 An officer on "Kent" wrote a letter from Salvador a little more than a week later and reported that many aboard her had drowned when they leaped into the water.He estimated that she had lost six passengers, some 30 troops (of an unspecified number that she was carrying to India) and who could not get to the hatchways in time, and 70 of her crew.Because the fire broke out during the night and boats could not be launched, all the survivors, including five ladies, lost everything but whatever clothes they had on.