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Source - The Cork Examiner, 1 January 1847 -
DEATHS .
On Wednesday morning, in Waterford, Ellen,
wife of Captain Toole, of the Laurance Forristal.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 17 February 1847 -

One hundred passengers have secured berths in the
Undine, of this port, which sail hence for New York, on
the 15th instant. The fare for adults in this splendid
schooner is £4, and the majority of those about to
emigrate are small farmers and servants, from Tipperary,
Clare, Ballingarry, and Pallaskenry--Limerick Chronicle.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 3 March 1847 -

March 1--Wind E.S.E.
Arrived--Elizabeth and Sarah, of Cork. Bowen, from
Newport, for Tralee, 4 days out--back of the rudder
gone S.S.W. of Cork, put in here for repairs.

Sirculercempble, of and from Liverpool, for Limerick,
gen. cargo, 6 days out, Lander. Eileen and Jane, of and
from Corunna, Horswell, 4 days out, bound to Cork, for
orders. Margaret Roberts, of Milford, from Carriel, 7
days out, bound to Cork, for orders, John James.
Austrian barque Carrier di Missina, Vittoris Warglien,
from Venice, Indian corn, bound to Cork, for orders, 84 days out.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 29 March 1847 -

UNITED STATES.
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By the packet ship Montezuma, Capt. Lowber, in
18 days from New York, we have files of papers
to the 6th inst. inclusive. . . .
The returns of the Irish relief fund are as
follows:--New York, 78, 414 dollars ; New Jersey,
5,228 ; Rhode Island, 7.550 ; Virginia, 3,267 ;
North Car., 1,750 ; Alabama, 750 ; District of
Col., 500 ; Maine, 429 ; Pennsylvania, 29, 483 ;
Massachusetts, 31,577 ; Marlyand, 7,500 ; Ohio,
12,000 ; Georgia, 2,400 ; Missouri, 1,750 ;
Louisiana, 13,000 ; Connecticut, 1,050. In all
about 196,239 dollars. Two United States
men-of-war have been appointed by act of
Congress to convey the provisions purchased by
the fund.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 7 April 1847 -

CORK SPRING ASSIZES-1847
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CITY COURT--MONDAY.
MR. SERGEANT STOCK took his seat on the Bench this
morning at 10 o'clock, and proceeded with the hearing
of
CITY CRIMINAL CASES.
John Morrisy, Joseph Healy, Denis Finnegan,
Catherine Finnegan, and Julia Murphy were given in
charge, the first two of the prisoners for stealing 50
yards of cloth, value the property of Genete
Cannock and others, and the other three prisoners with
having received same, knowing them to be stolen.
,BR>The prisoners pleaded not guilty.
Michael Hurly was sworn and examined by Mr.
Walsh and deposed that he was a carman in the
employment of Mr. Lefebure ; knows the prisoners;
remembers the Nimrod coming in to the quay, on the
25th of January last ; Morrisy and Haly [sic] were then
employed on the quay ; a bale of cloth was lying on the
quay, having been landed from the Nimrod ; they told
him that the bale was lying there since morning ; they all
agreed to take it, and Joseph Healey [sic] desired them
to remove it to Carter's, and that he would come and
carry it away from that ; they took it to Carter's; it was
arranged between them to take it after that to Healy's
house, and to meet there and divide it amongst them;
when they opened the bale, they found nine pieces of
cloth in it, which they divided between them ; Finnegan's
wife is sister to Healy.

The Witness was cross examined by Mr. Scannell,
but nothing of importance was elicited.
Jeremiah O'Callaghan was examined, and deposed
that he was in the employment of Messrs. Cannock,
and that a quantity of cloth was to arrive to the Messrs.
Cannock, per the Nimrod, from Liverpool, which
witness had purchased at Leed [sic] ; witness saw the
cloth in the Station House in Cork, and identified it;
part of it was then cut, apparently by a person not in the
habit of cutting cloth.

James Breen, clerk in the employment of Messrs.
Hirst and Co. of Leeds, deposed to having prepared an
invoice of the cloth sold by him to the former witness.

Jeremiah O'Callaghan was re-examined--There were
about 50 yards of cloth less in what he saw at the
Station house than what was mentioned in the invoice.

William Morrissy sworn and examined--Deposed
that he knew the prisoners, and that on the 25th of
January Hurley came to him at Mr. Carter's where he
was employed, and gave him a bale of cloth, which he
told him to keep until Healy should come for it; Healy
afterwards called for it and got it from him; there was
another man with Healy at the time.

A Clerk in the employment of Mr. Hegarty,
Pawnbroker, deposed that on the 28th of January a
woman, whom he identified as one of the female
prisoners, Julia Morrissy, [sic] came into the office and
offered him a piece of cloth ; he asked her where she
got it, and finally stopped the cloth, and handed her
over to the custody of Constable Graham.

Constable Graham deposed to having arrested the
prisoner Julia Morrissy, and having searched her house,
where he found three pieces of cloth ; one of which on
being compared with the piece offered at Mr. Hegarty's
appeared to be that from which the latter piece had
been cut. When she was arrested, she gave her name as
Julia Morrissy ; he had also found 0s in money in a
box in the prisoner's house ; witness got two pieces of
cloth from Mr. Thornhill, Pawnbroker, which Mr.
O'Callaghan indentified at the station house.

Head Constable Crowley deposed that he arrested
the prisoner Finnegan, and searched her house, where
he and his wife were, but without finding anything there.
He got two pieces of black cloth from Constable
Graham, which he was told had been offered to Mr.
Thornhill by Finegan. [sic]

Mr. Thornhill, Pawnbroker, deposed that he received
from the Prisoner Finegan [sic] two pieces of black
cloth, in last January. The prisoner on that occasion told
him his name was Coveney, of Bandon. Witness gave
up the cloth to Constable Graham.

Ellen Leavis deposed that she was employed in the
office of Mrs. Miller, pawnbroker, where she was
offered a piece of cloth in pawn by the female prisoner,
Finnegan, who then gave her name as Catherine Healy ;
witness afterwards gave up the cloth to Constable
Crowley.

Some other witnesses having been examined to the
same effect, Mr. M. H. Conway was examined by Mr.
Walsh, and deposed that Mr. J. Leycester is one of the
partners of the Cork Steam Packet Company, to which
the Nimrod belongs ; the cargo of the Nimrod was
discharged on the 25th of January, and witness was told
by the landing clerk that a bale of cloth for Cannock &
Co. was missing.

