Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1910 — Drownings in British Isles. [ARTICLE]

Drownings in British Isles.

A return issued recently as a parliamentary paper, shops the lives lost by wreck, drowning, or other accidents at sea, and In rivers and harbors in Brit.seargoing merchant ships during the years 1891 to 1908 Inclusive. The total number of passengers, masters, and seamen who lost their lives in 1908 was 1,139, the number of casualties at sea being 722 and in rivers and harbors 417. With the exception of the years 1906 and 1904, this total is the lowest recorded during the past 18 years, the most fatal year being 1894, when the total loss of life was 3071, viz., 1,874 masters and seamen and 1,197 passengers. The number of masters and seamen who lost their lives was 1,047, viz., 633 at sea and 414 in rivers and harbors. The number of passengers drowned was only 92. This number included 83 passengers lost from the SS. Sardinia of Liverpool. Lives lost in yachts and fishing vessels are not included In the return.