The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

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received no serious injury. The lightning, after quitting
the north aisle, proceeded by the chancel, making various
holes in the eastern window and the stone-work near the
ground beneath it. None of the parties, Mr. Brownlow
excepted, sustained any serious bodily injury.
THE OAK CREST TRAGEDY AT GLASGOW.—The Glas-
you, Constitutional furnishes the following additional par-
ticulars respecting the three poor boys who were acciden-

tally shut up in astable corn-chest at Glasgow from Sa-
turday night till Monday morning. "It is melancholy
but gratifying to think on the conduct of the poor boys to
one another, when placed in their awful position. They
endeavoured to support each other's courage as well as
possible ; they cried as long as they could for assistance,
but no one heard them, though they were not fifteen yards
from their parents' roof. They pushed'their heads up so
as to raise the lid at the end in which Robert, the youngest,
was confined ; and with a discrimination beyond his years,
he fortunately put a marble in the chink to keep it open,
which served him, of course, to breathe more freely. James
was next to his little brother, being in the mid compart-
ment, where there were some beans, and with the utmost

sagacity and consideration, he managed to push through
a few of them to his companions in distress to appease
their hunger. He directed them not to eat many, for fear
of becoming thirsty, and expressed his fears that he would
soon die. Before giving up hope, Charles the eldest, en-
deavoured to cut a hole in the chest; but in this attempt
with themselves in
unavailingsv e es to
shouts their s aadn fate, t e
cries, andw afterhi
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gorn earth, they praiseworthily and solemnly
ied
he cut his hand, and the blade of his penknife broke.
repeated
xtehlnaocurraestrtsided portions of the paraphrases, and finally addressed
themselves to the Hearer and Answerer of prayer. Charles
died first, after bidding his cousins farewell: James them
bade his brother good bye, and spoke of his dear mamma,
who would never see him again. He became so faint, he

he had j

three breaths to draw, and requeitect

few seconds another, and in about a

minute, a deep loud sigh, and death clOsed his eyes for
ever. Robert soon after fell asleep, but he awoke on Sun-
day morning, and heard, distinctly, the ringing of the bells
during the day. He slept occasionally till the Monday
morning at 6 o'clock, when he heard the men about the
stable, when he was able to make such a noise as led to
his discovery:"

FEARFUL SHIPWRECKS.—A fearful gale has visited the
coasts of Scotland. At Thurso, on the coast of Suther-
landshire, one vessel laden with rye, and and another with
meal are total wrecks. At Tongue, the Canton, of Hull,
a large emigrant ship, has been wrecked, and all on board
—upwards of three hundred—have been lost. The Bri-
tannia, of Ardrossan, began to drift from her anchorage,
in Scrabster Roads, about eleven o'clock, a.m., on the
22d instant, which, when perceived by the crew, they en-
deavoured to cut away one of the masts ; but it did not
come down at the time, so the vessel continued drifting,
and struck on the rocks, below the house of Pennyland
(west of Thurso), by twelve o'clock. This being about the
strongest of the gale, she was no time on the rocks, until,
by the violence of the sea, one of her masts—the cnt one
—went overboard. Her bottom then gave way, and her
stern came out, part of which, along with some of the
cargo, came ashore. The whole of the crew were, at this
time, in great danger every moment, as the sea was in-
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scene gathered a numper of people on the shore, and
through the exertions of the coast-guard, several ship-
masters, sailors, fishermen, and landsmen, got ashore five
of the crew. In doing so they were often exposed, and in
great danger of their own lives. The way of getting the
men ashore was by a rope from the vessel to the shore.
The sea, at the same time, was tremendous, and a flowing
tide. One of the men who was drowned was the first sea-
man who left the vessel. The master abode by the ship
until all had left him, and as his crew, one after another,
went, he gave them instructions how to manage them-
selves on the rope. He himself was lashed to the vessel,
and was standing on the outside on the chains, but the
rope somehow loosened from the vessel, and he was un-
fortunately left on the wreck, for no help could be given
him until the tide receded, which was not until seven
o'clock. He remained in that situation for some hours,
when he gave them signs of life by holding up his hand
occasionally. But the vessel shifted about, and some of
the spars came down about where he was. The spectators
saw no more of him as he was gone from the lashings—so
that the captain and a seaman found a watery grave. Cap-
tain M`Millan was also owner of the unfortunate vessel.
She was from Cronstadt, laden with rye meal for Ireland.
The vessel is a total wreck. Most of the cargo is now
landed ; almost all the outsides of the bags are wet, but
the insides are dry. At Zetland there is lamentation and
weeping, The packet boat from Dunrossness has been
lost, with all on board, supposed to be six in number
three men, two women, and a child. A boat belonging to
Buckhaven, William Robertson, master, who fished at
Wick to Mr. David Simpson, went down off Rosehearty,
and all on board have perished. Another boat was close
by at the time, from which a rope was thrown, but the
poor fellows lost their hold of it, and the gale was so fear-
fill at the time that the boat could not put back to their
relief. Two of the boats that left Wick have arrived here,
' and from them we learn that there were four men oil
board. Six or seven others passed during the day, aud
re have reason to fear that more have perished.