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Source - The Cork Examiner, 11 January 1860 -

ACCIDENTS

About four o'clock on Monday, two men engaged in loading a ship called the Betsey, were carrying a hand-barrow from the vessel to the quay, when the plank on which they were walking turned, and they both fell into the water. One of them, Thomas Barrett, was quite insensible when he was got out, and it was found necessary to remove him to the North Infirmary.

John Prin, a sailor belonging to the German brig Constantia, was engaged in rigging of the vessel this morning, when he lost his hold and fell overboard. When taken out of the water, he was quite insensible, and was removed to the North Infirmary.

On Saturday, a man named Callaghan, while under the effects of drink, went to hand a woman and child out of one of the river steamers, at Merchant's-quay, when he fell from the quay into a boat lying near it, and broke his leg. He was removed to the North Infirmary, where he was promptly attended to.
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MUSKETS FOR GARIBALDI.--A French paper published in London, called the Presse de Londres, denies that the firearms which arrived in Queenstown per the barque E. B. Truitt, were a contribution towards the armament of Garibaldi. It states that they were merely a speculation for sale in the ordinary way, sent from America to Europe, owing to the great demand for rifles which recent events made probable.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 30 January 1860 -

THE DERELICT BRIG IN DINGLE

The "Gudrun," which was found deserted, on Wednesday, outside the harbour of Dingle is supposed to be a Danish vessel. According to the date marked on her hull, she was built in 1856. She is a very handsome model, and quite staunch, being iron-built and iron-bottomed. Her cargo is free from any damage whatsoever. There were found on board her three pigs and a dog. The former are of a very common species, and are as wild as goats; but the dog is quite friendly, allowing any person to touch him. The pigs have been removed to the town, as they were injuring the corn on board.--Correspondent.

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THE AMERICAN MAILS

The outward mail arrived here on yesterday from Dublin, by the Great Southern and Western Line, at about a quarter to four. It consisted of 19 bags. Eight passengers came also down in the express train. The Royal Alice, river steamer, which was waiting at the quay, having received them on board, steamed off to Queenstown, where she placed them in the Canada, one of the Cunard steamers, which then sailed for Boston. The Canada had arrived in the harbour at about four o'clock.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 4 January 1861 -

FATAL SHIPWRECK NEAR HOOK TOWER

We deeply regret to have to announce an extensively fatal shipwreck in the vicinity of the mouth of this harbour, on Saturday night, that of the United States ship, Golden Star, William Henry Staple, master, on the shore of the county Wexford, between Bagenbun Head and Hook Tower. Early on Saturday afternoon the vessel was caught by a south-easterly gale, about the Saltees. Unable to pursue her voyage up channel, the storm preventing her from weathering the Saltees and other outlying rocks, she had to stand in towards the shore, and soon afterwards to let go anchors. They were not sufficent at all to keep her in position until the masts were cut away. The vessel then held to the anchors for some time, but about ten o'clock she drove ashore on rocks below Bagenbun Head.

In half an hour she broke up, and eighteen persons were drowned, viz.:--the master and his wife, the stewardess, the second mate, the carpenter, the cook, ten seamen, and two boys. The first mate, Charles Peabody, and seven sailors were saved. The ship, of about 1,200 tons burthen, was from Mobile, bound for Liverpool, laden with cotton, a large portion of which is likely to be recovered.
She struck at Carnevon Point, the southern headland of Petit's Bay, a cove about three miles above Hook Tower. The cliffs under which the vessel struck are quite precipitous, and at least 100 feet above the level of the sea; it is miraculous how any of the crew were saved, as the vessel broke up very rapidly. The coast for several miles from Hook Tower is strewed with cotton and the timber of the wreck.

