The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-17 00:00:00

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of Lord-street, was of opinion, on

Friday evening, from the iluctuating state of the instrument
for some time, that, though we might have a heavy gale, the
force of the storm would not be local, but elsewhere at no
very great distance, and this opinion proved to be, in some
^Qure, well founded ; for, though we have felt the gale
violent; its strength was, probably, equally if not
severely felt over a breadth of the island further to the
southward. The wind throughout Friday, while daylight
remained, was occasionally fresh, with heavy showers ; but
it did not amount to a gale, though it was evident, from the
rapidity with which the carry passed along the sky, that there
was a much stronger current of air above. Towards evening
the wind increased fearfully in violence, and at midnight be-
came a perfect hurricane. In the opinion of many persons,
the gale was as terrific as that of the 6th January, 1839, though
we are not of the same opinion, and the casualties which have
reached our ears, though awful enough, are, certainly, not so
numerous, or of such a destructive character, as those occa-
sioned by that memorable storm. We extract the following
state of the baromter, at Liverpool and Holyhead, at threa
periods on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

to be very

At three, pm., At eight, a.m.. At eight, am.,
Thursday, Jan. 12. Friday, Jan. 13. Saturday, Jan. 14
Liverpool

Holyhead

CASUALTIES IN THE TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The wind came in fearful gusts, blowing a perfect hurri-
cane, and between one and three o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing reached its height, slates, chimney-pots, and bricks fell
during the night in all parts of the town. Many of the inha-
bitants, pr.-ticularly in exposed parts, fearful of accidents by
the falling of chimneys, congregated in the lower apartments
of their houses for safety, and scarcely closed their eyes. As
far as our information extends, no fatality, we are glad to say
occurred in the town though several had extraordinary
escapes. In Gloucester-place, Everton, a house was partially
unroofed. A house in Salisbury-street also similarly suf-
fered. Part of a garden wall in Brownlow-street, and another
in George's-road, West Derby, were blown down. A stable
belonging to Mr. Crosby, West Derby, wale unroofed, and
the shed at the back of the Fish Market was blown away.
In Rokeby-street a chimney penetrated the roof of a house,
but we are happy to say did not injure any of the inhabitants.
A yard wall near the Zoological Gardens was blown down.
The severest casualty was the falling of a house in Epworth-
street, and as the details connected with it are interesting,
though melancholy, we will give them from the graphic pen
of an eye witness of the disaster.

