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Nautilus, E. Indiaman, on Ladrones..

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Severn, on a rock, near Grouville..

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Abergavenny, E. Indiaman, on the Bill of Portland; more than 300 persons perished... .6 Feb. Naias, transport, on Newfoundland coast....... .23 Oct. Eneas, transport, off Newfoundland; 340 perished, 23 Oct. Aurora, transport, on the Goodwin Sands; 300 perished, 21 Dec. King George, packet, from Park-gate to Dublin, lost on the Hoyle Bank; 125 persons, passengers and crew, drowned .21 Sept. 1806 Athénien, 64 guns, near Tunis; 347 perished......27 Oct. Glasgow, packet, off Farm Island; several drowned, 17 Nov. 66 Felix, 12 guns, near Santander; 79 lives lost.....22 Jan. 1807 Blenheim, 74 guns, admiral sir T. Troubridge, and Java, 23 guns, foundered near island of Rodriguez, East Indies... 1 Feb. Ajax, 74 guns, by fire, off the island of Tenedos; 250 perished... .14 Feb. Blanche, frigate, on the French coast; 45 men perished, 4 March, Ganges, E. Indiaman, off the cape of Good Hope. 29 May, Prince of Wales, Park-gate packet, and Rochdale, transport, on Dunleary point, near Dublin; nearly 300 perished... .19 Nov. Boreas, man-of-war, upon the Hannois rock in the Channel..

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23 Aug. 1810 Satellite, sloop of war, 16 guns, upset, and all on board perished 14 Dec. Minotaur, of 74 guns, wrecked on the Haak Bank; 360 persons perished.. 22 Dec. Pandora, sloop of war, off Jutland; 30 persons perished, 13 Feb. 1811 Saldanha, frigate, on the irish coast; 300 persons perished... ...4 Dec. St. George, of 98, and Defence, of 74 guns, and the Hero, stranded on the coast of Jutland; admiral Reynolds and all the crews (about 2000 persons) perished, except 18 seamen... 24 Dec. 66 Manilla, frigate, on the Haak Sand; 12 persons perished, 28 Jan. 1812 Atalante, H. M. frigate, off Nova Scotia.. .....10 Nov. 1813 British Queen, packet, from Ostend to Margate, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, and all on board perished, 17 Dec. 1814 Duchess of Wellington, at Calcutta, by fire..... 21 Jan. 1816 Seahorse, transport, near Tramore bay: 365 persons, chiefly soldiers of the 59th regiment, and most of the crew, drowned... .30 Jan. 66 Lord Melville and Boadicea, transports, with upwards of

Robert, from Dublin to Liverpool; 60 persons perished,

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Kent (which see), E. Indiaman; burned
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Venus, packet, from Waterford to Dublin, near Gorey; 9 persons drowned.. .19 March, Newry, from Newry to Quebec, with 360 passengers; cast away near Bardsy; about 40 persons were drowned, 16 April, 1830 Lady Sherbrooke, from Londonderry to Quebec; lost near Cape Ray; 273 persons perished; 32 only were saved,

19 Aug. 1831 Experiment, from Hull to Quebec; wrecked near Calais, 15 April, 1832 Hibernia, burned in W. long. 22°, S. lat. 4°; 150 persons (out of 232) perished. 15 Feb. 1833 Earl of Wemyss, near Wells, Norfolk; the cabin filled, and 11 ladies and children were drowned; all on deck escaped.... ...13 July, Amphitrite, ship with female convicts to New South Wales; lost on Boulogne Sands; out of 131 persons, 3 only were saved.. .30 Aug. United Kingdom, W. Indiaman, with rich cargo; run down by the Queen of Scotland steamer off Northfleet, near Gravesend.. ....15 Oct.

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Forfarshire, steamer, from Hull to Dundee; 38 persons drowned. Owing to the courage of Grace Darling and her father, 15 persons were saved (see Forfarshire), 6 Sept. Protector, E. Indiaman, at Bengal; of 178 persons on board, 170 perished.. .21 Nov. William Huskisson, steamer. between Dublin and Liverpool; 93 passengers saved by capt. Clegg of the Huddersfield... ..11 Jan. 1840 Lord William Bentinck, off Bombay; 58 recruits, 20 offcers, and 7 passengers perished; the Lord Castlereagh also wrecked, most of her crew and passengers lost, 17 June, H.M.S. Fairy, capt. Hewitt; sailed from Harwich on a surveying cruise, and was lost next day in a violent gale off the coast of Norfolk... ......13 Nov. City of Bristol, steam-packet; 35 perished......18 Nov. Thames, steamer, capt. Gray, from Dublin to Liverpool, wrecked off St. Ives; the captain and 55 persons perished ...4 Jan. 1841 Governor Fenner, from Liverpool for America; run down off Holyhead by the Nottingham, steamer, out of Dublin; 122 persons perished.... 19 Feb. Amelia, from London to Liverpool; lost on the Herne Sand... .26 Feb. President, steamer, from New York to Liverpool, with many passengers on board; sailed on 11 March, encountered a terrific storm two days afterwards, and has never since been heard of.......... 13 March,

