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APPALING CATASTROPHE ON THE THAMES.—600 LIVES LOST

... long after -all lie atonistib the trarciage liad ceased to tie. .s; All night ships and bests laly near and helpers serer atplenty, hut no farthier isid was possible. Saved or lost had r.found their fate weithin a far briefer thun after thaearates- a. troptie ...

Published: Saturday 07 September 1878
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4798 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK—TWO HISDRED LIVES LOST

... DREADFUL SHIPWRECl .W , HUNDRED LIVES LOST axi0. t ?? . f I I . . .. The Jane and M.argaret, for New York, with..about twohundred steerage passongers, besides saveral cabin., passenges, including ladies, left Liverpool by the mopn- ing. tido on the 6th ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1837
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1175 | Page: 4 | Tags: Commerce 

DREADFUL WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP

... time the passengers were all on deck, running and screeching, ' We are lost I we are lost 1' and crowding the deck so that it was almost impossible to get from one part of the ship to the other. The captain ordered the boats to be cleared and launched ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1853
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3342 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

WRECK OF A STEAMER, AND FIFTY LIVES LOST

... - 1 RECK OF A SEAMER, AND ITY LIVES -1 LOST.I The following is a statement of the mate of the steamer coi Superior which was lost on Lake Superior - The steamer in Superior left the Sault St. Mary's Canal at 7 o'clock on eff the morning of the 29th' ...

Published: Saturday 06 December 1856
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1225 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

OUR TRANING SHIPS.—THE LAST CATASTROPHE

... intelligent and civilised as England. r The seaworthiness of ships and the efficiency of crews-especially Government crews and ships-should be ascertained before they go out, not after they are lost. A process of in- vestigation like that now on foot se` s ...

Published: Saturday 03 July 1880
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 790 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RACEHORSE

... breaking entirely over the ship; the miasts were then cut away, and ship steamed full speed on shore, endeavouring to save life, but, the wind increasing to a gale, the rollers washed away all sky lights, and filled the ship. The ship's company were then sent ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1865
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 769 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE GALES. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING

... steamer named the Reindeer. from Memel to Pillau, has been lost near Lochstard, and the master drowned. The Corunna, for London, is stran- ded near Elsinore; the Henry Bell, of Newcastle, has been lost at Cluxhaven; and the Pacific, of Hartlepool, is also ...

Published: Saturday 20 November 1858
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1117 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

WRECK OF AN AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP

... possession of passengers, wonld make the amount of treasure lost a little over two mil- Itlions of dollars. It is remarkable that the Central I America is the only veasel belonging to this liue ever lost Ion the.'return voyage, though the line has bee noea 0 ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4348 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

A SHIP BURNT AT SEA

... hopes of asting with ships bounid to Europe or lrazilr, and keeping a o-k out from aloft, night and day, being anxiomu to dispose of the w, to allow me to proceed. In this I was disappointed, for up to lids date £ have only seen two ships, On the 1Ith, signalized ...

Published: Saturday 18 December 1852
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 873 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

LOSS OF THE PACKET-SHIP STEPHEN WHITNEY

... ; , -LOSS OF THE \V t PACIE- SHIP STEPHEN WHITNEY. ?? NINETtY-OrE'LIVES LOST. We deeply regress to have, this week to'stateo.that in- teigencehas been received of the total loss of the well. known; New York packet-ship .5tephen Whitney, Captain. Popham ...

Published: Saturday 20 November 1847
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1933 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

LOSS OF THE SHIP CITIZEN, OF NEW BEDFORD

... LOSS OF THE SHIP CITIZEN, OF NEW BBDFORD. SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW. DUMNO AN. ARCTIC WINTER., Of the numerous fleet of whale ships that cruised in the Artie in 1852, we believe the Citizen, of new Bedford, was the only one not reported as having visited ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1853
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 804 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

REFUGE FOR SHIPS NEAR SOUTHPORT

... REFUGE FOR SHIPS NEAR SOUTEPORT. A few weeks ago we noticed the fact that an important anchorage in deep water exists on the Southport shore, which is so ?? iuown thlaL dauogu i ium.l-ed in conse- quence. The place was formerly marked with buoys, but ...

Published: Saturday 01 September 1849
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1103 | Page: 6 | Tags: News