmast ; when there about five minutes, the ship fell
on he beam ends, and the mast gave way above the deck,
and all hinds went with it. I succeeded, by swimming, in
getting to 1.:,e foremast ; the captain followed, but could not
reach ; he then got on the main yard, and there mumbled a
few minutes, whet a sea came and took him and one of the
men' (John Bali) away. I then saw no more of them. The
last tram I saw on the wreck of the mainmast was George
Aston ; he might. have been there a quarter of an hour
after the others wt., gone. After this the vessel began to
break up, the bottone separating from the top, which caused
the foremast to fall rot ward. with the head on the bowsprit.
I remained there ; the.wreck floating in with the, flood ;
could.ses Hilbree Island afdaylight, and seemed close to
it ; was on the wreck till 10 a.m., before I could see any
one, although the top of the lee bank. was then dry. [Be-
tween the hours of 10 and 4, wemulerstood from Mr. Ball,
who keeps the Green Lodge Imo. Acme men were in the
act of conveying the life-boat from .the boat-house to
Hilbree Island,. when one of the wheels made for the per-
,
vas of carrying the boat broke down, and the>. were then
unable. to make use of, it, and- were obliged to' mat. a boat
which could not approach theswreck,and thus was the sufferer
destined to remain on the wreck all night, which might have
been prevented had tio wheels been in a proper and efficient
state.). Shortly afterwards I saw some men, and one of them
approached the wreck ; I hailed him, and he answered me ;
after that, and not till about 4 o'clock p.m., a boat came off,
and anchored abreast of the wreck, apparently not being
able to succeed in reashing it. Being so benumbed by
cold, I was conscious I bad not the power to swim to the
boat, andhod to remain on .the wreck all this (the second)
night. This .night again the wreck floated towards the lee
bank, and about midnight it was high and dry. Before
daylight the tide had made, and the water round it. About
7 o'clock, a.m. on Tuesday morning, I saw a smack near,
with a boat astern ; about 9 the boat, with seven bands,
took me off the wreck, and carried me to the Green Lodge
public-house, Hoylake."
The remaining portion of the wreck now lies anchored,
to prevent it drifting, on she gas*. Hoyle Bank. It con-
t tins 140 puncheons of rum, which it is anticipated will be
saved. The seamen who have perished were shipped from
this port, and bore excellent characters: Most of acni
have left wives 'and families to deplore their loss, and it is
hoped that the charitable community, who on such Ix:ea-
...ions are seldom appealed to in vain, evill come forward with
a 'bscription for their relief. Books for this purpose lie
at the Exchange Newsroom, and elsewhere. Wm. Sb,. rp,
Esq., tt..s owner of the vessel, has already Subscribed the
sum of 2ts'.
The following are the names and residences of the lost
;-
I.;:ptain Burnley ; Mr. Johnson, chief mate ; James
Smith, carpssnter, of Nottingham ; Thomas Watson, se-
kiln Ball, William Huntley, and Geo. Holmes,
ejolvedeti
Isnot 6,-,rge Anderson, Iltic.kleaven, Fifeshite ;
•
ju,:,,pit. Thomas, c.„-narvon : George Watsou, Greenock ;
William Ward, atatim.ester ; John Gilbert, Falmouth : a
tive;
Mack coos, shipped in Din.. erare, and a black boy, na
ttnt.:(.l;7.

9n occurrence
Dr.EADFut. ACCIDENT.--. ',EVEN PERsoNS
DrumNr.D.—We have th's day to rc6orr.'
lias hardly been paralleilt. in this neigh!ion."hood since the la-
mentable boat accident at the building of ti.: railway bridge
about tise years ago, and whith }the present resembles in
character._ .It appears that ft.' some time pastnumber of
navigators haw: been engaged ,:i reFirin,,e, the cliti;snktments
of the river Mersey, about Dunhani. am: that they i!atl :o cross
nu: ferry at llollins-green, to and fr.3.n their tvork. Atootit
ti
Welt, -k on Wednesday morning a numt. ,r of these MCP pre.
tented Aemsellies at the ferry, to cross the river, and tIleY Au-
cat. 'ollril • trusted themselves in a small punt, instead of it
large.- ho;a, kept at the ferry, and which ought to have beets
used. !ncluu.ng the two boatmen, the company consisted of
14 person..--a tuul which brought-the edge of the boat near
to the teat su.-face. There was a-swell in the river at this
time, caused by th late rains, and the current was very sir
When titellei.t got into the current, therefore, it became un-
manageable, and in, a few moments upset. Of course, the
whole 14 men'were pa.,cipitated into the water, seven of whom
managed with great di.3culty. to regain the shore, but the re.
rnainingseven navigators, all perished. The calamity was so
,s4clden:that.availablq, suit. %nee was out of the question • but
in a short time nuithertzhad clocked to the scene, and the bodies
of five of the drowned men were found in the 'Course of the
morning. Threz cif,the deceased men are single, tho test aro
married-,-one cf them only ten days ago. We have not pro-
cured the names of the ill-fated men. An inquest over their
1 remains was to be held yesterday, 'before Mr, Heys, coroner
for the Prescott division.—Lierrpool . •
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