[In this vessel were Mr.Tyrone Power, the comedian, a son of the duke of Richmond, etc.] William Browne, by striking on the ice; 16 passengers who had been received into the long-boat were thrown overboard by the crew to lighten her. ....19 April, Isabella, from London to Quebec; struck by an iceberg, 9 May, Solway, steamer, on her passage between Belfast and Port Carlisle; crew saved ..25 Aug. Amanda, off Métis; 29 passengers and 12 of the crew lost, 26 Sept. James Cooke, of Limerick, coming from Sligo to Glasgow, 21 Nov. Abercrombie R binson and Waterloo, transports, in Table bay, cape of Good Hope; of 330 persons on board

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the latter vessel, 189, principally convicts, perished, 28 Aug. 1842 Spitfire, war-steamer, off Jamaica... .10 Sept. Reliance, E. Indiaman, from China to London, off Merlemont, near Boulogue; of 116 persons on board, 7 only were saved... .13 Nov. Hamilton, on the Gunfleet Sands, near Harwich; 11 of the crew perished. ..15 Nov. Conqueror, E. Ind aman, homeward bound, near Boulogne; crew and passengers lost... .13 Jan. 1843 Jessie Logan, E. Indiaman, on the Cornish coast; many lives lost..

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16 Jan. Solway, royal mail-steamer, near Corunna; 28 lives lost, and the mail. ..7 April, Catherine, trader, blown up off the Isle of Pines; most of the crew were massacred by the natives, or afterwards drowned. 12 April, Amelia Thompson, near Madras, part of crew saved, 23 May, Albert, troop ship, from Halifax, with the 64th regiment on board, which was miraculously saved......13 July, Pegasus, steam-packet, from Leith, off the Fern Islands; of 59 persons (including Mr. Elton, the actor), 7 only were saved 19 July, Phonix, in a terrific snow-storm, off the coast of Newfoundland; many lives were lost 26 Nov. Elberfeldt, iron steamship, from Brielle.. .22 Feb. 1844 Manchester, steamer, from Hull to Hamburg, off the Vogel Sands, near Cuxhaven; about 30 lives lost....16 June, John Lloyd, by collision in the Irish sea; several lives lost... 25 Sept. 1845 Margaret, Hull and Hamburg steamer; many lives lost, 22 Oct. 66 12 Feb. 1846 Great Britain, iron steamship, grounded in Dundrum bay (see Great Britain) .22 Sept. 66

Tweed, steamer, off Yucatan..

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19 Feb. 1847 Exmouth, emigrant-ship, from Londonderry to Quebec; of 240 persons on board, nearly all were drowned, 28 April, Carrick, brig; a gale in the St. Lawrence; 170 emigrants perished.. 19 May,

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near Torres Straits; the captain (Bibby) and 6 lives lost. ........3 Aug. 1953 Annie Jane, of Liverpool, an emigrant-vessel, driven on shore on the Barra Islands, on west coast of Scotland; about 348 lives lost. ....29 Sept. Harwood, brig, by collision with the Trident steamer, near the Mouse light near the Nore; foundered; 6 of the crew perished... Dalhousie, foundered off Beachey Head; the captain (Butterworth), the passengers, and all the crew (excepting one), about 60 persons in all, perished; the cargo was valued at above 100,000l.. ....19 Oct. Marshall, screw-steamer, in the North sea, ran into the bark Woodhouse; about 48 persons supposed to have perished.... .28 Nov. Tayleur, emigrant ship, driven on the rocks off Lambay Island, north of Howth; about 380 lives lost...20 Jan. 1854 Favorite, in the Channel, on her way from Bremen to Baltimore, came into violent contact with the Americau bark Hesper, off the Start, and immediately went down; 201 persons were drowned............ 29 April, Lady Nugent, troop-ship, sailed from Madras, 10 May, 1854; foundered in a hurricane; 350 rank and file of the Madras light infantry, officers, and crew, in all 400 souls, perished.. May, Arctic, U. S. mail steamer, by collision in a fog with the Vesta, French steamer, off Newfoundland; over 300 lives lost... ......27 Sept. Forerunner, African mail-steamer, struck on a sunken rock off St. Lorenzo, Madeira, and went down directly afterwards, with the total loss of ship and mails, and 14 lives, .25 Oct. Nile, iron screw-steamer, struck on the Godevry rock, St. Ives' bay, and all perished.. .30 Nov. City of Glasgow, a Glasgow steamer, with 480 persons on board, disappeared in..

In the storm which raged in the Black sea, 13-16 Nov. 1854, eleven transports were wrecked and six disabled. The new steamship Prince was lost with 144 lives, and a cargo worth 500,000l. indispensable to the army in the Crimea. The loss of life in the other vessels is estimated at 340..

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Janet Boyd, bark, in a storm off Margate Sands; 28 lives lost.. ..20 Jan. Will o' the Wisp, screw steamer, on the Burn rock, off Lambay; 18 lives lost.. ..9 Feb. Morna, steamer, on rocks near the Isle of Man: 21 lives lost... 25 Feb. John, emigrant-vessel, on the Muncles rocks, off Falmouth; 200 lives lost... 1 May, Pacific, Collins steamer, left Liverpool for New York, with 186 persons on board; never since heard of (supposed to have struck on an iceberg)... 23 Jan. 1856 Josephine Willis, packet-ship, lost by collision with the screw-steamer Mangerton, in the Channel; about 70 lives lost.... ..3 Feb.

