“ The cause of the destruction of the Amazon is unknown; she was under steam from the time of her departure to the period of the accident. As is usual with new machinery, water was kept almost continually playing on the bearings of the engines. ”

“ About 20 minutes to 1 on Sunday morning fire was observed bursting through the hatchway foreside of the fore funnel. Every exertion was made to put out the fire; all was ineffectual. The mail boat was lowered, with twenty or twenty-five persons in it, but was immediately swamped and went astern, the people clinging to one another. ”

“ The officers of the crew saved are Mr Vincent, junior, midshipman, and Mr James Williamson, the chief steward.
The rest of the people saved are Mr Dunsford, quartermaster, and 15 seamen and firemen.
The crew were the picked men of the whole Company’s service, and Captain Symons was distinguished for his skill and bravery:
The lost passengers are Messieurs De Pass and Delgado, Lieutenant Geylls, Mr Fellows, and Reverend Mr and Mrs Winton, Jamaica; Mr Best and servant, Mr Kilkelly, Messieurs Calender and Stirling, and Mr Alleyne, Barbadoes ”

“ The loss of that sum falls entirely upon the insurance fund of that company,—a fund exclusively devote from annual grants derived from the profits of the Company towards such casualties. The value of the specie, quicksilver, cargo, &c., when added to the value of the ship, will give a total loss of property by this melancholy occurrence of little less then £200,000 sterling. ”

“ About 4 a.m. (Sunday) it was raining heavily, and the wind shifted to the northward ; sea confused, but decreasing ; put the boat before the sea. At five o’clock the ship's magazine exploded, and about half-an-hour afterwards the funnels went over the sides and sha sunk. At noon we were picked up by the Marsden, of London, Captain Evans, by whom we were treated in the kindest manner possible. We were picked up in lat. 48. 5 N., long 5 30 W.; wind north to north east. ”