Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-21
Heavy Gale in the cnannel-shipwreck.

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The following account of some of the effects
of the late fearful gales in the Channel appears
! in the Fieen,an's Journal of this morning:
"By accounts which have reached Kings
town and Dublin in the course of yesterday, we
learn that fearful storm ragged in the Irish
| Channel yesterday, continuing to blow with
great violence until late hour in the after
noon. Rumors prevailed in the city during
Tuesday, Of the total loss of large steamer of
| the Kish Bank, and we regret to have to state
| that the information we have obtained from va
| rious sources tends rather to confirm these pain
| ful tidings. 1t is at least certain that large
vessel supposed from her peculiar rig to be a
first class screw steamer, fonndered at sea yes
terday morning between the hours of nine and
ten o'clock, and that all on board have per.
ished, save some few of the crew who were
picked up from among the spars of the wreck
by Dublin fishing boat (trawler A, No. 2.l.
The Times screw steamer arrived last after
noon, having had to put back and bear up for
Dublin while on her passage from this port to
Liverpool The Times had progressed on her
voyage over so far as to be within eight miles
off Holyhead, encountering heavy weather and a
high sea, when a wave struck her, causing Sc
rious damage to her machinery, the cogs Of one
OF the wheels of her engine being broken. For.
tunately, the vessel had yet good ohing, and
the gale blew from q point sufficiently to the
eastward to enable her to lay her course, under
canvass alone, for Dublin Bay. The Times
had some sixteen passengers, who were landed
again safely at the North-wall last, evening.
While this vessel was returning to Dublin the
crew and passengers could observe, when about
twenty miles to seward Of the Kish Light, the
wreck OF q large vessel, apparently bark-rigged.
at considerable distance, and driving under
fore-topsail and glib. She was soon after lost
sight of, and the crew consider that she must
have foundered.
" The Prince steamer from Liverpool. left
that port at halfpast twelve, "A. M, on yester
day morning, bound for Dublin, and encoun.
tered the full fury of the gale, but this fine
vessel, being noble sea-boat, and having great
steam power, managed to make safe weather of
it, and reached Kingstown at halfpast two last
afternoon, having lost nearly four hours in en-
deavoring to afford assistance to sinking shin
which we suppose to be the same as that seen
by the crew Of the Times The accounts which
have reached US Of the gallant, though unsuc.
cessful, efforts Of Captain Dearl, the commander
OF the Prince, and Of his mates and crew. to
afford assistance to the sinking vessel are highly
to their credit.
The statement given by Captain Dearl is to
the following effect: "At nine o'clock, A. M.
Wednesday morning, we sighted large vessel.
apparently in distress, having her ensign fiying,
the Barley lighthouse bore west by north, dis.
lance about twenty miles. On seeing the ship,
gave orders to bear down to her, and we
steered in her direction, steamng at full speed.
We thus proceeded, for about five minutes.
when we saw the ship founder before our ewes.
In ten minutes more we reached the spot where
the vessel had gone down. Our boats had been
all got ready for lowering. The first boat for
lowering was the lifeboat on the larboard side;
but, unfortunately, owing to the high sea run.
ming, she struck the sponsor in lowering, and
the plank ends started from her sternpost. when
she filed but still foated Two men, out Of
the three that were in her, got on board again
by the tackling, the third went adrift. The
starboard quarter boat was then attempted to
be lowered, but, from the heavy sea, she broke
up in pieces alongside. A fishing trawler "a
No. y had borne down to the spot where some
OF the survivors were clinging to the floating
spars OF the Inflated vessel and the crew of this
smack smack, contrived to pick up some six men.
With deep regret that our efforts were unsuc
eessiul, we lay, to in the neighborhood of the
floating spars lest any survivor might still re-
main, and, at length, after strict search, we
made for Kingston harbor, which we reached
at halfpast two o'clock, P. M. Captain Dearl
states that from the great length Of the sinking
vessel, and the distance other masts from each
other, he was led to consider her large screw
steamer, but he could see no chimney. She
had sunk before he could get sufficiently near
to examine her. The prevailing supposition |
was that the foundered vessel was a screw
steamer, of large tonnage, bound outward, from |
one of the Scotch ports; that she was struck
ny heavy sea, and filed Immediately. The
men saved from the wreck by the fishing smack
have been conveyed on shore three out of the
six are said to have since died from the effects
OF the cold and exhaustion. Great anxiety is
entertained as to the name of the ill.fated
vessel"