DETAILS OF THE DIBASTKR. Mr R. J. Sayen, member of the Queens land Assembly for the diflliict of Charters Towers, and who was one of the passengers on the Dacca, which struck on a reef and Bank m the Bed Bea, on Hay 18, arrived by tfce Li guria at Adelaide on the 19th inßt. Speaking to a newspaper representative about the cccurence, he said :— " We left London on April 30th, and had a pleasant voyage until Friday, the 13th, when about half-past six, on a fine, bright, clear morning, the sea being calm ant) no wind, the Dacca struck on Dmd olus Beef m the Bed Bi>a and sank m four hours- The reef, which is a coral one, has a perpendicular face with hundreds of feet of water clobb up, whilst on the top of the reof there is only two or three feet of water. The boats were at once ordered out, and some sailors attempted to place a sail over the hole, so as to keep the water from coming m, but thiß waß fonnd impossible. There waa very little confusion considering the circumstances. Few of the passengers had risen, but the shock soon apprised thorn of the occurrence, and they were soon on deck. Of course there waß sone crying amongst the women. With Buch a number ol people on board— 2oo single girli, besides married people and single men, makug about 500 souls altogether— there. was necessarily some alight anxiety. All haate was made for the boats, for no one could tell how long it would be before the vessel went down: and, to make matters worse, tho sea was Iherally swarming with sharks. Efforts were made npeedily to get all the human beings to the lighthouse, wbioh was only 300y dB distant. A great number of pasfongero got out of tbe boats and waded ashore on the reef. As iood as all passengers were taken to tho lighthouse the sailors utilised tho boats to secure pro visions and water from tho ahip, and take them to the lighthouse. While tho pacjengers were beine taken off the reef four stoimers hovo m sight, and they lay-to until the Dacca sunk, to render any assistance that might be nocesaary. 