... t was lost. After being thirty days at sea she encountered a violent hurricane, and lost nearly all of her foremast, and the mizenmast was literally split in two by a tremendous sea, which also made a breach in the bulwarks, and forced the ship on her ...

... Mr. Plimsoll, that the Board of Trade desired to screen the ship- owners. Under the head of Defective Construction'of Ships we read that competent witnesses state that many merchant ships are built with bad iron, that they are ill put together, and ...

... Majesty's ship Hercules, then lying at Spithead, followed by two military engines, which played upon the ship, but with little effect, the fire continuing its ravages until the bulk of the cargo was destroyed, her decks burnt out, and the ship completely ...

... FOUNDERING OF A BRITISH SHIP. INTENSE SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW. The steamship St. Olaf, Captain Hille, which ar- rived at New York on the 29th ultimo, had on board Captain Owens and twenty-three men of the British merchant-ship Sublime, which foundered ...

... Hull. Loss of the Ship P(tragon.ri)e ship Paragon, from Liverpool, England, bound to this port, with a valuable cargo, part of which consisted of furni- ture for the new hotel, was run down on the morn- ing of the 8th instant, by a ship, supposed to be ...

... closely the works of the Almighty. IMPORTANT ABRIDGMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF WORK- ING SHIPS OVERTIME.—The Commissioners of Custom* have issued an order, allowing all ships of every country importing goods in bulk, as brimstone, bark, bones, divi divi, linseed ...

... AWFUL TRAGEDY IN A BRISTOL SHIP. A tragical occurrence on the high seas was on Tues- day revealed at the Guildhall, Plymouth, bv I homas Knapman Pickard, mate, Samuel Brown, able seaman, and Kuhard Ford, a boy, on board the Tamar Queen, Messrs. Cox and ...

... No lives were lost, although some people were left in an open boat knocking about the Straits of Jubal. They have been picked up, however, and brought safely to Suez by another steamer. Captain Soady, commanding'her Majesty's troop-ship Serapis, and Major ...

... officers of the Glamorgan, on the last outward- bound voyage to New York :— On board the steam- ship Glamorgan, July 24, 1873. We, the passengers in the above ship, from Cardiff to New York, finding we are approaching our destination, beg you will ac- cept ...

... TJLEIBON TURRET SHIP MONARCH. This vessel, commenced about two years ago, and originally designed by Mr. Reed, was «ndocked on Monday last at Chatham. At the present time ahe bears the whole of her armour. The following are her principal dimensions: Length ...

... iron. Cbarl ute Carey, Biidgwater, coal Flizabeth. France. Liverpool, iro Friends, Bryant, Bridgwater, coal. Jane, Nurse, G lost e'r, Acliv, Cope, Bullow Pill F|v, Ayland, Gloster. ditt).. Queen Chailoiie, Woodward, Berkeley, ditto Venus Head* ford, Bridgwater ...

... given above, antl al-o added that, in about ten minutes alter he and I,is two ship- mates left the vessel in the longboat, they saw the masts go over the side, and the ship immediately foundered. Those who had got into the boat with him were the apprentice ...