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Hearts of Oak
SS Amazon
Destruction of
the Steamship by Fire with Great Loss of Life
Passengers
& Crew Announcement
[Reported in The Times 8th January 1852]
It is possible that other boats besides those seen may
have got away from the burning wreck,
for there were nine altogether,
three of which were swamped,
three floating off with their cargoes,
and three still remaining unaccounted for.
Passengers Feared Lost.
Messrs.
De Pass and Delgado,
Mr.
Fellows and
Rev
Mr and Mrs Winton, Jamaica;
Mr
Best and servant,
Messrs
Callendar and Stirling and
Mr
Johnston, Mr Burnett and
Mr
& Mrs Scotand, Trinidad;
Mr
Hick and
Mr
& Mrs M'Clinnow, Demerera;
Mr
Eliot Warburton;
Mr
Gerard,
Mr
Alleyne, Barbados;
Msr
and Madame Lacombe and child,
Msr
Kersaboo,
Mr
Dellamare, Chagres;
Mr
M. Del Rio,
Margaret
Fitzgerald,
Mr
Fevrier, and
Mr
Joel, Jamaica;
Mr
Cuming and
Mr
Cardennas, Santa Martha;
Mr
Anthony, and
Mr
Hamilton, Jamaica;
Mr Ferrear,
Grace
Hoare,
Mr
Granier, Vera Cruz;
Mr
Crevecowst, St. Thomas;
Mr
Le Faye, Guada loupe.
[Feared Lost but Found Later]
Mr
Glennie, Vera Cruz;
Miss
Smyth, Porto Rico;
Lieutenant
Grylls RN
Mr
Evans, St. Thomas;
Mr
Kilkelly
Mr
Blood
Mr
Cinna
Mr
Barincose
Mr Stryboo
Three passengers saved.
Mr
Hawkes, Ver Cruz;
Mr
Neilson, Demerera;
Mr
Sisley, Chagres.
Crew Feared Lost
William
Symonds, commander;
Henry
Roberts, 34, chief officer, Gosport;
Charles
H. Treweeke, 29, second officer, Illogan;
John
Lewis, 23, third officer, Kingston, Jamaica;
George
D. Goodridge, 21, fourth officer, Paignton;
James
W. Fullerton, 37, surgeon, county of Donegal;
M.
H Strutt, 33, purser, Middlesex;
Francis
Stainforth, 16, midshipman, East Indies;
William
K Stuart, 15, midshipman, Tallyhog;
Thomas
Walter Shapcott, 28, purser’s assistant, Southampton;
David
Davis, 40, boatswain, Cardigan;
James
Murchis, 34, carpenter, Ayr;
James
Bryant, 26, carpenter’s mate and joiner, Downton, Wilts;
Joseph
Kay, 41, master-at-arms, Bolton;
William
Martin, 33, quartermaster, Fareham;
Richard
Carter, 20, AB, Poplar;
Peter
Kelly, 19, AB, Aberdeen;
Samuel
Perry, 20, AB, Harton;
Richard
L Tammadge, 34, AB, Hilsea;
William
Foy, 21, AB, Althorpe;
Thomas
Hart, 33, AB, Kent;
Squire
Glen, 34, AB, Greenock;
John
Clarke, 39, AB, Burnham;
William
Stevenson, 23, AB, Ayr;
James
Dove, 36, AB, Isle of Wight;
George
Holah, 29, ship’s cook, Mile End;
John
Forse, 36, officer’s servant, Exeter;
William
Fox, 17, boy, Falmouth;
Daniel
Trimming, 18, boy, Koyel;
Charles
Leddra, 17, boy, St Ives;
George
Angus, 34, chief engineer, Dunbar;
Andrew
Ferguson, 25, fifth engineer, Greenock;
Frederick
Davey, 26, sixth engineer, Exeter;
Charles
Flemington, 29, fireman, Morton;
George
Reeves, 22, fireman, Brading;
John
Fowler, 38, fireman, Old Ford;
Nathan
Wigley, 32, fireman, Paul’s Cray;
Peter
M’Kirdy, 33, fireman, Rothsea;
John
Richards, 29, fireman, Millbrooke;
Robert
Furl, 36, fireman, Portsea;
William
Paine, 38, fireman Southampton;
John
W Watts, 23, fireman, Southampton;
William
Scott, 29, fireman, Harwich;
William
J Lane, 31, fireman, Lymington;
Henry
Day, 22, fireman, Walton;
W
Jarman, 30, coal-trimmer, Portsea;
Abraham
Bundy, 33, coal trimmer, Leap;
John
Potter, 23, coal-trimmer, Wylie;
Samuel
Lees, 35, coal-trimmer, Wolverhampton;
Thomas
Forder, 32, coal-trimmer, Sutton;
W
Norris, 18, engineer’s servant, Southampton;
W
G Lambert, 24, waiter, Chatham;
W
Adams, 21, waiter, Shirley;
John
Bance, 20, waiter, Southampton;
John
Blake, 38, bedroom steward, Hopton;
Thomas
Philpott, 34, foreroom steward, Ramsgate;
Robert
Daniel, 23, saloon cook, Bethnal Green;
Debray
Theophile, 30, French cook, France;
Charles
Mills, 25, second cook and scullion, Hursley;
Joseph
Kirby, 36, baker, Southampton;
John
Watson, 22, boots, Southampton;
James
E Stroud, 26, butcher and stock keeper, Thatcham;
Frederick
Falkner, 33, store keeper, Middlesex;
E
Scott, 44, stewardess, Banff;
George
Gerrin, 17, boy, Helin;
Thomas
James Brown, 18, able seaman, Hants.
[Feared Lost but Found Later]
George
Deal, 26, quartermaster, Bridport;
Daniel
Brown, 27, AB, Yarmouth;
George
Webb, 34, AB, Southampton;
Henry
Wright, 28, AB, Gosport;
John
M W Rogers, 28, AB, London;
Joseph
Welsman, 20, AB, Devonport;
Richard
Harris, 16, dispensary boy, Isle of Wight;
William
Angus, 32, second engineer, Dunbar;
William
Stone, 37, fourth engineer, Ludgvan;
Isaac
Robarts, 36, boiler-maker, Holyhead;
John
Lamont, 22, fireman, Jersey;
Charles
Lang, 44, fireman, Alverstoke;
Michael
Fox, 36, fireman, Blarney;
George
Harding, 26, fireman, Crayford;
Thomas
Atwood, 30, fireman, at sea;
Alexander
King, 33, quartermaster, Stromness;
George
Tucker, 21, coal-trimmer, Walton;
W
Goodman, 32, coal-trimmer, London;
Charles
Deudney, 25, coal-trimmer, Hastings;
W
Lucas, 20, coal-trimmer, Dorsetshire;
Henry
Carter, 21, coal trimmer, Southampton;
W
Wall, 25, coal-trimmer, Wickham;
Angus
M’Innes, 27, lamp-trimmer, Fort William;
Michael
Gould, 41, head waiter, Kingsend;
F S
Wall, 15, boy, Southampton;
Crew saved
Mr
Vincent jnr, midshipman;
James
Williamson, chief steward;
John
Dunford, quartermaster;
W
Foster, AB;
Thomas
Carney, AB;
James
Maylin, AB;
James
Mowatt, AB;
William
Stears, AB;
J H
Passmore, AB;
H
Williams, AB;
William
Stevenson, AB;
John
Nerink, AB;
William
Nutman, water tender;
James
White, fireman;
John
Shearing, fireman;
Charles
Thorn, fireman;
W
Dumuor, trimmer;
George
King, trimmer.
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