Messers WALMSLEY and Co Liverpool owners of the ship HARTFIELD which is feared lost off the Vancouver Coast with all hands on a voyage from Valparaiso to Tacoma supplied a crew list of those on board when it left Valparaiso on Aug 26th 1907
Capt Arthur SANDISON of Liverpool
Chief Officer Thomas WILLIAMS of Llangefni North Wales
2nd Officer Martin F. BUST [shipped at Sidney]
Shipped at London
Thomas SHINE, Carpenter
August HANSON, Sailmaker
Charles SCOTT of Canning Town, Cook
W. H. HILL, Steward
C.R. REDIN, A. WIGGER, Joseph LEE, Seamen
Shipped at Valparaiso all Seamen
George MILGER
James DONOHOE
Thomas DEVINE
Charles RENDALL
Richard JONES
C.ELLSWORTH
H.HAMILTON
Frank COSSACK
John H. WATE
John ADAMS
Charles OLIVER
Apprentices, Jules JAMPERS of Brussels and Arthur TULLOCK of Hull
Wreckage has been found with the name HARFIELD of Liverpool on the west coast of Vancouver
LIVERPOOL MERCURY
UPDATE ON THE HARTFIELD
Sat March 14th 1908
LIVERPOOL SHIP POSTED AS MISSING
There was posted at Lloyds on Wednesday as missing the Liverpool ship HARTFIELD which is feared was wrecked off the West Vancouver coast about Jan 16th last [1907] during a heavy gale all crew of 27 are lost. She was on a voyage from Valparaiso for Tacoma in ballast and was one of the finest sailing ships belonging to Liverpool.
She began her voyage at London signing on her crew. During her stay at Sidney. N.S.W, and Valparaiso a large number of her crew either discharged or deserted and their places filled by substitutes
Crew when she left Valparasio
Capt Arthur SANDISON, aged 49, Mossley Ave, Liverpool.
Chief Officer Thomas WILLIAMS, aged 41, Indus House, Mona Nr Llangefri
2ND Officer Martin H. BUST, aged 23, The Green Nettleham Lincs, [shipped at Sidney]
Carpenter Thomas SHINE, aged 22, London
Sailmaker August HANSON, aged 56, London
Cook Charles SCOTT aged 53, London
Steward W. H. HILL aged 58, Gillingham
AB, C. R. REDIN aged 51, Cambridge
SHIPPED AT VALPARASIO
AB’s A. WIGGER, George MILGER, James DONOHOE, Thomas DEVINE, Charles RENDELL, Richard JONES, C. ELLESWORTH, H. HAMILTON, Frank COSSACK, John H. YATE, John ADAMS, and OS Charles OLIVER
OS Joseph Alexander LEE, aged 18, 14 Dalmatia Rd, Southend, Essex shipped at London
Apprentice Jules JAMBERS, aged 19, 13 Place De Bronkere, Brussels
Apprentice Arthur TULLOCK, aged 18, 4 Pitt St, Albert Ave, Hull
The HARTFIELD was an iron ship of 1,857 tons and 1,815 net register built in 1884 by Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co Ltd and owned by Messers J. B. WALMSLEY and Co, 18 Chapel St Liverpool
It may be remembered that pieces of wreckage which included cabin furniture and a life belt with the name HARTFIELD on were picked up off the Vancouver coast 2months ago and it was stated a ship resembling her had been seen near a headland on Vancouver Island battling with the storm in which she is reported to have disappeared
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