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London, England, 1866-01-19 00:00:00

been acquainted prior to the voyage, said to him, ' line was thrown to 4,-hem, and they were drawn up
" Well, Jack, I think we are going to go." The to the deck, where they found themselves com-
answer was, " I think we are, Eastwood." The re- pletely benumbed by the exposure to which they
ply was, "We cannot help it. There's only one had been subjected. Captain Cavasa, who could
thing I regret about it ;of a draught for £5OO on speak little English, to whom the men feel grateful
the Bank of Victoria, Ballarat, I only received £2O, to the extremest extent, used more means for their
which I gave to the captain in the office of Money recovery and for their comfort than simple humanity
Wigram and Co. I should have liked my poor father would dictate. He had the men stripped, rubbed,
to have got the balance." The speaker was among clad in fresh warm garments, and killed for them
those who perished, but, fortunately and singularly a turkey, besides providing tea and soup, and set-
enough, his communication was made to one of the ting apart for them warm beds. At that time the
three surviving passengers, and as the deceased Mr. ship was in 46.48 N. latitude, and 7.13 W. longi-
Eastwood's father is known to live near Liverpool, tude, and was bound for Cork or Falmouth. They
the probability is that his son's wish will be fulfilled were landed at the latter port, and yesterday pro-
-a wish that was so fervent that Mr. Eastwood ceeded by train to London.
shed tears as he expressed it. There were some slight inaccuracies in the list of
We have endeavoured to obtain information from passengers published yesterday; but the following
the survivors as to any one they can recollect among muster-roll issued by Messrs. Money Wigram, the
the passengers, and to any word or act that may owners of the vessel, may be taken as authentic :
tend to satisfy their friends of their state of mind. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—First Class.—Rev. Mr.
Mention was made on Wednesday of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Owen and child, Mr. and
Draper's exhortations to the unhappy people in the Mrs. George F. Urquhart, Mr. and Mrs. John
chief saloon. The women sat round him reading Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. G. Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs.
Bibles with the children, and occasionally some James Alderson, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Benson, Mr.
man or woman would step up to Mr. Draper and and Mrs. Fenton, Mr. A. and T. R. Fenton, Mr.
say, " Pray with me, Mr. Draper"—a request that G. M. Smith, Mr., Mrs., Master, and Miss Chap-
was always complied with. Up to the time the ship man ; Mr. and Mrs. Clark and son, Mr. F. Lewis,
went down the rev. gentleman ministered to those Mr. and Mrs. Bevan, Dr. John Woolley, Mr. and
among whom he moved constantly. He was heard Mrs. Debenham, Miss Laura Maunder, Mr. James
to say repeatedly, " Oh, God, may those that are Robertson, Mr. T. M. Tennant, Miss D'Ovoy, Mr.
not converted be converted now—hundreds of them !" G. Palmer, Mr. T. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
About an hour before the vessel sunk Mr. Wilson I Amos, Miss Catharine M'Lachlan, Mr. E. Brooks,
met Capt. Martin under the main deck aft and asked Mr. J. Ruskin Richardson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
him if it would be of use to help in carrying out the James Kerr, Mist` Mary Cutting, Mrs. and Miss
water to the second deck. He replied, " I will see," King, Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas and two children,
and walked to the engine room, into which he looked Mr. A. Sandilands, Mr. E. Youngman, Mr. H. J.
down, when he turned about, came back, and said, Dennis, Mr. E. A. Marks, Mr. D. F. De Pass,
" You may do it, but I think itis of no use." He then Master W. D. Burrell, Dr. Hunter, Mrs. Trail and
walked on to the poop, and having declared he would child.
stay and sink with the passengers, he walked about Second Class.—Kaye Eastwood, Frederic Stone,
and silentlylooked down on what was goingon. When H. J. White, Annie White, Helen Price, J. L. Wil-
the boat put off with the three passengers, 14 men, liams,eMr. and Mrs. Graham, B. G. Rowe, J. E.
and two boys, one being the youngest midshipman Wilson(saved), Helen Morling, Georgiana Graham,
on his first voyage, many of the passengers who, Jas. Dothie, Chas. Gough, Allan Brace, Jas. Wood-
although expecting death, little knew how very, very house, George Cross, William Day, D. W. Lemon,
soon it was to come upon them, waved their hand- Mr. and Mrs. Giffett, George Chennells, W. A.
kerchiefs, and cheered when the boat got about a Wood, Elizabeth Wood, William Clayson, Mary
dozen yards from the ship, being apparently anxious Clayson, Thomas Wood, Elizabeth Wood, Godfrey
that some should live to tell their hapless tale. By Wood, Bennett Beran, Susan Brooker, Henry Davis,
the time the men had rowed the gig about 80 yards. Thomas O'Hagen, H. W. Hardinge, Francis Fryer,
the mind came down upon them from all quarters so John Munro (saved), D. C. ;Main (saved), Peter
boisterously that they could not hear each other when Fenwick, Ellen and Mary Ann Meggs, G. H. Camp-
shouting, and at this time they looked eagerly back, bell, Elizabeth Marks, E. Glynn, John, Jane, Eliza-
and saw their noble new vessel sinking rapidly by beth, Harry, Alfred, and Emily Hickman, Archibald
Ithe stern. The stem rose so high that the keel was M'Lean, Charles Johnstone.
observed for a moment to be completely out of the Third Class.—Wm. Passmore, Hugh Milian, C.