FALL OF THE CHIMNEY AND INTERIOR OF A HOUSE

Soon after four o'clock in the morning, Mr. Walker, a
reporter connected with this office, left his house, in Finch-
street, and went into London-road, to inquire of the police
whether they had heard of any accidents during the night.
He met two police-officers at the end of Gildart-street, and
they stated that they had heard of nothing particular in the
town with the exception of the falling of some bricks, slates,
and chimney mugs in different directions, but that they had
learned that a ship, supposed to be an American, was in dis-
tress in the river, not far from the sea-wall. (It appears that
she was afterwards got out of the perilous situation without
much damage.) He walked with one of the officers up Lon-
don-road and Prescot-street, as far as the lower or west cor-
ner of Epworth-street, remarking that some broken chimney
pots had fallen close to the lamp-post. They heard no noise
or alarm at that time, nor, though they looked along Ep-
worth-street, saw the least appearance of any accident to
a building. They returned down London-road. At the end
of Gildart-street Mr. Inspector Morley came up, and with
officer J. Curry, (336,) was again proceeding up London-
road, on the opposite side, when a gentleman came up in-
quiring for the police, as he said he was apprehensive that
some accident had occurred in some house near that inhabited
by himself and family, all of whom had been disturbed and
alarmed for some hours by the cries, from time to time, of a
man, as if under the ruins ; but from the violence of the
wind, he could not tell precisely what house it was, and had
seen no appearance of a fallen building. The whole accom-
panied him to his house—next door, to the westward, of the
corner of Epworth-street. The gentleman was Mr. Relps,
and his wife and children, and a foreign gentleman, a teacher
of the Spanish language, were in the front parlour, and in
considerable alarm—the cries of some sufferer being heard
by them at intervals from about half-past one o'clock up to
that hour. They all went up the back yard of the house,
which is bounded by the high wall of a house in Epworth-
street on the east, and another—detached from it—on the
north, the gable of which runs westward. They listened for
a short time, and on Mr. Morley repeatedly shouting, the
cries of a man from apparently under ruins were repeatedly
heard, and appeared to issue from that on the east, which
being a single house, presented a high dead wall to the yard,
without any opening in that direction. Mr. Morley shouted
to him to make himself as easy as possible as assistance was
at hand, and the whole party proceeded out, and went round
the corner into Epworth-stteet. There was at the first view
no appearance of damage in the imperfect light, but Mr.
Walker and Mr. Morley soon discovered, in going up o the
house in question (three stories high) that the windows above
and below were considerably broken, and through these they
could perceive that the roof had fallen down from top to
bottom interiorly, carrying the whole of the floors into the
cellar, and burying the inmates in the ruins and
,rubbish.
The first thing to be done was to procure a light. Some of
the neighbours were roused, and candles were got, but it was
impossible to keep them in. Meantime it was suggested by
Mr. W. that a lantern might be got by knocking up anybody
in the neighbourhood that kept stables, but they were stated
to he all closed and to have left their premises. A man run
down to the car proprietor's, nearly opposite the Green Man
Still, but found no one there. A lantern was, however,
soon after brought by our reporter from a bakehouse in
Prescot-st. The fallen house was inhabited by Mr. Pace, an
organ builder, and his family, consisting of his wife and three
children. Meantime the outer door was broken open below
with a hammer, by Mr. Morley. The stairs are just oppo-
site to the door ; and, as some children were heard in the
cellar, an attempt was made to get at them by the cellar
door, but it was so jambed up with rubbish and wreck that
this was found impossible. The lower pannels of the parlour
door were then broken in by Mr. Morley, and Police-officer
43, (Davies,) got into a sort of recess found between the
cellar wall and the fallen materials of the floors. The children
were close at hand, within a bed, which had partly turned
over upon them, forming a layer or stratum, but they were
pressed down pretty tightly by the materials above them,—
and moreover caged- in by the portions of the beams
of the parlour floor which had there fallen perpendi-
cularly, and stripped of their plaster, so as to form bars.
Three of their naked legs projected from the materials next
the door, but neither their bodies nor heads were yet seen,
though they could both speak, and they did speak cheer-
fully and encouragingly to each other, as efforts were being
made to get them out. A saw was got, and Hughes began
to cut one of the beams that caged them in. There was room
for only one man to work in the recess at a time, and that,
too, in an awkward position ; and as the saw was a bad one
for cross-cutting, and continued to jam tight, notwithstand-
ing the occasional application of grease, considerable time
was occupied In even getting half through the beam, though
it was of comparatively slender dimensions. A good tenant
saw was then brought by a neighbour, and the work, so far,
was completed. While this was going on care was taken to
postpone attempting to remove or tread upon the ruins piled
up in the front parlour,lest the superincumbent mass should set-
tle downupon and crush the children. At length, about a quar-
ter past five, by great coution and exertion, during which the
children did their best, in moving so far as they could, accord-
ing to the directions given them, one of them was drawn out
at the bottom of the bed by the legs—the face downwards.
This was Henry Pace, a brave little fellow, between seven
and eight years of age, who had shown great coolness
throughout. He hod ben nearly four hours in the perilous
situation stated, but was not hurt. During the night he had
frequently encouraged his father (who was at some distance
in the ruins) to shout again and he would shout too. He
was wrapped in a blanket brought by Mr. Sheppard, flour-
dealer, opposite, who paid similar attention to all the suffe-
rers—afterwards receiving two of them into his house—
and carried to the house of Mr. Inspector Morley, a short
distance off on the other side of the street. Soon afterwards
the eldest boy (Thomas, aged ten years) was taken out,
through the opening made by severing the beam, with
great care, as he complained that he thought his leg was
broken. When brought up through the pannels of the
door, it was, however, found that this was a mistake,
and that the pain he felt proceeded from a fracture
of the hip joint. He was carried to Mr. Sheppard's. He,
too, kept up his spirits. This little fellow cried out in the
night—" Father, if we get out don't take a corner house

