Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-09
RICHMOND wHJG
THE sHIPwRECKs OF ENGLAND

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! The London News says the Parliamentary Rim. RooL
under the above ttle which is annually presented to
lament, has just been published for the year 1859 +,
comes At an appropriate time Winry gales long nivbs
record of wrecks and devastaIons In running the
Io"n the column OF cisualties, ws light upon l2 live.
os 10 lost SO lost, As lost, rs lo loo lost, s lost
al Drowned Could IL be credited were it not for the
Official accounts with the authority each
ed that lll6 wrecks, with loss OF lives, occurred
on tie coasts aud within the t. United King
dom, in the single year of is62s Yet 10 IL L, OF ri,
humber 633 were total wrecks the remain Ter stranded
a"u damaged SO as to req iiro TO discharge cargo.
with the present number oi the Lie Bo.t Journal i.
sso presented wreck chart OF B:ish I,les sho~ ing
all The casualties to shipping which Occurred in the
end on the shores o! the Uditei King ION ia tie wear
1907, amo nting TO the fearful lumber Of lI5 Week.
tie chart Each black dot in the sable border which
touha7 Tie shores ssnides wreck aud 533 cases total
wreck, ana IN all other slch amount of damage
a. To require the vessel discharge her cargo To ran,r
The number OF lives lost, far ascertained although
u'uotess many are not recorded, is 92O. Reflect for
moment on the vast amount OF misery that this loss of
e must entail on surviving relatives and friends
by this fearful yisitton Independently of the loss of life
10 TIE unfortunate sufferers themselves and ask yourse If
the question Have the power 70 prevent 10 some
extent the recurrence of similar distress -
Gladly would enlist the synpathies of all in the
cause We advocate, We do not wish Ice passing feel
ing IN the tende-heirtei but by simple relation OF facts
and figures 10 appeal the of duty in our conn
trymen, and especially the wealthy merchants of this
vast metropolis aud of the large cities nf Manchester Bir
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they by locality from the p,iu being eve
OF hese OF Distress and them to aid US with
their purse aud with their prayers u the cause in
which we are engaged, of the preservation Of life from
shpwreck.
From the summary attlched to the register we learn
nat the Casualties in each mouth follows Jan.
uary, l26; Fsbuiry II; March, 3d. April, ~; Nav Al
June July is August AZ: September S. October l6i;
November, ls9; Deceu.ber, 26s-totsl, Ills.
vi these i64 occurred the of Great Brit
ain, 5s the south cois, AMI a35 on the west
4 Ireta &
shore at Scy at the Channel Islands Is Oh the Ok
neys aud SketInd and IS the Isle of Man, the remain
ng 80 occurred IN the surrounding seals The gales OF
January caused 1885, casuiie shown above they pre-
vailed during the whole aud early part of Feb
rraTy the sprng, summer, anI moderate but
Oh the 2sth October easerly gie began that in six
days sre~ed the with lu2 weeks Stronp breeze
and short full of moderate weather were followed b,
gales oi ordinary force at tn period OF The year.
the 2ih December hevy from the burst
over the country, aud continued TO the end of the wear
With such violence that by the 29,h there was scarcely
vessel IN the neighborhood of the British Islands at
sea- some had found safety By running into port while OF
oihersihe returns show list OF 1873 casualties Of which
los were totally wrecked, making daily average oil 80
wrecks during this awful aud destructive gale.
Tue whole loss OF life during ihe year. as far as has
been aseer'aned, amounts 70 92O or .hese loo were
lost ia the AmazOn, destroyed by ire the 4h nuary
NJ about 80 miles from tue Lands End; Is in Coum
bus wrecked n the 6!h January, the Hook Light
house Waterford, oSig the neglect OF the Dunuore
pilots; IL In the John Tool wreck,d January 81 on the
Aran Isles near Galway; Is in the ANY, wrecked March
wrecked September 29 the ArkOs banks; 10 in the
Erucsto wrecked OctOOrr 81, Boscastle Cornwall
is III the Minerva wrecked November the Bar OF
Dfoghedsi Is IN the Ocean Queen, wrecked December
20, at "embuy, the Plymouth Mewstone; IS in the
Louise Emile, wrecked December IS, at Dungenes Is Ia
tue ussgerston iron collier lost in the gale OF De-
cember ~ of Fley; SO in the Lily stranded December
es in the SQUAD of the Ise OF Man. when her cargo gn
ted, and she blew up; Is in the Acibides wrecked De-
cetnb-r 2s in Ballytegue Bay Wexford and 10 in the
Broad Oak, wrecked December 49, in Dunogh Bly Skib.
oeTeen the remainder lost in smaller numbers Oh
the coast or in vessels that oundered in the adjoining
seas; making in all 92O.
IL stated in the report Of the National Institution for
Preservation OF Lite from Shpwrecks that nearly eight
hundred wrecks with the loss of $40 lives took place u
ring the year 1858. The report that besides hav
log spent about e, 900 life boats and $4,000 on re
wards for saving life, this society, which has been
established upwards Of thirty years has voted to brave
men 10 gold medaions and 539 silver medals the last
gold medallion having been granted Captain Ludlow of
the American whaling ship Monmouth in testimony of his
gallant ana pesevering conduct occI1n of wreck
OF the English emgrant ship Meridian on the island OF
Amsterdam, in August last. Her MsSsiy's government
have also marked their appreciation of his noble conduct
by Offering to him present OF 100 guneas aud gold
chronome.er by Dent The society has about thirty
eboat stations the coasts the of which are paid
for exercising the boat four times year The cost of
new iebo.t, with carriage and boat house. cannot be
reckoned at less than $500 Her Majesty has contributed
recently ElOO TO the society but its G6Uo be-
low the expenditure in the past year.