Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1901 — Last Survivor of a Famous Wreck. [ARTICLE]

Last Survivor of a Famous Wreck.

J. Johnson, who died recently In Liverpool, was the last survivor of the famous wreck of the Berkenhead, the troopship that went down In Simon's bay In February, 1852, when only 184 men out of 633 got to shore. The troop* stood drawn up under arras on deck till the shir sank.