The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-18 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

From an inspection of the wreck of the Sylph, several
conversations with parties on board at the time, and
other persons who were witnesses of the accident, the
reporter has gleaned the following particulars :
It appears, that as the Orwell was coming at a rapid
rate towards London the Sylph had just left the pier at
Greenwich for her destination at Woolwich. At that
time the fog was very thick upon that portion of the
Thames, and before the necessary alarm could be given
or fully understood, the cutwater of the Orwell caught
the smaller vessel and stove her in, literally cutting her
to pieces. At the moment this happened there were on
bOard the usual crew, consisting of captain, steersman,
engine-driver, stoker and assistants, a few persons on
dtck, and about twenty passengers in the cabin. Their
shrieks were most appalling, being heard all along the
shore as far as Greenwich Pier. The vessel which was
struck was seen to reel most frightfully, and it was in-
stantly discovered by the watermen lying off the quay
that she was filling fast. Numerous boats were at once
unmoored and pushed off, and by the time they came
alongside several persons were straggling in the water.
Fortunately, by the praiseworthy exertions of the water-
men, the crew were saved, as were also five or six other
persons,including four women and an infant child.
In the case of the mother and her infant, not seven
months old, the most piteous scene presented
itself—the mother battling with the waves, and
stretching out her arms, as in piteous suppli-
cation,:towards her child, which had escaped from her
arms in the struggle between life and death. By an. .ex-
traordinary effort on the part of two men, named
Brown and Joseph Facey, belonging to Ship-stairs, in
their boats, both were happily saved. In a few mo-
ments the body of a man, frightfully mutilated, but to
appearance still alive, rose to the surface. This being
hauled into one of the boats, was immediately conveyed
to the Dreadnought Hospital-ship ; but the poor fellow
ceased to breathe a few minutes after he was received
there. Next appeared another man, dreadfully crushed,
apparentlytaankdenbrought ashore, and
part of
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ne dpublic-houseHe,
a sopposite
the river where the accident occurred. Three women,
who were taken out of the water, were conveyed to the
in t o the
Crown and Anchor public-house ; and Mr. Appleton,
surgeon, being sent for, their contusions were attended
to, and warns baths and beds provided without delay by
the humane landlord and landlady. From the statement
of one of the sufferers, who was sitting by the fire-place
in the cabin at the time of the collision, it appears that
there were about twenty below at the time of the oc-
currence, and that several ran upstairs the instant after-
wards, the water rushing violently through the aperture
made by the force of the concussion. Two men were
thrown violently on the floor of the cabin, and the vessel
instantly capsized.

IGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar
Legkorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 95
Milan
Venice
Naples 39i
Palermo, per oz llB
Lisbon 541
Oporto 541
Rio Janeiro 24
Bahia 24
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 0 0
Silver in ears 0 4 91