The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-21
The Wrecks of the Past.

An idea OF the comparative mngnl-
tude OF the disaster to the steamer At
lantic, may be obtained from the fol-
lowing statement OF the prominent ma
rine accidents since 1910:
In the month OF March, 1871, the
steamer President sailed from this port
with q large number Of passengers (;
when two days ont sho is supposed to
have encountered n terrible gale, and
was never again heard from. On the
2sth OF April, 1s47, the EImouth, an
emigrnnt ship from Londonderry, was
wrecked, and nearly $40 lives lost. A
still more disastrous wreck was that Of
the Royal Adelaide, which occurred on
tho Tongue Sands, of Margate, on
which occasion 400 lives were lost. In
September, 1850, the Edmond was lost
on the western coast OF Ireland, and
more than half OF tho 200 passengers
persisted. Upon the occasion Of the
loss OF tho troop.ship Birkenhead in
Simon's Bay, South Africa, in Febru-
ary, 1852, 454 Of the crew and soldiers
pcriShed. Again, in 1853, Just year
after this, the Independence took fire
on the coast of Lower California, and
140 persons were consumed by the
flames or drowned in the sea. In May
OF the same year 170 lives were lost by
tho wreck OF tho William and Mary
near the Bahamas and five months af-
terwarls 3lS persons, mainly emigrant
passengers, on the Annie Jane, Of Liver.
pool, persisted on the west shore OF
Scotland, where the vessel was beached.
The Fayorite, on her way from Bremen
to Baltimore, in April, 1854, ran into
tho bark HeSper, and 2Ol lives were
sacrificed. In May OF the same year
400 officers and soldiers were lost with
tho Lady Nugent, a troop.ship, which
foundered in q hurricane, and in the
succeeding fall the United States mail
steamer Artic came in contact during 0
fog with tho French steamer Vesta, and
a loss of 800 lives was tho result, an nc
cident which still rings in the memory
Of many. The steamer City Of Glasgow
disappeared also before tho close oil
this disastrous year with 4SO persons
ON board. In 1866 the only serious mn.
rine accident was the loss Of the George
Canning near the mouth Of the Elbo
with ninety.six passengers on board.
In 1856 the John, IN omigrant vessel,
was wrecked on the Munich Rocks of
Falmouth, on which occasion 200 lives
were lost. On the 23d of February Of
the succeeding year the well.known
Collins steamer Pacific left Liverpool
for New York freighted with 1856 souls,
and was never agaln heard OF. During
the summer OF 1851 the clipper ship
Dunbar was wrecked nenr Sydney, and
ont Of 12l persons OH board only one
was saved. In September Of the same
year the steamer Central America
ioundered at sea with 90 passengers ;
only 152 were rescued. On the 18th Of
September, 1868, the steam emigrant
ship Austria was burned in mid Allan.
tic, and Of tho 53S passengers but O.
were saved. In September Of the same
year 317 Chinese emigrants lost their
lives in consequence Of the wreck Of
the st. Paul on the island OF Rossel.
or the 4l0 persons on the Pomona,
which was lost on Blackwater Bank,
April 90, 1859, only 81 were saved.
During the same year the Royal Char
ter was wrecked Off Moelfra, with loss
of 44G lives. On the night OF February
9, 1860, new mail steamer, the Hun.
garian, was wrecked of the coast Of
Novia Scotia, and all on board, 205,
persisted. Ten years ago this month
237 out of 446 persons, passengers on
tho Anglo.Saxon, lost their lives when
that steamer was wrecked of Newfound-
land. In january of 1866 the steamer
London foundcred in the Bay Of Biscay,
sacrificing about 22O lives. Among the
more recent losses at sea that of the
City OF Boston, around which still
hoyers IN unfathomed mystery, and
that Of tho Northfeet, arc still within
the recollection OF the youngest.-NctO
York Paper.