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FRANKLIN AND THE CLAIRVOYANTS

... these provisions. Whether these provisions were those left lately for them, or possi- bly part of the stores of Ross's old lost ships which Emma had often seen at no great distance from Frankliu, I could not ascertain. From Captain Austin's account of his ...

Published: Saturday 03 January 1852
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 979 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE WHALERS IN THE ICE

... that the provisions of the Mary Frances were burnt along with tie ship. Tte practice of setting fire to a ship, on being lost or abandoned, appears to be very improper; and surely the wilful destruction of provisions, if such a custom exists, cannot be ...

Published: Saturday 16 January 1836
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1176 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE LOST MAIL STEAM PACKETS

... the Peninsular and Oriental Company never lost a ship; they then lost seven ships in twelve years, dunn the last of those years they have lost three ships.The. oyal Mail Company began their career by-losing ...

Published: Saturday 27 March 1858
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 642 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

MR. PLIMSOLL AND THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL

... are lost at sea long after they should have been broken up, but they are far better paid for as lost ships than by being broken up as old material. She was 84 years old when she was abandoned, and had been bought for £80 from the Clyde trustees to pay ...

Published: Saturday 31 July 1875
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1436 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Pickings from Punch

... enemy's ships; but his Imperial Majesty consoles himself with the reflection that he bas a hunldred million subjects In Russia as good as they, and has ordered a Ts Deum to be sung on account of the damage they inflcted'on the enemy. Theten ships lost by the ...

Published: Saturday 02 September 1854
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 707 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

SHIPWRECKS

... foul of others with great violence. Booms, bulwarks, &c., were carried away, and other mischief done. Upwards of a dozen ships lost their cables, spars, &c., and were nigh being driven ashore on the Goodwin. off Dungeness, New Romney, and Rye, four vessels ...

Published: Saturday 16 October 1852
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 891 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

GROUNDING OE THE BRAZIL MAIL STEAMER TYNE

... pany has thus lost, embracing in the aggregate a large amount of capital. The names of tae previous ships lost to the company are Forth, Tweed, Acteon, City of Glavgow, Amazon, Isis, Solway, Medina, and Tay. The Brazilian vice-consul at Liverpool (Mr. Braga) ...

Published: Saturday 17 January 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1041 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

STRAY NOTES

... Expedition. Amongst the relief expeditions was one by tile Aniericans, under Captain Hall, who discovered inaty relies of the lost ships and seamen; and it now oplecars one of the Esquimaux told him that Ctaitoi Crozier was slot and eaten for food by tile rest ...

Published: Saturday 11 October 1884
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4312 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FEARFUL STORM

... FEARFUL STORM. MANY LIVES AND SHIPS LOST. The offiects of the recent storm has been very disaster. ous.-A. sad occurrence is reported with respect to the barque Xe-rsey, which sailed from Liverpool last week. On Saturday night she struck on the West Hoyle ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1868
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1576 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

FIRESIDE COMMENTS ON THE FOREIGN POLITICS OF THE LAST CENTURY

... and laid an emba-go on all the English ships ir the ports of France. The French nation have sent another ambassador over, and he has been ordered back ; and the English have laid an embargo on all French ships in the ports of Enkland. Now sounds the ...

Published: Saturday 13 May 1865
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1891 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

... Monastery for the use of their steamer also, As far as yet learnt by him there were among the ships lost 10 English vessels ; the greater pro- portion of vessels lost appear to be Norwegian. The two M steamers Bren-sa and the MonteCusai, which were chartered ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1867
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 8129 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

DREADFUL FIRE IN LONDON

... of lives list were lost from pre- v v-eatable causes, miglbthtalken fromn the Statement el which was put in evidence recently, that of the C ships lost,, Three times t~he naiiuier of unc~lissed C ships were lost than of claleed ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1873
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1923 | Page: 2 | Tags: News