The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

P.RESE.RVAT,

WRECK OF THE POMONA.

As the relatives and friends of the persons on
board this unfortunate vessel when she was wrecked
are increasing their inquiries as to the progress the
divers are making in the recovery of the bodies, it
may interest some of them to learn the latest par-
ticulars from the scene of the disaster, as reported
in the Wexford Constitution:—" Captain Thomas,
of the steamer Firefly, plying between here and
Bristol, passed the bodies of a man and woman in
the Bay. The man was floating on his face, the
legs being gone at the knees, and the hands being
off at the wrists. It was dressed in a black coat
and grey trousers. The body of the woman Was
floating on its back, the face and legs being entirely
gone. It had on a black gown, with a black shawl'
fastened by a pin in front, showing a light coloured
neckerchief over a white habit-shirt or chemisette.
Capt. Thomas gave information of what he had seen
to the crew of a pilot boat off Rosslare Fort, by
whom the first body was recovered. On Monday,
Dr. W. C. Ryan, coroner, held inquests on five
bodies at Curracloe, four men and a woman. On
one of the male bodies was found £1 25., and five
American silver coins, a dime, three half dimes,
and
leadiecde;
to identification. The
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same day he held an inquest at Rosslare on three
bodies, two men and a woman. Yesterday he held
an inquest on the bodies of two men at Curracloe,
and on two men a short distance from there. On
one of the former was found the sum of 15s. 61d.
but in no case were there any papers or letters by
which the unfortunate creatures could be recogniSe
Yesterday morning, Andrew Costello, the master
ino the
of an o
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direction of the coastguard at Rosslare brought
it up to Wexford, where he handed it over to tbe
alolfayoung
care of the constabulary. A nwionmq
woman,
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rheenl ;Ist
evening,
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sasthinat
and a verdict of found drowned returned
the other cases. The body, judg-
ing from the dress,
stuff
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the
petticoats, black stockings and boots. In
pocket there was only a couple of combs, but on ti
fourth finger of the right hand there was a thin gold
ring. In addition to the above we believe tlia_
several bodies have been landed near the Bla
by the parties attending on the divers, and some
other spots, particulars of which have not Yaseb
reached us. We understand that the diver
noticed several bodies lashed to various parts of the
upper deck, and that he has recovered snme,.nttes
articles of personal property, including the caP"aber
silver speaking trumpet, in addition to a num rs
of bales of merchanaise, &c. One of the survivn_
from this melancholy catastrophe has sinee„r..u.
cumbed to the hand of death. His name wase
ekwater,_
Thompson, a seaman, and from a conversation 10
had with him when in Wexford we found
be one of the most intelligent of those saved.
et
statement of the loss of the ship we gave in full or
the time. When the ship left Liverpool this peal
f ellcw was suffering from dysentery, which was ma
undely
r"
aggravated by the sufferings he afterwards
went on the day of the wreck, and was ultimate
the cause of his death, as stated at the inquest hell.
on his body last week in Liverpool. The Collector
Customs still continues to receive letters from
various parts of this and the sister country, giv!ag,,,
particulars and making inquiries as to Sling
friends and relatives, many of which disclos
u(ei
Heartrending accounts of sorrowing widows auk
fatherless children, who in too many instances that
in vain even fm. the small comfort of knowing
the remains of their loved ones have received decent
and Christian burial. A few of the letters,
however,
contain some curious episodes in human life, as, f,er
instance, one received from North Shields, inquir-
ing if any trace had been found of a man who,
forsaking his wife and family, had embarked in the
Ponoma with another woman, a widow, with willows,
he hoped to pass the remainder of his days in
foreign land, far away from all who could tell them
of their guilty conduct."

Twelve letter carriers and clerks of the Post-
office left Paris yesterday for the army of Italy, in order to
complete the organisation of the postal service. Some of
the former areato be mounted on horseback.