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COLLISION AND SINNING OP AN IRONCLAD

... dense fog settled down on the sea, and the ships lost sight of one another. Speed seethe to have been slackened to about seven knots per hoar. Just about one P.M. the look-out of the Vanguard found that the ship was in ;dangerous proximity to a large sailing ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1875
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A SAD OCCURRENCE

... lately been s®t to prison for desertion. Healey is described as a Mead, mart man of 20. A short time since Mrw but lost his ships for striking!' soldier. The ooroner'sinquent erasheld on Monday at the barracks before Mr. Giles Symonds. The evidence ...

Published: Saturday 25 April 1874
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 822 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SAFETY OF THE PAVONIA

... and the ships lost sight of each other. Throughout Monday, the 6th, and Tuesday, tl:e 7th, the Pavonia was in a desperate condition with all her boilers adrift and rolling about in Rue hold. Then there seemed very little hope of saving the ship, but the ...

Published: Saturday 25 February 1899
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 550 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TXRTISER. A GORDON HOPE. PARILIIIINT OUT OP SESSION. The number of institutions for the welfare of the The Duke of

... The number of lives lost was 266'2, but no accurate estimate can be formed of the value of the enormous amount of property which went down to the bottom of the sea in the lost vessels. The majority of the lives were lost in ships which were never heard ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1885
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 2699 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A GORDON RELIC

... week of last year—wrecks, 2e, ; total for year, 675 ; off British coasts, 8; by collision, •1; lives lost, 95. TRAINING SHIPS —The five naval training ships are at present crowded beyond precedent, especially the two establishments at Devonport. Boys are ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1885
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 2725 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SHOPS VERSUS •STORES.'

... give the slightest Ware el the aiweli. takes by the meadow Aar he Mt the eleieley Geed Ceeere. genet ea the Twee the lost .1 the ships eat pith, hien being closed ea the *web wield be tree boss the Welk that ea westrvise seven o'clock ; bat It ellseit ...

Published: Saturday 04 January 1873
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 2553 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A BUTCHER AT PENRITH

... 1672. were lost in 125 ships; 83 of them wens hden tweets, 39 were Trawls in ballad, an I in 3 cases it is not known whether the sorrels were laden or light. 102 of these Alps were mann!, het, and 23 austeined partial damage. Of the 590 lives lost, 4 , 7 ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1873
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 3161 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

11IINITICENT GIFT TO WIGTOK

... olio leaves a widow and one child ; and Charles Mo Gill, of Carrick Fergus, who leaves a widow, but no children, were lost. The ships in the harbour testified their respect for the lead by hoisting mourning colours, half-mast, on the Sunday. At the inquest ...

Published: Saturday 05 September 1868
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 5684 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

'ME WIGTON AD

... aggregate Unitive of 9,300 tons, all being British stamen. Total tonnage lost for the weak 10,766 tons • total number of the, Met and missing Approximate . value of property lost, 027,000, ships being estimated at E 127,000, and produce at g900,C00, including ...

Published: Saturday 25 February 1882
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 8242 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A.KPERIAL PARLIAMENT

... why ehonl.l we not be interested In everything that relates to our ships, and fester everything t^ at tends to their improvement? Putting wee out of the question, we lost 00 war ships and 11,000 men In nine years, solely because we weir, content with ...

Published: Saturday 10 May 1862
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 5845 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1889. THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S

... that half the number of ships lost at sea were caused by overloading. Fourteen years ago a sham load line was adopted, and in that period over six thousand lives had been lost by overloading. Out of nearly nine thousand ships only twenty-three hundred ...

Published: Saturday 16 November 1889
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 5816 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HOW THE SHIP WAS LOST

... HOW THE SHIP WAS LOST. A Jersey correspondent states that he learns from a trustworthy source, and it will be borne out by surviving offiers and members of the crew of the Stella at the official inquiry, that the steamer did not strike on a rock in the ...

Published: Saturday 08 April 1899
Newspaper: Wigton Advertiser
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 2 | Tags: none