A large number of persons collected on Monday in the neighbourhood and they could discern the bodies floating in the water, but were unable to rescue them. The captain and his wife were seen floating, locked together, and it would seem as if this ill-fated couple remained on deck to the last, and that the captain fastened his wife to him in the hope that he would save her, but both, alas ! have perished.--Waterford Mail
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 18 January 1861 -

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--CORK HARBOUR.
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January 16, 1861.
ARRIVED--Heart, Cowley, Kinsale, oats ; Maria Martha,
Larne, New Ross, flags ; colliers John Munrow, Wilhelmina ;
Catherine and Mary, Williams, general cargo, for Lisbon,
windbound ; Euphrasia, Rees, Charleston. cotton, for
Liverpool, windbound ; Flora and Shelburne, steamers.
Returned from sea--Die Exadelfi, Advance, Sally,
Alberta, Mantura, Chir.
SAILED--Rothsay Castle, for Calcutta ; Dodo, Falcon, and
Albatross steamers.
January 17, 1861
ARRIVED--Collier Charles ; Albion, Helaby, Savannah,
timber, for Bangor, windbound ; Albion [sic], Scarrow,
Demerara, timber, for Workington, windbound ; Irene,
Paolina, put back, windbound ; Bittern s.s. ; Etna s.s.,
Liverpool, for New York, embarked passengers and mails and
proceeded.
SAILED--Preussischer Adler s.s, ; Alice, s.s., for Newport.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--Walker, from Dublin, in ballast.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 20 February 1861 -

AMERICA.


QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY EVENING--The s.s. Etna, from New York, on the 9th, arrived this afternoon. She brings the United States mails, 24 cabin, 84 second class, and 82 steerage passengers. Having landed the mails, together with 2 cabin and 24 steerage passengers, she proceeded immediately for Liverpool--All well. The Vigo had arrived out.

BOSTON, FEB. 7TH.--The schooner Josiah, from New York for Portsmouth, cargo flour, is ashore at Cape Cod. She will go to pieces if the weather does not moderate. Crew saved.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 10 May 1861 -

THE Edinburgh s.s., which sailed for New York yesterday took out about 400 passengers from this port and Liverpool. About 100 persons who had booked themselves to sail in the vessel from Cork, did not go in consequence of the hostilities in America. A Queen's messenger, Captain Johnson, went out in the vessel, bearing important despatches from the home government to the British ambassador in the United States. The Edinburgh took out over £84,000 in specie.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 3 October 1861 -
QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS.
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At three o'clock, yesterday evening, before Mr. Tarrant and Captain Martin, Richard Wake, a sailor on board the Great Eastern, brought a charge against the commander, Captain Walker, of ill treatment. Mr. P. Barry appeared for Wake, and Mr. H. H. O'Bryen for the defendant. The particulars of the case were that, on Monday, Wake asked the chief mate for liberty to go on shore to see a magistrate, and he was refused it. The following day he repeated his request, and was then put in irons from eleven o'clock in the day until seven o'clock on Tuesday, and subsequently threatened to be put in irons again if he did not go about his business. He did not ask the Captain the liberty he required, because it was an understanding amongst the crew that the Captain could only be communicated with through the officers. For the defence the chief mate, John M'Allister, stated that the complainant could, if he had chosen, have addressed the Captain. The magistrates considering the charge against Captain Walker was not maintained, dismissed it. Afterwards the complainant swore informations against John M'Alister, chief mate, and Robert Hayes, boatswain, of the Great Eastern, for having, without justifiable cause, placed him in irons. The case will be heard on Monday next.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner Oct. 7, 1861 -
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