The evidence having closed, Mr. Scannell addressed
the jury for the defence, after which his Lordship
summed up the evidence.

The jury retired for a short time and then returned a
verdict of guilty against all the prisoners.

ENCOURAGEMENT TO EMIGRATION.--AUSTRALIA.--Extract,
Sept., 1846:--"The thing we are in the greatest want of is
labour. We are now giving a year for a man and his
wife, and a year for shepherds, besides rations,
which consist of 10lb. of flour, 12lb of beef, 2lb of sugar,
and 1/4 lb of tea per week, and a house to live in, and by
no means hard work. We have a great many working
men earning from 30s to 42s per week."

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 16 April 1847 -
EMIGRATION.--The Emigration Bill has passed the House of
Representatives of the State of New York, and was under
consideration by the Senate. Its provisions impose great
responsibilities upon the owners of all ships importing
emigrants into any part of the state, subjecting them to their
maintenance should they become chargeable within twelve
months from their landing, and in other ways tending to
check the pauper emmigration [sic] that had already
commenced from Ireland and England.

THE MINERVA--This beautiful steam vessel, built for the
Cork Steam Ship Company by Messrs. Vernon and Co.,
arrived here yesterday evening, after a trial trip hence to
Dublin and back. She accomplished her passage across,
under disadvantages, in eight hours and forty-eight minutes,
averaging about fifteen knots. On her return yesterday, she
attained a still greater speed up to about half way across,
when she was beset by a fog, and could only, for fear of
collision, dodge on, heaving the lead, and ringing the bell.
She at length made the N. W. Light ship, and got up the
river, "all well."--Liverpool Courier.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 19 May 1847 -

SUFFERINGS OF EMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK
The paupers who have recently arrived from Europe
give a most melancholy account of their sufferings.
Upwards of eighty individuals, almost dead with the
ship fever, were landed from one ship alone, while
twenty-seven of the cargo died on the passage, and
were thrown into the sea. They were one hundred
days tossing to and fro upon the ocean, and for the
last twenty days their only food consisted of a few
ounces of meal per day, and their only water was
obtained from the clouds. The miseries which these
people suffer are brought upon themselves, for they
have no business to leave their country without at least
a sufficient quantity of food to feed them while making
the passage.--New York Sun.

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A BIG SHIP.--The largest vessel, which ever came up
this river is the "Jessie," a Liverpool merchantman,
now lying near the Custom house. Her bulk appears to
be a subject of great curiosity with the country folk
looking out for a good craft. She arrived with guano,
and is chartered to take emigrants for America. The
Jessie, though carrying a thousand tons, seems
perfectly safe and easy at her station.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



Source: BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, August 29, 1849

PASSENGER TRAFFIC WITH IRELAND.
LIVERPOOL, Friday- A document has been issued by the Lords of the Privy
Council, enforcing a new code of regulations in relation to the carriage of
passengers between Ireland and the British shores. The communication is dated
from the Council Chamber, Whitehall, August 7, and contains the following clauses:-

"1. The number of deck passengers to be carried by a a paddle steamer,
having no cargo on deck, shall be one passenger to every ton of the builder's tonnage.

"2. The number to be carried by a paddle steamer, having cargo on deck, but
none of it stowed shaft the paddle shaft, shall be one passenger to every registered ton.

"3. The number to be carried when cargo (not live animals or poultry) is
stowed shaft the paddle shaft, shall be three passengers to every two square
yards clear space abaft the paddle shaft.

"4. The number to be carried when live animals or poultry are stowed shaft
the paddle shaft shall be fixed with reference to the arrangement of the vessel
and cargo, so as to provide, as nearly as possible, two square yards for every
three passengers, in a part of the vessel separate from the cattle and live stock.

"5. Screw steamers, in which the deck passengers are allowed to go below,
and are accommodated with space on the lower deck for one half their numbers, or
on that on which the bulwarks are raised, and a spar deck constructed so as to
afford protection to the passengers on deck, shall be licensed to carry the same
number of passengers in each case as paddle-steamers.

"6. Screw steamers on which these provisions are not made shall be licenses
to carry only one passenger to every four tons of the registered tonnage.

"7. The properties of the passengers to be carried in the months of
November, December, January, February and March, shall be two-thirds the number
allowed in the other months."

Captain Dunham has also addressed a memorandum to the owners of steamers
employed in the conveyance of passengers, recommending additional regulations,
as follows:-

"Custom house, Liverpool, Aug. 10

"I am commanded by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
to strongly impress upon the owners of steam vessels employed in the conveyance
of passengers the propriety of making some provisions for the health and
cleanliness of those on board, by furnishing them with a sufficient supply of
tarpaulin to protect them from the weather and from the washing of the sea, and
also by providing water closets for their use.

"Although the Lords have not thought it necessary to make these provisions
compulsory, as they might do, by returning certificates till they should be
complied with, they nevertheless attach a great importance to them, and will
hear the subject in mind with a view to future legislation, should they find, by
experience, that a necessity exists for more stringent provisions to compel the
adoption of these reasonable measures.

"H.M. DENHAM, Captain, R.N.,
Steam Navigation Inspector."

Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath



Source: Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, Sept 12, 1849

CHOLERA AT SEA- The ship "Sheridan," Captain Cornish, arrived at quarantine
from Liverpool. She lost thirty-one of her steerage passengers and seamen by
cholera. The following are their names: - Mr. Simmons, of New York, second
officers of the ship; J. Anderson, of Liverpool, carpenter of ditto; Wm. Ogden,
seaman, of Liverpool; Frank Conklin, ditto of Rouin, France; Walter Riely, of
Weatherfield, Connecticut; George Simmons, ditto, of Dantzig.- The steerage
passengers- John Grimes, of Sligo; Frank and Ellen Dalton, of ditto; W.
Hollyridge and Martha, his wife (who have left four children on board the ship,
without relatives or friends;) Mary, Catherine, Sarah and Charles Barnes, of
Craxton, England (all of the same family and mother on board;) John Mickleworth,
of Leeds, England; Sarah Pratt, of Oxford, Ireland; John and Edward Richards, of
Leeds, England; Catherine Doyle of Ireland; Michael Breen, of Tipperary; James
and Richard Smith of Ireland; Martha Farrell of Longford; Wm. and Dorothea
Oldman, of Cornwall, England; Sarah and Morris and Edward Lloyd, mother and two
children, of Kidderminster, England; John Shannon, of Roscommon, Ireland; Joseph
Kavanagh of Dublin, fell overboard and was drowned. Captain Cornish had a very
serious and trying time the first week out. The cholera broke out among the crew
on the 7th of August; for the first eight days there were eight to ten new
cases, and from three to five deaths daily for eight days in succession. Out of
twenty-two seamen, only four could be mustered in a watch. Eight cases and
thirty-one deaths occurred since the ship sailed. All that could be done for the
sick was done by Captain Cornish and his officers. Several were ill when she
reached Staten Island; they were taken to the hospital. The vessel has been
detained in quarantine.--New York Herald.


Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath


Source - The Cork Examiner, 21 May 1847 -

A WOMAN was brought up at the police office on
yesterday, upon a charge of endeavouring to impose
upon some country people, by selling horse flesh as meat
of an inferior description. The prisoner partially denied
the charge, stating that it was for hounds it was intended,
but the prosecutors persisted in their statement that she
attempted to impose it upon them as beef, which "though
rather poor was very good." The prisoner was
remanded for further examination. This, it is probable, is
only one of many tricks that are at present in operation
for the purpose of victimising the credulous people who
are about emigrating to America.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 24 May 1847 -

Michael Lacy, from the neighbourhood of Glenomera,
against whom private information was received by the
Clonrea Police, as one of the men who attacked Mr.
Watson, was arrested on Thursday, on board the
Coquimbo, passenger vessel, in the Pool, and taken
before the Magistrates, who did not conceive the grounds
of suspicion strong enough to warrant the detention of the
prisoner, who was discharged. Four men were arrested in
Ballingarry yesterday, on suspicion, of being of the party
engaged in the recent conflict with the police at
Liskennett.--Limerick Chronicle.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 21 June 1847 -

IMPORT OF PROVISIONS.
THE following arrivals have been entered in the Custom
House since our last publication :--per Ajax Steamer
from London, 209 bags biscuit ; Timandra from Cavilla,
2250 quarters Indian Corn ; Kate from Galatz, 1300
quarters Indian Corn ; Marchioness of Bute, 1300
quarters Indian Corn ; Tito from Salonica, 1500
quarters Indian Corn ; Minerva Steamer from Liverpool,
355 bags Rice, 10 packages Flour ; Lima from New
Orleans for Society of Friends' Poor Relief Committee,
361 barrels Flour, 598 barrels Indian Corn Meal, 16
barrels Beans, 6 barrels Pork ; per do. for American
Consul, 4818 sacks Indian Corn, 42 sacks Wheat, 25
barrels Flour, 42 barrels Corn Meal, 2 barrels Beans, 2
barrels Beef, 26 sacks Peas ; Ballinacurra Lass from
Malta, 890 quarters Indian Corn ; Lucinda Jane from
Liverpool, 3500 bushels Indian Corn.

EXPORT OF PROVISIONS.
SINCE our last :--per Ajax steamer for London, 202
firkins Butter, 73 bales Bacon, 12 casks Hams, 254
sacks Wheat ; 28 tierces Provisions, 50 barrels Indian
Meal, 656 sheep, 33 calves, 300 boxes eggs, 50 head
cattle, 90 boxes salmon ; Elizabeth for Port Talbot, 120
barrels oats ; St. Michael, for Tralee, 300 barrels Indian
Corn ; Nancy Browne for Newport, 76 head cattle,
Wanderer for New Passage, 230 sheep ; William for
Newport, 340 sheep ; Brothers for Newport, 100 head
cattle, 60 sheep ; Shannon, for New Passage, 240
sheep, 80 head cattle ; Jane and Mary Anne, for
Newport, 110 sheep, 60 head cattle ; Nonpareil for
Newport, 300 sheep.

UNPRECEDENTED QUICK PASSAGE TO AMERICA.--
The barque Barbara, R. C. Presse, Esq., of Galway, owner,
of and from Galway, arrived at Halifax, on the 19th day
of May, after a passage of thirteen days, landed all her
passengers, in good health, 265 in number. Most of
them got immediate employment.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 5 July 1847 -

IMPORTS OF PROVISIONS.
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The following arrivals have been entered at the Custom
House since our last :--per Henry Bell, from Alexandria,
1200 quarters Indian Corn; Minerva steamer from
Liverpool, 300 bags rice, 50 bags flour; per Juverna
steamer, from Bristol, 10 baskets cheese; Iona from
Philadelphia, 1400 barrels flour, 121 barrels Indian Corn
meal, 5295 bags Indian Corn; Harry King from Malta,
850 quarters Indian Corn; Metamora from New
Orleans, 115 barrels flour, 4560 sacks of Indian Corn.
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EXPORTS OF PROVISIONS.
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Since our last :--per Ajax steamer for London, 3414
firkins and 55 kegs butter, 12 tierces beef, 484 kits
salmon, 35 tierces provisions, 200 sacks wheat, 8 sacks
flour, 28 bales bacon, 5 casks hams, 276 boxes eggs, 40
head cattle, 36 calves, 50 pigs; per Juvena steamer for
Bristol, 2 casks cheese, 3 barrels biscuit, 25 bales
bacon, 99 firkins butter, 325 sacks beans, 69 head
cattle, 296 sheep, 236 lambs, 40 boxes eggs, 60 boxes
salmon.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 11 August 1847 -

THE FEVER IN THE SQUADRON.--In consequence of reports
of fever prevailing on board the Andromeda, store and
provision depot, stationed at Killybegs, Deputy Inspector of
Hospitals, Dr. Lindsy, has proceeded from Cork thither in
the Swallow, steam vessel, to inquire into the state of the
ship's company.

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH FRANCE
FROM LIVERPOOL TO HAVRE,
ONCE IN EVERY MONTH.
The Schooner BLARNEY (Screw Propelled,) Captain SULLIVAN. Agent in Paris, Mr. HENRY BENNETT, 6, Rue de la
Paix. Agent at Havre, Mr. WM. DAVIDSON. Agent at
Liverpool, WM. WILSON & SON, 15, Water-st.

Carriages, Horses, and Goods intended for Shipment
should be at the Packet an Hour before the time of Sailing.

