A Circumstantial Narrative of the Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steampacket: On Her Passage from Liverpool to Beaumaris, August 17, 1831 ...Hamilton, Adams, and Company, 1834 - 322 strán (strany) |
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Strana 3
... pieces with the fingers , such is its state of rottenness ! -Fifthly , she was , it is asserted , inadequately manned , and entrusted to a Commander who was too inveterately obstinate , as well as grossly deficient in professional skill ...
... pieces with the fingers , such is its state of rottenness ! -Fifthly , she was , it is asserted , inadequately manned , and entrusted to a Commander who was too inveterately obstinate , as well as grossly deficient in professional skill ...
Strana 40
... pieces or founder . Doubtless many , who did not survive to tell the melancholy story , saw also the imminence of the danger , for the utmost degree of excitement generally pre- vailed ; but in this respect Mr. Tarrey was again an ...
... pieces or founder . Doubtless many , who did not survive to tell the melancholy story , saw also the imminence of the danger , for the utmost degree of excitement generally pre- vailed ; but in this respect Mr. Tarrey was again an ...
Strana 48
... pieces , and of course extinguishing the light . I can- not bring my mind to any other conclusion than that this was purposely done , although he immediately lamented that the only chance of making a signal was now destroyed : for what ...
... pieces , and of course extinguishing the light . I can- not bring my mind to any other conclusion than that this was purposely done , although he immediately lamented that the only chance of making a signal was now destroyed : for what ...
Strana 50
... pieces . The effect was soon apparent . The stays of the There * This appears to establish the fact , that the flood tide was more advanced at this period than Lieutenant Morrison supposes , in the extract I have given from his work in ...
... pieces . The effect was soon apparent . The stays of the There * This appears to establish the fact , that the flood tide was more advanced at this period than Lieutenant Morrison supposes , in the extract I have given from his work in ...
Strana 68
... pieces asunder , and immediately I found myself afloat . I first caught hold of the extremity of the mast , my feet resting on what I sup- posed to be an iron stanchion , accidentally attached to it . Pressing close against me were ...
... pieces asunder , and immediately I found myself afloat . I first caught hold of the extremity of the mast , my feet resting on what I sup- posed to be an iron stanchion , accidentally attached to it . Pressing close against me were ...
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A Circumstantial Narrative of the Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steampacket ... Joseph Adshead Úplné zobrazenie - 1834 |
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afterwards alarm amongst appeared arrived August awful Bangor Beaumaris Beaumaris Bay board the Rothsay boat body Bury cabin captain Charles Faulkner circumstances consequence Coxhead crew danger dear death deck distress dreadful endeavour exertion fatal fear female floating Forster friends gentleman George Hammond grave hand head heard Henry Hammond hold horror hour husband ingulphed interred James Marsden John Duckworth Jones ladies Lawrence Duckworth lee shore leeward length Liverpool Lord lost Manchester Marsden mast melancholy Menai Menai Strait Miss Whittaker morning narrative never Nuttall o'clock observed occasion Ormshead Owen packet paddle-box passengers Payne Penmaenmawr Penmon perished persons pieces pilot plank poop prayer Puffin Island raft remains Robert Whittaker rope Rothsay Castle Rudland sands saved scene seemed shore side situation soon struggle sufferers survivors Tarrey thought tide Tinne vessel struck voyage Walmsley washed waves whilst wife William Wilson wind wreck
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