Calling Attention To Shipwrecks
Mr. ANDERSON then called the attention of the house to the numerous shipwrecks, with extensive loss of life, which have recently occurred the Shetland Islands, and to the great deficiency…
Mishap Of The Steamer “Union”
It was only last week that we reported the safe arrival of the Federal Steamer "Union" after a protracted voyage from London, got without divers mishaps on her way, and…
The Treacherous Coast
The wreck of the Glenelg is another of those coasting disasters which must always be looked for when unusually rough weather comes on, just so long as such small vessels…
Steamer Cornelius Vanderbilt Ashore Near Randall’s Island
Owing to the dense fog which prevailed on the Sound on Thursday the 13th inst., the boats from the East were detained above Hurlgate. The splendid steamer Cornelius Vanderbilt, of…
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Accident To The Thunder Steamer At Battersea-Bridge
On Monday evening, between nine and ten, as the Thunder steamer was returning from Putney, heavily laden with passengers, she struck her larboard side against the pier of Battersea-bridge; the…
Collision Of Two Sapphos
DURING FOG on Saturday, the Wilson liner Sappho and H.M.S. second-class Cruiser Sappho were in collision off Dungeness. The cruiser was badly rammed by the liner, and at once began…
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Galvanics in Gravesend
Captain Fisher, R.N., the principal harbour-master, has been instructed to clear the Thames, near Gravesend, of the obstruction made by the sinking of the collier Vesper, about eighteen months ago,…
Destruction Of An Indiaman—Five Lives Lost
On Saturday intelligence of the loss by fire of the ship Georgia, of Newcastle, an Indiaman, Captain Mitchell, bound to London, was received by the underwriters at Lloyd’s, attended with a deplorable sacrifice of human life. This ship was between 800 and 900 tons burden, and was valued at 7000£, being splendidly fitted up for the accommodation of passengers. She had a rich cargo on board, consisting of jewellery, merchandise, and other valuable property, which perished with the vessel; a loss in total of nearly 20,000£.
The unfortunate event occurred on the morning of the 1st of last month, while on her passage to England from Calcutta, which place she left in the early part of February. From the accounts brought over by the ship Thomas Sparks, from China, which arrived off Dartmouth on Friday morning, it appears, that early on the morning mentioned, the “watch” on deck, when the vessel was in latitude 30 south and longitude 36 cast, off Madagascar, discovered a strong smell of burning about the ship; he aroused the commander, Captain Mitchell, and the rest of the ship’s crew, and a strict search was determined upon.
Awful Steam-Boat Explosion
It is our melancholy duty to record the most fearful and fatal steam-boat explosion which has ever taken place on the waters of the Chesapeake. The Medora was just completed, and, preparatory to being turned out of the hands of the machinist, a number of persons were invited to go in her on an experimental trip. The day being pleasant, it is supposed that probably 100 or more were on board, including some of the directors of the steam-boat company and their friends, and a number of the hands engaged in finishing the vessel, putting in the machinery, &c., and otherwise connected with the construction or sailing of the boat.
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Three Drowned in Schooner’s Wreck
18 Others Saved as Vessel Grounds Off Mass. Coast
OWN FAULT OF VICTIMS
Those Who Lost Lives Returned To Ship To Get Belongings—Another Daring Sea Rescue Reported
Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 10 (AP)—Three members of the fishing schooner Ralph Brown‘s crew lost their lives today when the vessel was driven ashore in the blizzard off Briar Neck. Eighteen others, including the captain, reached shore safely. Although all suffered from exposure and cold.
Had Returned To Boat
The three men who lost their lives were drowned after they, with other members of the crew, had gone back to the schooner to get their clothes and other belongings after she had been washed to tho shore. The others managed to get off before a huge wave struck the 100 foot craft and drove her farther out to sea, but the victims found themselves helpless as the ship was battered by the roaring breakers. The vessel was pounded to pieces.