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Caleb Grimshaw, emigrant-ship, fire; 400 persons miraculously escaped... .12 Nov. Royal Adelaide, steamer, wrecked on the Tongue Sands, off Margate; above 400 lives lost.. .30 March, 1850 Orion, steamship, off Portpatrick (see Orion)....18 June, Rosalind, from Quebec; a number of the crew drowned, 9 Sept. Edmund, emigrant-ship, with nearly 200 passengers from Limerick to New York (of whom more than one half perished), wrecked off the western coast of Ireland, 12 Nov. Amazon, W. India mail-steamer (see Amazon).....4 Jan. 1852 Birkenhead, troop-ship, iron paddle-wheeled, and of 556 horse power, sailed from Queenstown, 7 Jan. 1852, for the Cape, having on board detachments of the 12th lancers, 2d, 6th, 12th, 43d, 45th, and 60th rifles, 73d, 74th, and 91st regiments. It struck upon a pointed pinnacle rock off Simon's bay, South Africa, and of 638 persons only 184 were saved by the boats; 454 of the crew and soldiers perished.. .26 Feb. Victoria, steam-packet, wrecked near Wings beacon off Gottenburg; many lives lost.... .8, 9 Nov. Lily, stranded and blown up by gunpowder, on the Calfof Man, by which more than 30 persons lost their lives, 24 Dec. St. George, steamship, bound from Liverpool to New York, with 121 emigrant passengers (chiefly Irish), and a crew consisting of 29 seamen (the captain inclusive), was destroyed by fire at sea. The crew and 70 of the passengers were saved by the American ship Orlando, and conveyed to Havre, in France; 51 supposed to have perished... ..24 Dec. Queen Victoria, steamship, bound from Liverpool, was wrecked off the Bailey light-house, near Dublin; mistook her course in a snow-storm; 67 lost out of 120,

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Independence, on the coast of Lower California, and which afterwards took fire; 140 persons were drowned or burned to death, a few escaping, who underwent the most dreadful additional sufferings on a barren shore.... .16 Feb. Duke of Sutherland, steamer, from London to Aberdeen, struck on the pier at Aberdeen, and the captain (Edward Howling) and 16 of the crew and passengers perished... .1 April, Rebecca, on west coast of Van Diemen's Land; capt. Shephard and many lives lost .29 April, William and Mary, an American emigrant-ship, near the Bahamas. She struck on a sunken rock; about 170 persons perished... .3 May, Aurora, of Hull; sailed from New York, 26 April, and foundered; about 25 lives lost... .20 May, Bourneuf, Australian emigrant-vessel, struck on a reef

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John Rutledge, from Liverpool to New York, ran on an iceberg, and was wrecked; many lives lost....20 Feb. Many vessels and their crews totally lost.......1-8 Jan. 1857 Violet, royal mail-steamer, lost on the Goodwin; many persons perished.. 5 Jan. Northern Belle, American vessel, wrecked near Broadstairs. American government sent 21 silver medals and 270/. to be distributed among the heroic boatmen who saved the crew..... ....5, 6 Jan. Tyne, royal steamer, stranded on her way to Southampton from the Brazils. 13 Jan. Brig Emmeline, of Penobscot, Me., wrecked off the Highlands of New Jersey; crew so benumbed with cold that they could not haul lines on board which were thrown them by mortars; all hands perished..18 Jan. St. Andrew, screw-steamer, totally wrecked near Latakia; loss about 140,000Z.. Charlemagne, iron clipper, wrecked by the coast of Canton; passengers saved; loss about 110,0001..20 March, H.M.S. Raleigh, 50 guns, wrecked on southeast coast of Macao.. ....14 April, Catherine Adamson, Australian vessel, wrecked 25 miles from Sydney; 20 lives lost.. about 3 June, H. M.S. Transit, wrecked on a reef in the Straits of Banca, 10 July, Steamer J. W. Harris sunk in collision with steamer Metropolis, in Long Island Sound; 14 lives lost.8 Aug. Dunbar, clipper, wrecked on the rocks near Sydney; 121 persons, and cargo valued at 22,000l., lost; one person only saved, who was on the rocks 30 hours....20 Aug. Central America, American steamer, from Havana to New York, foundered at sea; had on board 579 persons, of whom only 152 were saved; also $2,000,000 in gold, which was lost.. .12 Sept.

Sarah Sands, an iron screw-steamer, sailed from Portsmouth to Calcutta, in Aug. 1857; 300 soldiers on board. On 11 Nov, the cargo (government stores) took fire. By the exertions of major Brett and capt. Castle, the master of the vessel, who directed the soldiers and the crew, the flames were subdued, although a barrel of

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gunpowder exploded during the conflagration. A new danger then arose-the prevalence of a strong gale; water was shipped heavily where the port quarter had been blown out. Nevertheless, after a fearful struggle, the vessel arrived at the Mauritius, 21 Nov., without losing a single life. ...11-21 Nov. 1857 Windsor, emigrant-ship, struck on a reef near the Cape Verd Islands.. ...1 Dec. Ava, Indian mail-steamer, with ladies and others from Lucknow on board, wrecked near Ceylon......16 Feb. 1858 Eastern City, burned about the equator on her way to Melbourne; by great exertions all on board were saved, 23, 24 Aug. Austria, steam emigrant-ship, burned in the middle of the Atlantic; of 538 persons on board, only 67 were saved; the disaster due to carelessness. 13 Sept. St. Paul, capt. Pennard, from Hong Kong to Sydney, with 327 Chinese emigrants, wrecked on the island of Rossel, 30 Sept. 1858. The captain and 8 of the crew left the island in search of assistance, and were picked up by the Prince of Denmark, schooner. The French steamer Styr was despatched to the island, and brought away one Chinese, 25 Jan. 1859. All the rest had been massacred and devoured by the natives.. Czar, steamer, wrecked off the Lizard; 14 lives lost,