water as far as the foremast. The boatswain, Sted- J. Chandler, Benjamin Hay, Ellen Jones, Selena and
ding, of Blackwall, who has left a wife and five chil- Alice Simpson, John and Elizabeth Henson, Mr. and
ren, the butcher, from Blackwall, who has left a wife Mrs. Wm. Graham, George, Ann, and Maggie
and family, Ham, the cook, who is a married man Graham, George Rolwigan, John,
DavidM'Vittie,Elizabeth, Helen,
David
and a very old servant of the owners, the baker (un- George, and Henry Sarcombe,
known), and the purser's mate, William Riley, had Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Flack and four children ;
made up their minds to leave the steamer in the re- Richd. Trevarrow, D. Block, J. Gerkem, ZulecMorris
maining small boat over the cuddy, and had provi- and Zulec Barnett, S. Bolton, Thos. Skeggs, David
sioned and launched her ; but no sooner were they and Elizabeth Smith, A. Umpway, Samuel Spring
ready to put off than the foundered ship quickly slid (boy), A. Hogan, James Walls, Wm. Barrow ;
below the waves, and left a moment an awful gulf, Susan, Caroline, and Mary Lampes ; A. S. Oster,
within whose walls of dark, whirling water they fell John Little, and Henry M'Covey.
with every human being and every article around, ss__---
and were soon swallowed up. Two passengers were
seen with lifebelts, but probably none were alive
when they came to the surface. The spectacle was
only to be seen, for in the din of the tempest no
cry from the sinking multitude could be heard, and
soon not a vestige was visible. As the ship sunk it
was seen that all on deck were driven forward, not
by water, but by a tremendous and overpowering
rush of air from below, which, as it escaped through
the deck as well as the hatches, impelled all on deck
forward with violence, and their dreadful struggle
must have been soon ended. It was remarked that
the third officer, who was named Angel, stood to the
last at his post at the donkey engine, which was em-
ployed in working the pumps, and that his hands
were on the engine even as the vessel disappeared.
The agony of suspense had been so long main-
tained that on the day the London foundered the
passengers were perfectly quiet and unexcited, and
a surprising degree of resignation was exhibited
throughout. Miss Marks, of Old Kent-road, Lon-
don, was at first almost frantic ; yet when the boat
left she stood calmly on deck bareheaded, and waved
lan adieu to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Grant, one of the
officers, was lively throughout, and encouraged many
to toil at the pumps---a work rendered by the wind
highly dangerous and difficult. Miss Brooker, from
Pimlico, was heard to say as she wrung her hands,
" Well, I have done all that I could, and can do no
more." She then became outwardly calm. On Tues-
day night, after the passengers had been alarmed by
the shipping of water, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Wood, who
had with her her husband and five children, Miss
Brooker, and Miss Marks read the Bible by turns in
the second cabin. It was on that night that after
the sea had poured doWn the hatch the captain said,
" Boys, you may say your prayers." At 12 o'clock
on the following night Mr. Draper had a general
prayer meeting in the saloon. Au extraordinary
fact deserves to be recorded. A poor old couple who
had three children with them had tried in vain three
times to go upon their voyage. First in vessel un-
known, and which waswrecked ; next in the Duncan
Dunbar, which also was recently wrecked, and lastly
Gardner, the steward, saw the poor wife washed
overboard from the London, to leeward, her husband
following her presently beneath the billows. Among
the passengers were two stout old people who had
become favourites on board, and who had been sent
for by their only son. The poor creatures, on learn-
ing that they must drown, took a small quantity of
brandy and went below to die together in their cabin.
Mr. Bevan, a wealthy coach-proprietor, and his wife,
of Melbourne, who had been enjoying a trip in Europe,
Mr. Lemon, ironmonger, Burke-street, Melbourne ;
Mr. M'Leen, owner of extensive baths, opposite
the Albion Hotel, Melbourne, who had brought his
son to be educated in England, and Mr. Barnett,
Russell-street, Melbourne, were among those who
perished. The doctor on board had relatives in
Plymouth. It is authoritatively stated that the emi-
grant steamer had no less than 1,200 tons of iron
in her, and that there were 50 tons of coal on deck,
which was washed about and stopped up all the
scupper holes. The masts of the ship were of iron,
and therefore could not be used as rafts. Several'
revolvers were seen in the hands of passengers, who
did not conceal their intention of shooting themselves
when the last moment came, preferring to meet their
death, when inevitable, by a bullet rather than by
drowning. The steward, indeed, overheard an offer
by the owner of a pistol to a friend that he would
shoot him if he desired. The well-meant offer was
at that time declined ; and whether these intentions
were carried into execution is not known, but no
reports of fire-arms were heard as the steamer
foundered.
those who have Leaving
the sad circumstances connected with
compass had baenedn
perished there is something to nar-
rate concerning
the adventures of the small remnant
of the crew
giv
twheerecapsatvaiend:
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under the directions of King the men agreed that
whatever might happen they would sit immovable
except when pulling the oars. Two worked at each
oar, and they ran before the sea. Every nerve was
exerted to make the boat withstand the fearful
tossings and the strain as she mounted the waves,
and became surrounded by the surge. Before day-
light, and as the moon rose
th
, e men were overjoyed
at descrying a vessel close alongside. They hailed
the ship, and were heard, but, as they could present
no light, they could not be seen, although thP could
see the ship tacking about for an hour ° ' 'y
d trying to find
them. The search was fruitless, and , nthe ship was lost sight of. The boat had not been rowed during the time the ship was sighted,
but kept away before
the wind until daylight, when no vessel was visible.
The men adhered to their course, and at 9 o'clock
sighted two vessels, but were prevented from making
for them by the cross seas. They rowed for one of
them, however, for five hours. When at
last they
came up to her, they found her to be an Italian
bark, the 11Iarianople, Captain Cavasa. Just as
they were approaching the vessel they were struck
by a heavy squall and shipped a sea, so that all in
the boat gave themselves up for lost, but by only
one of the men moving in the boat to bale her out,
and no fresh seas striking her, they were enabled to
bale her clear, and bring up alongside the bark. A