Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-10-21

md hSa never Deem heard from. The
City Of Boston and the Cambria were
both lost the following year. The fate
Of the former Is not known; tho latter
was wrecked on the Irish coast and 1875
persons Lost their lives.
The year 1871, both in the number Of
vessels thst aailed never to return and
ths numbsr Of hvss lost was the most
disastrous in the history OF the trans.
atlantic trade No lsss than six large
passenger steamers wore Lost with all
on board The fate II the Seanderia,
the Commandsr. the Mary Church. the
Shannon, the Churrsek and the Devon
will ever remain N unsolved mystery Of
the Sea The very NEXT year one Of the
most awful Of marine eatastrophss 90
CURED Ths Atlantic sailed from
Liverpool for New York with large
passenger lisa She encountered such
stormy weather thatshs ran short Of coal
and her captain was forced 10 shape his
course for Halifax 10 procure . fresh
supply. One DARK. stormy night with
. heavy So running. she struck on Mea-
khers Head on ths Nova Scotia coast
and SO Of her crew and passengers met
. frightfSl death The few that were
saved owed their aelivsraaee 10 the al
most unsxanpisd hsrotsn 1T an Eng
hsh qnaxtsxnAster, who with . rope
tied around his body SWAN through the
boiling surf. climbed prsoipitous slin
and directed tie rescue q the few sur
vivorA Tho same year that the Allan
No was lost. 1s7s. the Ismalla sailed to
her destruction with ell on board, and
The VILE da Ha~rs sank st sea with $50
souls
The Anna and the Trojan have been
missing since 1sT4. The next year the
Schiller was WRECKED On the Softly
islands and 200 lives were lost, and the
Deutschland foundessA In the
North sea with 1877 persons The Col
ombo and the Copis have been miss
ing" since 1875 and the Mexican, Durley
and Stamfordham since 1877. The same
year the Sandman was wrecked on the
coast Of Ireland with great loss Of life.
In 1878 the Pommerania was wrecked
OF Folkestone and over 80 vera
drowned; the Herman Ludwig was lost
with all on board, and the Bsyard foun-
dered at sea and only two Of her poe.
pie were saved. The loss Of the Anchor
line steamer Utopia. In the bay Of Gi-
bralter little over year ago, when
5T2 persons lost their lives, Is freah In
the minds Of all. Tho above list, al
though by NO means complete, and al
though it does not contain the name
Of . single enc of the scores Of tramp
and cattle steamers that have been lost
In appelling enough.
One of the saddest fasts connected
with this sad record 10 the large num-
Der Of vessels that are reported as
missing" Very few persons know
what large number Of vessels have
never been heard from after leaving
port In Great Britain alone. in 1s7s-7x,
there were eighty vessels missing; in
1s7l-7S. 1877, and In 1s75-Te. 1o1; between
Iss%-es, Il lo.Sss reported lost, the fatss
Of sts aFe unknown, and even this list
u saN 70 b less than more accurate
Information - moro extended in
sursnes would show. In 1877 the
loasss Of the British merchant marine
comprised SEQ sailing vessels and 70
stssnsrs representing value with car
goes Of eto, 900. oos and ., TOO lives, and in
1875 the fetal wrecks Of all national
tiles were 4.sss. or . number equal TO
that employed IN our entire ssa service
Appliances Ter saving life are, hsw-
ever, becoming every year more ef-
Ssc<ivs, No Lass thAa I.seS crews having
been saved In 1884 - compared with
Lees IN ths prssssding year. The num-
Der Of pessons drowned BY shipwreck
b 1859 wss 1,rss and the average per
sAnuA since 1sss was /, RS, showing a
decrease Il per oent-Providsnce
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