The Company requests Passengers to look after their own
Luggage, as they will not be accountable for same, unless
entered and paid for.
THOS. WINDER, Manager.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 15 September 1847 -

SHIPWRECK.
On the 2d of June the barque Swan, Captain
Robertson, left this port with Emigrants for New
York. She arrived at the port of her destination safe
and perfectly healthy. On her homeward voyage she
fell in with the wreck of the Naiad, Capt. Brightman,
of and from New Bedford, bound to the Coast of
Africa. Capt. Robertson immediately rendered all
assistance that lay in his power, and took Captain
Brightman and crew on board, and brought them into
this port on Saturday last. The Swan is the property of
the Messrs. Scott, of Cove, and every credit is due to
Captain Robertson for his humanity and praiseworthy
act in saving the crew of the ill-fated Naiad from
certain death.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 1 November 1847 -

AN OLD TRICK SUCCESSFUL.
ONE of those travelling pedlars who perambulate the
quays, and make unsuspecting sailors suffer for their
ingenuity, was brought before the Bench on
Saturday last, charged by John Francis, of the
steamer Viceroy, with having sold him a chain for
£1, which he had engaged to be gold, but in a very
short time exhibited unmistakable evidence of being
composed of very inferior metal.
The prisoner (Hughes) denied that he had ever
engaged the chain as gold, for it was not his practice
to engage any article he had for sale, but he stated
that the captain had taken him on the quarter deck,
and bought it from him under the impression it was
stolen.
The Magistrates directed that informations should
be made out against the prisoner for the Recorder's
Court, but as the plaintiff could not well attend on
Friday next, and as the prisoner appeared anxious
to make some arrangement with him, the
prosecution was abandoned.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 22 November 1847 -

DEATHS OF EMIGRANTS AT GROSSE ISLE
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We take the following list of deaths of parties belonging to Cork
from the Quebec Morning Chronicle of Oct. 28.
From the 3rd to the 9th October--Mary Kelleher, 18,
Saguenay ; Pat. Daily, 7, Albion ; John Taylor, 61, Maria Somes,
Eliza Taylor, 22, do. ; Ann Lynch, 50, Asia ; Marg. Taylor, 24,
Maria Somes ; Elizabeth Hickey, 5, do.
From the 10th to the 16th October--John Donaho, 27,
Saguenay ; Mich. Murphy, 24, Avon.
A Return of Money and Effects left by Emigrants who died
without relatives, at Grosse Isle, from the 16th May to 21st
October, contains the following respecting passengers by vessels
that sailed from Cork :--
Denis Courtenay, Agnes, 4s. 6d. ; Francis Mournie, Bee, 1s. ;
Charles M'Kenzie, Gilmour, 10s. ; Pat. Crowly, £2, £1 note
brother James, Ballinally, county Cork ; John Berry, Free Briton,
16s. ; James Dwyer, Wakefield, 14s. ; John Regan, Jessie, £3 in
£1 notes, Don, Bantry, county Cork ; Michael Greenock, do. 2s.
6d. ; And. Shannon, Lady Flora Hasting, 2 1/2d. ; Martin Sullivan,
Sir H. Pottinger, 8s. ; Michael Sullivan, do., £44 10s., mother,
Mary, Tiernatialta, Casson, county Kerry ; Peter Walsh, Free
Trader, £1 6s. ; Mary Flanagan, Ganges, £1 ; George Gordon,
Saguenay, 9s. ; Denis Burns, Covenanter, 2s. 6 1/2d. ; Ellen
Curtain, Saguenay, 12s. 6d. ; Catherine Casey, Covenanter, £1 ;
Johanna Laughlin, do. 8s. 6d. ; Anthony Manley, Ganges, £1 0s.
9d. ; Michael Murphy, Avon, £1 2s. 6d. ; Cornelius Jeffy, Free
Trader, 18s. ; Honora Callacher, Sir H. Pottinger, £1 10s. 1 1/2d.
; Alexander Sutherland, Agnes, £2 2s., seaman ; E. Connell and
sisters, Urania, £4 13s. 1/2d., Denis Courtenay, Agnes, Mr.
M'Mahon, through the Rev. Mr. Sax ; Denis Courtenay, Agnes,
£10, sent to the Rev. B. O'Reilly ; John Morarty, Sir H. Pottinger,
£5, sent to the Rev. Mr. Degas ; Ann Mylan, Free Trader, 4s.,
do. ; Rd. Mehan, Covenanter, £3, sent to the Rev. B. M'Ganran ;
John Brien, Avon, £5, to be sent to Mr. Buchanan, for orphan
children ; Sarah Hayes, Jessie, £8, do.


SINGULAR ACCIDENT.

A Greek vessel, called the Five Brothers, arrived in
this port on Friday, laden with Indian corn from one
of the ports of the Mediterranean. She was towed up
to the quay on that evening, and a berth was selected
for her accomodation in the south channel, some
distance from Anglesea bridge. About two o'clock on
Friday night, the tide being out, the vessel suddenly
"listed" over, and continued to fall until she lay nearly
on her beam ends. Warps were speedily got out, and
every exertion was made to place the vessel in a
proper position ; but up to the present, they appear to
have been unsuccessful, as she remains in the same
situation. At high water the hull of the vessel is almost
covered, and the consequence is that the water enters
freely into the hold and the cabins. It is anticipated
that the cargo, will be materially damaged ; and it is
also feared that the vessel will suffer considerable
injury. The accident, it is understood, is attributable to
the berth that was selected, which is a slanting mud
bank, from which the brig fell off as the tide receded.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 31 December 1847

A SAILOR, named John Resor, appeared at the Police Office on
Wednesday, to prosecute a woman of disreputable character
who resides in Godsill's-lane, for having stolen a purse
containing £3 10s from him on the previous night. What
renders this robbery most heartless is the circumstance that
the plaintiff was totally wrecked a few days since, in the ship
Henrietta, at the Coast of New Ross, and with thirteen of his
unfortunate shipmates, was taken from the wreck. The
remainder of the crew, amounting to fourteen persons, were
lost. The plaintiff stated that he was induced to visit this place
in ignorance of the character of the woman, and that the
money taken from him left him totally destitute.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner 12 January 1849 -

