Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
From the New York World.
Angry BlllOWs.

STEAMSHIP DISASTERS ON TIE ATLANTIC
Notwithstanding the passage of the Sa-
yannah, July -, 1919. and the Royal
William, Sept. 1t, 1888, it was not until
June II, 1888, when the Great Western
arrived at this city from Bristol, alter
passage oi eighteen days, that steam
navigation across the Atlantic may be
said to have been iairly begun. Since
then there have been very many steam
ers lost plying between America and
Europe, though neither in the relative or
absolute number Of lives sacrificed or in
the horrors of the most notable catastro-
phes can il be said that the regime OF
the screw has surpassed that OF the sail.
The long catalogue may be saId TO begin
with the loss OF the President, which
left New York March IL, 1910, encoun-
tered terrific storm two days later and
never was heard OF afterwards. Among
her passengers were Tyrone Power, the
famous Irish comedian, and son OF the
Duke of Richmond Dec. "a, 1852, the
St. George, bound from Liverpool to New
York, was burned at sea, fiity-one OF her
Irish emigrant passengers being lost,
though ninety-nine souls were saved by
the American ship Orlando. On the 4th
of January West India steamer, the
Amazon, two days out from South
ampton, was burned, 102 lives being lost !;
among those who perished was Eliot
Warburton, the brilliant author of 1.-The
Crescent and the Cross" who had written
that "since the days OF steam navigation
the Bay OF Biscay was no longer tormid-
able" The year 1854 was most fatal
one. March the City of Glasgow steam
ed out of Liverpool neither she nor any
one of the 4S0 souls on board was ever
again heard of. On the 9th of Septem-
berthe Collins steamer Arctic dashed into
the Vcs,a in log on the Newfoundland
banks, and speedily sank with 1913 of her
1913 passengers, among them the Due de
Grammont and the Due de Luynes. On
New Years dav, 1855, the George Can
ming, a Hamburg packet, was wrecked
near the mouth OF the Elbe, with loss OF
ninety-six lives. January %, 1896. the
Pacific left Liverpool, withlSG seamen and
passengers on board. and was never
again heard of; this steamer was insured
for S2,000,000; among her passengers
was Catherwood, the explorer of Central
America On the I'd of Novem ber. 1856,
the Lyonnais, off Nantuck, ran into H.
ship Adriatic, and was sunk, with 200
men. On the 18th of September. 1888, the
Austria, another Hamburg steamer, was
burned in mid-ocean, with 46l persons of
her complement of 52S. November 81,
$50, the Indian. the first of the Montreal
Ocean Steamship Company's vessels to
suffer loss, struck on the coast Of New
foundland; twenty-seven lives were lost
and the wreck was plundered. February
10, 1860. her consort, the Hungarian,
struck Cape Ledge, n. S. ofthe 2O5 per-
sons on board that night, none survived.
and only three bodies were ever recover
ed. September I, the Connsught, from
Galway, took fire 800 miles from Boston
and was destroyed, but small Yankee
brig OF l9S tons providentially hove in
sight and saved every person on board
j9l souls in all. June 4, lSGl,a third Allan
steamer, the Canadian. ran upon an ice
foe in the straits of Bellisle. and sank
in an hour, ,thirty-five lives being lost. April
-, lsG3, fourth vessel of this line perish
ed, the Anglo-SaXon driving on a reef off
Cape Race; 2S7 OF the 446 souls on board
were lost. On the l4th of June fifth, the
Norwegian, ran upon ST Paul's Island
happily, passengers and crew were all
saved. On the 22d of February 1861, tie
was sunk off Cape Elizabeth. 20
lives being lost. November %. 1868,
the Hibernia. ten days out from New Y ork,
200 miles off the Irish coast
at a. m. all took to the boats in good
order the chief mates boat capsiZed, and
80 people were drowned the first officers,
with a like company, never was heard OF
Second Officer Davis's craft finally land
ed onthe coast OF Donegal; other 2S pas
committed suicide, 4 died of ex
Zone mother, one her child,
~ We're drowned when 4 sea capSized
The boat; the other three clung to her
Keel aud were saved three days latet.
On the Goth OF December, the Starry
Banner, an American steamer. was
wrecked on the Irish coast; li2 lives
were lost, and ~ passengers were saved
alter floating Tor three days on 4 raft.
On the 18th of April, 1869, the United
Kingdom sailed hence and never was
heard Of She carried down 50 men
with her On the 81 of August, 1869.
another Hamburg steamer, the Germanla,
struck an iceberg about $50 miles from
Cape Race, but no lives were lost. On
January 2S, 1870. the City OF Boston
sailed from Halifax with 1871 persons ON
board, and never again was heard OF &;
while on the 18th OF October the Cambria
was wrecked on the Irish coast, when
ly0 persons perished. The year 1873
was memorable one. On the lSt of
April the Atlantic ran upon the rocks of
Neagher's Head, Ms, and $40 OF the 93l
persons on board were swept away.
The City of Washington went ashore on
the same coast July ;. but no lives Were
lost: The Isnalia, freight steamer,
sailed from this port on the 29th of Sep
tember, and neither OF her nor the 40 or
more people on her was news ever heard;
while on the 2Sth of November
the Vile du Havre sunk, 226 lives being
lost in that fatal crash with the Loeb
Earn; among the long lis. of drowned
was the name of Mr. Rufus w. Peckham.
On the 4th of April, 1874. the Europe
was abandoned at sea, and on the llth
l. Amerique; she was subsequently pick
I'd up and towed into Plymouth May |
II, 1873, the Schiller drove upon Il rect |
in the Scilly Islands, and POO oi her crew |
and passengers perished. June lst the |
from Montreal Tor Liverpool,
struck an iceberg, and went down with
IS souls, and December 6. the Deutsch- |
and, from Bremen for this port, struck |
kentish Knock off the English coast, and |
vas lost-50 lives. On the 18th Of Sep |
ember, 1876, the Canadian was wrecked |
III Larne. Ireland. but without any loss |
,i life. In 1877 on the 9TH OF January, |
L -'Amerique. the unlucky, went ashore at |
Seabright, NJ E, and on the l1th OF March |
he HUSBAND followed her example |
1t Long Branch. Since then there
lave been many marine "horrors,' as the |
oss of the Huron and Metropolis, the |
,apsizing of the Eurydice. the collision OF |
he Avalanche and Forrest, the dreadful |
sinking OF the Princess Alice, and the 60
ny down of the Grosser Kuriurst; but |
none of any consequence on the Allan
ic if we except the Idaho. wrecked with
,ut loss of life June =. 1873. Such are |
he most notable calamities that have uc-
.urred to steam vessels plying between
he Old World and the New since ocean |
team navigation came into real being.