The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-01-11 00:00:00

WALLASEY.

The church is so much injured that there cannot be any
service performed in it at present. Nearly all the roof and
windows are blown away. The Ship Inn at Wallasey has
received great damage. •

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE DISAS-
TERS AT SEA AND IN THE RIVER, &c.
A portion of the steam tug that sunk last week near the
Rock Point, was thrown up on Monday on ►he Shore near
Crosbie.
The Charlotte, of Conway, broke from her moorings near
the Magazines, And drifted against the river wall. The
master, Jones, was previously droWned. His son, who was
on board, jumped off and got safely on shore. A boy at-
tempted to save himself in the same manner, but missed his
footing, and was swept away by the relentless surf. This
fatality occurred before daylight, and no assistance could be

given.
A schooner was sunk at the entrance of the Victoria Dock
gates. The men were with difficulty saved.
So thickly was the small boat basin at the George's pier
strewn with floating fragments of wreck, boats swamped, &c.,
and several of. the boatmen were seen walking upon it, and
picking their oars and other articles.
THE FISHING BOATS.—Out of twenty-one boats belonging
to the Fishing Company, fourteen took shelter during the
storm in harbours in the Isle of Mau. On Tuesday forenoon,
at eleven o'clock, one of those at sea at the time, the " Lord
Exmouth," came into this port, after weathering out the
gale; but with the loss of one man, H. Hodge, the brother
of •the roaster, who Was washed oversmard from the helm and
drowned. She had her bowsprit and gaff carried away, and
lost two storm jibs in a tremendous sea, which threw her bal-
last so far forward that the vessel was for a time in danger of
going down. Another sea, however, fortunately raised her
bow, and the ballast was thrown back nearly to its former
position. But for this the vessel, a remarkably fine vessel of
her class, would have been lost with all on board. The mas-
ter 'states that so thick was the spray during the hurricane,
that they never once saw a single vessel of any kind, though
many must have been near them.
The Majestic, for New Orleans, the Mary, for Trieste, and
the Ruby, for Gibraltar, IN hich sailed before the gale, have put
back. The Thalia, fur Calcutta, reported to have sailed on
Sunday, is in dock.
The ship Old England, which was on the gridiron during the
gale, had her figure-head knocked miff against the quay, but
was afterwards secured.
The George, of Preston, laden with grain, had her masts
carried away, and was otherwise a good deal damaged Near
her lay a flat waterlogged,
The Bridgewater steamer was sunk off the Brunswick
pier. While she was sinking, the master and tour seen with
difficulty gained the pier. Seven of the crew, in attempting
to make the shore in a boat, were swamped, and perished.
The John Airey, from Leghorn and Whitehaven, was
totally lost near the latter port the mate and two of the
crew drowned.
The Hardware, which sailed on Sunday last for Lisbon,
has put back. The captain (Viper) reports having passed
the St. Andrew, New York packet, which sailed on Sunday,
on Burbo binds, with both anchors doyen' and beating hea-
vily. The Hardware carne through the New Channel, and
found all the buoys adrift, and no pilot on the station. two
steamers were yesterday alongside of her, and the life-boat
bad taken off the crew and passengers.
About hart-part three in the morning, the schooner Fox•
dale, of Deusiss. bound to Flint, broke from her anchors in
the river, ar..i irrittert into the Victoria Dock. The crew were
with great Ir rtr Wry saved by the dock gatemen, and in less
than a quarts, .•1 su hour alter going into Dock, the vessel
sank.
At two a.m. a Dutch seaman was brought to the Clarence
Dock, who stated that he hal belonged to a Dutch gal hot,
called the Anna Agatha; and that he had got on shore at the
North Wall, by jumping from the end of the bowsprit. He
expressed his apprehension that the galliot, with her crew
and pilot, five in number, must have already gone down.
