[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 27 June 1854]:
HOLYHEAD, 26th June. A Schooner, laden with salt, is said to be sunk
this day, off Cemlyn, about 16 miles from this place, crew saved.
[outward bound, Dispatch of Yarmouth]
LIVERPOOL. 26th June. ...
The DESPATCH, Magub, for Rotterdam, sank yesterday off the Skerries,
after being in contact with the MARY CARSON, hence to Quebec; crew saved.
The PAUL, (schr.) of Exeter, from Barrow to Newport, is ashore
Burbo; one man drowned.
The MAY (flat) sank off Rhyl, last night;
one man saved, and three drowned.
The CENTURION, Coombs, from New York,
has arrived, with loss of mainmast, having been in contact with the
GENERAL PARK HILL, in the River, last night.
June, 27. The
SOPHIA, (schr.) salt laden, went ashore last night on the Main Bank,
came off in a sinking state, and has been towed on the Main, near
Crosby Point; crew saved.
BoT wreck return has: St Paul [sic], schooner, of Exeter, stranded Great Burbo, 27 June, 1 life
lost, SW 6. A probable candidate is Paul, registered Exeter 22/1853, 46 tons, previously Bideford
2/1851, and marked as lost.
also May, of Runcorn, flat, wrecked 26 June, wind SW 8, 3
out of 4 aboard lost, off Rhyl.
[from Carlisle Journal - Friday 30 June 1854]:
Violent Gale at Liverpool, Disasters to Shipping and Loss of Life.
Liverpool, Tuesday. Yesterday
evening [26 June 1854] there was a severe gale in this district. It was very violent on the
Mersey, and all along the coast for a distance of several miles, and
it extended also to the Welsh coast. The weather had been very
unsettled during the day, there having been frequent showers, accompanied
with stiff breezes. Towards evening, the wind increased in violence,
and about 8 o'clock a very severe gale began to blow from the
south-west, and continued until considerably after midnight. Although
no particular damage was done to any of the vessels at present in port, it was
predicted that much injury would be sustained by vessels outside tbe
port and in the channel, as it was evidently a blowing complete hurricane.
This prediction has, unfortunately, been realized, in the course of the
day, information has been received of several disasters which have taken
place, and have been attended with loss of life in some cases.
About
three o'clock this morning, the schooner Paul, of Exeter, bound from
Barrow to Newport, and laden with iron ore, ran ashore on what is known as
the Great Burbo Bank, nearly opposite Waterloo, about four miles from
Liverpool. One of the crew was drowned; it was fortunate that the
steam-tug Liver was cruising at the time. The Liver went to the
vessel's assistance, and succeeded in taking off the captain and the
remainder of the crew. It is feared that the vessel will be a complete
wreck.
During the gale, the flat Mary [sic, May in some reports], which was bound from this port
to Bangor, encountered the force of the storm off Rhyl, and sank. The
crew consisted of four men, only one of whom was saved.
The ship Centurion,
from New York, arrived here this forenoon, in a very disabled state.
She had been in contact during the evening with a large ship called the
General Parkhill.
The fine ship Alexander Baring, from Calcutta, which
arrived here a few days ago, was also in contact in the river with a
brig during the height of the gale, and lost her main and mizen masts,
as well as her bulwarks, and nearly all her tackle. The brig also lost
her jibboon and bulwarks.
The schooner Sophia, laden with salt, and
bound to Lowestoft, went ashore during the night on Taylor's bank,
near Formby. She was got off this morning in a sinking state, and was towed
ashore on the main near Crosby point [at no per chart 9].
The crew were saved.
The gale
abated early this morning, but during the day it has been rather
boisterous, and there are present symptoms of another storm.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Tuesday 04 July 1854]:
FRIDAY, June 30. - Wind WNW, light. [on Thursday night]: A Schooner was driven on shore near No.
per chart 48, with a waft[sic] at the main, but has since been got off, having been assisted by a
life boat. A flat was aground near No. per chart 48; a flat [sloop in another report] sunk near No.
per chart 63 [or 60]; and at flat sunk on East Hoyle sands, near No. per chart 73, during the
night.