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23 Jan. 1859 Pomona, an American ship, capt. Merrihew, 419 persons on board, from Liverpool to New York, was wrecked on Blackwater bank, through the master mistaking the Blackwater for the Tuskar light; only 24 persons saved...... ...night of 27-28 April, Eastern Monarch, burned at Spithead; out of 500, 8 lives lost. The vessel contained invalid soldiers from India, who, with the crew, behaved admirably. .2 June, Alma, steamer, grounded on a reef near Aden, Red Sea, about 35 miles from Mocha; all persons saved; after 3 days' exposure to the sun, without water, they were rescued by H. M.S. Cyclops; sir John Bowring, who was on board, lost valuable papers.......12 June, Admella, steamer, running between Melbourne and Adelaide, struck on a reef; of about 72 persons, only 23 were saved; many perished through exposure to cold, 6 Aug.

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Royal Charter, screw-steamer, capt. Taylor, totally
wrecked off Moelfra, on the Anglesea coast; 446 lives
lost. The vessel contained gold amounting in value
to between 700,000l. and 800,000l.; much of this has
been recovered..
..night of 25-26 Oct.
Indian, mail-steamer, wrecked off the coast of New-
foundland; out of 116, 27 lives lost.
.21 Nov.
Blervie Castle, sailed from London docks for Adelaide;
lost in the Channel and all on board, 57 persons; last
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Northerner, steamer, wrecked on a rock near cape Men-
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Lotus, merchantman, off Chale bay, in the great storm;
crew all lost except 2...
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Many vessels lost during storm...
..19 Oct.
Colombo, East India mail steamer, in thick weather,
wrecked on Minicoy Island, 440 miles from Point de
Galle, Ceylon; no lives lost (the crew and passengers
taken off by the Ottawa from Bombay, 30 Nov.)
19 Nov.
Lifeguard, steamer, left Newcastle with about 41 passen.
gers; never since heard of; supposed to have foun-
dered off Flamborough Head..
.20 Dec.
Orpheus, H. M. steamer, new vessel, 1700 tons, com-
mander Burnett, wrecked on Manakau bar, west coast
of New Zealand; 70 persons saved; about 190 perished,
7 Feb. 1863
Anglo-Saxon, mail-steamer, capt. Burgess, in dense fog,
wrecked on reef off cape Race, Newfoundland; about
237, out of 446, lives lost....
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Eagle Speed, emigrant-vessel, foundered near Calcutta;
265 coolies drowned; great cruelty and neglect imputed,
24 Aug..

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.7 Oct. Samphire, mail steamer; collision with an American bark; several lives lost.. ..13 Dec. Ibis, steamer, machinery damaged, off Ballycroneen bay; 15 lives lost; sailed from Cork. .18 Dec. Steamer Constitution, wrecked on cape Lookout shoals; 40 lives lost.. . 25 Dec. London, steamer, on her way to Melbourne, foundered in Bay of Biscay; about 220 persons perished (including capt. Martin, Dr. Woolley, principal of the univer sity of Sydney, G.V. Brooke, the tragedian); about the same time the Amalia, steamer, went down with a cargo worth 200,0007.; no lives lost.. .....11 Jan. 1866 Many wrecks and much loss of life during gales, especial6-11 Jan. ly off Torbay. Steamer Miami, exploded boilers, burned, and sunk in Mississippi river; 150 lives lost. .30 Jan. Steamer Missouri, exploded her boilers on Ohio river; 100 lives lost .30 Jan.

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Spirit of the Ocean, steamer; wrecked on a rock near
Dartmouth; all lost except 4...
23 March,
General Grant, on voyage from Melbourne to London,
wrecked off Auckland isles; only 13 out of about 100
saved..
.May,
Amazon, H. M. screw-sloop, and screw-steamer Osprey,
sunk by collision near Plymouth; several passengers
and sailors drowned.
.10 July,
Bruiser, steamer, sunk by collision with the Haswell, off
Aldborough; about 15 lives lost..
19 Aug.
Bhima, Indian steamer; foundered through collision
with Nana, steamer, between Bombay and Suez; 19
lives lost..
.11 Sept.
Evening Star, steamer, from New York to New Orleans,
foundered at sea; about 250 lives lost.. ....3 Oct.
H.M.S. Berenice, burned in Persian gulf; none perished,

