The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-12
uL-FATED STEAMSHIPS.
How the Port Of New York Has
Suffered in Maritime Losses
During IL Years.
The Prominent Steam Vessels That Have Been
Wrecked, Burned, Stranded, Sold Into
Foreign Service and Destroyed.

In order TO give an idea of the annual destruction
of maritime property, and OF the changes that
have occurred in the merchant marine haing
from or trading 20 this port the subjoined list OF
steamers has been compiled from authentic rec
urds. 1t embraces a period OF IT years TO the LIST
inst. and refers to the larger steam vessels that
have been lost, stranded broken up burned or sold
into foreign seryce:-
Adriatic, sdewheel, Alas tons; foreign service,
1861
Admlral Dupont, sidewheel, 7o4 tons; sunk Coli
Anegnany, propeller, 1874 tons stranded at Rock
Arabian, sldewheel 42s tons; lost at sea, 1858.
Aphrodite propeller l,osS tons; wrecked, Sept,
1854.
Asher Ayres, sidewheel, POI tons; burned, savan-
Alabama, sidewheel, $50 tons; destroyed. 1862
Active, sldewheel. 400 tons; lost. coast OF CALI
Alliance, propeller, 4So tons; stranded, March,
Arsgo, sidewheel, 2lls tons; sold to Peruvian gov
eminent, 1869.
America sidewneel, l,4eo tons; burned, 1859.
Augusta Dinsmore, propeller, $50 tons stranded at
Cape Lookout Jan, 1869.
Atlanta, propeller, l.04s tons; lost at sea.
Arladne, propeller, s77 tons; stranded Body
Alice Riggs. propeller, l25 tons; foundered on Hat.
Alhambra. propeler 1855 IONS; burned at sea.
Andalusla, propeller, s25 tons; burned on Hat
teras, March 3, 1857.
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coast Of south America, JAM, 1872.
Atlantic, sdewheel go tons; destroyed.
Cane Ss e ST. 1 '0ns
Alexandria, propeller, 1850 tons; stranded OH
America, No. g. sidewheel, 4454 tons; burned, Yo-
kohama, Sept, 1872.
Arctic, sldewheel, $50 tons; lost at sea
ARABIA s,deewheel 3 as5 tons: sailing vessel
America No. 4, sidewheel, 1880 tons lost at sea-
Arispe, propeller, 100 tons; lost near San Fran.
Astoria, propeller 500 tons Russian government.
America No. 5, sidewheel, $50 tons: Russian gov
Anglo Saxon, propeller l,764 tons; lost of Cape
Race, 1863
Alma, propeller, 1900 tons; lost, Red Sea, 1859.
Argo, propeller, 2,315 tons; wrecked, June, 1859.
Austria, propeller, 400 tons; burned at sea, Sept
Arizona, sidewneel, 900 tons; destroyed, 1862.
Andrew Johnson, sidewheel 1000 tons wrecked
America. No. 8. sidewheel, !, 500 tons; used up.
Brother Jonathan, sldewheel, 1850 tons; lost
Pacific Ocean, 1865.
Benjamin Franklin, propeller, 700 tons; foreign
Black Warrior, sidewheel, 1858 tons; stranded.
Feb. 20, 1888.
Bay State, sidewheel, 1854 tons used up; engines
Bay City, sidewheel, 1850 tons; condemned
Baltimore, propeller, 450 tons lost, Dec, 1866.
Bio Bio, sicewheel, 900 tons burned, New Orleans,
1868.
Boston, sidewhee $50 tons; burned, Oct, 1870.
BENJAMIN Delord, sdewheel, ], 090 tons beached,
Body Island, August 8, 1869.
Btenville sidewheel, 1000 tons; burned at sea,
Beckton propeller. 500 tons; foundered, Dec 1873.
Baltimore. No. g propeller, 1905 tons; foundered,
British Channel, May, 1872.
Crescent City, sidewheel, |, 200 tons; stranded.
Cherokee, sidewheel. 1000 tons; burned.
Constitution, propeller, $40 tons; sailing vessel,
Columbia sldewheel, 900 tons; sold Japanese gov.
eminent.
City OF Glasgow, propeller, 1920 tons; lost at sea.
