The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
$S5,OOO,OOO LOST IN
1918 SEA DISASTERS
Unusually Heavy Liabilities
Faced by Underwriters for
Year just Ended.
PIG SHIPS TOTALLY LOST
The Steamer Clan Mackenzie.
Wrecked Near Cadiz, Heads
List With S1.OOO.OOO.
ZIG SHIPS TOTALLY LOST
Special CorrssBondea to Tur srN


LONDON. Jan. THE marine tragedies
OF 1913 are unusually heavy. the monetary
loss totalling 335. 900. 900
Not for many years have such heavy
liabilities been faced by the underwriters
Of Lloyds as in the year Just ended.
True. with the exception of the NOlturno.
there have been no spectacular disasters
OF the magnitude of the Titanic. but the
total claims involved make UP in number
what they lack in financial Importance.
The casualties, both To life and property,
have been numerous and hardly a month
has passed without providing a sensation
for the stock market In the shape OF a
particularly heavy fina ncia' blow.
Some Illuminating figures have been
compiled which give a startling idea Of
the toll of the sea. Since the beginning
OF January the liabilities OF underwriters
up TO the end OF November amounted to
s32.o+250o. or $1,000. 600 in advance for
the same period last year.
S.3a2 Accidents in II Moath..
During the eleven completed months OF
this year there have been 1892 accidents
of all descriptions tn vessels OF 500 tons
gross and upward. collisions being re-.
sponsble FOR l.s2o, STANDINGS for 1882.
wea ther damage for S95 and fire and ex.
plosions for 423, No fewer than ?l6 ships
--62 British and 154 foreign, agsreRating
The most sensational disaster OF the
year was the destruction of the liner
Volturno by fire in mid-Atlantic with the
loss OF SO souls, while over 500 passen-
gers and crew were rescued by a feet Of
eleven rescue ships.
From the financial point Of view. how
ever, the NOlturno takes a comparatively
low place. for the disasters to the Clan
liner Clan Mackenzie. the Lamport and
Holt liner Neronese and the French liner
Amiral ENelmans all resulted in claims
on the market ranging individually from
s75o,0o0 TO 100000.
Years Biwgest Losses.
The following table indicates many Of
the principal losses for the year. with the
value OF the ship and cargo as tar as they
can be stated:
Steamer Value
clan Mackenzie Clan liner. Msrsey
for india wrecked near Cadiz,
with valuable general cargo, 81 900, 900
Veronese Lampor' and H"it liner;
to South America wrecked
Eastw-ll. Wr.,k ed at Ymndien. $500. $500
Estonia Russian East tsiatic liner.
abandoned on fire, bound from
Gothenburg to Japan ......:.... 500, 900
N"lturno, Canadian Northern liner.
on charter, bound from Rotter-
dam TO Halifax, .,.,,,,-.,.,., $4,000
Ilahdon Hall, wrecked IN saldnnha
Bay ................,.,. so. 900
Camphil wrecked of Cape AEulhas $50, oo0
\mral ENelmanS French liner.
wrecked of Cape Palmas while
bound from HaVre To East African
ports ......,..- 49,. ....-. $50, 900
New Zealand .,-'.. .,--'-..',..' 80. 900
Canterbury. toundered on Karatsu. 800. 900
CIV Of London. sunk through col.
NsiOn. reported from Cleveland,
Onto ...'..., .......... ....,.., :?sOoo
Nherlour. wrecked on Azalea Reef,
Naura for Antwerp ...,,....... 400 900
iektur. wrecked al Dyer Islands. $4,000
R-iez Huel foundered In Morte Bay $50 900
Peruvia, Nar,ik Tor Linden ,miss-
Ing ....,,..,........-. '........ ?2s.ooo
ilenalVon, SINK In the Elbe .,.... $4,000