Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-26
The Perils of the Sea.

The Perils of the Sea.
MARINE LOSSES FOR 1S70-PRoPERTY
WORTH SEVENTEEN AND A HALF MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS DESTROYED.
From tie Ne,U York Times, Dec. 30.
The marine losses of the United States
during the year now passing away have
reached the heavy figures of over $17 800,
600, inclusive of the values of the several
cargoes of the vessels lost or missing. The
last quarter of the year is always the hard
est upon shipping, and the month of Oc
tober was the most disastrous of the three
so far reported. 1t has to answer for six
ty-six vessels lost or missing. Of the lost
ones, forty-two were burned at sea-an eX-
traordinary number to be thus destroyed
and fact which almost forces upon the
mind suspicion of very great carelessness
among those who go down to the sea in
ships Of the remainder (including so
much as is reported for the month of De-
cember), $50 were wrecked, fifty-six were
abandoned, twenty-five from one cause or
another were sunk, twenty seven foun-
dered, and forty were missing, some of
which, however, arrived at port safely dur
ing some part of the year. Annexed is a
monthly list of the marine losses.
JANUARY-Wrecked, 21; burned, 5;
abandoned, 8; sunk and foundered, 6;
missing, 3; total 81. Of these, two were
steamers Euterpe, from Galveston,
Texas, for New York, burned at sea, and
the Shetucket, from Philadelphia for New
| York, missing. There were besides, 6
ships, barks, brigs, and 16 schooners
total 81. The value of those vessels ex-
elusive of cargoes, was 81, ,70S,000.
FEBRUARY.-Wrecked II; burned at
sea, 3; abandoned, 3; sunk and foundered,
Z; missing, 2; total 80. OF these, 8 were
steamers, 2 ships,,9 barks, brigs, and IA
schooners The steam tug Sunfiower was
sunk by collision in Southwest Pass, near
New Orleans; the steamer Two Boys,
from Dublin. for Savannah, Ga, was
abandoned; the steamer Brunette, from
New York, for Philadelphia, was sunk by
collision; the Reindeer was wrecked on
Arkansas Bar, Texas, and the steamship
New Jersey, from Baltimore, for Norfolk,
Va, was burned. The aggregate value OF
those vessels, exclusive of cargoes, was
| 81, ,375, 900.
MARCH "a; Abandoned, 5;
foundered, 8; Abandoned after collision, 1
burned, / missing, 8; total, AZ. Three
steamers: the Golden City, from San
Francisco, to Panama, wrecked the Eagle
from New York, to Havana, wrecked and
the City of Boston, from New York, for
Liverpool, missing, with all on board
There were, also, 2 ships, 8 barks, 2 brigs
10 schooners, and one sloop. Their ag
gregate value, exclusive of cargoes, was
So, ,124,0 900.
APRn.-Wrecked, "a; abandoned, 8
burned, 8; founded 1; missing g.; total
81. OF these, were ships, Z barks,
brigs, II schooners, and sloop, of the ag
gregated value of S2,575, 900. There were
| no p,arioap ctaamSbipS lost duriun this
month
MAY.-Wrecked, 10; burned, A; found
cred and capsized, 4; missing, 4; total, %
Of these, / was the steamer Louisburg
burned at Cedar Keys, Fla. 3 ships,
barks, brigs, and 10 schooners, altogethe
valued at $3.50, 100, without cargoes. Thi
month has the mildest record of the Who'll,
year
JUNE.-Wrecked, IA; abandoned, 8
foundered, sunk and capsized, 4; missing
4; total, 25. There were 3 ships, 6 barks
brigs, and 12 schooners, all of the aggre
gate value of $79S,0O0, without cargoes
There were no steamers reported lost thi
month.
Wrecked, IA; foundered, cap
sized and sunk, 4 burned, 1 !; missing,
total, 20. Two were steamers-the Ten
nessee, from Charleston, S. c., for New
York, burned, and the Chilian, from Liv
erpool, for New Orleans, wrecked ship
barks, brigs, and 8 schooners, of tn
aggregate value of $703,O00, exclusive o
cargo, were also lost
AUGUsT.-Wrecked, 10; burned 10
abandoned, sunk and foundered, 6; total
26. One of these was the steamer Par
thenia, from Hartford, for New York
: burned; the others were 3 ships, 4 barks
brigs, and % schooners, of the aggregat
value of $S11, 400.
SEPTEMBER.-Wrecked 25; burned,
abandoned, 5; foundered, 3; missing, 1
total, Sc. OF these the steam yacht Alic
) Prosa was wrecked at Ipswich, Mass, an
the steamship Alexander Petition, fror
Porte-au-Prince for Boston, founderet
Two ships, 8 barks, 10 brigs, and 9 schoor
ers, were also lost. Their aggregate value
exclusive of cargoes, was 81 ,029, 800.
OCToBER.-Wrecked, 81; abandoned
!. 10; burned, 4 sunk after collision,
foundered, 5, and missing, 8; total, Z;
Here we have an evidence of the fury {
the winds and the waves when they swee
. around helpless vessel at sea. No les
:, than nine steamers of different kinds wer
lost during this month, as follows: Th
Cambria, from New York to Glasgow
:, burned at Portland, Me-; the tug Tr
4 umph, burned on the James River; tn
- Continental, from Mazatlan to San Fral
cisco, foundered; the Mariposa, from Ne
d Orleans, for New York, wrecked; Ii
/ Washington, from Wilmington, Del, T,
q New York, burned 1.-THE Sapphire, from Lii
erpool, for New Orleans, wrecked the Kt
West, from New York, for Charleston,
l. c., wrecked, and the steam tug Samsol
$ lost off Indian River, Fla. Besides the
were ships, 8 barks, 16 brigs, and ;
], schooners, all valued at $3,505 800, excl
:. sive of cargo.
d NOVEMBER Wrecked, 35; burne
le abandoned, 12 foundered, 4 sunk by cC
r; llsion, 3; missing, z; total, 70. Of this nun