... deviation of and the compass) as in the voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. the IV. I think the Selection tf the loss of the Tayleur as the aupil m-text for the prineipal discussion on iron ships, with all it, luan nlo attendant horrors (having no application ...

... according to the position in which she was placed when built. Dr. Scoresby instanced the recent dread- ful shipwreck of the Tayleur, from Liverpool, which he had ascertained was in consequence of this very circumstance, that having been built in a particular ...

... to. and that should wtthm ten days. TAYLEUR RELIEF COMMITTEE. Liverpool, 14th October, 1854. committee entrusted with the distribution of the fun I raised for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the Tayleur have the pleasure of handing you statement ...

... in some way to lose the magnetic influence it acquired while building tbat position. mentioned as an instance tho loss of Tayleur from Liverpool—to that cause, he thought, was attributable the loss of that ship. 1 not know whether these facts are as i ...

... granted the application. REPORT THE TAYLEUR RELIEF COMMITTEE. Liverpool, 14th October, 1864. Tur. committee entrusted with the distribution the fund raised for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the Tayleur have to explain that the cause of their ...

... J. F. Hayward, Aroona, North- emn district, Adelaide, South Australia, UNSAFE PASSENGER SHIPS The news of the loss of the Tayleur naturally caused very great sorrow amongst the colonists of Victoria, many of whom had near and dear connections sacrificed ...

... elevated standard, it is only increased one-eighth. Suppose, therefore, that the original deviation of the compass of the Tayleur had been reduced to 20 degrees, an amount which never should be exceeded, the same change in magnetism of the ship might not ...

... of deviation. This was over the pole, and if, unwittingly, a compass should be placed in such a situation, the fate of the Tayleur's compasses is all but certain. Then, again, the mast, if of iron, should be in place before the compass is corrected. We ...

... erprecaution s % taken in the port of Liverpool. He was sorry to make t c s ses charge; but with the sad instance of the Tayleur, theconly'cosof which varied as much as sixty degrees originally, be card as vinced that compensation by magnets, or distortingthe ...

... insured iu two Liverpool t Oka. 11'111; TATI.M.—The relief committee fur the benefit of the survivors of the*. wrecked in the Tayleur at Lambs) , Island, have closed their labours. They received L.:3019 in subscriptions, which they divided principally among ...

... Fruit, 3 Caks of Bottled Ale, I Cask of Ale; some Shirts, Trousers, and sundry other~property, saved from the wreck . of the Tayleur, Noble, Master, lost : at Itaibay, on her passage from Liverpool to Melbourne. The above Goods h aving luen reportd, puysuant ...

... did not believe proper precautions taken in the port of Liverpool. He was sorry to make but with the sad instance of the Tayleur, thecon l P co o, of which varied as much as sixty degrees originally, hew vinced that compensation by magnets, or distorting ...