CITY OF Savannah, propeller. $50 tons; lost at sea.
Cty OF Pttsbprg propeller II. 2So tons; burned b.,
Spanish government, slave trader.
Cortes. sidewheel, l.15o tons; burned China, 1862.
Cherokee, sidewheel 100 tons; foreign service.
COniucius, sidewheel, 500 tons; lost Coast China,
1870.
Central America, sdewheel, 1900 tons lost al sea,
C,yds, propeller, 200 tons; lost at sea. ....o,
Commonwealth, sidewheel 1000 tons; burned
Cuba sidewheel, 800 tons: foundered.
Canadian, propeller, !, 1854 tons; lost at sea-
Columbus. propeller 500 tons; lost, AcuJutla 1851
Commerce, propeller, 4s6 tons; ioundered at sea,
Cadiz, propeller 1,e2o tons; foreign service, 1853
Commodore, sidewheei. go tons; wrecked, Long
Island Sound, 1885,
Contest, propeller. 52a tons; Japanese government.
City Of New York, propeller 2,5os tons lost at sea,
Che Kiane, sidewheel, 1926 tons; burned, China
Constitution, No. 2, propeller s47 tons; lost at sea-
Cotopaxi, propeller, l,l2S tons; Brazilian govern
Charles Benton, propeller, 432 tons; fOundered at
sea, JAM, 1886.
Cortes, sdewheel, 100 tons; wrecked, Delaware
California, sidewheel, LIPS tons; lost, coast OF
Columbia, No. 2, sidewhee. l4ss tons; foundered
Cleopatra, propeller, LAO tons; stranded, Cape
Race. August, 1869.
Captain A. a. Bowman, propeller, $50 tons; sailing
vessel, 1873.
City OF Washington, propeller AIS tons; stranded,
Circassian, propeller ZOO tons; sailing vessel,
1879.
Creole, propeller, LOSS tons; stranded, squam
Continental. propeller. 1904 tons; foundered, Pa
cifc ocean, Oct, 1870.
City OF Bath, propeller, 400 TONS burned, on Hat
teras, Feb, 1867.
Crescent sldewheel, 1918 tons; burned, New Or.
leans, Dec, 1868
City OF New London, sidewheel 500 tons; burned,
Nov. %, 1871.
Charles C. Leary propeller 7si tons burned and
City OF Boston, propeller, 1854 tons lost, 1870;
never heard rom
Cariotta, propeller, $40 tons; burned, August TO-
Cambria, propeller, 2l4o tons; foundered at sea,
Churruca, propeller. Dos tons; sailed and never
heard from.
Colorado, propeller, ss5 tons; stranded Liverpool,
Costa RIGA, sldewheel l,457 tons; stranded, San
Francisco, Sept 49, 1873.
delaware, sidewheeL $40 tons; lost, st. Johns
River. Fla, 1865.
Daniel Webster sidewheel, 1910 tons; lost at sea-
Oct, 1866.
Desoto, sidewhee, LOCO tons; burned~New or.
leans, Dec, 1870.
Douro. propeller, 1914 tons; destroyed ~ United
States gunbOat.
ReI Norte SIDE Wheel s62 tons; lost, Oct. 1858.
DirgO, propeller, 942 tons burned August TO- 1874
Dmclan, propeller, ], 100 tOns lost near Halifax.
ID. II. Mount, propeller, $50 tons; sailed from New
York, 1865; never heard FROM
FL Dorado, sIdewheel, LOCO tons; broken up; en-.
Glnes in Moses Taylor.
Ella warley, sidewhee, LIS tons lost Feb, 1869
Edgar sidewheei, 800 tons; Mexican service.
Emen, propeller. 1900 tons; foreign service.
Enoeh Tran propeller 3s7 tons destroyed. 1862.
Evening star, sidewneei, 1sI7 tons; foundered at
sea, oct. q 1856.
Exact propeller, 2s6 tons: lost, Pacific Ocean, 1866
T. L- ozark, propeller, 102 tons; burned, New
York, 1865
Electric sparf, propeller, $40 tons: destroyed
July, 1884
Emma V,eria, sdewheel, S57 tons: lost, Savannah