Star.
London, England, 1825-10-28 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE COMET.

FROM THE GREENOCK ADVERTISER, OCT. 25.
The precise circumstances of the disastrous c01.:,n
.:,n of the Comet and Ayr steam-vessels off Keppcch
on Friday morning, are differently stated ;
at the only conclusion that can be come to is, that
ref were too near one another to avert the danger,
mess by a miracle. The vessels having struck, the
tarboard bow of the Comet was stove in to such an
stem that torrents of water rushed in and filled
v e boat immediately. The rush from both cabins
war be easily conceived, but not so the horror and
(!!ipair which must have seized the assembled multi-
vice. The Comet went down by the bow, about a
qs irter cla mile from the shore, in 20 fathoms of water.
A Mr. Ewen M'Donald, from Fort Augustus, who
was a steerage passenger, relates as follows :—When
the yowl struck, Captain M'lnnes was on the cabin
deck, and called on the passengers to come aft, thinking
the packet might right.—Great confusion ensued, the
eas engers forcing their way into the Comet's yawl,which
'was hung astern.—ln the hurry the tackling could not
be unloosed ; one of the ropes was cut shortly be-
fore the other.—There were from twenty to thirty
people in the yawl, and in the small boat, at the
time; Xl'Donald was one of them, and neatly
the %bole were precipitated into the water.—
Tiff other rope was cut almost at the sante moment the
comet sunk. islillonald was thrown into the waver,l
and upon getting to the surface he found no trace of
the Comet. He observed the small boat floating bottom
up arils, and he and some others caught by it, and in
ckqisequence of their struggling it righted, but was full
et water. He and two others got into the yawl, and in
about fifteen minutes they were !tailed, and towed to
land by a boat which had pushed off from slime. Mr.
Graham, of Coroach, a native of this town, was found
under the Comeea boat.

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The poor woman who lost her child, but was prowl-
elitially sawed, says, when the Comet began to s'iak,
every creature on board was instantly aware of their
siani,er. They shri:ked for mercy, imploring the Ayr
to cme near, and save them. Tney seemed to listen;
but before the Comet went down, the Ayr was put in
nintinn in an opposite direction, and, in the language
el this poor creature, she went off " faster than the
niail.coatli:
Regarding two ind:viduils, the public sympathy leas
been pectiliady prominent, namely Captain Sutherland
and his Lady. 'I be lat er was the beautiful and ac-
complished daughter of H. R. Del, Esq. of Muirtown,
near Inverness, And niece of Mr. Forbes of Culloden,
and had been only five weeks married. The ref rtu-
nate Lady. leis said, was seen to visit into her gallant
husband's arms, and thus enclasped they sunk under
the wave.

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GRECNOCIt, TUESDAY, OISE °Tux:.
There have been six boats ilragging all day. At a quarter to I I
&clad, Uptain Sutherland's body, and that of a soldier belonging
to the 15th Regiment, were found. The body of the young man
whose linens were marked C.B.S. has been claimed. His name is
C 6211 Bailey Sutherland. Nu attempt has yet been made to raise
the ri.ity:t, for which the relatives of the missing sufferer) are na-
tialliy very anxious, as they anticipate that there may be some of
dim un hoard.