... foundered, involving the loss of five lives; three vere reported missing, wvith 30 live-s lost. Foar ships met with miscellaneous casualties, in which five lives were lost. DIsaSTmR TO A STEAMER. - A SaOWnD MATE - LRnFD.-The ?? of St. Vincent, which struck ...

... losers, her 40 ships lost, condemned, ?? representing 2.69 per cent. of her total tonnage. The Norwegian losses were also heavy, including as they did 71 ships, and 1.94 per cent. of their tonnage. The French losses figure at 14 ships and .55 per cent ...

... Registrar-General of Shipping and a Seamen during the mzmnth of May, 1897,.has c been issued. The principal causes of death enumerated are as follow: -Drowning (ship- wreck and accidental at sea and in port), 118; lost in missing ships, 64; violent acci- ...

... dnnger of ?? is if he carries passengers, because he would lose business it)if he' lost many ships. But in other cases th Fes. it might be to his interest to lose ships.- n ion It would not be to his advantage unless in the an case of fraudulent insurance ...

... deaths of seamen reported to the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen totalled 294. Of this number 115 were the results of drowning from shipwreck and accidental, and 28 lost in missing ships. Of the total number 188 were British seamen. A well-known ...

... and 6,376,576 tons; Bor- deaux, 19,933 ships, and 3,820,661 tons; Dunkirk, 5661 ships, and 3,424,434 tons; Catte, 4902 ships, and 2,457,428 tons; Rouen, 5597 ships, and 2,357,423 tons; and Boulogne, 5960 ships, and 2,047,646 tens. Next ...

... than English otficers, yet there are fewer Enqlish ships lost (in ; ,. comparison) tban any cthar nation's. How dose be F. account for that? e Again, he says sbipowners bave to entrust their valuable ships and cargoes to thbse ignorant men. Does Sir William ...

... LOST SIGHT OF. tt ro THE xnrTORS OF Tgh LIVEtPOOL MERCURY. at Gentlemen,-The Prasuxapton of Life Limita- tion jcotland) Act of 1851 enacts that any Scotsman who has disappeared for seven years or upwards may be assumed to be dead, and his heirs entitled ...

... Rounmania was ,. lost in 1892;- The British steamer Onegareports that the British steamer City of Agra has been totally lost. The Onega has the City of Agra's captain on board. at Lloyd's agent at Lisbon telegrauhs that a mes- sage received from Peniche states ...

... SHIPPING DISASTERS. FEARED Loss OF WELSSH VEssEms.-A terrific south-westerly gale swept over the Wealsh coast early on Saturday, heavy rains descending at intervals. The schooner Mer~ey, owned by Mr. Henry Hughes, Carnarvon, attempted to cross the Carnarvon ...

... SHIPPING DISASTER.S. A rERRIBLE VOYAGE-FIVE LIVES LOST. Full particulars have just been brought to this country of the dreadful voyage of the barque Scottish Wizard, from London to Adelaide, during which she lost five of her crew, including the second ...

... SHIPPING DISASTERS. FEARED LOSS OF A STEAMER AND ALL HAkNDS. From information received in Liverpool yester- day there is every fear that the steel screw steamer Strathearn, which left the Mersey about the middle of the present year, has been lost with ...