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..6 Jan. 1860 Endymion, sailing-vessel, burned in the Mersey; loss above 20,000l. .31 Jan. 66 Dreadful gales, and many wrecks on the coast. 15-19 Feb. Ondine, steamer, lost through collision with the Heroine, of Bideford, abreast of Beachey Head; the captain and about 50 persons perished... ..19 Feb. Luna, American emigrant-vessel, wrecked on rocks off Barfleur; about 100 lives lost.. ..19 Feb. Hungarian, new mail- steamer, wrecked off coast of Nova Scotia; all on board (205) lost on the night of 19-20 Feb. Nimrod, steamer, wrecked on rocks near St. David's Head; 40 lives lost.. ..28 Feb. Malabar, iron ship, on her way to China, with lord Elgin and baron Gros, wrecked off Point de Galle, Ceylon. The ambassadors displayed much heroism; no lives lost; of much specie sunk, a good deal was recovered, 22 May, Lady E'gin, an American steamer, sunk through collis. ion with schooner Augusta on Lake Michigan; of 385 persons on board, 287 were lost, including Mr. Herbert Ingram, M. P., founder of the Illustrated London News, and his son. ...morning of 8 Sept. Arctic, Hull steamer, wrecked off Jutland; many persons saved by Mr. Earle, who lost his own life while endeavoring to save others.. ....5 Oct. Connaught, steamer, burned; crew saved through the gallantry of the crew of an American brig...... 7 Oct. Juanita, wrecked through collision with an American vessel, Joseph Fish; 13 lives lost..... .15 March, 1861 | Hibernia, screw-steamer; the shaft of screw-propeller Canadian, steamer, struck on a field of ice in the Straits of Belle isle, and foundered in half an hour; 35 lives lost...... ..4 June, H.M.S. Conqueror stranded on Rum Cay, near Bahamas, and lost (the captain and master were censured for neglect of duty). Harmony, lost, with all hands, off Plymouth.....27 Feb. 1862 Ocean Monarch, 2195 tons, sailed from New York, 5 March, laden with provisions; foundered in a gale, 9 March, Upwards of 60 merchantmen lost during gales in March, 66 Mars, Waterford steamer, struck on a rock near Milford Haven; about 50 lives lost. . April, Bencoolen, East Indiaman, 1400 tons, struck on sands near Bude Haven, Cornwall; about 26 lives lost.. 19 Oct.

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Ceres, near Carnsoe, Ireland; about 36 lives lost [capt.
Pascoe censured for neglecting to sound]. 10 Nov.
Many wrecks in the Channel...
.5, 6 Jan. 1867
James Crosfield, iron ship; wrecked off Languess, Isle of
Man; all on board lost..
Singapore, Peninsular and Or.ental steamer, struck
on a sunken rock, and went down; no lives lost,
20 Aug.
Rhone and Wye, royal mail-steamers, totally lost, and
about 50 other vessels driven ashore; great loss of life
by a hurricane, off St. Thomas (see Virgin Islands),
29 Oct.
broke, 600 miles off coast of Ireland; many lives lost,
24 or 25 Oct. or Nov. 1868
Magnolia, steamer, exploded boilers on Ohio river; 80
lives lost..
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Hippocampus, steamer, wrecked in Lake Michigan;
many lives lost...
..8 Sept.
United States and America, steamers, in Ohio river, near
Warsaw, Ky.; in collision and burned, heavy loss of life,
4 Dec.
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13 Sept. Oneida, American vessel, run down by collision with P. & O. steamer Bombay off Yokohama; about 115 lives lost (captain of Bombay suspended for six months), 24 Jan. 1870 City of Boston, sailed from New York, long missing; a board stating that she was sinking found in Cornwall, 11 Feb. Normandy, S. W. company's steamer, by collision with the steamer Mary, off the Isle of Wight, sunk; the captain, C. B. Harvey, and 33 others perish.. 17 March, H.M.S. Slaney, wrecked by a typhoon near Hong Kong; about 42 lives lost... ..9 May, H.M.S. Captain, ironclad, sank in a squall off Finisterre (see Navy of England)... .7 Sept. Cambria, iron screw-steamer, lost in a storm off Inishtrahul island, N. W. Ireland; about 170 lives lost. 19 Oct. Varuna, steamer, from New York for Galveston, foundered on Florida coast; all the passengers (36 in number) and all the officers and crew, except mate and 4 men, perished... ..20 Oct. Saginaw, U.S. steamer; wrecked on Ocean Island. 29 Oct. T. L. McGill, steamer, burned on Mississippi river; 58 lives lost. .....14 Jan. 1871 H. R. Arthur, steamer, exploded on Mississippi river; 87 lives lost. .28 Jan. Kensington, steamer, and bark Templar, in collision off Cape Hatteras; both wrecked and many lives lost, 27 Jan. Queen of the Thames, magnificent vessel, sailed from London to Sydney by the Cape in 58 days; returning, was lost by striking on sands off Cape Agultras, Africa; 4 lives and valuable cargo lost; the captain was censured, 18 March, Cornwall, wrecked by collision with the Himalaya steamer off Hartlepool... ...19 March, Megara, government iron screw-steamer, sailed with about 400 on board for Australia, Feb. 1871; sprang a leak, 8 June, when it was discovered that her bottom was nearly worn away by corrosion; she was beached on St. Paul's Isle, in the Indian ocean, 16 June; huts were erected, and the crew settled, and stores landed; lieut. Jones was taken on board a Dutch vessel, 16 July; the Oberon brought provisions, 26 Aug; the crew were carried off during a storm, the stores being left behind, by the Malacca.. ...3 Sept. [The vessel was reported unfit for service in 1867; capt. Thrupp was tried and acquitted of blame, 17 Nov.; sir Spencer Robinson and various admiralty officials were censured by a government commission, 6 March, 1872.]

