The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-04 00:00:00

FIRE AT SEA AN!) LOSS OF LIFE.

The following information was yesterday received at Lloyds :
—"Sir, information was received here this evening, or the loss
of the schooner, Water Lily, of Limerick, bound to Limerick,
by which it appears that after sivi had entered the river yester-
day morning, and had been boarded by a pilot, owing to sonic
combustibles in the hold (it is supposed vitriol) having ignited,
the vessel suddenly blew up, and all on board, with the excep-
tion of one man, perished.

"J. PATERSON.

"Vrebrust, October 25, 1836.
"I enclose a note just received from the commander of the
Hatniltou revenue cruizer

" ' The only particulars relative to the loss of the Water
that on Sunday evening, about six o'clock,
Lily that I know are,
when abreast of Il'irse Island, the crew perceived some smoke
coming out from the fore-hatchway, which they opened, and
found that the vessel was entirely on tire. The captain and
crew then went below to try and save their clothes, and when
they came on deck the vessel was so completely in flames that
theywi,when
nut
wholet in time
ft gethm. outnl
et irmhzuti,v atnodrejluattrei
perished,
roisyheer-db,o:irtdh,
the exception of one of the seamen who clung to 0 pieceoonfn,
thei
wreck and was picked up at two o'clock on -Monday morning
by a schooner which was passing up to Limerick.
" 'The Water Lily was laden with a general cargo from
London to Limerick, of oils, vitriol, turpentine, and other com-
bustibles.—They smelt lire a few days before, but took no par-
ticular notice of it, which leads me to suppose she was completely
burnt before they were aware of it. Ider destruction was so
instantaneous, that the circumstance was not known along the
coast, even by the boat which put a pilot on board. I could
find uo trace of the wreck to-slay, with the exception of a burnt
plank, though some of it was seen last night bv,a brig.
• R. S. 1 et tnooes.' ••
It appears that tho name of the seaman stayed is Rogors„ of
Lyme, who was picked up by the Eliza,
of Itothsay, from a
plank, to which he had clung for eight hours.
It was understood that the sufferers amounted to nine in num.
ber, including the river pilot. The latter had hold of the same
plank to which Rogers clung, but was obliged to let it go.
Captain Ruby, the master, was seen floating on a bundle of
hoops by Rogers, who lost sight of' him soon after.
For nearly two days before, it is said that some smoke was
observed ascending from the chinks of the hatchway, but not
so as to excite any alarm on deck, until Sunday, when the
batch was' cautiously opened, and then the flames, so ]hind
nearly smothered for want of air, sprung up from the closely-
packed hold, and blazed about the vessel with such destructive
fury as to baffle all human efforts to repress it. The value of
the vessel and the goods is estimated at £lO,OOO at the lowest.—
Times.

SILIPWRGCK AND Loss oe LIVE.—We have experienced
some uncommonly boisterous weather since this day week, and
are sorry to add that it has been attended with melancholy con-
sequences at sea. On Thursday last it blew fresh front the
northward during the whole day, and was excessively cold. On
Frisky the gale increased, and during the whole of Friday
ni,ht it blew tremendously, the wind making the entire circuit
of the cstripass, with unabated furs. On Friday noon, the
Active) Dalrymple, and Plywell, Gibson, Dumfries tradete,
left that port for Whitehaven. and were overtaken by the storm
of the seine night After contending with the gale for some
time,-the Active run far this port, which the reached in safety,
and laid limier the Jhelter of tha new west pier until the tide
made to allow of her entering the inner harbour, which the ac-
complished in stood aisle. The Plywell was less fortunate.
'l'llo last time Cistain Dalrymple ssw her was at sunset; also
was then standing to the a indward, evidently with a view of
keeping off until the tide would permit of her entering the
/sarbour, and nothing more wits heard Or Seel) of her until next
morning, when parts of her wreck ani cargo wet e seen floating
tiff the mouth of this port. It was soon ascertained that the
ill-fated trader hail been driven on shore between Parton and
Harrington, abreast of Micklehant Pit, one of the most rugged
places along the whole coast ; that the captain and crew
had perished, and the vessel become a complete wreck. Two
of her crew, a man and a boy, were found near the place where
she had shuck, the former named John I‘l'Quinn, and the
name of the youth, who appeared to have been about 17 years
of age, is supposed to be John or James Holliday. Their re-
mains were removed to Harrington, on view of which an in-
quest Was held before W. B;agg, Esq., coroner, yesterday
morning, when the jury returned a verdict of "founddrowned."
The body of Captain Gibson has not yet been cast up, nor can
it be correctly ascertained whether there were any more than
three persons on board or not, hut it is supposed that her com-
plement consisted of only the captain and the two seamen whose
bodies have been found. Her cargo consisted of undressed
spade shafts, which were found cast up on various parts of the
coast between Saltom Bay and llarrington, and have nearly
all been recovered.—Cumberland I'acquet, Tuesday.

BUM OCT. '29.—The Progress, of Beaumaris, Humphrey,
master, bound to Bristol, was stranded at this place on Thurs-
day last, with a cargo of wheat. She struck about one, p.m.
the hands took to the rigging, where they remained seven
tors, when they were taken off by the pilot boat, which had
been manned the whole time with the hope of being able to
into th:lic")"
me
toc the
a vessel, but the surf was so heavy that it was itnpossi-
been washaerdbrr's
h her until after high water. when she had drifted
vessel has be mouth. About one-third of the cargo had
beep of her; the remainder has been landed. The
to have sustaineruped into the harbour, and does not appear
driven over the %all: raoterial injury in the hull, having been
rock. The men owe from low to high tide without touching a
There
is no life-boat here, nor any ap-
paratus which these poor fellows might
have been rescued
situation. Had the
Should this come under
masts gone, they must have peristeert";bt:
take it into conesiTePreadtiothney will,
the notice of the Humane Society, it is
with their usual philanthropy,