Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

SHIPPING DISASTER.

London, April 15. There has been a terrible steamboat collision off Boston, on the coast of Lincolnshire, between the steamers Libra and Staincliff. The former sank, and the latter is much damaged,

The Grimsby trawl smack Charles H. Spurgeon has been towed into Grimsby a complete wreck, with the dead body of the cook on board, and having lost the second hand at sea. The vessel shipped a heavy sea, which carried overboard tho second hand, Allen Snell, aged 30, married. A rope was thrown him, and he grasped it, when another terrific sea overwhelmed the vessel, and the crew rushed below. When they returned they found Snell had lost his hold of the rope, and was drowned. The vessel was now dismasted and a complete wreck, with the cabin full of water. The crew were in a most deplorable condition, and the same evening the cook, James Harrison (18), a native of Leicester, died from cold and exposure. He had received terrible injuries during the gale. The crew were so exhausted that they could not move the body, and the wreck drifted about with the poor boy’s corpse stretched on the deck and the half-dead crew crouched around. At last they were sighted by the Grimbsy smack John and Ann, which went to their assistance, and sent two men on board, who put the body below. The wreck was taken in tow and brought into Grimbsy.

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GSCCG18890418.2.10

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 288, 18 April 1889, Page 2

Word count
Tapeke kupu
239

SHIPPING DISASTER. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 288, 18 April 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING DISASTER. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 288, 18 April 1889, Page 2

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert