Liverpool Journal, 7th Jan 1882
Information received at Lloyds states the British ship PARISIAN, 1,384 tons, is given up as lost with all hands, 35 in number, she left from the Bay of San Francisco on the 19th, ? last for Liverpool and was due here in October last. She has never been seen since she sailed. She had on board a cargo of wheat and flour.
Liverpool Journal 14th January 1882,
The schooner ELIZABETH belonging to Tobermory was wrecked on the rocks at Arisaig on Thurs, her crew of 3 men drowned.
Lloyd’s telegram from Calmar reports the new mail steamer MALMOCHUS sank on Tues in deep water in Calmar Sound while sailing on her trial from Oscarshamn, 15 crew and passengers drowned.
Board of trade inquiry yesterday.
Concerning the foundering of the steamship CALLIOPE concluded at Cardiff.
CALLIOPE, 1,062 tons reg, left Odessa on 4th Oct last with grain for Bremerhaven, on 22nd Oct she foundered near Portugal, 21 hands and 6 passengers being lost. The only survivor, a seaman, being afloat on top of a chart-house for 4 days before being picked up. – vessel was over-laden, loss due to shifting of cargo there being no shifting boards to keep the grain in place.
The brigantine KEZIA HARRISON, was driven ashore at Helensburg on Saturday and became a total wreck, all crew saved
Information received at Dundee on Monday, the steamer LOCH AWE, with coals from Burntisland, foundered during a gale on Friday, crew saved and landed at Dundee.
The mail steamer DUART CASTLE which arrived in Table Bay on the 17th ult, reports experiencing terrible weather during the passage from England, the Capt never left the bridge for four days and nights after leaving Dartmouth. Serious damage was done on board through the heavy seas. The men were washed helplessly around the deck and for some time the Chief officer was missing, he was eventually found amongst the wreckage fatally injured. When picked up his last words were, “Go at it again men.” Mr WALLACE was a well known and respected officer of the fleet, and had a large number of friends in South Africa. The carpenter also badly injured was landed at Madeira, but little hope was entertained of his recovery.
The British steamer OXENHOLME from Liverpool arrived at New Orleans with cargo on fire. The cargo not bad coming out, no salvage claimed.
A telegram at Dundee from Newfoundland reports the total loss of the sealer LION of Greenock, with all hands, while on a voyage from Greenock to St John’s. She arrived home in the autumn to receive new machinery. She was on the outward voyage when overtaken by a storm off the Newfoundland coast. The crew believed to be 20 men.
Liverpool Journal 21st January 1882
Shipping snippets
Casualties
ABBOTSFORD of Leith which grounded 2 miles off Burntisland was got off by tugs undamaged and proceeded to Dunkirk.
BALTZAIR Von PLATEN, Swedish steamer, struck on rocks 30 miles off Vofsen and had rudder carried away.
COBDEN of Middlesborough grounded on Halsboro Sands has been assisted off by boatsmen and tugs after jettisoning 300 tons of cargo, she made no water. Now in Great Yarmouth will proceed when the fog clears, agreement made for the services rendered to tugs and boatmen.
EMILIE from Gothenberg to Natal spoken of on 20th Nov, lat 7 N, long 24 W, dismasted.
E. A. BIRD of and from Belfast for Ayr, collided with the brig SHAMROCK, from Ayr for Drogheda, vessels received damage on the bows.
ERWOOD from Christiania at Gravesend reports being in a collision with a three-masted schooner on 11th inst.
GERMAN EMPIRE of West Hartlepool grounded off Finkenwaeder, floated yesterday but is detained in dense fog.
LISBONENSE from Liverpool grounded during the night on the 25th ult while proceeding up the Amazon, assisted off on the 26th after discharging part of the cargo onto lighters. In getting off she sank one of the barges
MISTLEY HALL from Calcutta while docking in the Du? Was ordered into the stream again due to insufficient water, she grounded on a hard bank, but after was got off and docked.
NAPIER from Portland Or for Queenstown [wheat] in Valparasio damaged in severe gale.
VANDYCK from Liverpool for New York put into B? head after collision with the barque CONC?
WALEDMAR from Calais for Newport and the steamer THOMAS WILSON from Cardiff for Alexandria in a collision near the Longslips, both damaged, former put into Falmouth, latter into Plymouth.
Judgement was given at St George’s Hall in the Board of Trade inquiry on the stranding of the British steamer HENRY SCHOLFIELD near St Bees Head on the 24th Ult.
By Mr RAFFLES, Capt BEAZLEY and MURDOCH, Nautical assessors.
Court considered that when the master got cross bearings off the Skerries and South Stack lights, he steered too easterly a course and did not make due and proper allowance for the tide. He was to some extent misled by the LAURA ETHEL, stranded on the coast a few hours previously, by which he took to be trawler lights – master to blame.
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