THE HARP WITHOUT THE CROWN

We have been informed that a respectable merchant, residing on the Quay,
has been served with a notice from the Admiralty, suing for a penalty of
£500, for having, on the morning of Christmas Day, a green flag with a
harp, minus a crown, painted thereon, flying from the topmast of one of
his vessels, then lying in the river. On being observed by some of the
naval officers now in Waterford, it was taken possession of and an
immediate report made to the Lords of the Admiralty, who have instituted
proceedings in the matter. It appears that the flag, which had been lying
by in the ship for several years, was hoisted that morning, through
ignorance, by one of the sailors on board, without the owner having the
slightest knowledge of the transaction, than whom there is not a more
peacable or loyal inhabitant in the city, and one who never, directly or
indirectly, interfered with any political party whatever. It is with much
pleasure we have heard that a memorial on the subject, backed by some
magistrates and influential government officers, has been forwarded to the
proper quarter. -- Waterford Mail
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, May 23, 1849

PORT OF BALLINA.
Arrived.
"Betsey", at the Quay, from Constantinople, Indian corn, Loyd, Master.
"Peace", from Caminha, Indian corn, G. Crispin, master.
"Theobold Matthew," from Newcastle, coals, M'Jinkins, master.
"Industry" from Liverpool, Indian corn, Howles, master.
"Hawk," from Liverpool, Indian Corn, J. Romney, master.
"Volasia," from Liverpool, Indian Corn, A. Stevenson, master.

The "Mozambique" arrived at New York, with emigrants from Sligo, after
a passage of 25 days.
Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath


Source - BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, June 6, 1849

WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP AMONG ICEBERGS-DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
The heart-rending tidings of the total wreck of the Hannah, freighted
with nearly two hundred emigrants bound to Quebec from Newry, was reported
yesterday afternoon at Lloyd's, the particulars having been received by the
American mail steamer America, at Liverpool.
The unfortunate vessel (the Hannah) was a brig between 150 and 200 tons
burden, belonging to Maryport, and manned by a crew, it is said, of twelve
seamen, under the command of Mr. Shaw, the master. On the 3d of April last,
she sailed from Newry, with the above number of emigrants on board, having
previously been examined by her Majesty's emigration agent at that port. The
emigrants chiefly consisted of agricultural labourers and their wives and
children. The passage up to the 27th, considering the season of the year,
was as favourable as could be expected. The vessel then encountered heavy
winds and a quantity of floating ice. The master, as well as possible, bore
off in order to clear it, but it floated round in large masses, and on the
morning of the 29th the unfortunate ship struck on a reef of ice of such
magnitude as to carry part of her bottom. It was about four o'clock when she
took the ice. The sounding of the pumps at once convinced the crew that the
vessel was foundering, as there were several feet of water in her hold, and
it was rapidly increasing. As the only chance of keeping the ship afloat, a
cry was raised to keep to the pumps, until assistance could be obtained from
some passing vessel, as also, it is presumed, to allow the boats being
prepared for the rescue of emigrants. What steps were taken to secure their
preservation, no mention is made in the report received; a charge, however,
is laid against the master, and the first and second officers, of their
having been guilty of one of the most revolting acts of inhumanity that can
be conceived. They had got the life boat out, and the moment they found the
vessel would inevitably go down, they jumped into it, abandoned the wreck
with the living mass on board. Screams for help now rent the air, and it was
with difficulty that the remainder of the crew could induce the frantic
creatures to comprehend the only chance left of saving their lives.
Fortunately the ice was firm under the ship's bows and the seamen,
convincing them as to its security, many got on it. Its solidity being then
apparent, a desperate struggle took place among the emigrants to leave the
wreck. Men, women, and children, with nothing on but their night attire,
were to be seen scrambling over the mass of ice. Many of the poor creatures
slipped between the huge masses, and were either crushed to death or met
with a watery grave. The last to leave the wreck were some of the crew, who
contrived to save a small portion of spirits and a few blankets. Soon after
they had got clear, the ship's stern rose as it were above water, and went
down head foremost, just forty minutes after the collision with the ice. The
sufferings of the wretched creatures, exposed as they were amid towering
masses of ice, with a raging freezing gale of wind from the S.S.E., were
most harrowing. The seamen who were among them humanely gave up what
covering they had to the females, who had been shockingly wounded and
bruised in their course over the ice. Thus were they exposed the whole of
that day, till five o'clock in the afternoon when a vessel hove in sight,
and bore down to the edge of the field of ice. It proved to be the barque
Nicarque, (also bound for Quebec), Captain Marshal.
The statement made by that gentleman relative to the steps taken by him
and his crew for the recovery of the survivors, is to the following effect:-
On the 29th, about half past six, the wind blowing a strong gale from the
S.S.E. and a thick fall of sleet, the ship laying to the windward to a large
field of ice, Cape Ray being S.E. by E. about twenty-seven miles distant,
discovered something on the ice which subsequently turned out to be a flag
of [cannot read, blotted]. Made all sail, and gaining the edge of the ice,
found to his astonishment a mass of living people upon it. He got the ship's
ice fenders down, and prepared to take the ice. By seven o'clock got clear
in that in the course of two hours he and his crew succeeded in getting hold
of about fifty of the poor creatures, and placing them on board his vessel.
The remainder stood crouched together in another part of the ice, some
distance off, inaccessible from the position of the ship. Captain Marshal
had all sails cleared up, and got a rope fastened to a piece of ice, and
with the long boat pushed off with his men to the spot.. After considerable
difficulty he succeeded in getting to the edge, where they remained huddled
together. The whole of them were saved. No pen, Captain Marshal observes,
can describe the pitiable situation of the poor creatures. They were all but
naked, cut and bruised, and frostbitten. There were parents who had lost
their children, children who had lost their parents; many perfectly
insensible. The number that got on board the Nicarque was 120, passengers
and seamen. The greater part of these were frostbitten. As far as Captain
Marshal could ascertain from the survivors, those who perished by being
crushed between the ice, and frozen to death were from 50 to 60. As soon has
he had succeeded in getting all on board, the ship was got under weigh, and
proceeded in the direction of Cape Ray.- Every comfort that his means and
the shop's capacity afforded were placed at the sufferers' disposal. Next
day, meeting with the barque Broom of Glasgow, 27 of the poor creatures were
transferred on board of that vessel; and in the course of the following day,
forty-nine of the survivors, for the sake of comfort, were place on board
three other vessels. The Nicarque reached Quebec on the 10th of last month,
where the remainder of the sufferers were landed. Their names were Alexander
Thompson, his wife and four children; William Tadford, wife and one child;
William Anderson, wife and four children; John Murphy, wife and four
children; David Gurwin and wife; Patrick M'Gill, James Murphy and wife; Dr.
William Graham, Peter M'Fearling (his father, mother and rest of family
drowned;) and also the following seamen of the Hannah-John Offin, John
Smith, John Parker, Richard Harwin, Alexander Harris, and David Jordan. The
names of the emigrants shipped on board the vessel from the Nicarque are not
mentioned.
The fate of the matter of the others who took to the life-boat, and
abandoned the emigrants, is not known.
Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath


Source - The Armagh Guardian
Monday, June 11, 1849.


