... Kingdom. The total number ships lost in 1897-98 was 419, covering tonnage of 142,099, these figures being lower by 89 as regards the number of ships, and 35,470 as regards tonnage than for 1896-97; lower by 28 ships, and by 70,129 regards tonnage, than for ...

... Trial by jury has been established in Siberia. The number of British ships lost during October was 64, involving the loffl of 163 lives. Dr Underwood, well-known Baptist divine, was yesterday found dead in his bedroom at Burton. Cabinets come and Cabinets ...

... Eotbery's observation that half the number of ships lost at sea was caused by overloading, Fourteen years ago sham ltad-line was adopted, and In that period over COO lives bad been lost) by overloading. Oat of 9.CCO ships, only 2,300 had a load line voluntarily ...

... GREAT STORM. OVER THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. Reports continue 'to arrive from various places round the British coast giving further additions to the long list of missing vessels. Over 300 sailors are known to have lost their lives during the recent storms; ...

... Danes. -the Saracens Spain fitted out fleet and plundered The Venetians repressed the piracy of the Dalinatiaus, bat lost their ships m attack the the VM and Kius .Vrance, died, aged 62, having reigned to His was divided his three sous into many independent ...

... of tbe small band of 100 Englishmen that 15 ships that engaged her wera repulsed. Ii was not indeed until the contest had lasted 11 hours— a consist in which 53 ships and 10,000 men were oppose! to one ship and 100 men—when the ammunition was all expended ...

... off Island Feb. 10. /i GRIMSBY. Asbxved Feb. 12: Ann, 50, Barten, tiles Lynn), lost three anchors; Blue Jacket, 56, Blakeae/i grain (.bound to Goole), lost anchor. SHIPS DUE IN HULL. The following vessels are shortly due la Hall. Weekly trader*, or ...

... Mediterranean through Italy. This was defeated by the English occupation of Sicily, which effectually CHECKMATED who having lost all his ships at Trafalgar, was now fairly in the clutches of the gre;t s«a power. The third attempt to dominate the Mediterranean ...

... * * * Lloyd's annual return of ships lost and dismantled, which has just been issued, shows that other countries might very well take example by the Merchant Shipping Acts. The steam tonnage of the United Kingdom lost at sea during 1396 was no greater ...

... continued, and the ships lost sight of each other. Throughout Monday, the and Tuesday, the 7th, the was in a desperate condition, with her boilers adrift and rolling about in the holo. There then seemod very little hope saving the ship, but the crew worked ...

... disembarkation of troops, when the Japanese attacked the Chinese at noon, and the battle continued till 5 p.m. The Chinese lost four ships. The Chen Yuen, an •Armstrong cruiser, was sank. King Yaen was burnt, and Chao Yung and Yang Wei were stranded and partly ...

... took |K., benind some foreign shipping in the side the bay. Tie Spanish ships, in face of the great the enemy, suffered heavily, broke out the flagship whilst the magazine of one of the exploded. these vessels to!ally lost, with probably |&»j*por'ion of ...