, 1866-07-26
THE COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.


The Liverpool 11rsttrn lfornfng Fe1os gives
thcfollouinE particulars respecting the recent
1nust calanltous collision In the English
Channel, aud briefly ulludes to It's previous
report:
The steam sloop.ocwar Amazon left Spit
head on Monday for Halifax, Nova Scolfa,
having been appointed to tho North Amcri-
can station. She had on board crew OF l33
Ol all tanks, and about twenty supcrnume-
rarIes. The Amazon was a four gun screw
sloop, Of ! ,0S1 tons and :00-horse power The
ship on Thurodny morning about one O'Clock,
was on her voyage down Channel; the night
was clear md the weather ane, with light
breeze. The Amazon had her regulation
lights brightly burning, aud at the hour
named steamer was reported about two
points on the starboard bow. Sue proved to
be the SCREW steamer Osprey, 40. tons
register, Capt Bertridgc, belonging to
The Cork Steam Navigation Company As
1'er helm hard.a stasboard and exhibited tho
green light, but the Osprey put her helm
hard n-poH and exhibited the red light. The
result Of these measures was that a. the ANA
zon icll of, the Osprey came across the ANA
zon's fore.ioot, and tie Amazon ran into the
Osprey on her -port-quarter, striking her at
about nnc.third Of her len.th from her stern.
The Osprey was fcarfully crushcd below her
watcr-llnc BY the PROV Of tue Amazon. On
board the Osprey the greatest confusion en-
EotA va hHt Gt4AA=ANAt @AE u LUZ
crew clauhercd in ovcr the bowsprit OF the
Amazon, which protrudcd ovcr her deck. 1t
Was instantly found that the Osprey wns set
Ting down by hcr. stern: great body Of
Tatcr rushed into the engine room. where the
second cnsiuccr was ID charge, aad be, hay
Jug stopped the engines on hearing the first
concuf:o1 rushed upun deck barely IN time
IL escape tho flood OF waters. By That time
mosi OF the crew and passcnscrs-thc hitter
in yurious stages o( nuljtY-Were running to
rn+$ 1ff Hc1sf nsSA
wu- made to Ect out boat. Tic crew
OF the Osprey had by this time clambcred in
to the Amazon, and two 1oats were prompt
~ lowered from the Amazon, and the Cap
1nlu md one or two fncn were picked up by |
one vi tlicm. The Captains wafe, who was !
attirrd only In her nigAs dress, was hauled in |
over tllu Aulaxon'. buws, rs also were ono OF |
Two of The crew. But though BY these means |
7he CaFtustl, crew and Captains wife were |
rescued, tho Captains three childrcn-girls |
were swallowed up in the vortex caliscd By
the sinking steamer, fn which also were en-
eu1frd the whole Of tic saloon passensert-
AIRS. Hubbard, widow Of Il Dublin barristsr,
and her two daughters, aged rcspcctiyely
twenty-five and fifteen years Mrs. Rca, The
wife ot the 1nastcr Of the slip seaiowcr, md
har two young children; and Mary Ann Kcat-
ing. Tle stewardcss, Mrs. Rea, was seen
at her cabin door moment al:
ter. the, collision, and the second
engineer helped her on deck: But her chit.
drcn were below, and che frantically called
for them, md made On attempt Us ii to co
below in search OF them. The moment In
which safety might have been secured was
thus spcut, and neclcctlug to 80 forward, she
was seen no more. Less exciting, but almost
curing on hoard tie Amazon. In the shock |
OF the collision the Prov Of that ship became
twisted aud WFpnrhed round, and thus laEgc
hole was made in that vessel, through which
water was found pouring in great volumes.
The ships pumps were instantly set TO work,
vessel atoat but the water gained on the
crrW, nnd The engineer soon came on deck
and reported to the Captain that
the fires were cxsIn=utsled, ard
-ti1l no c1ertions were relaxed, and the five
boatt Of the vessel were got out with US much
order us it for holiday trip. Each BOAT was
laden to the watcr's edge. The boats let the
Amazon ut $50 Q. M. the ship being then
settling down in The sea. They, were then
uG Dartmouth. No provisions, water or
properly Of any Kind Was taken on board.
In the carly morning the boats ftl1 III with
three fishing tmacks, which were boarded,
and which rendered double service In IT,
licving the boats OF some part Of their too
great load, n,d In piloting them into the lar-
Dor. Thus nided, the ehipwrrcksd men |
Tcarkcd Torquay shortly after four o'clock
On Wednesday afternoon. Ihey were provided
for very kindly By several Of The Inhabitants.
Further information from Portsmouth states
That the crew O1 The Amazon were sent on to
Exeter. All the crew have Answered to their
names, viii. the exception OF supcrnume-
Fary boy named Compton, whose absence Is
not accounted for. TIC question Of resronsi-
lility US to the cause Of the collision w.it. Of
coutEc, form the subject Of official inquiry,
but, III lie absence of any information on the
tul;cc:, 1t is unaccountable how with pro-
rcf Lookout On both vesst l., md on clear
night. they could have approached each other
20 closely as TO render a collision inevitable i
without being observed. 4 court martial on |
the officers and crew OF the Amazon will, no Il
doubt, be held ns soon as the Necessary Tor
malfties have been zone through.