THE WRECK OF THE 'HANNAH'.
Authentic Particulars.
We (Newry Telegraph) by this week's mail from America, have received,
from a friend in Quebec, the following communication relative to the
loss of the brig 'Hannah' from this port. For the perfect accuracy of
the representation of our correspondent, we can unhesitatingly vouch; and
his statement, with the explanatory list setting forth the names of the
parties saved and lost, and specifying the counties whence they had
emigrated will be read with much interest, and will have the effect of
allaying the deep and painful anxiety which the tidings of the disastrous
occurrence excited in the minds of many of the inhabitants of the rural
districts adjacent to Newry:-
Quebec, 18th May, 1849.
By the last mail you will have heard of the melancholy loss of the ship,
Hannah, Captain Shaw, which sailed from Warrenpoint for this port, with
passengers on the 3d. of April last. Many of the passengers went down
with the vessel, or perished miserably on the ice; but the exact loss
cannot now be ascertained, as the ship's list of their number and
description was lost.- I enclose you a printed list of the persons saved,
the publication of which, in The Telegraph, will answer all the purposes
of a full list of all lost and saved - as the friends of those parties who
sailed by the Hannah, and who are not mentioned in the enclosed, will
understand, that all such are among those who perished. It would appear
that great blame is to be attached to Captain Shaw, in this melancholy
affair, whose cowardice and inhumanity are said to have been conspicuous
throughout.
The Doctor's disposition, with that of Richard Irving, one of the sailors
on board the Hannah, (which corroborate each other) are both forwarded by
this mail to Mr. James Ferguson, the charterer of the vessel.
The surviving passengers arrived at Quebec, of course in a miserably
destitute and almost naked condition; but through the active and benevolent
exertions of Mr. Hyde, a sum of £50 and a large quantity of clothing, were
collected from the charitably disposed, and they were enabled to proceed
free, and with each a small supply of money, to their several destinations,
comfortably clad, and without any loss of time.
The head-money, which would have been leviable on the passengers, had the
Hannah arrived in port, was handed by Messrs. Hyde & McBlain, on account of
Mr. Ferguson, to the Emigration Agent, and by him repaid to the surviving
passengers.
List of passengers per brig 'Hannah', Curry Shaw, master, from the port of
Newry, Ireland, which was wrecked by the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on
the 29th April, 1849, distinguishing those saved and those lost, as nearly
as can be ascertained:
James Murphy and wife; William Tadford, wife and child
(1 child lost); Michael McGill, wife and two children; Owen McCourt and
wife; Patrick McGurk, with wife and two children; Joseph Kerr, wife and 2
do.(5 children lost); Alexander Thompson, wife and 4 children,
(father and mother, and his child lost); Peter Murphy, wife and child;
John Delaney, wife and sister; Wm. Henderson, wife and 4
children (1 child lost); John Murphy, wife and 4 children (2 children
lost); David Garvin, and wife; Ann McGinn (6 children lost); Ann McEwan
and sister (2 brothers and 2 sisters lost); Henry Grant and wife (4
children lost); Ann Lennon, daughters, 2 sons and niece; Daniel McGuigan
and brother; William Wood; Thomas Cannon, sister and 2 brothers; (father,
mother, and the children's niece lost); Eliza Blackstock; Samuel
Henderson; Edward Nugent; Charles Mulholland; Edward McElhern, wife and
child (mother, and 6 of his children lost); Patrick McGrory, wife and 3
children,(4 children lost); James Ward, wife and 4 children; Alice
McKinley and cousin; James McVerry; Peter Loughran, wife and 6 children;
Eliza Perdue and 2 daughters; Thomas Quin, brother and brother and
sister-in-law; Jane Thompson and sister, (father and mother lost); Mary
Ann Brantford; Peter McFarlane, (father, mother, and two brothers lost);
Michael Grant, mother, sister, uncle, and brother - the foregoing persons
are from the County Armagh. Patrick McGinn; John Tuft and son, (wife and
2 children lost); County Down; Andrew Kelly, County Tyrone; Joseph Murphy
and sister, children - South of Ireland. Catherine Hart -unknown.
Total number ascertained to be lost, 49, which, with 127, the number
saved, made 176, the total number supposed to be embarked.
Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath


source - The Belfast News-Letter
Friday, 15 June, 1849

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FOUNDERING OF ANOTHER IRISH EMIGRANT SHIP.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINE LIVES LOST.

