National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-18
The Wrecks OF the Past.

An idea Of tho comparative magni-
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, 1S41, the
steamer President sailed from this port
with q large number Of passengers
when two days out she is supposed to
have encountered terrible gale, and
was never again heard from. On the
2Sth Of April, 1S47, the Exmouth, an
emigrant ship from Londonderry, was
wrecked, and nearly 24O lives lost. A
still more disastrous wreck was that OF
the Royal Adelaide, which occurred on
the Tongue Sands, off 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 the 200 passengers
perished. Upon the occasion of the
loss of the troop-ship Birkenhead in
Simons Bay, South Africa, in Febru-
ary. 1852, 45l of the crew and soldiers
perished. Again, in 1853, just year
after this, the Independence took fire
on the coast of Lower California, and
| 14O persons were consumed by the
flames or drowned in the sea. In May
of the same year 10 lives were lost by
the wreck Of the William and Mary
near the Bahamas and five months af-
forwards 34S persons, mainly emigrant
passengers, on the Annie Jane, of Liver
pool, pershed on the west shore OF
Scotland, where the vessel was Deached
The Favorite, on her way from Bremen
to Baltimore, in April, 1854, ran into
the bark Hesper, and POI lives were
sacrificed. In May of the same year
400 officers and soldiers were lost with
the Lady Nugent, troop-ship, which
foundered in hurricane, and in the
succeeding fall the United States mail
steamer Artic came in contact during a
fog with the French steamer Vesta, and
a loss of 300 lives was the result, an ac-
cident which still rings in the memory
of many. The steamer City of Glasgow
disappeared also before the close OF
this disastrous year with 4S0 persons
on board. In 1855 the only serious ma
rine accident was the loss of the George
Canning near the mouth of the Elbe
with ninety-six passengers on board.
In 1856 the John, an emigrant vessel,
was wrecked on the Munich Rocks off
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 1o6 souls,
and was never again heard of. During
the summer of 1857 the clipper ship
Dunbar was wrecked near Sydney, and
out of 121 persons on board only one
was saved. In September OF the same
wear the steamer Central America
foundered at sea with $40 passengers
only 152 were rescued. On the 18th OF
September, 1853, the steam emigrant
ship Austria was burned in mid Allan.
tic, and of the 53S passengers but 81
were saved. In September of the same
year 3l7 Chinese emigrants lost their
lives in consequence of the wreck OF
the St. Paul on the island of Rossel.
OF the 419 persons on the Pomona,
which was lost on Blackwater Bank,
April %, 1859, only "a were saved.
During the same year the Royal Char
ter was wrecked off Moelfra, with loss
of 446 lives. On the night of February
2, 1860, new mail steamer, the Hun.
garian, was wrecked off the coast OF
Novia Scotia, and all on board, 200,
perished. Ten years ago this month
237 ont of 446 persons, passengers on
the Anglo-Saxon, lost their lives when
that steamer was wrecked off Newfound'
land In January of 1866 the steamer
London foundered in the Bay of Biscay,
sacrificing about 220 lives. Among the
more recent losses at sea that of the
City of Boston, around which still
hovers an unfathomed mystery, and
that of the Northfeet, are still within
the recollection of the youngest.
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