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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



ing of abovit 16 officers, 287 men, 

 33 women, and 34 children. On 

 the morning of the 30th uli. the 

 vessel was driven into Tramore 

 Bay by a desperate gale fi'om the 

 south. The severity of the W'ca- 

 ther had compelled her to cut lier 

 mizen-mast before .she came with- 

 in the Bay. On tiie forenoon of 

 the day mentioned, she continued 

 bearing off, witli a view to get 

 round Brownstown-head, and 

 thus to reach the harbour in 

 safety, but totally without effect. 

 The foretop-n;ast fell, killed the 

 mate, and broke the leg of one of 

 the seamen. Two anchors were 

 then thrown out, but these were 

 dragged by the violence of the 

 storm, and rendered totally una- 

 vailing. The vessel was then 

 driven forward to within half a 

 mile of the shore, in presence of 

 hundreds of people, who could 

 give the unhappy persons on board 

 no aid. It was low water at the 

 time, we believe, about the hour 

 of one p. M. Avhich, on such a 

 beach, rendered every chance of 

 escape almost utterly hopelesi. 

 Most of them on board then re- 

 tired below, and resigned them- 

 selves to their impending and 

 awful fate ! The vessel struck 

 upon the sands, about mid-day, 

 between Tramore and the furthest 

 end of the Kabbit-biarow, and 

 in the course of a few ndnutes 

 went entirely to pieces. The num- 

 ber of those on board, as stated 

 by one accoimt, which we regard 

 as accurate, amounted to 394. 

 Of these 363 were drowned, and 

 31 only saved! Fifteen of the 

 crew perished, the captain and 

 two sailors only having escaped ; 

 and such is their distracted situa- 

 tion, that they can hardly describe 



the means by which they were 

 preserved. One of the officers 

 w ho clung to something belong- 

 ing to the vessel, but what he 

 does not recollect, had nearly 

 abandoned himself to liis fate, 

 when a countryman rushed into 

 the sea at the peril of his life, 

 and rescued the stranger from 

 death. This was a noble trait of 

 benevolence ; and greatly would 

 we ha^e rejoiced, if we had not 

 been compelled to throw a cloud 

 upon it, by instances of very dif- 

 ferent conduct. Several boxes 

 and chests were thrown on shore, 

 and robbed with a most criminal 

 ferocity. In this case the officers 

 have been the chief sufferers, and 

 tlie present forlorn condition of 

 the survivors amongst them is 

 almost beyond description. ]Mr. 

 Walsh, Coast Surveyor, with his 

 accustomed humanity, tlie other 

 coast officers, and Mi'. Kennedy, 

 &c. used every effort to give as- 

 sistance; but it was not within 

 the compass of human power to 

 prevent the sad catastrophe. One 

 Serjeant, one drummer, and '^5 

 rank and file, have been saved. 

 Thirty-three persons, and among 

 tliem 14 children and some wo- 

 men, have been buried at Drum- 

 cannon church. No other bodies 

 had been seen on the beach when 

 the last accounts left Tramore 

 yesterday. The distance from 

 this city is about six miles. 



Tiie following accoimt was yes- 

 terday morning received from an 

 officer at Waterford, representing 

 the sufferings and wreck of tiie 

 Seahorse transport : — 



Jan. 26. — Sailed from the 

 Downs. 



23.— Off the Lizard in the 

 evening. — Wind S. 



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