The master-at-arms and all the sentinels sunk to rise no more.

The cries of them and the other drowning men were awful in the extreme; and more than half an hour had elapsed before the survivors could be taken up by the boats.

Among the former were Mr.Stewart, John Sumner, Richard Skinner, and Henry Hillbrant, the whole of whom perished with their hands still in manacles.
'On this melancholy occasion Mr.Heywood was the last person but three who escaped from the prison, into which the water had already found its way through the bulk-head scuttles.

Jumping overboard, he seized a plank, and was swimming towards a small sandy quay (key) about three miles distant, when a boat picked him up, and conveyed him thither in a state of nudity.

It is worthy of remark, that James Morrison endeavoured to follow his young companion's example, and, although handcuffed, managed to keep afloat until a boat came to his assistance.' This account would appear almost incredible.