The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-06-25
Particulars of the Loss of the Steamship
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The first officer of the steamship .Aaglo- Srron-
the recent loss of which vessel was lately mentioned
in the Geographic dispatches from the East-makes
the following statement
The .7Hgi0 SdrOn left Liverpool on the 16:h April
at . p. NJ. She experienced strong westerly gales
until Saturday, the 25th, at s p. NJ, when She fell
in with ice and a thick fog. The engines were i'm
mediately slowed. At 10 p. NJ, the ice being so thick
f fisht h S4eszs t fRem ep he SOUTH Tsrf fo rcGnge The al sfffp hbeaS &
one knot an hour. At 5 \. NJ, on the Goth, the fog
lifted, and the ice having Stacked, we set the foretop-
sails and headsa!ls, moving the engines occasionally
AZ a dead slow.
At 1920 a NJ. the fog cleared away altogether,
and we saw clear water to the west northwest. from
the masthead. We continued our course toward
clear water. At p. NJ. we got the ship clear of ice
and steere1 northwest-by-we west with full speed and
with all possible sail. \ moderate breeze was blow
ing from the southwark at this time. At noon the
reckoning was, lat. 40 81, long, SO "a. by the chro-
nometer. At 10 p. VI. the breeze freshened and blew
strongly from south southeast, and a dense fog set
in. We took in all sail Mt s \. VI. on the 27th. The
fog still continued to be dense, and surprising the
ship to be 40 miles off Cape Race, we altered her
course to west half-nOrth, and slowed the engines to
half speed. which we supposed would have taken us
II miles south of Cape Race. At 10 minutes past IL
A. VI. breakers were reported on the starboard beam.
Capt. Burgess Immediately ordered the engines 10
be reversed at full speed. but before her hea1way
could be stopped she struck fat on the rocks oil Clam
Cove, about 4 miles north of Cape Race. 4 heavy
sea rolling i'll drove her quarter on the rocks, CARRYING
away her ruddcr, stern post and propeller. Finding
there was no possibility of the ship coming of. the
order was given to let go both anchors, to hold the
ship on the rocks. The carpenter was forthwith sent
to examine the forc-peak, and found it fast filing
with water. He also examined the forehold but
found no water there. The chief engineer coming up
directly afterward, reported the forward stoke hole
filling fast. He opened the valves and blew the steam
out of the boilers. The boats were all Immediately
lowered successfully except No. l and 3. The ship
was so close on the rocks these could not be got out.
Boat No. 2. with some of the crew and passengers,
by Capt. Crawford, was sent 10 End a
place TO land the passengers.
Some of the crew being landed on the rocks by
means Of the s%tudding sail boom, with IT., help of
some of the passengers, got a hawser secured 10 n
rock to keep the vessel from listing out. We then
10 land the female passengers on The
rocks by means Of the foreyard arm. The first class
passengers were put into a boat. At about noon ihe
ships stern swung of from the rocks, and she settled
down very fast, listing TO port at the same time, and
sunk in deep water. The captain and a great many
were on deck at the time, and, with a
part of the crew, all were lost.
The total saved are 80 cabin and 103 steerage pas
;engers and II o. the crew. The mails were all lost.
The vessel was in II fatboms of water, and had
broken mp. None of the cargo had been saved.