again."
It had previously been found that Mr. Pace, his wife, and
a child, 'William, aged two years, was under the ruins at from
one and a half yard to two yards from them and rather below
them. The officers now directed their efforts to extricate
them, and to effect this entered by the parlour window. The
child was got out first. It had been lying on its mother's
breast, and after the accident " fought very hard with her,"
as she expressed it, so that she was much exhausted, and,
indeed, at times nearly stifled. The child was taken out un-
hurt. By very great exertions, and much care in removing
the bricks, timber, and rubbish, Mr. Pace was got out about
six o'clock. He was not hurt, but a good deal exhausted.
His wife, who was far advanced in pregnancy, was next got
out, with still greater difficulty. She was carefully carried
over the ruins in the interior ; lowered from the window into
the street, and conveyed, with a blanket round her, to Mr.
Morley's, where her husband was. She appeared very pale
and exhausted, and had evidently, from her situation, suffered
more, from inability to breathe freely, than any of the others.
She at first, indeed, fainted in the arms of one of the officers
(we believe Robert Hall), with whom were officers John
Curry and Maddocks. The greatest attention was paid to
the sufferers at both houses where they were received. Dr.
Gratreax was sent for and was soon in attendance. He and
others advised that the boy Thomas should be sent to the
Infirmary, which was complied with ; and we are glad to
learn, that he is found not to be so severely injured as was at
first supposed—so that his speedy recovery is expected. On
inquiry yestesday morning, we learned that the mother was
a good deal recovered. Leeches had been applied to her
breast on Sunday, and her breathing was still considerably
affected.
The whole of the family were sleeping in the middle room
up stairs at the time of the accident. The two elder boys
used to sleep in the attic, but, on this occasion,their bed was
brought down to the room below, and placed under that of
' their parents. It is, therefore, somewhat extraordinary that
they should be found so far separated in the ruins—which is
to be accounted for by the particular way in which the floors
gave way and fell, so as to launch them apart from each
other. The house, as before stated, is completely gutted
from top to bottom—the four walls remaining alone entire.
The partition wall between the staircase and the rooms was
very much shattered, particularly that portion of it near the
cellar. The whole destruction was caused by the falling of
a stack of chimneys at the top of the west or back wall of the
building, which had been thrown on the roof by the gale, and
carried all before it. The timber of the floors, &c., was of
a most slender description, and scarcely a piece of it is left in
the walls. The operation of extracting the parties from the
ruins was one of considerable danger throughout, the tall
shell of building being alone left without any interior bind-
ing,—so that a strong gust of wind would, in all probability,
have brought down portions of the walls, and buried those
who were assisting. Luckily, however, the gale had consi-
derably abated by the time Mr. Morley came up, and con-
tinued to decrease as the morning advanced.
Great praise is due to Mr. Morley and his men for the
coolness and intrepidity they evinced throughout, as well as
several neighbours and gentlemen present. Mr. Relphs
kindly offered the use of his house for the reception of the
sufferers,
but it was found more convenient to convey them
to the places named. The numbers of the officers employed,
all of whom were most active, were 336, 198, 43, 494, and
303.

The houses in Netherfield-road, Everton, and the more
exposed parts of Toxteth-park, suffered more or less injury.
On the Cheshire side of the Mersey, in Birkenhead and its
vicinity, the only loss which has yet come to our knowledge
is that sustained by the falling in of the gable of a new house
in Wellington-terrace, as well as the destruction of an in-
complete cottage in a small street near Grange-lane, besides
occasional breaches made in the roofs of the houses here and
there. A. house in Rocky-lane, Wes') Derby, was partially
unroofed.

DISASTERS ON THE BANKS AND IN THE RIVER

The only casualties that we are aware of in the river, are
the sinking of a schooner in the quarantine ground, (the
crew of which were saved) and the blowing away of the land-
ing stage at the George's-pier. The Woodside boats ceased
to ply at half-past nine, and those at the other ferries about
an hour and a half previously. The Cleveland, Woodside
ram-boat, was obliged to return to Woodside without
able to land all her passengers on this side, a few of
)unger ones only having reached the pier by jumping
hider prudently returned to

