Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-26
The Perils Of the Sea.
MARINE LOSSES FOR lSsO-PROPERTY
WORTH SEVENTEEN AND HALF MIL
- LIONS OF DoLLARs DEsrRoYED. E8s
From The NeU York Times, Dec.
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From the NeW York Times, Dec. 30.
The marine losses of the United States
during the year now passing away have
reached the heavy figures of over SIT 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 DC,
tober was the most disastrous OF the three
SO far reported. It 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 a. fact which almost forces upon the
mind q suspicion of very great carelessness
among those who 60 down to- uel sea in
ships. OF the remainder Including SC
much as is reported for the month Of De
cember), $50 were wrecked, fifty-six were
abandoned, twenty FIVE. from .one cause OF
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, 81; burned, 81
abandoned, 3; sunk and foundered, &,
missing, q; total g.. Of these, two were
steamers Eut1rpe, from Galveston,
Texas, for New York burned st sea, and
the hetucket, from PhiladelphiAfo for New
York. missing There were besides, 9
ships, 7barks, tbfigs, and .16 schooners
total 81. The value of those vessels ex-
elusive of fcargoes, was 1,708,0O
FEBRuyARY.--Wreck IL burned at
sea, 3; absndoned, g; sunk and foundered,
Z; misst69,z1 k total, b OF these, were
steamet 2 Ships, 8 barks, 2 Abrigs, and II
schooDers. The steam-tug AInflOwer was
sunk by collision in Southwest Pass, near
New, Orleans the steamer Two Boys,
from DnbliiA, for 6avannah, Ga, was
aban dsned; the steamer Brunette, from
New, York, for Philadelphia, was sunk by
collision; the Rcipdeer 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
al ga. OO0ps ils s0t r.ssh
4 MARCH = Wrecked, "a, Abandoned, B.;
foundered, B Abandoned after collision, j |;
burned, /; missing, 8; total, AZ. Three
steamers; 4 the Golden sCify,f from San
Francisco, to Panama, wrecked the Eagle,
from New York, to Havana, wrecked and
the City Of gBoston, from New York, for
Liverpool, missing, with all on board.
There were, slso,;2 ships, 8 barks, 2 briggs,
10 schooners, and one sloop. Their ag-.
g5s ~ oc yslE EXCLUSIVE Ief cargoes' was
APRIL.-Wrecked, "a; abandoned, 81
hu 3y3buAded t;smigd9g a.; total,
Al. ~ 0ftlS Use. q were sshibsE1 6erks, o
bsiaS HsckodpDrs, and 1sRloop, or thesag.
gregated value Of $3.50, 900. There were
~ American steamships lost during this
MAY.-wfscksd, 10; burned, a; found
cred and capsizedM ;mi3&nG N total p2.
OF these, wa8 the steamer Louisburg,
burneT g (y11 Kef[HA. A3ships, 8
barks 4 RdgS sn4 10 schooners, altogether
Eoued ~ t3eWo9 without cargoes. This
month has the mi1dest record OF the whole
year
roundered, sunk and capsized, ( missing,
~ tod, 81 UherebEere 8 shjpsr1 haEks,
(bff99 hd1A s6h0 Q1ers, alIEOf - dkdte-
sate value of $798, 900, without csrgoes.
There were no staa1rers reported lost this
JULY.-wrcked, IA; foundered, cap
lied and sunk, II; burned, a.; missing, / |;
otal, 20 ~ TWO were yteameEs--the Ten,
aessee, from Charleston, s. C., for New
Yolf Burned, ana tie Chiliah, fFom lLiv,
,rpool. for New Orieans, wrecked ]. ship,
61rks. s brfkAs ana 81 schooners, Of the |
IsSTeeste val9S .f STO8. COO exclusive Of |
srgo,1 were aiSo 1ost: 'sf y = has.'1 re :
Aysa.E E,Ss !ss bgEes 10 70
o One q these .Yh. '. re steamer Par
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