Au inspector of police, who was present, took two or three
men, and hurried to the spot, to see whether any assistance
could be rendered. For minis time the vessel could not be
found, and it was feaied that her fate was sealed; but, on
further examination, he found that she had drifted into the
basin outside of the North Graving-dock, near Mr. Wilson's
yard, and there was not a soul on board of her. Several
flatmen and a couple of police-officers get on board the gal-
liot, and succeeded in making her fast. The fate of the
crew was still unknown; but under the circumstances, the
worst was apprehended. The inspector went away to report
the occurrence, and having entered the.dock-master's office,
he there found the four seamen belonging to the galliot, who
had stated that the vessel and one man was lost. The in-
spector informed them that both the vessel and their cons-
rade were safe, and took them on board her. She had lost
both her bowsprit and rudder. The consignee gave 30s. to
the flatmen, and the same suns to the police-officers, for hav-
ing'sectned the vessel.
The following is a police-inspector's report of a disastrous
circumstance, which we have already noticed:—" About half-
past three o'clock on Monday afternoon', a small boat which
was conveying. four boatmen and four riggers to the ship
Cambridge, then lying outside the Prince's Pier, was, from
the violence of the gale, upset, at the time that the Dolphin,
one of the Monk's Ferry Company's steamers, was in the
George's Dock basin, within view of the poor men in their
distress. She (the Dolphin) was not more than one hundred
yards distant, and though called to repeatedly by the crowds
on the pierhead, she did not give any assistance, nor left the
basin until the shocking and distressful scene was over,
which, notwithstanding the exertions made, ended in the
loss of three or four of them. The intrepid conduct of the
boatmen who went to their assistance, was highly praise.
worthy, and was so much admired by one gentleman present
that be gave them a present of money on the spot. Robert
Jones, one of the boatmen who escaped, states the names of
the ether boatmen to be Arthur Smith, James —, and Jas.
Williams. The names of the riggers he did not know."
From nine to ten o'clock on Monday night the wind con-
siderably abated. About eleven a fresh gale came on, which
continued with some violence throughout the night, accom-
panied by hail andarccasional thunder and lightning.
The Lockwoods was cast upon the North Bank, and was
much damaged, her wizen-mast being alone left standing.
The Victoria, steam-tug, succeeded in hoarding hersit 2 a.m.
on Tuesday, and rescued o.itt of the crew and thirty-three
passengers • in all about fifty. All the survivors on board
this ill-fated vessel have been brought away except one man.
The wife of this person was on board in a dying state, and
he refused to spit her. The sight on board was most heart-
rending. Men, women, and children were lying dead over
the sides, or hanging lifeless in the rigging, having perished
from the severity of the weather. The vessel will, it is ap-
prehended, be a total wreck. The Victoria also succeeded
in saving from the St. Andrew a considerable number • but
it is said that in the latter from 60 to 100 souls were left on
board. The Pennsylvania was lying in the surf, about a
quarter of a mile eastward of the Lockwoods, with her hull
neatly covered by the sea. The captain, crew, and passen-
gers were seen in the rigging on Tuesday.
On Tuesday night, at a late hour, Mr. Arthur, the active
and intrepid massager of the steam-tug boats, caused the fuel
of the Victoria to be increased. The boat proceeded under
the directions of Mr. Eccles, the master. Unfortuuately, the
night was dreadfully severe: a boisterous and piercing wind,
with a keen frost, snow, thunder and lightning, combined to
augment the sufferings of the poor creatures who were so en-
tirely exposed to the wrath of the elements.- It was evident
that if the vessels kept togethertill morning, many of the suf-
ferers must perish from cold.
On Wednesday morning, at seven o'clock, those on board
the Victoria, and the William Huskisson, inward bound from
Dublin, saw the Pensylvania and the Lockwoods, but could
not render the crews and passengers any assistance. The
latter were seen in the rigging, and their cries are described
as most heartrending. The Victoria was at anchor about halt
a mile from the wrecks, waiting the return of daylight to re-
new her efforts to rescue as many as possible of the survivors.
The Crusader, from Bombay, was on Tuesday morning on
shore at Blackpool. The crew have been saved, but the ship,
it is feared, is a wreck.