ferry st

Princess,

Cheshire, where they remained all night
Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N. of the Mail-pa
who arrived on Saturday morning, about eleven o'clocK,
from Dublin, states that lie never encountered a severer
night. As he was coming through the Formby Channel, he
saw a schooner sunk off Crosby Point. The gallant officer
immediately took measures to save any of the crew who
might survive. The schooner was the Hale, from Creetown,
on the south coast of Scotland. The crew had consisted of
five persons : four of these had been swept off and drowned :
the master was the only survivor, and had saved himself up
to the moment of his rescue by clinging to the vessel's rig-
ging. He was taken on board the steamer, and the means
there used restored him to a state of comparative sensibility.
Two other vessels in a crippled state, which had suffered in
the tempest, were enabled to reach port safely, through
Lieutenant Sarsfield's pilotage and instrumentality. Captain
Evans, of the Hale, has written a letter of thanks to Lieut.
Sarsfield, and to Mr. Sayers of the receiving-house, for their
kind attention to him.
The American ship St. Petersburgh, from New Orleans,
in attempting to run in, got on shore on Jordan Flats, about
eleven o'clock at night. Captain Trask ordered the masts
to be cut away, which was promptly executed. This deci-
sive measure enabled the ship to hold together during the
night, until succour arrived in the morning. As soon as her
perilous situation was perceived from the shore, the life-boat
and one of the steam-tugs went alongside and took off the
crew, who were brought to town by the latter. Many of the
poor fellows were in an exhausted state, but they all soon
recovered on being brought on shore. On Saturday night
the vessel was got off, and, full of water, brought into dock.
Thousands of people have visited the dock to see the wreck.
The following authentic particulars are derived, by our own
reporter, from an intelligent person on board
The St. Petersburgh, of Boston, sailed from New Orleans
on the 17th December, with 2,900 bales of cotton. Nothing
of importance occurred unti lshe took a pilot off Point Lynas,
on Friday morning, when about half way between the N.W.
buoy and the above land shortened sail; but so terrific was
the gale, that eighteen men, the first and second mate, were
on the maintopsailyard from five o'clock until nine, without
being able to furl the maintopsail, and were, at length, com-
pelled to relinquish the task, allowing the vessel to drift in-
wards. At half-past twelve the pilot called all hands to rouse
the cables on deck, and clear away the anchors. At about
one o'clock, when near the light-/hip, cut away the mizen-
mast, and at two o'clock cut away the mainmast. At about
half-past two let go both anchors, one with one hundred, and
the other with ninety fathoms of chain attached, in about ten
fathoms of water : at three o'clock cut away the foremast.
At four in seven fathoms of water, striking heavily, cleared
away the long-boats, and left her till daylight. At half-past
eight slipped both cables, their being no sign of a steamer,
made sail on a jurry foremast, and run for the beach. At
about nine observed a steamer steering for them, hauled their
wind, and let her lay close at it amongst the breakers.
Shortly after which the Albert Steam Tug took her in tow
with two hausers, but both parted; she now hove heavily
on the edge of Jordan flats, and cracked amid ships with a
fearful crash. The captain, pilot, and all hands, then went
on .board the life-boat of the Steam Tug Company, but we
understand the pilot afterwards returned, and remained with
the mate until she was got off by two of the Steam Tug
Company's boats. We visited the vessel yesterday. She
was brought into the George's Doek Basin, where she yet
lies. During the whole of Sunday, parties were employed
in discharging the cotton from the water-logged vessel, and
the whole quay is yet covered by the bales, of which proba-
bly upwards of 1,000 have been discharged, most of them in
a damaged state, being saturated with water. The hold was
filled with water up to between-decks, and vast numbers of
persons went to see her as she lay alongside the quay, and
walked along the stages to look into the several holds.
The St. Petersburgh is a very large handsome vessel. Her
rudder andipart of her stern post below have been smashed
off. The wheel house, several of the deck-houses further
forward, and other erections, as well as several of the boats,
are made complete wreck off—having been dashed about the
deck, by the seas she shipped. She will be taken into the
Graving Dock for survey, and, no doubt, extensive repairs.
The American ship John Cumming, Captain Thayer, from
Savannah, which was at anchor in Bootle Bay, was in im-
minent danger of becoming a total wreck. The sea made
repeated and complete breaches over her. The violence of
the storm and the sea caused both her anchors to drag, until
she tailed on the Bootle sands, where, at the fall of the tide,
she lay high and dry. The bottom being soft sand, the ves-
sel has not sustained much damage. On Sunday, however,
some fears were entertained lest, from the very softness of
the sand, she should get embedded in it before she could be
got off. We have since ascertained that on Sunday morn-
ing two steamers went down at tide time to endeavour to get
her off, but failed in the attempt. She was nearly high and
dry at low water, and her anchors being got out, the crew,
with assistance, succeeded in getting her afloat at high water
the following tide (Sunday night) ; when two steamers towed
her up to port, and she is now in Waterloo Dock gut, ap-
parently with little or no damage.
The American ship Adirondack, Captain Hackstaff, from
New York, arrived on Saturday morning ; sailed on the 22d
ult., from Sandy Hook, and on the 20th, from New York.
Captain Hackstaff had two men blown off the foreyard, and
two men maimed by being blown on deck, during the night.
He himself sustained personal injury. He describes the
tempest as having been as severe as any he ever encountered.
When the ship lurched, it seemed as if the waves actually
washed over the mizen topmast head.
The schooner Isabella, of Belfast, bound to Runcorn, laden
with pipe clay, &c., was wrecked on West Hoyle during the
night. Whether the crew were saved or lost we have not
heard. They were. it is but too probable, lost.
Several pieces of wreck, painted yellow inside, apparently
part of a large vessel, have been washed on shore on Hilbre
Island, at the mouth of the Dee. Part of a barometer, made
at Marseilles, has also been washed on shore on the island.
Two flats were driven on shore at Hoylalie.
The packet-ship Hottinguer, Captain Bursley, which sailed
on Wednesday, for New York, put back on Saturday morn-
ing. Captain Bursley saw the packet-ship North America,
Captain Lowber, on Friday, about one mile to leeward, off
Ramsey, Isle of Man. On Saturday.she was off the Great
Ormshead, all well, and is, by this time, well round Holy-

