ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



helpless families. It would be im- 

 possible to describe the distressing 

 scene that was there witnessed : 

 fathers, mothers, wives, and sons, 

 inquiring and looking most anxi- 

 ously for the fate of their relations. 

 We understand two wherries (Clon- 

 tarf hookers), and five boats from 

 Newcastle, were fishing off Ana- 

 long that day, and it is said that 

 13 of the crews of the latter were 

 drowned. All the bodies have been 

 found. 



Several fishing boats were sur- 

 prised on the Warren-point coast 

 by a sudden storm on the 10th inst. 

 The vessels were upset, and the 

 men perished. The loss is not yet 

 accurately ascertained ; but it is 

 believed, that at least forty men 

 have been drowned. Lieut. Ches- 

 ney, of the royal artillery, actuated 

 by a true spirit of benevolence, 

 swam boldly out in the midst of a 

 tremendous sea, and nobly saved 

 the lives of some of his perishing 

 fellow-creatures, at the imminent 

 hazard of his own. 



A correspondent informs us, that 

 five merchant vessels have been 

 wrecked off the Kilkeel coasts, and 

 that the shore is covered with their 

 ruins. — (Belfast News-letter.) 



A melancholy accident occur- 

 red at the house of the Rev. Mr. 

 Godschall, near Guildford, Surrey. 

 In the evening, William Hum- 

 phries, the steward, and Mary 

 Woods, one of the maid-servants, 

 vrere missing ; when, after some 

 search for them, they were disco- 

 vered about ten o'clock, both dead, 

 in the dairy. Dr. Stedman, of 

 Guildford, was sent for, and after 

 an examination of the bodies he 

 gave it as his opinion that they 

 must have been dead at least two 

 hours. It was about seven o'clock 

 when they were missed, and it is 



hence inferred that they died in 

 about an hour after they entered 

 the dairy. The cause was mani- 

 fest : they died of suffocation, pro- 

 duced by the fumes of charcoal 

 which was kept burning there. 



. 12. Aberdeen.^For these few 

 days, we have had a very severe 

 and constant frost, with the ther- 

 mometer during the night some- 

 times so low as eight degrees. The 

 weather has otherwise been fine 

 and seasonable. 



14. The transport Queen, No. 

 332, — Carr, master, had brought 

 home 325 sick and invalided sol-, 

 diers, 63 women, and 58 children, 

 from the British army on the con- 

 tinent; besides which she had on 

 board, six French officers, prisoners 

 of war,andacrewof21men, making 

 a total of 473 persons. The ship 

 was lying in the Carrick road, Fal- 

 mouth, and, we understand, was 

 well moored. At the commence- 

 ment of the gale which has been 

 attended with such fatal effects, 

 she was observed to ride hard, and 

 at about five o'clock this morning 

 (Friday) she parted her cables, and 

 drove ashore on Trefusis Point, 

 where, in a short time, she was 

 beat to pieces. One hundred men 

 and four women with great diffi- 

 culty succeeded in getting ashore ; 

 all the rest perished with the ship. 

 Thus 3G9 souls were, in a few mo- 

 ments, hurried into eternity under 

 the most awful circumstances ! The 

 bodies of five men, ten women, 

 and nine children have been wash- 

 ed on shore near Penryn, and a- 

 great number at Flushing. The 

 above soldiers were all artillery- 

 men, except about thirty-two, who 

 belonged to the 30th regiment of 

 foot. — (Cornwall Gazette.) 



15. Exeter. — The fall of snow 

 in this neighbourhood, since Mou- 



