The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-19
DISASTERS AT SEA,

Total disappearance with the loss of all On
board has been among the rarest of disasters
! corded of ocean steamships The PRESIDENT
| which left New York March II, 1871, having
among her passengers Tyrone Power the come
dian, son of the Duke of Richmond and other
noted persons, is in this dismal catalogue and so
| is the City of Glasgow lost in 1854, and the
Pacific" in 1856: but we recolect no other YES
sells of similar character that have so vanished
out and left not rack behind Consequently.
the chances would seem to be that, as in the
cases of the troopship "Birkenhead," and the
packets "st. George" Central America" Sarah
Sands" austria 7"Anglo-Saxon,7 and London"
greater or less number of the passengers of the
two missing crafts may have been saved. Such.
it will be remembered was also the fact as regards
the Lady Elgn" sunk by collision on Lake
Michigan, September &, 1860. Of her 1856 passen-
gers, 287 perished, among whom were Mr. Her
bert Ingram, NJ. T., the founder of the Illustrated
London Neps and his son. Of the passengers and
crew OF the Hungarian on the other hand,
which was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia
February 49, of the same year, all on board were
lost. The "Birkenhead,7 wrecked off Simon's
Bay South Africa, February %, 1852, lost 45l
and saved 1S4. The st George" which was
bound from Liverpool to New York and was de-
stroyed by fire at sea, December "a, 1852 lost ST.
while 20 were rescued and taken to Havre by the
American ship Orlando The Central Amer
ica' which foundered on her way from Havana
to New FORK, September 12 1857, carried 579 per
sons, of whom only 152 were saved. OF the 53S
on board the Austria burned in the middle of
the Atlantic September Is, 1858, but 81 survived.
The Sarah Sands which sailed from PorrS-
mouth for Calcutta III August, 1851 took fire IN
November and afterwards experienced tremen-
dOus gale, carried all on board safely into pOrt
The "Anglo-Saxon,' wrecked on reef OFF Cape
Race during dense fog, April q. 1863 lost 237
out of 446 individuals. The London which
foundered in the Bay of Biscay, January 4, 1886.
on the passage from England to Melbourne, lost
220 among whom were DR.. WoOlley, Principal Of
the University of Sydney, and Mr.. G. " Brooke,
the tragedian. Two instances have befallen dur
ing the past few years, when the romantic Incl
dent. much used by novelists and dramatists
of single life being saved from among all on
board lost ship has really been exemplifed.
These were in the eases of the "Dalhousien
wrecked OFT Beachy Head, October 49, 1853 and
the Dunbar wrecked off Sydney, August 90,
1857. In the latter instance the survivor YVES
thrown by gigantic wave into a tiny aperature {
high up in the face of precipice-the chance OF
such thing occurring being about the same ss
that Of throwing pea into nail-hole in the sade
of a wall-where he lay insensble for many
hours, but was finally discovered and saved by q
daring fellow, who caused himself 10 be let down
from the top of the activity by ropes
Coming down to a later date mention may be
made of the "City of Boston" the loss of which
is doubtless fresh in the recollection OF majority
If those who read this article, If memory serve.
ia right nothing ever heard Of this unfortu-
nate vessel, nor of her passengers or crew She
nust have gone down in mid-ocean with all on
BOARD.
Alteration is not always Improvements az the
,iseon said when she got out of the net and into
he fire.
You cannot get honey if you are frightened at
'eeS,
Make us few changes as you can; trees efss
ransplanted bear little fruit