Rangoon, Peninsular and Oriental steamer, valued at
78,000l., wrecked on Kadir rock, off Point de Galle;
cargo lost; no lives....

City of New London, steamer, burned near New London,
Conn.; 12 lives lost.
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Eden, ship, with 150 tons of gunpowder, sailing for Val-
paraiso; set on fire by her mad captain, and blew up;
the crew in the boat were rescued by the Juanita),
7, 8 Nov.
Nagpore, from Calcutta, took fire and ran into Kings-
town harbor, doing much damage till it went to pieces;
the captain of the Echo and some sailors were drowned,
9 Nov.
Lochearn, lost through collision with the Ville de Harre
(which see), 22 Nov.; quitted by her crew......28 Nov.
Ella, London and Hamburg steamer; crew, 32; left
Thames 14 Dec.; supposed to have foundered in a gale,
16 Dec.
Queen Elizabeth, Glasgow steamer, from India; went
ashore near Tarifa; about 20 perished; middle of
March, 1874

Tacna, steamer, from Valparaiso, foundered; about 19
lost (see Chili).
....March.
Liberia, British and African Steamship Co., wrecked
by collision with Barton steamer, off Scilly isles; prob-
ably all lost on board both vessels......about 13 April,
British Admiral, emigrant-ship, wrecked on King's
island, Bass's strait; about 80 out of 89 lost...23 May,
Pat Rogers, steamer, burned on Ohio river; 50 lives lost,
26 July,
Milbanke, iron steamer, laden with zinc from Cartha-
gena; sunk through collision with Hankow steamer
off Dungeness; 14 perish; 1.30 A.M..
...28 July.
Calcutta, ship, from Shields to Aden, took fire; nearly all
lost...
..about 11 Sept.
Malvern, bark, from Sunderland, foundered off Singa
pore; all hands lost..
.23 Sept.
Kingsbridge, iron ship, sunk off the Lizard, by collision
with the Candahar, iron ship; the master, his wife
and daughter, and 8 of the crew perish.. ....14 Oct.
Maju, iron ship, of London, new clipper; wrecked off the
Hebrides in a gale; crew, about 24, lost.. ...20 Oct.
Chusan, from Glasgow for Shanghai, sunk in a gale off
Ardrossan; about 7 lost...
.20 Oct.
Cutter of H. M.S. Aurora swamped in the Clyde; 15 lost,
19 Nov.
La Plata, steamer (capt. Dudden), 1600 tons, sailed from
Gravesend with telegraph cable for Brazil, 26 Nov.;
foundered in a gale in the Bay of Biscay; 17 escape
out of 85..
.29 Nov.
Cospatrick, emigrant-vessel (capt. Emslie), on her way to
Auckland, New Zealand; took fire, midnight, 17-18
Nov.; only 5 or 6 (out of 476) escaped; picked up. 27
Nov.; arrived at St. Helena
...6 Dec.
Japan, Pacific Mail steamer, from Yokohama; took fire
off Hong Kong; many lost...
Delfine, steamer, struck on sunken rock, west coast
of Africa; nearly all lost..

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Scorpio, steamer, from Cardiff to Charente; not heard of 30 Dec.. .4 Dec. Cortes, of London, foundered in Bay of Biscay; laden with coal for Aden; capt. E. King; about 25 lost, 16 Dec. Hong Kong, steamer, wrecked on sunken rock near Aden; about 12 lost... 22 Feb. 1875 Stuart Hahnemann, sailed from Bombay, 4 April; capsized; about 40 drowned (some rescued by Blandina, Austrian barque, 27 April).... ..14 April, Schiller, Hamburg mail-steamer, wrecked in a fog. on rocks off the Scilly isles; about 331 drowned...7 May, Cadiz, London steamer; wrecked on Wizard rock, Brest; about 62 lost. ..8 May, Vicksburg, steamer, left Quebec, 27 May; struck on ice, 30 May; sank, 1 June; between 40 and 50 lost, 66 1 June, Strathmore, emigrant-vessel, wrecked in a fog near the Crozet isles, South Indian ocean, on way to New Zea land; 45 out of 89 lost.... .1 July, Boyne, mail-steamer, from Brazil, ran on a rock during a fog, 15 miles off Ushant; 2 lives lost........13 Aug. Mistletoe, Mr. Heywood's pleasure yacht; sunk by collision with H.M.'s steamer Alberta (the queen on board); in the Solent, near Isle of Wight; Miss Annie Peel and two others drowned.. ..18 Aug.

.30 Aug. Missouri, steamer, New York to Havana, burned at sea; 32 lives lost. .22 Oct. Kinsale, steamer, off Waterford; Albion, schooner, off Looe; Dee, schooner, etc. 22, 23 Nov. Royal Adelaide, emigrant-vessel; went ashore on Chesil beach, between Weymouth and Portland; 5 lost. 25 Nov. Germania, mail packet, wrecked off La Rochelle; about 24 perished.... .21 Dec. Northfleet, vessel laden with railway iron for Van Diemen's Land, and railway navigators, run into by a foreign steamer (probably the Murillo, a Spanish vessel) off Dungeness, about 10.30 P. M.; about 300 lost...22 Jan. 1873 Chacabuco, iron ship, sunk in the Channel, 15 miles from Orme's head, by collision with the Torch, steamer; 24 lost... ...1 March, Boyne, bark, wrecked off Mohilo bay, Cornwall; about 20 lost.. ...1 March, Atlantic, steamer, of White Star Company, struck on Meagher rock, west of Sambro; said to have fallen short of coals steaming for Halifax; 442 (including capt. Williams) saved; about 560 lost, 1 April, 1873; many on the rigging perished through cold and want.