The Edward, from Dundee, is a total wreck on the Hoyle
Bank. Crew saved.
The Davies, from the port of 'Wexford, and the Arlon, from
Bangor, are wrecked at Blackpool.
The Ann Paley, from Lisbon, is on shore near Poulton;
three of the crew supposed to be lost. The cargo washing
ashore.
There is a large vessel on shore near Clarke's Wharf, the
yeoman, for Demerara.
The Victoria, from Charleston, is on shore off Leasowe.
Crew saved.
Pilot boat No. 6, outside, has received considerable damage,
and one man believed to be lost.
The Avon, Post-office steamer, from Dublin, arrived at
seven o'clock yesterday morning, all safe.
The Anixihia, from Naples, is on shore, near Holyhead.
Crea saved. .
The cotton, per Brighton, from Bombay, is washing on
shore at 'New Brighton, and floating in the river. Several
hales have been landed at Monk's Ferry, marked diamond
J. with N. and G at the right-hand upper and lower angles,
and diamond J.
Another Steam-tug boat (the Hero) has been sent outside
to the wreck with riggers, &c.
The Brighton, of Bombay. was seen in a helpless condi-
tion on Tuesday morning, in the New Channel, near the
Middle Patch Buoy. Mr. Atherton, of New Brighton, sent
the Liverpool Seacoinbe steamer to the wreck for the crew,
who were visible in the rigging. She succeeded, in con-
junction with the Magazine life-boat, in saving the captain
and such of the crew as remained on board. The crew, on
Monday, had made a raft. Fourteen of them got on it and
have nut since been heard of.
-At a late hour on Tuesday, Captain Nye, of the Indepen-
dence, had just returned from Leasowe. He saw a passen-
ger, Mr. Thompson, of New York, who had been saved from
the Pennsylvania. "This gentleman reported that himself
and the three other passengers, with the mate and five of the
seamen, left the ship in one or her boats. When some dis-
tance from the shore the boat swamped, and all except him-
self (Mr. Ttiourpson) were drowned. He attributed his
safety to the fact of his having had a life-preserver round his
body.
In every dock the damage has been enormous, from the
vessels pitching violently against each other, and thus staving
in their bows and sterns. On the river and the adjacent
coasts the disasters have beers numerous and awful, as our
marine intelligence will make manifest. Many vessels in the
river, utterly helpless, were driven about at the mercy of the
tempest. About hall-past three o'clock on Monday morn-
ing the schooner Foxdale, of Douglas, bound for Flint,
drove from two anchors into the river. She afterwards
drifted into Victoria Dock, where she sunk. The crew were
saved with great'difficulty. Shortly afterwards the smack
Charlotte, with salt, sunk opposite the Clarence Dock Pier.
There were three persons on board at the time. Of these
two, John Jones and Robert Roberts, were drowned. A
young man, son to Jones, was saved by the exertions of the
police on the station.
At half-past two o'clock the sliding-gate at the north end
of the Prince's Dock was, with part of the wall, blown down.
Hugh Parry, a dock gateman, was blown into the water,
and would probably have been drowned had not police-officer
421 thrown him a life-buoy which kept bun afloat till he was
taken out. A lauding-waiter's hut, at the Waterloo Duck
was blown away.
Throughout the whole of Tuesday the utmost anxiety pre-
vailed to learn the fate of several of the vessels which sailed
on Sunday, of which no intelligence had been heard. In the
course of the afternoon the following vessels which had
weathered the storm, and put back, arrived safely in port.
The Lynx, bound for Lisbon, the Jane, for Bristol, the
Hope, for Bristol, the Sally-, for Whitehaven, the Hardware,
for Lisbon, and the Lion, for Glasgow. The utmost anxiety
prevailed in consequence of a report that four large vessels
were aground, and in great peril on the banks. Captain
Forsyth, of the Lynx, stated, that he had passed a fine large
ship, with painted ports, and a full-length figure-head, sup-
posed to be the Crusader, for Bombay.