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

FIRE AT SEA AND LOSS OF LIFE.

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

"J. PATERON

.
" Vrebrust, October 2), 1835. ...—.— ..
I enclose a note just received from the commander of the
Hamilton revenue cru:zer

" `The only particulars relative to the loss of the Water
Lily that I know are, that On Sunday evening, about six o'clock,
when abreast of Horse Island, the crew perceived some smoke
coming out from the fore-hatchway, which they opened, and
fonld that the vessel was entirely on fire. 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
'they had not time to get out the b.(at, and jumped over-board,
•when the whole of them. melancholy to relate, perished, with
'the exception of one of the seamen who clung to a piece of the
wreck and was picked up at two o'clock on .!Monday morning
thy a s-hooner 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 corn-
bustibles.—They smelt fire 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. Her destruction was so
instantaneous, that the circumstance was not known along the
coast, even by' the boa: which put a pilot on board. I could
find no trace of the wrack to-day, with the exception of a burnt
plank, though some of it was seen last night hy a brig.
" It. S. FR ooa s.' "
It appears that the name of the seaman saved is Rogers. of
Lyme, who was picked up by the Eliza, of Rothsay, front a
plank, to which he had clung for eight hours.
It was understood that the sufferers amounted to nine in num—
her, including the river pilot. The latter had hold of the same
plank to which Rogers clung, hut was ()bilged to let it go.
Captain Ruby, the master, was seen floating on a bundle of
hoops by Ropers, who lost sight of him soon after.
For nearly two days heric., 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
hatch was cautiously opened, and. then the flames, so long
nearly smothered for want of air, sprung up from the closely-
packed hold. and blazed about the vessel with such destructive
fury as to baffl.-!, all human etf.rts to repress it. The value of
the vessel and the goods is estimated at £lO,OOO at the lowest.—
Times.

SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—We have experienced
some uncommonly boisterous weather since this day week, and
irre-sorry to add that It has been attended with me!aucholy con-
sequences ;it sea. On Thursday last it blew fresh from the
northward during the whole day, and was excessively cold. On
Friday the gale increased, and during the whole of Friday
night it blew tremendously, the wind making the entire circuit
of the compass, with unabated fury. On Friday- noon, the
Active, Dalrymple. and Plywell; Gibson, Dumfries tradets,
left that port for Whitehaven. and were overtaken by the storm
,ofthe same night After contending witb the gp.le for some
time, the Active run for this port. which she reached in safety,
.•and laid under the shelter of the new west pier until the tide
made to allow of her entering the inner harbour, which she ac-
complished in good style. The Ply well was less fortunate.
The last time Captain DalrYinple saw her was at sunset; she
was then standing to the windward, evidently Is hilt a view of
keeping off until the tide would permit of her entering the
harbour, and nothing more was heard or seen of her- until next

morning. when parts of her wreck an.' t:itersiiiwete seen floating
off the mouth of this port. It was soon ascertained that the
ill-fated trader had been driven on shore Lett% een Parton and
Harrington, abreast of Micklehain 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 snuck, the former named John M`Quinn, and the
name of the youth, who appeared to have been about 17 years
of age, is supposed to he John or James Holliday. Their re-
.mains were removed to Harrington. on view of which en in-
sieest was held before 'W. Biagg, Esq., coroner, yesterday
morning, when the jury returned a verdict of" found drowned."
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, but it is supposed that her com-
plement consisted of only the captain and the two seamen whose
bodies have been found. lice cargo consisted of undressed
spade shafts, which were found east up on various parts of the
coast between Salton) Bay and Harrington, and have nearly
all been recovered.—Cumberland Parquet, Tuesday.,
Bung OCT, I 3
29.—The rogress, of Beaumaris, Humphrey,
...aster
,day Lu;t:',A.olittuhd to Bristol, was stranded at this place on Thurs-
he hands took., cargo of -.cheat. She struck about one. p.m.
hours, whe t t" the rigging, where they remained seven
teen mannenhd telle were, taken .4 by the pilot boat, which had
ul 1:
reach the vessel, 't 1 time with the hope of being able to
to approach her
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been washed out ~ater high water.
„n't,lS"rf wss so heavy that it was impossi-
bleinto the harbour'
of her; Anotit ''n" third
she had drifted
d of the cargo had
ICthetnder has been landed. The
vessel has been warped
to have sustained any material in•uart""n' andd"es not appen
ear
driven ewer the sands from low to3hih titlethe hall, having bein
rock. The-wen owe the ore servati»n tun" hieg a
strength 'of the masts. There is no life-bmttt ,Li -lives to the
paratus far.throwing a line by which these' pmn anynyiahp.
have been rescued from their perilous itokition. wits,7l the
raasts gone, they must have perished. Should this enme' under
the notice of the. Humane Society, it is to be hoped they will,
with their ti:tral,philanthropy, take it into consideration.