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[Coroner's inquest on Nathaniel Turner; verdict, accidental death, with a note alleging error of navigat ing oflicers, 10 Sept.; another inquest closed, without verdict, 7 Dec. 1875; capt. Welch, of the Alberta, was reprimanded; 3000% paid to Mr. Heywood, and others compensated; announced, April, 1876.]

(See under Navy of England.) H.M.S. Vanguard, double-screw ironclad, 3774 tons, cost about 350,000. (capt. Dawkins), struck by ram of the Iron Duke, during a fog off the coast of Wicklow; crew (about 400) saved; 50 min. past noon..........1 Sept. Equinox, steamer, foundered on Lake Michigan; 26 lives lost... ..9 Sept.

Pacific, steamer, from Victoria, British Columbia, to California; foundered off Cape Flattery; above 150 lost, about 4 Nov.

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Goliath, old man of war, fitted up as a training-ship for poor boys; burned through a lamp falling on the dirty floor of the lamp room; about a dozen lives lost out of about 500; the boys were highly commended for their courage and discipline under the command of captain Bourchier.. .22 Dec.

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Many wrecks autumn and winter, 1875. Warspite, old training-ship of the Marine Society's boys, on the Thames between Woolwich and Charlton, burned; no loss of life; good discipline shown......3 Jan. 1876 Strathclyde, Glasgow steamer, sunk by collision with Hamburg ship Franconia, in Dover bay, in daylight; about 17 lost. [Verdict of manslaughter against Kuhn, captain of Franconia.*].. .17 Feb. St. Clair, steamer, burned on lake Superior; 27 lives lost, 10 July, Mohawk, yacht, capsized in New York harbor... 20 July, Edith, steamer, sunk by collision with the Duchess of Sutherland (both owned by the London and North Western Railway Company) off St. John's Point, Ireland; 2 lives lost.. .8 Sept. Shannon, mail steamer, struck on a shoal, 80 miles S.S. W. of Port Royal, Jamaica; no lives dost..8 Sept. Western Empire, in Gulf of Mexico; a leak sprung, 13 Sept.; vessel left (10 lost). ...18 Sept. Great Queensland, with impure patent gunpowder, and ordinary gunpowder; 569 persons on board; sailed for Melbourne, 5 Aug.; supposed to have exploded (pieces of wreck found), near Finisterre.........after 12 Aug. [Verdict of wreck commission against owners, 21 July, 1877.] Loss of 12 American whaling ships in Arctic ice, reported by whaling-bark Florence; immense loss of life, 12 Oct. St. Lawrence, troop-ship (capt. Hyde); ran aground in St. Helena's bay, Africa; no loss of life.........8 Nov. Ambassador, steamer, sunk by collision with an American ship, George Manson, returning from Calcutta; lat. 58° 6' N., long. 73° 27′ E.; 23 lost (crew 43)....25 Dec. Cairo, iron ship, bound for Australia; carried much gunpowder (said to have been wrecked off Tristan or Gough island); disappeared about middle of... ..Jan. 1877 Seminole and Montgomery, steamers, in collision off cape May, N. J., sinking the latter with loss of 13 lives.

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7 Jan. 46 News received at Gloucester, Mass., of the loss of fourteen Gloucester fishing-schooners, with 50 lives.....11 Jan. George Washington, steamer, foundered off cape Race; 25 lives lost.. ..5 Feb. George Cromwell, steamer, lost off cape Race; 30 lives lost; news received.. .....16 Feb. Cashmere, steamer (British India Steam Navigation Company), wrecked off Guardafui; 7 drowned....12 July, Eten, steamship (English Pacific Steam Navigation Company), wrecked about 70 miles north of Valparaiso; about 100 (of 160) lost; many rescued by H. M.S. Ame thyst. ... 15 July, Avalanche, emigrant iron vessel, from London to New Zealand; above 100 on board; struck by Forest (of Windsor, Nova Scotia), 21 crew; both sank; about 12 lives saved; in Channel, 15 miles S. by W. of Portland, 9.15 P.M.. .11 Sept. Many losses by severe gale.. 14, 15 Oct. 66 Knapton Hall, steamer, sunk through collision with Lochfyne, to whose assistance she was coming; 9 perish.. 15 Oct. Huron, U. S. sloop of war, wrecked on coast of North Carolina; about 100 lives lost.. .24 Nov. Atacama, steamer, wrecked 22 miles south of Caldera, near Copiapo; about 104 lost.... ..end of Nov. LL Mizpah, steamer, sunk by collision with unknown vessel, 15 miles S. W. of Beachy Head; above six lost; early," 6 Dec. 66 European, Clyde steamer, from Algoa Bay; wrecked off Ushant; diamonds, etc., lost; no lives. ...5 Dec. Metropolis, steamer, wrecked on North Carolina coast; ...31 Jan 1878 C. M. Palmer, steamer, of Newcastle, lost by collision with Ludworth, steamer, near Harwich; about 14 lives lost; fog, 10 A. M. 17 Feb. 64 Eurydice, H. M.S., frigate; training ship, returning from Bermudas, founders off Dunnose headland, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, through a squall; capt. A. S. Hare, lieut. Tabor, and about 300 men perish......24 March, Raised with much skill and labor, and taken into Portsmouth... ..Aug.

