, 1880-09-22
DRAMAS OF TILE DEEP.
Appalling Statistics Of shipwrecks
Furnished to parlfament--Ten
Thousand Lives Lost.
Whole Fleets Swallowed Up by the H.
satinble Sea-Crinse and
Folly.
How gailora' Lives Are Sacrificed to Mann
mon-Plimsoll's Anger JUS q
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CnrFs,pendtnef Nt,y f'nrk tffYtstd
LONDON. Sept. IA ntno ltook ms }net been
presented to tho 1tritfsh Parliament by eu,n.
ma,,d Of her Mnjcaty. which tn ia dry ntethul-
Ent rngcs presents gncts for tho consideration
bf tho Legislator rnrhnlu 1T making lilo ,aIr
stand IN tho head nf n 1'c Foo. Nothing thAt
the rumnnerr hnH in,nrincd uf lhr terrible nihA
mtnt!-appNitng Gun fnr niulnc,,t cofupnrc In
strc interest with the unlrDkrn tniu Ut ntrnlr
disasters stretching frnn tho 1st uf lnmnry,
Is:1. 10 tho Iftil Of Sny, tss. told hy this lue
look under tue simple hut significant tttlc,
"stiirnwRCKs."
Three hundred and forty lurEu tt,inrtn pages arc
filled with stur|ps Ut trnrho disasters nild the
FuIlant struggles nf tho tuers 6f tho deep
aunlust the fury III tho s.urn.--ln unequal light
tn which n,nu TAILS he[nro Tho elements nt,tl Ills
appears In thr eternity of. tho wtcrs III nO
h,tHnn pen Is given power t0 tuacrlb9 tilnsu
Jsanls Ut tho tlerp: II lnrc rcctnI II the facts
ulu.o must M tho mnd with sutnfcr and with
1rend. yrt tho fncs nre hit part Of tho history
Ut tho deep. The only Int r,lettun 10 This tnle
or woe ts tho following bscf notice lrom tho
ollcui compiler:
"trhe following tables havo hecn compiled
frutn tl,p wtrek register kcpt III tic Murine. llr-
p.fanent 9n;i son,lrtcf fry; yr!".ts s'tsyss
merrlunt vessels uls tvGr tho wnrid tr,nl tho
nl,osc pauscs, md mist, ali L.,sscs Of lsrltlsl,
ncFchant vessels by stntuntOils combination of
"T1ey ytlonot include fishing vessels NOR vessels
sunk ty cpllts!nn with Ice Or Hunting wreck. nor
Vessels burn lng ty Ott,cr cuitscs than spnlltaie-
piH combination 0f eArKu."
With th!s brief Introduction tho tIciNl his
torlnH pllhgcs lito his subject. 1t Ia tmlH,ss-
BIZ to follow him through bis long list, Int atl
eStrnct taken very much Mt rntitlaln heru aud
there viii sufficiently Illustrate tho nntlIrc Of
~ tho reelection whtl, Is fnrectl iii tho rcAtaer
thut much Ct tho loss Of property and ltfo wl.s
due to
CAnELEsSEas AND CRIME.
Take, for Inst.ltlre, tho eMse Of tho Atary, d
atcAnshlp of ~ tuns register, whsh sntetl fruni
GInsgow, botln,, 10 Trinhu,I, lA4Ieil with cuuI.
shu iaiHulcrul III seu In ntlttlde ~ i1cH ~ min.
north, longst.1tlc deg. II min. west. Uut uf |.
crew of ninc.ccil live wcro lost, mud when thu
Mar!ne Conrf cninr tn cxnfntnc Inlo tho circl1iI-
sf,l!lgs HftGntHg her ls,ss they fOtitt thAt tho
MAry WIN neither stutlrh, nor stro,g, nur SCH.
worthy. bst vessel Ut very light sc,l,ltlinu, cx
r!ess1y Intended For gritxth wntcrs ,ltsl rvcr
navigation. Ths was in1Ieatet By hur exceed.
1ng light 1nenn hrrft ur wAter-vlz,: twn feut
three inches No temporary strengthening
secuted tn havo been Thought nf. cyrn III t.,b
shape OF Rugged frlnsG'or a'rek-gfrlcrs. In
tNct, she WIS Il Hight ahuil nf Il vessel, utterly
uslt!ttcd tn hpr ,Mtt1ral BtHtc To hnye beun Hrst
even Intn tho Irish Channr1. Thu Cm.rt nt-
trfGutcti her sudden laundering tu hcr inhcre,lt
Of weight Ill lie vessel for hcr str.,rtur"i
strength. il, cs.t.cli,siun tho cosri .x.
or great nrUurty III st.il,I s,tI !, v,.tsnl ~ s,.
nj N even III tA lst kclspfi. witllu.tt E1fcrtta
a!1d sI'hstHntla! tcn1norAry strengthening. Yet
1u,, With fiji ktiuw.lu,, s,nif t,,r mt t,t t'sr
pvrllo,1s yDy.,Kl, rniullEcrlu. tic ltycs Of tIla
unfof'u"a's ,'!.',.,,,: sa,'o,s: ..,.,,..,.,.,n
.,,x,,n. -a.',sass. n%sE'ts ",srnunEscE."
e s''''.ar % reeKeses? M s e IT, ttn It,ss nf to cor,
pu'ltl Iot AdGil bhu cnrrctt l,4S7 tnsls OF cIa.l
,.. ~ EtR: HIT sa tn,ls u bunker coa!. strnla
tons. sixty feet 4. !e,ash wis plurc.l ur tIeck,
ses IT, rnrnx1 di, S9t feet letoa
plHced upon q trn.lluworie Ut tInier tn tiis-
1"tnute her weight inoln equally over the 'lerk
with threu n Il, i,alr ino sp.kss, u at,tl III n,!Hs %
GAtTks werc plntscl under hrr. l'hr KuIlwAIc 1T
Kwse S u Ms te s f s'f ,t isS xer VT. @ to to
steatner Gi,tertt tho 1sny s's ltscMy. where
heavy weather W!tS encountered aul tle IIrnu
sttaln lae1 carrits ~! ,acck broke utlrift, eur
uyue nMms an9 wni!' I'll ino starbtMr ft'rCrR-
g. y nx'" su rsx sa1 l5 ,ms;2s sHS s! sS
nMs n Ivy sllps sl'o n.Mft tho torerlg4!nx ,th
'rss III ri,r ~ t., w bes . sv, Ier tG syGrinK
earri wy u @ IT, ,e d sn Mi1tc iii Sia ~ ' int et iSa
thouRn ~ thg se!t' lily conditions ,t1nt which
aht,,Iusa av !ug wre ~ ~ , tke y m n Wrs tht tho
s1y efa e asisl ~ sllmrtt ati thu crew u
1tt t.4, .iS y: IL, t9rnH lH IVY uac weather the
~ ~ H. .ef t.t. Nv "hm 1 '!istfts M tio Wr!9t nf
e he !"sn,n9a Woulu hpl'enf rum thu tsi:if!Ict ~
nn,u uce'l m'ost iisec.ir.Iy aa ti3cltsei.aky
of ec tn 1,s''Il as. e M tn ws ,, r., t primary s',ss