head.
The Acorn, for this port, is on shore near Southport.
The Holyhead letter, received on Saturday morning, which
was p
had ofe George, e
posted on Friday night, at seven o'clock, stated that the
barorneter continued to fall during the day, and that, at half-
past four in the afternoon, it blew, as the writer expressed
it, " a whole gale." The Abeona, Altridge from this port to
Cork, had put back with foretopsail
putsplit.
Lever, from Demerara to this port,in The
with hisst G
fore-
topgallant mast. The Catherine, of Glasgow, had also put
in, with loss of main boom, main gaff, and loss of bulwarks.
The letter added, that several other vessels had taken refuge
at Holyhead from the effects of the tempest.
The Prince of Wales, iron steamer, running between this
port and Cork, got into Cove at six on the evening of Thurs-
day, so that she escaped being at sea during the height of the
gale. She got up to Cork, where, at two in the afternoon, it
began to rain and lighten. It blew so violently during the
night that followed, that the posts on the quays at Cork were
torn away, and it was necessary to carry the Prince's an-
chors on shore, and bed them in the quay to hold her on.
She started from Cork on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock,
and arrived here in safety on Sunday. The usual passages
made by this fine vessel are from 222 to 23 hours. The dis-
tance all the way to Cork is little short of 290 miles. The
mate states that the city of Cork has suffered very severely,
many of the houses having been thrown down or much da-
maged. The ravages of the storm on the whole line of coast,
both in the west and south of the island, are said to have
been very ;great ; and it is rumoured that upwards of one
hundred fishing-boats and other small vessels were lost, be-
sides some ships. The captain had never observed the ba-
rometer so low before.
The little Manx steamer " 141ona's Isle" was out during
the whole of the hurricane, and weathered it well. " The
Queen of the Isle," the largest vessel, should have gone that
day, but was not ready, and the Mona took her passengers.
She left at ten o'clock on the morning of Friday, and got in
on Saturday morning, with no other damage than the loss
of a few boards from her bulwarks. An old man on board,
who had been thirty-six years at sea, states that he never ex,
perienced such a gale, at one period of its violence. It quite,
he said " put his pipe out.' She was full of passengers.
No accident took place.
The fine, large Glasow steam-ship " Princess Royal" was
at sea during the storm, and fully proved her excellent qua-
lities as a sea-boat. She left Glasgow at eight o'clock on
Friday night, and Greenock at half-past eleven o'clock. They
experienced the greatest severity of the hurricane from twelve
o'clock to about three, on Saturday morning, and arrived
safely here, without the slightest damage, at five o'clock on
Saturday—having completed the run (certainly with fair
wind) in 18 hours.
On Friday night, the small steamer Skimmer, from Wales,
with pigs, got into the George's Slip to discharge them, and,
through some mismanagement, when the tide fell, she got
her paddle-boxes much damaged.

