Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1899 — 1,100 British Seamen Lost Annually [ARTICLE]

1,100 British Seamen Lost Annually

About 1,100 British seamen lose their lives by drowning every year—an average of three per day. The number is a decreasing one, for, prior to 1887, the average was five per day.