The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE TAYLEITR.

Information as to the details of this melancholy and
event continues to be as difficult' of acquisition as it
Wes at first ; indeed little is known beyond the fact that,
ble unfortunate vessel struck upon the rocks with such
olence as to make her heel suddenly round and lurch
"cc nearly on her beam ends, the masts luckily swaying
Qn, to the land, by which means those who could avail
themselves of the opportunity were enabled to crawl
4110te from the yard-arms. In such a scramble, which
3' lasted for a brief period, it is easy to perceive that
it„ e active and the vigorous must have the best chance.
,4 te fact may account for the small number of women
-41 children reported to have been saved.
%tletter has been received this morning by Messrs.
1)4%1 on and Wilson, agents for the ship. It is dated
23rd January, and conveys in general terms the
14that about 296 of the passengers and crew have been
Zed, and that they have been forwarded to Dublin, but
tti l'es that there had not been time to prepare a list of
e saved before the post despatch. It then proceeds :
Bat. After experiencing severe weather on Friday and
o'd,Z,uaY morning, she made the Irish land, about twelve
ands''.4, when there was a fog, and in a few minutes struck,
eahtll.l about half an hour after that time went. down.
ti1;..5,1.11 Noble has been saved; but as lie has remained on
hibs'land, by the ship I have gotten no particulars from
-Lon. * * * * As regards the ship, there
knowing what damage she has sustained ; but she is
ectl..
upright, masts still standing, and at low water
ae"‘3aluch higher than her bulwarks ; and, although the
p terfnlB difficult of access, I think that hopes may be en-
ed of her being got up."
toihe circumstance, which may be noted as favourable
,tw the recovery of the ship, is the fact that her lower
4 eeh decks is timber laden,—that portion being filled
01;A:vith framing, planking, and deals, for the construction
lif7ses, stores, &c., in the colony.
e understand the names of the female passengers
cd
—e respectively Kirby, Cartsey, and Casey.
WU° following scraps of intelligence are from the Dublin
ViLlers• They do not add much to the particalars pre-
-4'Y known
Pkt (Prom the Freeman's Journal)
:he kLitY was startled yesterday by intelligence of one of
`l5 rem 7,, lamentable shipwrecks which we have ever had.
,CILITeek The vessel to which this awful calamity
Noble,
uoknd ,_Was the Tayleur, or John Tayleur, c2aptaintlsileo
Pere to Melbourne with emigrants. Owing
.to
se-
tie ,:,Catber which has prevailed for some days, intimada-
Nwil this sad event, did not reach the city until an .
;7k hour
particulars
so that we have been able to obtain
of it. Having been driven by stress
11/4;e,;ther out of her course, she went on shore on Satur-
lafarght, on a long tack for the purpose of avoiding the
when it was discovered that she was close upon it.
strueeroyed to be too true, for in a few moments she
. with. fr:ightful force upon the shore of Lambay
terror,
r..eltfilaginnenpossdible to describe the dreadful scene of
gem rushed on deck, await
that ensued. The passen-
must 1300 n go toa was evident that the vessel
reach the land. purees, desperate efforts u ere made to
boatsit Ris'ere are unable to say whether the
but used for the purpose, or with what effect ;
to the shore stated that a rope was run from the vessel
her of the a.nd made fast there. To this a large num-
reaehin 1 unfortunate passengers clung, with the hope of
to, theg and ; but while they were endeavouring to do
almost
vessel gave a sudden lurch, by which they were
every one precipitated into the sea, then fearfully
,T,:t.ing upon the rocks,
ZhteTie of escape. and deprived of the means and
The greater part of them thus pe-

(Prom the Dublin Daily Express of Yesterday)
kl3ria Saturday morning she approached the Irish coast,
Qa'as off Lambay, a few miles to the Malaliide side, at
11Z 'Past eleven o'clock. At twelve o'clock, just forty-eight
meß after leaving the Mersey, she struck, and corn-
Peeed rapidly to fill, so rapidly that, melancholy to
fatal,
i, in half an hour she went completely down, in seven
gouts water, only a few feet of her upper spars appreracx:7
babove the surface. Fortunately the disaster occu d
°IIIY a short distance from the shore, and lines were
p.,
,ft""lied and fastened to the rocks, and by these many
bEtDed. At least 100 more would', in all human proba-
-IY I ave escaped, as they were on the lines in the act
or
6'41,11 on shore, when the vessel gave a sudden lurch,
itll,l,Plegy were every, soul shaken into the surge.
'ue vessel went down stem foremost.; it is said, by
:10ther account, only two ladies have been saved. The
4e tetched plight of the passengers on Lambay is described
kotrullY distressing. A pig was killed for their sustenance,
bad little
oepotatoes cooked, but beyond this they
•3.41 little food. The coast-guard men were unceasing to
!i9eYlao te as much as possible the misery of the situation
°leth se who most needed their good offices. One man,
understand, when the vessel struck, mounted to the
to understand,
for security, and lashed himself there in a sail,
Where he was
hours afterwards picked off, being at the
vaement, strange to say, asleep.