LOSS OF LIVE STOCK IN THE GALE.
We have ascertained from authority the number of pigs,
sheep, &c., lost in several of the Scotch, Irish, and other
steamers, uring the storm :
The William Penn, from Waterford, which arrived on
Saturday night, had on board 37 pigs, 2 sheep, and 1 cow,
which died on the passage, by the violence of the wind and
sea.
The Nithsdale steamer, from Scotland, had 9 sheep that
perished on the passage.
The Royal Victoria, which arrived on Saturday morning
from Carlisle, had on board 116 dead pigs and 3 dead oxen.
They died from the water flowing over them on the passage.

LOSS OF THE SCHOONER " VERNON!'

At day-break several of the parties connected with the life-
boat at the Magazines, and others, were on the look-out for
any vessels that might be observed in danger, and the boat
was got in readiness to go to their assistance in such event.
In a short time they observed a vessel on the Great Burbo
Bank. George Atherton, Esq. immediately offered the use
of his steamer to tow out the life-boat, and the crew of the
life-boat went on board of the former to assist in weighing
her anchors. While they were so engaged the government
steamer Merlin, with the outward mails for Dublin, came
up, and, being hailed, her commander readily consented to
lend them what assistance was in his power. He towed the
life-boat out to some distance to the windward of the Rock
Channel, so that the crew cons diered they could thence fetch
when the life-boat had reached the
the wreck. It was then about nine o'clock, and the wind
was still blowing fresh from the N.W. with a very heavy
seeast
'Great Burbo Bank, and about li mile
eastern
era end
drtl of atfhteer,
from the wreck, the Albert Steam-tug, with the life-boat be-
longing to the company in tow, passed the Magazine boat.
In a few minutes afterwards the latter was spoken by a
fishing-boat, and informed that the crew of the stranded
vessel had been rescued by a steamer some time before.
This information was rendered the more probable from the
circumstance of their observing the Albert pass the wreck
shortly after, without appearing to take any notice of her.
They still, however, entertained some doubt of its accuracy,
and fortunately perseveringly _rowed on towards the wreck,
_heavy sea dashing her against
on nearing which they could decry some persons in the rig-
ging. At half-past ten o'clopk. they reached the vessel, and
berys, at some little distance ; and
by great exertions succeeded. in rescuing five of the crew—
the only survivors—the captain,.the mate, and the cook hav-
ing previously been washed ovaerboard. At one time the life-
to take the weather
bebereienn:kfoußd necessary
side of her. The Liverpool life-boat was, however, pulling
thebabo
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schooner Vernon, one
would, doubtless, have come to their assistance had such a
casualty occurred.
The wreck proved to be that
of the smallest of the fine line..Li of traders of the line, that
run between this port and lasgow. She had long been
commanded by Captain Maclean, a man highly respected by
1
all who knew him, and whose
of the
whose loss will long be deeply de-
plored. The vessel sailed from the Mersey • on Friday morn-
ing- last, with a general carp, the principal portion of which
was, we learn, cotton and pig lead. She had not made much
progress northward when the gale commenced. During the
night (of Friday) the spindrift, sleet, rain, and haze became
so thick that those on board lost all sight of the lights.
About half-past three o'clock on Saturday morning, while
thus uncertain of her course, and desirous to return to port,

she struck on some bank, not to them precisely known, but
supposed to be somewhere between the Bell Buoy and Burbo.
She did not receive much damage from this, and dragged
over the bank. She soon after, however, got upon Great
Burbo, and beat so heavily, the sea being tremendous, that
she almost immediately sunk. This was about half-past
eight o'clock. Shortly after she struck she shipped a sea
aft, which, filling the lower part of the mainsail, carried
away the main-boom, the rolling fragments of which struck
the captain and broke his legs. About eight o'clock
the same unfortunate individual was washed overboard by a
heavy sea. The crew, when the vessel sunk, took to the
rigging. The mate was soon after washed out of the fore
rigging, and also disappeared. The cook had taken
to the lee side of the main rigging. One of the men,
Thompson, continued through the 'trying occasion to en-

courage his shipmates to how on as WCII. us Lucy uvula.,
not to despair of assistance reaching them. Seeing the cook,
as he thought, in an insecure position (on the lee side), he
asked him to thrust himself through the rattling, or endea-
vour to gain the weather side ; but when next he looked the
poor man was gone. The weather was extremely severe, and
the sea making a clear breach over them. The survivors
became at length so benumbed by the cold and exposure, as
to be nearly powerless ; and when Thompson was taken from

