On Friday morning last, at five o’clock, as the Commodore steam-ship was on her way from Glasgow to this port, when almost eight miles from Douglas (Isle of Man) she came in collision with a small sailing vessel, the consequences of which were, the small vessel went down immediately and the crew, four in number were immersed in the water. The engines of the Commodore were immediately stopped, and two boats were lowered, manned and dispatched in search of the drowning men They succeeded in rescuing two of them, but the other two we regret to say, sank to rise no more. Both vessels had their lights burning. The moment the sloop’s light was seen from the Commodore, the mate, who was on deck, ordered the helm to be put starboard, the usual rule of the sea. The helm of the sloop, according to the statement of the master, was parted. The sloop itself was not seen until she was almost under the bows of the steamer, when the helm was again starboarded; but the fatal collision took place in the same instant
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