The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-27 00:00:00

AUGUST.

Brighton
Brighton Club
Egnani.

Bedford OCT, 5
Leicester

,BER.

Newmarket Second Oct. 11
Newmann Houghton ... 25

711 E COLLISION AT 7IIE NORE.

In order to prevent the recurrence of the dis-
graceful scenes which have happened in the vicinity
of the Nore among the hordes of boatmen who
frequent its shores and take forcible possession of
wrecks that have occurred there, the Admiralty was
applied to on Saturday morning to despatch au
armed vessel to the spot from Sheerness. The ap-
plication was at once acceded to, and the dockyard
authorities were telegraphed to forthwith. About
two o'clock in the afternoon a war steamer reached
the scene of the wreck, and found a large flotilla
of boats all at work on the sunken vessel. They
were instantly ordered off, and the steamer took
charge of the wreck until the arrival of Captain
Boulton, the surveyor of Lloyd's Salvage Associa-
tion, who had been sent down by the underwriters.
During the greater portion of Saturday and Sun-
day it blew a strong gale from the south, with
heavy rain ; notwithstanding, riggers were at
once employed in dismantling the ship, and divers
went down, who in the course of the day sent up
a large quantity of goods and packages from the
main hold. The divers are sanguine that they
will be enabled to get up the greater bulk of the
cargo, which is valued at about £30,000. This in
all probability may not occupy more than three or
four days, when steps will be taken to raise the
ship. She lies in about eight fathoms of water, on
the edge of a bank two miles E.S.E. of the Nore
lightship. The North Star steamer, after landing
the shipwrecked people at Gravesend on Saturday
afternoon, had orders to immediately proceed on
her voyage, but while getting under weigh she was
stopped, and seized by a warrant from the Admi-
ralty. The posirion of most of the passengers has
excited much sympathy. Many of them are almost
in a destitute condition, and as the North Star is
not liable for damages beyond her own value, £8
10s. per ton (her register tonnage not being more
than 700), the prospects of the passengers recover-
ing anything approaching the value of property lost
is ,•ery small. Mrs. Tone appears to be one of the
chief sufferers ; she is a widow, and had with her
three children, two daughters and one son, all under
15 years of age. One of the girls had not even time
to seize her clothes; all she had on was her night
clothes, a piece of blanket, and a pair of sailor's
boots, which one of the crew had lent her. Alto-
gether Mrs. Tone's loss is estimated at about £BOO.
At present nothing has been heard of her black
leather bag, containing her valuables and £l2O in
bank notes. She distinctly recollects having it in
her hand up to the time of the lifeboat coining
alongside of the North Star, and she was the last
person to leave the boat ; and fearing that the
sailors would not be able to lift her on board with
the bag in her possession, she laid it in the bottom
of the boat, and on reaching the deck of the North
Star, asked for the bag to be handed up, but the
only reply she got was, " Oh, never mind your bag ;
you have got your life." Whether it remained in
the boat, or was thrown overboard, as some one on
board the North Star said it had, it is impossible
to -con jecture.