Scarcely has the melancholy interest produced by the
loss of the Hannah, Irish emigrant ship, and nearly
two hundred lives, subsided, ere if falls to our painful
duty to announce another similar catastrophe, the
foundering of the ship Maria, from Limerick, in a field
of ice, and the sacrifice of the vast amount of human
life. The particulars contained in the advices of the
shocking event, as received from Quebec by the Canada
(American) mail steamer, state, that the ship's
destruction took place at midnight, on the 10th of last
month, so suddenly, that she almost instantaneously, on
striking, went down, carrying with her no less than one
hundred and nine unhappy human beings, all of whom
perished.
The Maria, it appears, was an old vessel, manned by
a crew of ten hands, including the master, Mr. Hesligeau.
She sailed from Limerick on the 2nd of April last, with
one hundred and eleven passengers, about eighty men and
women, and the remainder their families, for Quebec,
the emigrants intending to settle in Canada. About 20
days' sailing brought the vessel to within fifty miles
of St.Paul's. Here severe weather was encountered, and
a large field of ice sighted. The ship was hove to with
a view of clearing the huge frozen mass. Unfortunately,
however, the manoeuvre had but little effect, for late
that night, the 10th of May, she ran into a berg with
terrific force. The whole of her bows were stove in,
and the next moment the sea was rushing into the hold
with the violence almost of a cataract. A piercing
shriek was heard from below, but it was only for a
few moments duration, as the ship went down almost
immediately. It was the mate's watch, who with one
seaman and a cabin boy, succeeded in saving three lives
by one of the boats, which floated from the wreck as she
foundered. About twenty of the passengers managed to
reach the deck just before she went down, some of whom
jumped on to the ice, while others clung to the floating
spars. Nine only, however, could be preserved - six
men, two women, and a boy, who had got on the ice.
Nothing was seen of the master or the rest of the crew.
They all perished with the remainder of the passengers.
Exposed in the boat to the most inclement weather, the
helpless survivors remained the whole of the following
day. Eventually a barque, named the Roslin Castle, and
the Falcon, a brig, approached and took them on board.
The poor creatures had suffered severely from the cold,
and their condition was the most heartrending. Their
names are given as follows:- Michael Cussack, Joseph
Lynch, Bridget O'Gorman, spinster, Conners, William Brew,
John Hogan, and Patrick McTigue. The survivors of the
Maria's crew are William Collins, mate, John Pickering,
seaman, and Michael Tague, cabin boy, making in all, out
of the one hundred and twenty-one souls on board, only
twelve saved. In consequence of the brig Falcon being
short of water, those who were picked up by her were
transferred on board the Roslin Castle, which proceeded
direct to Quebec and arrived there last Saturday
fortnight.

Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath


source - BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, June 20, 1849

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TOTAL LOSS OF THE "MARIA" PASSENGER SHIP FROM LIMERICK TO QUEBEC.

We have the sad duty of announcing the calamitous and total shipwreck of
the brig "Maria," of and from this port to Quebec, on the 13th of May last, with
111 emigrants, comprising small farmers, labourers and their families, which
sailed from Limerick on the 2nd day of April last. The Maria was a well-found
craft of 250 tons burden, and received a complete repair in this port
immediately before her disastrous voyage, and such confidence had Mr. M'Donnell,
the owner, in the vessel, master, and crew that he did not insure a single pound
in her; but serious as is the individual loss he must of course sustain by the
unfortunate catastrophe it can weigh little in his mind compared with the awful
loss of human life, which no human foresight could avert. The master, Michael
Hedigan, an experienced and skilful navigator, formerly sailed the Hornet
schooner for some years between Limerick and London. The sudden crash of an
iceberg in the St. Lawrence Gulf, no vessel afloat could possible withstand. It
comes like an avalanche and the frequent prevalence of fog adds to the impending
danger. Two more vessels, it will be seen, were destroyed in a similar manner,
one before and the other immediately after the unfortunate Maria.

At midnight on the 13th of May, the 'Maria', Hedigan master, from Limerick,
manned by a crew of ten hands, with 111 passengers, when within fifty miles from
St. Pauls, ran into an iceberg with terrific force. The whole of her bow were
stove in, and the next moment the sea was rushing into the hold with the
violence almost of a cataract. A piercing shriek was heard from below, but it
was only a few moments' duration, as the ship went down almost immediately. It
was the mate's watch, who, with one seaman and a cabin boy, succeeded in saving
three lives by one of the boats which floated from the wreck as she foundered.
About twenty of the passengers managed to reach the deck just before she went
down, some of them jumped on to the ice, while others clung to the floating
spars. Nine only, however, could be preserved, six men, two women and a boy, who
had got on to the ice. Nothing was seen of the master or the rest of the crew;
they all perished with the remainder of the passengers. Exposed in the boat to
the most inclement weather, the helpless survivors remained the whole of the
following day. Eventually a barque, named the Roslyn Castle, and the Falcon, a
brig, approached, and took them on board. The poor creatures had suffered
severely from cold, and their condition was the most heartrending. Their names
are given as follows:- Michael Cusack, Eliza Cusack, Michael Cusack, jun.,
Joseph Lynch, Bridget O'Gorman, Thomas Connors, William Brew, John Hogan and
Patrick M'Tigue; the survivors of the crew are- William Collins (mate), John
Pickering (seaman) and Michael Tighe (cabin boy), making in all, out of the one
hundred and twenty-one souls on board, only twelve saved. In consequence of the
brig Falcon being short of water, those who were picked up by her were
transferred on board the Roslyn Castle, which proceeded direct to Quebec, and
arrived there.-- Limerick Chronicle.

Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath


source - BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, August 8, 1849

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EMIGRATION FROM PLYMOUTH.

On Wednesday last the William and Mary sailed for
Sydney with 162 female Irish orphans, accompanied by the proper matrons. - The
Navarino, 650 tons, the Nelson, 603 tons, the Success, 621 tons, and the
Himalaya, 447 tons, have arrived during the week to embark emigrants at this
port. They are chartered by the Colonial Emigration Commissioners.

Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath




Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, Sept 12, 1849

CHOLERA AT SEA- The ship "Sheridan," Captain Cornish, arrived at quarantine
from Liverpool. She lost thirty-one of her steerage passengers and seamen by
cholera. The following are their names: - Mr. Simmons, of New York, second
officers of the ship; J. Anderson, of Liverpool, carpenter of ditto; Wm. Ogden,
seaman, of Liverpool; Frank Conklin, ditto of Rouin, France; Walter Riely, of
Weatherfield, Connecticut; George Simmons, ditto, of Dantzig.- The steerage
passengers- John Grimes, of Sligo; Frank and Ellen Dalton, of ditto; W.
Hollyridge and Martha, his wife (who have left four children on board the ship,
without relatives or friends;) Mary, Catherine, Sarah and Charles Barnes, of
Craxton, England (all of the same family and mother on board;) John Mickleworth,
of Leeds, England; Sarah Pratt, of Oxford, Ireland; John and Edward Richards, of
Leeds, England; Catherine Doyle of Ireland; Michael Breen, of Tipperary; James
and Richard Smith of Ireland; Martha Farrell of Longford; Wm. and Dorothea
Oldman, of Cornwall, England; Sarah and Morris and Edward Lloyd, mother and two
children, of Kidderminster, England; John Shannon, of Roscommon, Ireland; Joseph
Kavanagh of Dublin, fell overboard and was drowned. Captain Cornish had a very
serious and trying time the first week out. The cholera broke out among the crew
on the 7th of August; for the first eight days there were eight to ten new
cases, and from three to five deaths daily for eight days in succession. Out of
twenty-two seamen, only four could be mustered in a watch. Eight cases and
thirty-one deaths occurred since the ship sailed. All that could be done for the
sick was done by Captain Cornish and his officers. Several were ill when she
reached Staten Island; they were taken to the hospital. The vessel has been
detained in quarantine.--New York Herald.


Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath



Source: Burlington Hawkeye
Burlington, Iowa
October 25, 1849

New York, Oct. 6, P.M.
Dreadful Shipwreck- Loss of One Hundred and Fifty Lives.- I learn from
Boston that the British brig St. John, from Galway, Ireland, for Boston, struck
against the Grampus Rocks on Sunday morning last, about 9 o'clock, and sunk
almost instantly, having broke in pieces. By this painful calamity it is
estimated that about one hundred and fifty passengers were saved by floating on
pieces of the wreck. Twenty-five of the dead bodies were washed ashore and
picked up on Monday morning. The captain thinks the loss of life is not so
great, but others saved believe it cannot be less than above stated.



Alton Telegraph and Democratic Review
Alton, Illinois
Oct 26, 1849

It is stated that the British brig St. John, from Galway, Ireland, and
bound to Boston, struck against the Grampus Rocks, on the morning of the 30th
ult. and sunk almost instantly, having gone to pieces. The captain, crew, and
ten of the passengers, saved themselves, with difficulty, on fragments of the
wreck; but the remainder, supposed to number about 100 souls, unhappily found a
watery grave.



BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, Oct 31, 1849

WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP
(From the Boston Evening Journal of Oct. 8)
A severe gale from N.E. commenced on Saturday evening and raged with great
fury during the whole of the night and throughout the day on Sunday. Sad,
indeed, is the devastation which the gale has wrought upon the coast, and our
worst fears are more than realized in the heart-rending accounts which we are
called upon to chronicle below-and yet we fear that all has not yet been told.
Below we give the particulars, so far as we have learned them.

The British brig St. John, Captain Oliver, from Galway, Ireland, anchored
inside Minot's ridge about six o'clock a.m. on Sunday, dragged her anchors and
struck on the Grampus rocks about nine a.m. The captain, officers and crew (with
the exception of the first mate) took to the boat, and landed safe at the
Glades. The passengers who were saved got on pieces of the wreck and landed near
Whitehead, north end of Cohasset harbour. The number of passengers on board was
164, out of which about 145 are supposed to have been lost. There were 14 cabin
passengers, mostly women and children. Another account states that the captain
took to the jolly boat which swamped and he swam to the long boat and was saved
with ten others. The second mate, two men, and two boys were lost. The remainder
of the crew were saved.

Captain Beals of the steamer, Mayflower, give us the following
particulars:- He understands that the brig struck on the rocks known as the Sea
Ledge, a little to the west of Minot's ledge, light about one mile from the
shore, and immediately went to pieces. There appear to be different statements
in elation to the number of passengers on board. The captain says there were
but 114 while the passengers who were saved say there were 150. Of those saved
and arrived at Cohasset, ten in number, seven were females and three males. Six
of them were provided with quarters at the house of Captain Abraham H. Tower,
and the other four at Mr. Lathrop's. Two of the women, it is thought, will not
survive, one being badly cut on the head by a piece of the wreck. The other
woman, it is said, has a husband residing in this city. She had three children
on board with her, all of whom were lost. Another gentleman from Cohasset,
informs us that the brig first went ashore about half-past six o'clock yesterday
morning, and shortly after her masts were cut away to ease her. The captain and
ten of the crew then took to the long boat and landed safely near the Glades.
Previous to this, however, one of the mates, with two of the crew and several of
the passengers attempted to leave the brig in the small boat, but she swamped
alongside and all were lost. The brig soon drifted on to the Grampus rocks, and
almost immediately went to pieces strewing the beach with fragments. The life
boat was manned, and every exertion made to save those floating in the surf, on
the wreck. Only ten, however, were saved as stated above. Between 20 and 25 of
the bodies of those lost had been recovered this morning when our informant left
the spot. Preparations were making by the coroner to have them decently
interred. As near as we can ascertain, among the many conflicting stories, there
were 21 saved in all-10 passengers and the captain and 10 of the crew who came
ashore in a long boat. The number lost is impossible to ascertain. According the
to the captain's story there were 120 on board including the crew. If this is
true, there were 99 lost. The passengers who were saved maintain, however, that
there were 150 passengers on board, which, if true, would swell the number to
143!

The captain and one of the mates, were are informed, arrived in this city
from Cohasset in the noon train to-day. The following statement is from Captain
Oliver himself:- "Saturday 5 p.m., passed Cape Cod with a light S.E. wind;
weather thick; hove to with head to the N.E.; at 4 p.m. wore ship and stood
south; at half-past 6 made Minot's ledge. Not having room to wear ship, ventured
to run where we saw a brig at anchor, inside of the light. The violence of the
gale and heavy sea caused us to drag our anchors, when we cut away the masts,
and held on for a shore time. The gale increased, she dragged again, struck and
thumped heavily for about one hour before she broke up. Previous to breaking up
the jolly boat was hanging by the tackles along side, when the stern ringbolt
broke, and the boat fell into the water. The captain, second mate, and two boys
jumped into her to clear her, when about 25 passengers jumped in and swamped
her. The passengers, together with the second mate and boys perished. The
captain caught a rope hanging over the quarter, and was drawn on board by the
first mate. The long boat was got clear soon after and a heavy sea coming on
board, cleared her from the vessel, when a number of passengers jumped over to
swim to her, but all perished. The captain, first mate (Mr. Cummerford), eight
of the crew, and two passengers swam to the boat, and reached the shore in
safety. The others, seven men and eight women, came ashore on part of the deck.
The total loss of life, 99; saved 21. Twenty-five bodies have been washed ashore
this morning."

The following are the names of the eleven passengers saved: Austin Kearn,
Catherine Flanagan, Betsey Higgins, Mary Keane, Michael Fitzpatrick, Michael
Gibbon, Barbara Kennelly, Mary Slattery, Michael Redding, Honora Cullen, Honora
Burke.

Up to four p.m. yesterday, 27 bodies had been recovered, 21 women and 3
men, 3 children. The bodies are to be buried to-day.


Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath



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