The New York herald., 1873-12-04
TRANSATLANTIC SHIpWRECKS.


the current year. been more pressed by business
than during any previous period The Vienna Ex-
hibition was alone an entlcemenr to many Ameri-
cans to visit Europe; and the numbers OF the
patrons or the steamships were increased greatly
by the Europeans who came to view our country.
Considering this fact. and that which is declared
by the subjoined record, 1t must be allowed
that ocean travel Is becoming more dangerous
it becomes more familiar What are the causes Of
this strange and unpleasant phase of ocean affairs
it is hard to determine. With the circumstances
OF the losses of the steamships Atlantic and City OF
Washington fresh before them, some people will
readily make up their minds as to those causes in
. way adverse to the steamship companies. They
Will say that prosperity has made not only the
managers OF the steamship lines, but also their en-
ployes, careless OF the safety OF passengers, and
they will apply this result of their reasoning to the
present case o. the Vile, du Havre. Leaving all
special cases OF steamship disaster aside it is truly
remarkable that during the year 1873 alone about
one-tnrd as many lives have been destroyed by
accidents TO transatlantic steamers as were ann
hIlated In the same manner in the thirty-one years
from 1S4l TO 1873.
LIST OF sHIPwRBcKs.
PREsIDBNT-Leit New York on March IL. 1s4l
and was never heard from aterward. Among her
passengers were Tyrone Power the comedian and
a son OF the Duke OF Richmond.
CoLUMBh-Wrecked IN log on the coast OF
Nova scotia, on July l, lS43.
GREAT BRirAIN-Lost In a storm on the coast OF
Ireland, September %, 1S46.
HELENA SLoMAN-Foundered in mid ocean, in
ST. GEoRGE-Destroyed by DIRE at sea, December
"a. 1852; 81 lives lost.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS near Halifax December s.
1858 no lives lost
CRY OF GLAsGow-Never heard OF after leaving
Glasgow IN spring OF 1854; 4s0 lives lost.
1884, no lives lost.
ARcrIc---Run down by French steamer vesta, OF
Newfoundland September p, 1854; 800 lives lost.
CRY OF PHILADELPHIA-Wrecked in 1854.
PAoTIo-Never heard from alter January 49,
L.
Nantucket, November 2, 1856; 100 lives lost
TEMpEsI-Lost,, with all on board; never heard
NEW YoRK-Lost at sea, IN June, 1858.
AUsTRIA-Burned In mid-ocean. september 13,
ARGo-wrccked in fog on coast OF Newfound-
land, June Ssi rs 1882 all hands n, saved. s.,. 49,
vember 81. 1859; 27 lives lost.
Observation-Disclosures OF Nova Scotia, February
20, 1860; 205 lives lost.
CoNNAUGHT-Burned Off the coast OF Massachu-
sets. october 7, 1850.
CANADlAS-wrecked by sunken fee in the Straits
OF Belle Isle. June 4, 1851 35 lives lost.
NORTH BRToN-Wrecked during q storm on
Paraquet Island. November 5, 1851.
Nogw EaIAN-Wrecked on st. Paul's Island, June
IA, 1858.
ANGLosAxoN-wrecked or Cape Race, April 81,
1868; 237 lives lost.
GEoRGIA-Lost on Sable Island in a fog. August
4, 1858.
BoHEMIAS-wrecked or Cape Elizabeth, Febru-
CRY OF NEW YoRK-wrecked on Daunt's Rock,
queenstown, Ireland, March 20, 1864.
JChA-NFeckeu Oh Liverpool narpOr, November
3, 1864.
IowA-wrccked OF fCherbourg, December 10, 1884,
GLAsGow-Burned OF Nantucket July 81 1861
SCoTLAND-Collided with the ship Kate, Dyer on
Fire Island, December 1885, Is OF the Kate Dycr's
crew lost.
HIBERNIA-Foundered on the Irish coast, Novem-
ber %, $685. 30 lives lost.
UNITED KINoDoM-Lelt New York April II, 1889;
never afterwards heard from 50 lives lost.
GERMANiA-I,ost on the Newfoundland coast in
fog, August 7, 1859.
CLEoPATRA--Lost on the Newfoundland coast in
fog, August s, 1869.
CrrY or BosToN-Left New York January 25,
1870, called at Halifax, and was never afterwards
heard from about leo lives lost.
CAMBRiA-Wrecked on Irish coast, October 10,
1870; 100 lives lost
DAuAs--wrecked near Halifax, April Q, 1872.
TBIPoLI-Wrecked on coast OF Ireland, May IL,
1872.
BRITrASIA-wreckcd in Firth Of Clyde, January
q, 1873
ArLASTrc-wrecked on Marrs Rock, N. s., April
l. 1878; 562 lives lost.
CRY OF wAsHrNGToE-WrecKed on coast Of Nova
Scotia, July I, 1873.
IsMAILIA-Left New York September 30, 1878;
yet unheard from.
MIssoURI-Wrecked on the Bahamas October I,
1873; no lives lost.
VILE DU HAvRE-Collided with British ship
Loch Earn, In latitude AZ deg. north, longitude IS
| ds9, West;226 lives LOST