Nov 10th 1854
Wreck of the FORERUNNER, American mail steamer
Advices have been recieved at Lloyds containing intelligence of the wreck of the FORERUNNER, screw steamer, off Sorento Point, with the loss of 14 lives.
Northern Times
Nov 16th 1854
Saved and lost of passengers and crew at the wreck of the steam-packet ship FORERUNNER
Forwarded by the British Consul at Madeira
List of officers and crew of the contract :-
SAVED
James STEWART, Chief Engineer
Robert STOBARD, 2nd engineer
Humphrey BRAMMAH, 3rd engineer
Firemen, Barvey CAMPBELL, Frank CAMPBELL, John CARTER
Alfred RAY, 2nd steward
John EDWARDS, Forecabin steward
Albert PERSICK, Cabin servant
Thomas DAVIS, 1st cook
William HARDING, 2nd cook
Robert ELLIS, 3rd cook
Seamen, Henry GILBERT, Antonia SILVESTER, William WALKER, George EDWARDS, James EVANS, Andrew CLARKE, John NEIL, Charles BLEWITT, William HOOK
LOST
James MORE, Chief officer, GRINSTEAD, 2nd officer, Charles HILL, Boatswain, William SMITH, Boatswain’s mate, James A. KEELER, 1st steward, Samuel WEBB, Cabin boy, James GEORGE, Fireman, Thomas EDWARDS, Fireman, James PHILLIPS, Carpenter, William HILL, seaman, James PASSMORE, seaman
Passengers
SAVED
A. C. KENNEDY Esq Governor of Sierra Leone, N. B. BEDINGFIELD, Lieut, R.N, late of HMS PLUTO, John EVANS, Clerk of the works Sierra Leone, C. J. VINALL, Schoolmaster, Cape Coast Castle, Kate ENGLISH [child], daughter of Mrs ENGLISH, widow of the late Capt ENGLISH of the 3rd West India Regt, Robert MITCHELL, late engineer of the Government steamer DOVER, Thomas GREGORY, Master mariner, invalid, Joseph BURNETT, Master mariner of condemned ship, MC CROSKY, merchant of Lagos, Thomas CARNISHE, Austrian seaman
LOST
Mrs ENGLISH widow of the late Capt ENGLISH, 3rd W. I. Regt, Lieut CHILD, Gold Coast Corps, Mr VIRTU, Merchant, Sierra Leone.
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