The herald., 1897-01-03
gun was fred to attract the others at

tention.
The newcomer proved to be the ship
Cambria, and she was soon near by.
The big cutter was lowered and the
women and children were the first to be
taken off. Only a certain number could
be carried each trip and it took the cut
ter forty-five minutes to make the jour
ney back and forth. All the time the fire
was getting hotter and the danger of the
Kent blowing up greater. The high sea
made it hazardous work to get into the
boat and again to reach the deck of the
Cambria Many were drowned or crush
ed on each trip. and no time could be
taken to save them. The Kent blew up
while the cutter was carrying her last
load back to the Cambria. In all So were
lost out of a total of 651.
The wreck of the steamer Killarney
on the Irish coast on January 26. 1888. was
largely due to cargo of live pigs. The
pigs caused the shep to roll heavily in
the rough weather as they shifted about
with the motion of the craft. Great
quantities of water poured in, and after
a time the pumps became clogged and
useless. An effort was made to dump
the pigs overheard, but this was slow
work. The water put out the engine
fires and the vessel was helpless. Event
ually she was dashed upon the rocks.
but before she went down some few of
the passengers and crew managed to
climb on the high cliffs above the range
of the big seas. These were rescued, but
in all more than 100 were drowned.
Within the past forty-five years tens
of thousands of lives have been lost in
ocean catastrophes. 1t is possible only
to summarize the more important Of
these as follows: In the Amazon, burn
ed in the Bay of Biscay in 1852, 104 lives
were lost: in the Anglo-Sax wrecked
off Cape Rice in 1863, 237 lives; in the At
lantic wrecked near Meaghers Island
Nova Scotia, in 1878. 481 lives: in the
Arctic, 323 lives; in the Austria, burned
in mid Atlantic In 1858, 470 lives; in the
City of Boston, lost at sea- 191 lives; in
the Borussia, 200 lives; in the Cimbria,
bound from Hamburg to New York,
sunk by the Sultan in 1888, asa lives; IN
the Central America, lost on the way
from Havana to New York in 1S47 400
lives; in the Evening Star, foundered
between New York and New Orleans in
1866, 254 lives; in the George Canning.
bound for New York, wrecked off the
Elbe in 1866, 96 lives; in the City of Glas-
gov, foundered in the Atlantic in 1854,
4S0 lives; in the Hungarian. wrecked off
the coast of Nova Scotia in 1860, 205 lives;
in the Metropolis, from Philadelphia
for Para, Brazil, wrecked in 1878, 200
lives; in the Naronic, lost in the Atlantic
in 1893, 70 lives; in the Pacific, Collins
liner, bound from Liverpool for New
York in 1856, 1856 lives; In the Pomerania
of the Hamburg line, sunk off Dover in
1873. 3S lives; in the Schiller, bound for
New York, lost off the Scilly islands in
1875, 300 lives; in the Geiser. run down by
the Thingvalla in 1883 off Sable island,
105 lives; in the Sud-America. sunk In
collision off the Canary islands in 1888,
105 lives; in the Vile du Havre, sunk in
collision between Havre and New York
in 1873, 266 lives. Just a year ago the
North German Lloyd liner Elbe went
down after collision with a collier, the
loss of life amounting to 300 souls.