YESTERDAY, when the outward bound steamer Arabia had just come to her moorings in Cork Harbour, one of the stokers, a man named Peter Scully, a native of Cork, incautiously approached too near the machinary, while it was still in motion, for the purpose of oiling it, and being caught in it, he was drawn further in, and in an instant the lever struck him on the head, jammed it against another portion of the works, and crushed it fearfully. The works were stopped as quickly as possible and the unfortunate man was drawn out. He was immediately attended to by the surgeon of the ship, and was subsequently carried on shore to the hospital at Queenstown, but his injuries are of such a nature that his recovery is deemed hopeless.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER
SIR,--As the good and true people of Cork, as also those of the provinces, are naturally anxious to know when the remains of that brave, fearless, and faithful Irishman, Terence B. MacManus, shall have arrived in our city, I beg to inform them through your columns, that I received papers and letters from New York yesterday and this day, stating that his remains were to be put on board the City of New York, one of the Inman line of steamers, on Friday last, and on the following day (Saturday, the 5th instant) she was to have sailed. This steamer being a first-class, powerful and fast ship, will be likely to arrive at the Cove of Cork on Wednesday, the 16th, or Thursday, the 17th. On the vessel's arrival his remains will be taken to the Catholic Church of Cove ; on the following day, a requiem solemn High Mass will be celebrated by the truly good an patriotic Bishop of Cloyne, Doctor Keane, and his faithful priests. After the ceremony the body will be conveyed to Cork, where it will remain until Sunday, when the funeral procession through the principal streets of the city will take place. When this brave and generous man resided in Liverpool, no Irishman in distress, or as the phrase has it, hard up, ever applied to him in vain ; his warm and generous heart could not refuse what his strong right hand appeared so willing to give. He knew no distinction of creed or class. On the same principle, I trust, his countrymen of all sects and political opioons will assemble on Sunday, the 20th of October, to do honour to his remains. In a few days our committee will publish a programme of the funeral arrangements, procession, &c. &c.
I am, your obedient servant,
EDWARD O'SULLIVAN.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner Oct. 9, 1861 -

SHIPWRECK.

BEREHAVEN. OCT. 7, 5. P.M.--The brigantine Emily of Cork, 151 tons, Beare. master. from Cork to Mirimichi, in ballast, went ashore this morning at the mainland side of the eastern entrance of Berehaven harbour, and will become a total wreck. Mr. O'Sullivan, of Millcove, Lloyd's agent, has taken charge and has been engaged with the captain from an early hour this morning in saving sails, spars, chains, &c, &c. The vessel's hulk is broken. She sailed from Cork on the 20th August last, has been seven weeks at sea and experienced terrific gales-- Correspondent.

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SHIPWRECK.--The packet ship Henry Clay, which left Liverpool on Thursday last for New York, ran ashore on Islay on Friday following, at nine o'clock, p.m., and became a total wreck. Passengers and crew saved. Twenty-three of the officers and crew arrived at Glasgow on Wednesday, and were forwarded to Liverpool by the United States Consul. The captain and passengers still remain at the wreck. The ship had a cargo of coals and merchandise and two or three hundred bales of cotton. The cotton is expected to be saved, and sails, rigging, and provisions. Balance of cargo and ship expected to be a total loss.--North British Daily Mail.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner Oct. 10, 1861 -

ACCIDENTS.--Yesterday evening a number of emigrants were going on board the steam tender Arran Castle, which had come up from Queenstown to convey them down, preparatory to their embarking on board the City of Baltimore for New York, when a man named Thomas M'Elligot, from Tralee, who was crossing the gangway with a feather bed on his back, was tripped up, and fell; the result of the accident was a severe fracture of the thigh, which necessitated his removal to the North Infirmary. The poor man had his wife and children with him ; but they are to proceed on their way in the City of Baltimore, and he will follow them as soon as he recovers.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 4 December 1861 -

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.--The Pacific and Oriental
Company's ship Indus, with the heavy portion of above
mails, has arrived here.
She brings 69 passengers, £5,819 in specie, and 365
bales of raw silk, valued at £30,000.
The Indus sailed from Alexandria on the 19th, Malta
23rd, and Gibraltar 28th.

THE BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, 4TH DEC.--The Royal Mail Steamer
Magdalena, with the above mails, has arrived here. She
brings 38 passengers, £14,580 in specie, and 3,060
packages of cargo.
There is no news of importance from Buenos Ayres.
The town of Parana had been abandoned, and was
quiet. Drequi remained at Santa Feb., and had refused
to resign. The province of Luckman is in a state of
complete anarchy.

