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...steamer Cimbria, which left Hamburg for Havre and New York on the 16th inst., came into collision with the British steamer Sultan twelve miles southwest of Borkum, and sunk in fifteen minutes. Between three and four hundred lives were lost...
...Inman steamer City of Brussels has been sunk off Liverpool, and ten persons on board were drowned...
...steamer Cedar Grove, from England for Halifax, sunk off Canso, N. S., Wednesday night in the midst of a heavy gale, after striking a rock. A boat's load from the ship are missing...
...annual dues of members are payable. A sudden prejudice against the society formed at that time might cause the membership to decline so seriously as to prevent the formation of new contracts by the directors, and so lead to a collapse. The very fact that no capital would be sunk by the society's failure, may some day lead to lukewarmness in its support which will prove its ruin. At present, however, its success is very noteworthy, and a continuance of it will doubtless lead to the establishment of other societies formed on the same simple and harmless basis...
Ship Western Belle left Greenock on the 11th of April, commanded by Captain Frew. On the 1st of May she ran into an iceberg at night, smashing in her bows, and in 20 minutes afterward sunk. The captain and 13 of the crew lost their lives. May 2 six survivors were picked up, nearly frozen to death, and have been landed at Quebec...