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Childwall Hall, Hull steamer, wrecked near cape St. Vincent, Portugal; about 14 lost... ..11 April, 1878 The German ironclad, Grosser Kurfürst, sunk by collision with König Wilhelm; about 300 lost... .31 May, Princess Alice (which see), run into by the screw-steamer Bywell Castle, in the Thames, near Woolwich, and sunk; between 600 and 700 lost; about 7.40 P. M. 3 Sept. Fanny, coastguard cruiser, run down by National steamer Helvetia, off Tuskar, Irish channel; 17 lost,

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Much damage and loss of life by gales........8-10 Nov. Pomerania, Hamburg-American mail-steamer, sunk off Folkestone, by Moel Eilian, iron bark, of Carnarvon; 162 saved by boats; about 48 missing; a little after midnight..... 25 Nov. Emily B. Souder, steamer, two days out, from New York for San Domingo, foundered; 9 lives lost......10 Dec. Mesopotamia, steamer, run ashore at Peniche, coast of Portugal; 8 perished.. ...18 Dec.

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Byzantin, French steamer, sunk (losing above 200 lives)
by collision with English steamer Rinaldo, in Dar-
danelles, during a fearful gale....
...18 Dec.
Arrogante, French ironclad battery, sunk off Hirères isles;
47 drowned...
.19 March, 1879
Ava, British India Navigation Steam Company steamer,
sunk by collision with sailing ship Brunhilda, in the
bay of Bengal; capt. Dickenson and about 70 perish,
24 April.
City of London, Aberdeen steamer, run down and sunk
by the Vesta, in the Thames, near Barking Reach; no
lives lost..
..13 Aug.
Champion, steamer, in collision with ship Lady Octavia,
off Delaware capes, sank; 30 lives lost.
.7 Nov.
Borussia, a Dominion steamer, left Liverpool, 20 Nov. ;
sprung a leak in the Atlantic after leaving Corunna, 1
Dec.; went down; about 160 lost; 10 out of 184 saved
by the boats..
.....2 Dec.
Valentine, foundered in a gale near Falmouth; about 16
lost..
..8 Feb. 1880

Many wrecks in the North Atlantic during terrific gales
(see Atalanta)..
12-16 Feb.
Strathnairn, of Dundee; collision with Edith Hough,
steamer, off Ushant; all lost..
13 Feb.
Hindoo, steamer, from New York; loaded with grain,
which shifted; abandoned; three officers lost and
much cattle...
.22 Feb.

Vingorla, steamer, sprung a leak 70 miles north of Bom
bay; captain and 65 persons perish; announced
1 March,
Barita, British steamer, sunk in a fog by collision with
an Australian mail-steamer near Galatz; 16 perish,
9 April,
American, steamer (Union Steamship Company), capt.
Maclean Wait, foundered off Cape Palmas; all passen-
gers and crew escaped (except about 6) in boats (picked
up by vessels, and carried to Madeira, the Canaries, etc.),
23 April,
Narragansett and Stonington, steamers, in collision on
Long Island Sound; Narragansett sunk; 30 lives lost,
11 June,
Seawanhaka, steamer, burned in East river, New York
harbor; 50 lives lost..
.28 June,
Hydaspes, sailing-ship, sunk by collision with Centurion,
screw-steamer, off Dungeness, in a fog; both blamed;
no lives lost..
.17 July,

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Mamie, steam-yacht, cut in two by steamer Garland on Detroit river; 16 lives lost... .22 July, Marion City, steamer, burned on lake Huron; 10 lives lost, 29 Aug. City of Vera Cruz, steamer, foundered off Florida coast; 68 lives lost.. 29 Aug. Vera Cruz, U. S. steamer, foundered through hurricane in North Atlantic, 30 miles from shore; 11 out of 82 saved... .4 Sept. Oncle Joseph, French steamer, sunk by collision with Ortigia, Italian steamer, off Spezzia; about 50 out of 300 saved.. 24 Nov. James Harris, steamer, loaded with iron, sunk by collision with the Andalusia, steamer, off the Ferne isles, 14 April, 1881 H.M. S. Doterel destroyed by explosion in the straits of Magellan (see Navy). .26 April, Victoria, steamer, on the Thames, Canada, overloaded, upset; several hundred drowned; between 600 and 700 on board.... ...24 May, Ten fishing-boats sunk off the Shetland isles in a storm; about 58 lives lost.. 20 July, Teuton, Union Company's mail screw-steamer, struck on a rock near cape Agulhas, cape of Good Hope, and foundered a few hours after; of above 200 persons, not many saved; capt. E. Manning and most of the officers lost. 30 Aug. Bath City, steamer, from Bristol for New York, loaded with iron and steel, foundered at sea; 10 lives lost..Dec. Wrexham (S.E.Denbighshire), the Saxon Wrightesham, given to earl Warren by Edward I.; made a borough by the Reform act, 1832. An exhibition of art

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Verdict quashed on appeal; 7 judges (against 6) decide treasures of North Wales and the border counties was against British jurisdiction, 13 Nov. 1876.

opened here by the duke of Westminster, 22 July, 1876.

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