SHIPPING DISASTER.
ON Friday, the s.s. Helena, Captain Smith, laden with
Indian Corn, while on her voyage from Liverpool to
Newry, shifted her cargo when off St. John's Point, and
became quite unmanageable in consequence of the
severity of the weather. Signals of distress were at once
hoisted, and on being perceived by Capt. Crawford,
master of the s.s. Tuskar, of and from Glasgow for Cork,
the latter towed the Helena safely into Belfast Lough the
same night.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 5 December 1861 -


SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--CORK HARBOUR.
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December 4, 1861.
ARRIVED--Norma, Tircich, Ibrail, maize--Elinor,
Bowden, Bombay, cotton, for Liverpool, windbound.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph)
ARRIVED--Noemi, from Ibrail.
Off Port--William Miles, from Musquash.
SAILED--Nil.
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VALENTIA SHIPPING.
Put in--The William and Charles, Dyse master,
Cardiff, to Limerick ; main boom and bulwarks swept
away in a storm.
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BELFAST SHIPPING.
The Orion is completely under water. The vessell will
be a total wreck. Divers will see what can be done
to-day, weather permitting.

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Eight of the crew of the American ship Pleiades have
been placed in the hands of the police at Cardiff, charged
with the murder of the mate and another person during
the voyage.


THE INMAN LINE.
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THE steamship City of Washington leaves to-day for
New York with upwards of sixty passengers from our
port, and also the mails. The passengers were chiefly
cabin, and, with but one or two exceptions, all
Americans returning homeward in haste on account of
the threatened hostilities. Some, also, are officers of the
British army who have been on leave of absence in this
country, and are now ordered back to their regiments in
Canada.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 9 December 1861 -


LOSS OF THE CORSAIR, SCREW-STEAMSHIP.--News reached
Galway this morning of the loss of the screw-steamship
Corsair, trading between Liverpool, Belfast, and Galway.
On her voyage from Liverpool to this port she was driven
ashore in the severe storm of Saturday evening last, in
Sheephaven, on the coast of Donegal. The men were all
saved, and a good part of the cargo, but we regret to say a
large number of our merchants are heavy losers by this
melancholy event, as their new stocks of Christmas fruit,
&c., were on board. As she was laden for this port and
Westport, the loss will fall with very great severity on them
at the present moment. The Corsair was only chartered by
the West of Ireland Company, and we believe this voyage
was about the last she was to make under charter, as the
company's own boats were about ready to resume the
voyage.--Saunders.


CRUELTY ABOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP IN
CORK HARBOUR.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER.
SIR,--I arrived at Queenstown yesterday (Sunday), by
the quarter to one Railway boat, and as I stepped ashore
my attention was directed to an American barque, the Annie
Bucknam, lying in Cork Harbour. On the royal or topmast
yards were two men, exposed to as fearful squalls as we
have had for the last twelve months. They had been
exposed in this way from early dawn. Some said from 6
o'clock, a.m. There was a good deal of excitement on
shore. A mate of a vessel lying near said he could not eat his
breakfast thinking of them. I asked what the police and
magistrates were about, and was informed "the police were
looking for the magistrates." One of the poor men managed
to take off his blue shirt, and place it on the left of the
foreyard, to intimate that he appealed to the Admiral of the
port, and required a man-of-war boat. Such an appeal,
when the signal of the of the blue shirt is hoisted, is never
made in vain ; but the signal was not seen ; so I rowed to
her Majesty's guardship, the Hawke, and asked to see the
officer in command. Quick as thought he called for the glass,
and saw the signal. "I shall send a boat, sir," was the reply,
"though I don't know what we are to do with these
Yankees." I heard the piping for the boat's crew before I
left the side of the ship, which soon after pulled for the
Annie Bucknam ; but they were anticipated by another boat,
which I conclude had a magistrate aboard, for we saw the
poor fellows descending half frozen to death, before the
man-of-war boat reached them.
An American captain about two years ago, ran down a
vessel outside our harbour, and left every soul to perish,
although he had the means of saving them. This scoundrel
escaped punishment, as the affair was outside the
jurisdiction of our magistrates. But here is a piece of ruthless
cruelty, perpetrated within our harbour, and before our
eyes. What would these men have suffered if on the high
seas? Perhaps death, by exposure.
C. B. GIBSON, Chaplain, Spike Island.
Monkstown, Cork, Dec. 9, 1861.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 12 December 1861 -

