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Shipwrecks, Stagecoach Crashes & Maritime Mystery – 1848

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Bell’s Weekly Messenger – Saturday 15 January 1848 ACCIDENTS. Melancholy Loss of Life.—On Tuesday, a barge, the property of Mr. Moore, belonging to the port of Rochester, was seen to go down in a gale of wind, a short distance from the Nore Light. She was heavily laden with stone. The crew on board at […]

HMS Shannon Discovers Burnt Ship off Ushant – No Survivors Found – 1810

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Sun (London) – Tuesday 02 January 1810 NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Arrived his Majesty’s ship Shannon, of 36 guns, Capt. Broke, from Basque Roads; on the night of the 27th inst. a ship was discovered at some distance to be on fire, then about 8 leagues to the westward of Ushant; the Shannon immediately stood […]