Emery County Progress | 1906-03-31 | Page 4 | Awful Record of Loss

AWFUL RECORD OF LOSS lives lost and ships wrecked oft off new england coast in five months boston eighty five lives were lost and fifty loir to ir ships were wrecked along the coast crast of new england and the mai that time provinces during the past winter while the season up to the present month was comparatively mild on shore at sea it was one of extreme severity particularly in waters off the provinces of the ves sels sets wrecked thirty seven were sail ing craft nine steamships and eight barges complete the list ships flying the british flag lead those of other nations with a loss 0 of twenty seven craft against fifteen of 0 american register there Is also a sprinkling of norwegian german and swedish vessels the worst disaster was the foundering of the steamer british king off sable island on march 11 when it Is estimated that at least eighteen and possibly twenty six lost their lives the correct figures probably will never be known as sev eral era men enrolled as members of the crew are said to have deserted before the ship sailed