HORRIBLE DOUBLE MURDER
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From information received by the American consul at
Cardiff, the superintendent of Police, with an efficient
staff of constables, repaired to the West Bute Dock at
an early hour on Tuesday morning, to await the arrival
of an American ship, Playedes, on which a horrible
murder had been reported. Thousands were present to
await the arrival of the ship, and the police had no easy
task to accomplish to keep the people at bay. At about
ten o'clock the long-looked-for came at last, and eight
foreigners, (Italians, Americans, Germans, and
Austrians) who comprised the crew, were immediately
arrested on the charge. Their names were Peter Storey,
Peter Murrier, Irach Jocynine, Martin Sando, Perfeto
Salas, Joseph Mansel, John Mansel and Peter Sanga.
From the captain of the ship the following particulars
were afforded:--It appears that for some considerable
time the crew had manifested very bitter feelings against
the mate of the ship for his repeated hard conduct
towards the men, and accordingly it had at length been
decided in counsel to murder him on a favourable
opportunity presenting itself. The 12th of last month
proved the fatal day not only for him, but for another
poor fellow, who is supposed to have been an unwilling
accomplice. The mate (whose name we have, as yet,
been unable to ascertain), sent, as usual, at an early
hour in the morning, to call up the men from their
sleeping apartments, when he was immediately attacked
with staves, knives, and other dangerous weapons. The
captain, hearing the noise, rushed on deck and fired on
the men, and then, by persuasion and force combined,
succeeded in rescuing the victim, but the injuries were
of too severe a character to give the rescuer any faith in
entertaining the slightest hopes of his recovery. His
body presented a frightful mangled appearance, and the
wounds caused him the greatest agony. He lingered, by
the aid of stimulants, not many hours, after which he
was, according to the custom, thrown overboard. The
other poor fellow, whose name also we have not learnt,
was the interpreter, and was despatched into the ocean
with little or no ceremony, at least so it is supposed by
the captain, for he missed him without seeing any
struggle, or hearing any disturbance. The villains,
however, were not content to stop in the execution of
their deadly work after causing the death of two, but
they afterwards attacked the second mate, upon whom,
fortunately they considered to exercise a little mercy,
and he was subject to no further molestation, after
having received severe wounds on his left arm. The
captain appears to have enjoyed the general confidence
of the crew, and was not hurt. The prisoners are at
present in Cardiff jail, awaiting the arrangements of the
American consul to transfer them to the American
police authorities for the administration of the laws of
that country. The greatest excitement is manifested in
the case at Cardiff, and the vicinity of the police station
has been crowded throughout the day by persons
anxious to glean every particular.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 19 December 1861 -

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 18TH.--The P. and O. Company's
steamer Peri, with the heavy portion of the India, China,
and Australian mails arrived off the Needles at 10.25 a.m.


THE INMAN LINE
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THE screw steamer Etna, Captain Kennedy, arrived in
Queenstown this morning, having left Liverpool at one
o'clock yesterday. She leaves to-day for New York with
fifty passengers, a full cargo, and the mails, which arrived
from Cork at 3 o'clock, immediately after which the Etna
steamed away.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 24 December 1861 -

