WEST BRITON and CORNWALL ADVERTISER 9 January 1857 . WRECK OF A SCREW STEAMER NEAR THE LAND'S END . On the night of Thursday last, the screw steamer, "Dunaskin," of Ayr, with a cargo of oranges from Lisbon, bound to Bristol, was totally wrecked near the Land's End, the captain, John McFARLAND, and mate, William M. MORELAND, being drowned. . ...Between eight and nine o'clock on Thursday night she made the Lizard Light, and the ship was then hauled up to N.W. by N. ½ W.; some time after this she sighted the Scilly Light on her port beam, the weather becoming very thick all light was lost sight of. . At ten o'clock another light being visible, supposed to have been the Seven Stones light, but which in fact was the Longships Light, the captain ordered the course of the vessel to be altered, and in a few minutes after that she struck on a sunken rock, she lost her way for a minute or two and then went ahead again, and the water poured in in a great rush into the middle, or engine compartment, so as to compel all hands to get on deck at once. . Orders were then given to clear away both boats. Eight of the men got into the long boat over the starboard or lee side very quickly, and desired the captain and mate to come into her too. The mate came in, but went back into the ship, they held on for about five minutes, the captain and mate calling to hold on still, but they were then in broken water and finding the boat going down under them, they were forced to cut the painter and drop clear, and a few minutes after the vessel went on shore under a high black cliff, with the captain, mate, and one seaman on board. . The boat was kept head to sea abreast of the wreck for about twenty minutes, but at length they were compelled to keep her away before it, and run in under the lee of the land, the wind blowing strong at W.S.W. keeping close along shore, they got into Newlyn pier between two and three o'clock in the morning of Friday last. . The rock which had proved so destructive was the outer rock of Guthen Brose, near Tol-Pedn-Penwith, and the cliffs against which she was dashed in a S.W. by S wind, and in thick and hazy weather, with showery squalls, were those stupendous ones which compose Tol-Pedn. . We stated that the captain, mate, a seaman (James FOLEY), were left on board. Of these the last only survives to narrate the fate of the steamer. When the captain ordered the boats to be got out, Foley took the cover off the long boat and cut her gripes, and whilst he was clearing away the jolly-boat, the crew got into the other and dropped clear. Foley advised the captain to let the other long boat go because she was in broken water, and would be swamped. . The vessel then fell broadside (port) on against the high granite cliffs. The three came forward and as she surged, Foley got on the bowsprit and sprung ashore - landing on a short and narrow ledge of rocks. The mate was assisted by the captain to take advantage of the next surge a port, but he was an elderly man (from 55 to 60 years of age) and heavy, and before he could make use of his frail landing place, the bowsprit snapped and the captain had much difficulty in getting him back again. . The captain, noble fellow, could easily have taken advantage of the bowsprit, and he was young and active (only thirty five years of age) but he would not desert his chief officer, as he had declined to leave his vessel in such an emergency. . The captain called to Foley to get further aft on the rock opposite to where he and the mate had removed, but the ledge on which the seaman stood was so narrow that he had the utmost difficulty in keeping his footing, and an uncertain step would have been certain death. Amidst the crash of the steamer against the cliffs, Foley could descry the masts and funnel going overboard and soon the tragedy terminated by the foundering of the steamer in deep water with the unfortunate captain and mate on board. . She lies about three fathoms only from the ledge on which Foley rested, and he then attempted to scramble up the precipitous cliffs. After three hours' arduous exertion he succeeded in topping the rock, descending the other side, and so gained the mainland. . He observed two buildings near, which he has since found to be the landmarks of the Rundlestone. He afterwards reached a cottage, where he received every kindness and assistance. This was between four and five o'clock in the morning. By this time, Mr. Pearce and Mr. Mathews had arrived but all they could do was to succor the shipwrecked seamen. . Daylight disclosed that the steamer had sunk close to the rocks in deep water, with nothing to point out the fatal spot but two pieces of the fore top mast, and the fore yard, which the relentless waves as they ebbed and flowed occasionally revealed. The captain and mate were not to be seen. . The spot where she lies is called Ely Rock - about a cable's length to the westward of Porthgwarra fishing cove - and in mild weather something may possibly be done with the wreck. The "Dunaskin" was an iron steamer, built in three compartments. . A small quantity of wreck was floating about, and the cargo was not perceptible in that neighbourhood. But on Friday night and Saturday morning the shores in the neighbourhood of Penzance were strewn with oranges - many good and perfect, thousands knocked to pieces by the waves. Some have been secured and sold by Lloyds Agent at that port, Mr. Pearce, who has also, in his capacity of Honorary Secretary to the Shipwrecked Mariners Society, relieved the rescued sailors and sent them to their respective homes. . On Sunday, the body of Captain McFarland, of Troon, was picked up. He was found entirely naked and minus both legs - the body being frightfully abrased against the rocks, and the clothes torn off by the waves and cliffs. The mate has not yet been found. We are sorry to say both leave widows and three children each, to mourn this sad event. . An inquest was held on the captain on Monday and a verdict returned. His remains were so much injured that his identification was only practicable by the letters on his left arm [a tattoo] and by the loss of the middle finger of the left hand, which had occurred some time since. . The names of the rescued are John McWALTER, engineer; Patrick McMAHON, 2nd engineer; John MURPHY, fireman; John WHITE, seaman, of Ayr; Hugh ALEXANDER, seaman, and William SPRIGHT, fireman, both of Glasgow; John MITTON, fireman, and John FARRELL, seaman, of Dublin; James FOLEY; and William BAWDEN, of Lynn.