The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE SUPERB.

The loss of life consequent on the wreck of the
above steamer appears to have been greater than has
yet been stated. Upon a comparison of the passenger
list, which we extract from the Jersey Times and
publish below, with the names of those saved, at least
seventeen persons have been lost, 3till leaving, if the
list in question be correct, three or four unaccounted
for.

List of persons saved :—John Trery and son ; J.
Hamel, of St. Malo ; Achille Queou, of Argentan ;
George Bowerman, of Jersey; Dr. Harral ; Emile
Peigney, of Paris ; Le Gros, of St. Malo, bootmaker ;
John Currier, of Birmingham ; Benjamin Johnson, of
London; Robert :T. Monteith, Caroline Humbly,
Charlotte Maule, Charles Bastin, of Paris ; G. Pinch,
of London ; Ellen Willis, of London, whose uncle and
sister were drowned; Alfred de Baillieul, of St. Ser-
van ; J. B. Hamilton, wife, two children, and nurse,
of London; Mrs. Norman, and daughter; James
Harris, Jersey; Henry Lomas; the stewardess;
John Frost; Jos. Johnson, engineer ; John Steward,
seaman ; John Belot, steward ; Priaulx, captain ;
Fleming, mate ; Charles Amy, seaman ; Ph. Cun-
ning, carpenter ; Moilet, seaman ; Gaudin, second
mate; William Cox; Nicholas Du Pont, of Guern-
sey, pilot; thirty.eight in all.
In addition to the list of persons drowned pre-
viously published are the following :—Mr. Willis and
niece, Mr. Pinson, Mrs. Baker and child (bodies
found), and a person from Gorey (name unknown).
The latest estimates of the number of passengers
on board the Superb, as stated by the Jersey Times,
make it 42 or 43, and of the crew 15 ; 57 or 58 in
all. Drowned, 17; saved, 38 ; unaccounted for,
three or four.

The Superb, which was left high and dry en the
rocks by the receding tide after the accident, has now
disappeared, having sunk in deep water.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
(From the Jersey Times.)
On Wednesday, at half-past one o'clock in the
afternoon, a coroner's inquest was summoned by the
Deputy-Viscount, to view the bodies of Mr. Isaac
Ililgrove Gossett and his wife, who met a watery
grave in consequence of the steamer Superb having
struck on one of the Minquiers Rocks. The Attor-
ney. General and Solicitor-General were present at
the inquest. The jury, having been sworn, proceeded
to examine the bodies of the deceased in one of the
offices of Mr. Philip Winter Nicolle, who identifie'
the said bodies. The body of Mr. Gossett was found
about an hour after the accident, and was brought to
Jersey by the cutter Jupiter ; that of Mrs. Gossett
was found on the day following the accident at sea,
and was conveyed to La Rocque, Grouville, and
thence to St. Helier. The jury then returned to
the Court-house, when the following witnesses were
heard :

Joseph Johnson—l was engineer on board the
steamer Superb. Nothing particular took place be-
tween leaving St. Male and the time we struck. We

were steaming at the rate of fifteen miles an hour,
with the tide in our favour. It was about a quarter
before ten when the vessel struck on the larboard
paddle-box. It was a pointed rock. The steamer
canted over and filled immediately. She fell over
some lower rocks. This took place eastward of
Maitrelle, about a mile and a half from it. We had
never passed so close before. Ido not know why
she was taken by that passage. I was on deck near
the engine. The captain, John Priaulx, was on the
larboard paddle box. The mate, John Fleming, was
at the wheel. I heard the captain cry out "port"
before she struck. He did not speak in a louder voice
than usual. As soon as the vessel struck, I, the cap-
tain, and two or three others put the boat out for-
ward ; the people rushed in so that she got full. The
boat made away round the stern of the vessel to
get on the rocks. About five minutes after
she must have swamped. He did not see it. All
the passengers were clinging to each other in the
water. There must have been ten in her. ',roe stern
of the steamer was under water. The cutter Jupiter
was about eight miles off when the steamer struck.
We made an alarm for the cutter. She then came
towards us. She sent her boat. Six or seven ladies
and the stewardess got down in her by a ladder, and
were taken
.on board the Jupiter. When the boat
returned she took back to the Jupiter the reminder
of the passengers in two trips, and afterwards the
luggage. The captain, deponent, and the crew re-
mained with the Superb. I cannot say whether the
captain was on hoard the whole of the time. We
began to save our things, and got what we could out
of the steamer. We continued till the evening to
carry the things to the cutter. We left for Jersey
about 7 o'clock in the cutter. We reached St.
Helier's harbour about 10 o'clock. The body of Mr.
Gossett was on board. When the vessel struck I did
not hear any orders given by the captain. When
they left for Jersey in the cutter the captain went
off with two fishermen in a boat towards the
vessel. The boats were of an ordinary size ; one
could contain 12, the other 8. When the steamer
struck she remained hard and fast on the rock.
About 30 feet of the stern was under water, and
the water came nearly as far as the chimney.
I did not see the captain go into the boat. I
do not know the exact number of passengers that
were on board; the list of them was washed over-
board, as also the cash-box. If all had stopped in the
vessel, the whole of the passengers would have been
saved. I heard the captain say on board the Jupiter
that he trusted to the mate. The mate afterwards
said that the captain gave the orders how to steer, and
he obeyed the orders. When the captain said the
above he was speaking to the crew and passengers of
the Jupiter. He trusted, he said, to the mate, who
he thought knew the passage ; but (he added) it can't
be helped, the vessel is now lost.

Philip Amy—l was a sailor on board the Superb.
I was at the wh2•el. About ten minutes before we
struck Mr:Fleming came to replace me at the wheel.
He told me then that he was going to pass through
the reeks, as he had passed there several times in the
Camilla. Captain Priaulx cried out twice " port."
Mr. Fleming did not obey the word. He cried out
once more " port," which word was obeyed, and the
steamer struck on the rock. He could not see the
rock himself.

Several other witnesses were then examined, and the
inquiry was adjourned to Friday, continued all day
until nearly five o'clock, and was again adjourned to
hear further evidence.