MUTINY AT SEA.--The following is a report of the
voyage of the ship Thomas Fielden, of Liverpool,
O'Donohue, master :--"Left Queenstown, October
4th, at three p.m., bound for St. John, N.B. Nothing
particular occurred other than strong gales and bad
weather, until October 12, in lat. 50 0, long 25 30
west, at half-past one p.m. After close reefing the
topsails, the crew came aft and said they could not
proceed any further to the westward, as in
consequence of the ship rolling heavily they were
afraid to go aloft. I endeavoured to appease them,
but without effect. I let the ship lie three days under
close-reefed topsails, keeping the crew on bread and
water. On the third day, finding the ship making bad
weather, I had to keep away ; wind westerly. I called
the crew and asked them to square away, which they
did ; at the same time I was determined to seek
assistance from the first ship I chanced to meet. On
the 16th October (nautical time), lat. 51.40, lon.
18.21 west, saw a ship ahead, standing to the
westward ; stood on and neared her. When I wanted
to tack, crew refused to haul yards, and took to the
forecastle ; hove all aback and up ensign, when the
ship bore down upon us and proved to be the
American ship Star of the West, of and for New
York, Captain Morrison. Hailed him and told him
what was the matter, and, the day being fine, asked
him to come on board, which he did, and proposed
to my crew to take them and give me his, which they
(my crew) declined. I then asked him for four of his
crew, so that I could proceed to the westward, to
which he consented ; and his second officer, Mr.
Harrison (a determined man) being with him and
finding my ship with a good suit of sails bent, and
seeing the imposition, said, "If my captain will consent
I will make a fifth man to help you," to which Capt.
Morrison generously consented, and sent his four
men on board when we proceeded on our voyage
and arrived at this port to-day. In conclusion, I return
my most sincere thanks to Captain Morrison, for his
manly and generous conduct. Had I not been so
fortunate as to meet with him on the voyage, there is
no doubt I should have had to put back to
Queenstown, which would have been a serious loss
to my owners. My thanks are also due to Mr.
Harrison, his second officer, and the four gallant
fellows of his crew who volunteered their services,
and were mainly instrumental in bringing my ship
safely to this port--JOHN O'DONOHUE, master, ship
Thomas Fielden, St. John, N.B., Nov. 25, 1861."

THE INMAN LINE.
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THE City of Manchester, which left New York on the
14th inst., and was due at Queenstown three or four
days past, arrived at half-past five this morning. She
brought a heavy mail, 55 cabin, and 210 steerage
passengers. her voyage was prolonged by strong
easterly winds, which prevailed for the past three
days ; she also experienced heavy seas,
accompanied on many occasions by snow and thick
fogs. The Manchester ran short of coals owing to her
lengthened voyage, and on her arrival she steamed up
to the wharf of the local agent, (Captain Seymour)
where upwards of one hundred tons were placed on
board.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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THE barque H. M. Grattan while at the harbour's
mouth yesterday was run into by the Russian barque
Superin. She sustained, however, only the loss of the
figurehead and some trifling gear.
The chartered steamer Persia, of the Cunard line,
with troops on board for Canada, was signalled by
the City of Manchester on the 19th inst. The same
vessel also passed the Jura steamer and City of
Washington, and the American steamer Australia, all
bound West, on the 14th, 19th and 22nd inst.
respectively.

ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
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LAST evening a young lad named James Connell, on
leaving the Railway steamer in Queenstown, at 5
o'clock, was accidentally met on the gangway by
another party going on board, and precipitated into
the water. For more than ten minutes he remained
unseen in his perilous position, but was ultimately
rescued by a man standing on the pier, who gallantly
jumped in and safely brought the boy ashore.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
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INSTRUCTIONS have been received at the offices of the
Citizen's River Steamers' Company to have a sufficient
number of their boats ready, at the shortest possible notice,
to convey about fifty officers, eleven hundred men, with five
horses, a large quantity of baggage, stores, &c., from Cork
to Queenstown, for embarkation. The order states that the
boats will be required, probably, about the 26th or 27th
instant.
To-day, 130 officers and men of the 15th brigade, Royal
Artillery, embarked upon the steamer Sabrina bound to
Bristol, whither they proceed en route to Woolwich, there
to join the head-quarters of the brigade previous, it is said,
to their departure for Canada. The troops were taken from
the several forts about the harbour, and were consigned
from Queenstown by the Citizens' River Steamer's
Company's vessel "Citizen" to Cork, where they embarked
on board the Sabrina.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 28 December 1861 -

COLLISION IN THE MERSEY.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.--The Crimean, s.s., for
Alexandria, came into collision at six last evening, in
the river, with the Standard steamer for Dublin. The
funnel of the latter was knocked overboard. She was
so much injured that she sunk near Waterloo Pier,
while in tow by the Lioness steam-tug, and remains
with her head to the Northward.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern




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