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the rigging, he was holding on to one of the ratt
by his teeth ! Another of the men dropped off the rigging
just as the boat got along-side, and was picked up with a
boat-hook. The whole of the hull of the vessel was under
water. The main rigging on the larboard (and lee) side was
carried away with the exception of one shroud—probably by
the sea that washed away the cook. The main topmast and
all the running rigging was also carried away. Three men
were taken from the fore and two from the main rigging.
At the time the life-boat left her part of the cargo, cotton,
&c., was floating out of her, and it is not possible that she

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can be got off.
Soon as the rescued parties were landed at the Magazines,
they were taken to the house of Nlr. Roberts, publican, who
had volunteered his services in the boat, in place of one of
the crew who was absent. Two of them were so much ex-
hausted that they had to be carried. One of these, indeed,
was in a state of delirium. The other three walked
with assistance. They were put into comfortable beds, and
every humane attention was paid to them. Mr. Dunlevie
and Mr. Baker, surgeons, of Liscard, were immediately in at-
tendance :—the former, indeed, happened to be on the spot.
The usual remedies were applied, and they were all soon in a
fair way of recovery. They are, however, a good deal hurt
and bruised, particularly on their hands. Their names are
Daniel M'Farlane, of Ellensborough ; John Galbraith, of
Loch Gilpie (Argyleshire) ; John Thompson; John M' Lellan,
of Glasgow; and Robert Kelly, of Greenock.
The following persons perished :—Captain Maclean ; Dun-
can M`Donald, Argyleshire, and the cook, whose

name we

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did not learn.
Great credit is due to the crew of the Magazine life-boat
for their perseverance on this occasion. Had they declined
to proceed, after the mistaken information they received
from the fishing boat, all on board the schooner would, in all
probability, have soon died from exposure and exhaustion.
Their names are—Thomas Evans, captain ; Henry Evans
(who was captain during the storm of the 6th of January,
1839) ; John Evans—all three brothers;—William Whittle;
Thomas Whittle (his son); John Huges; Samuel Dane;
William Bell ; John Hilliard ; Richard Sherlock ; and William
Roberts—who volunteered.
Mr. Scameral, constable of the township of Wallasey, was
also very active in rendering every necessary assistance.
The present Magazine Lite-boat was built by the corpora-
tion of Liverpool about six months after the great hurricane
of 1839. She is constructed on a much-approved principle,
and the site of the shed in which she is kept is well chosen,
to render her readily available in cases of casualty at the
mouth of the river. The Magazine life-boat has often been
highly successful. The boat in use before the present one
was commanded by Henry Evans, and in three years saved
the lives of no fewer than 98 persons. The present boat,
commanded by his brother, saved the crew of the Corsair,
of Halifax, 24 in number, in January 1840. About three
months ago, the boat of the government steamer Medina
took off the crew of the schooner " Cooner Baba," which was
lost on Great Burbo Bank : the boat, however, became half
full of water, and the Magazine life-boat took the whole of
the people out of her. We mention these facts with a view
to the merits of these men, which, as they do not live in the
town, are not generally known; and we trust the Shipwreck
and Humane Society, or other individuals who may have the
power, may be induced to give them some reward as a token
of their approval of their past services, and an encouragement
for their future exertions for the saving of human life, at
considerable personal risk, from the frequent perils to which
it is exposed in the locality in which their services are so
immediately available.

PLYMOUTH.
This town sustained damage from the storm. The casual-
ties on the land were confined principally to the prostration
of chimnies and partial unroofing of houses. The schooner
Belle, of Plymouth, was beached at Deadman's Bay, but has
been warped off. The brigs Sea Witch, Southampton, and
General Brock, all of London, are stranded. The barque
Bragilla. of Falmouth, is a total wreck at Bovisand Bay.
A brigantine from Marseilles for this port (Liverpool) went
into the port with loss of sails. The brig Mayflower, which
stranded on the south side of the breakwater on the 3d inst.,
has been carried by the force of the waves clear over it, and
now lies nearly perpendicular on the north or inner side. The
latest accounts state that there is considerable apprehension
of the ultimate safety of the Sea Witch and Southampton.
Nearly a ton of lead was peeled off one of the sheds in her
Majesty's dockyard. In the Plymouth citadel the slates
were blown from the roof of the barracks to the ramparts,
and the lead on the chapel there has been turned up like so
much paper. The roof of Salham-house, the seat of the
Right Hon. Earl Morley, has sustained considerable damage.