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The Loss of the Ship Lady Sherbrooke Sailing from the Port of Derry to Quebec 1831: A List of Saved Passengers, Emigrants from Counties Donegal, Tyrone & Londonderry
Extracted from the Londonderry Sentinel September 3, 1831
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com
This file of THE LOSS OF THE LADY SHERBROOKE SAILING FROM THE PORT OF DERRY TO QUEBEC, 1831 forms part of the vast archive of 4,000+ pages of genealogical records relating to COUNTIESTYRONE, DONEGAL, LONDONDERRY & FERMANAGH provided without charge or subscription by CoTyroneIreland Welcome to the Premier Website & Research Tool for Cos. Tyrone, Donegal, Londonderry & Fermanagh Genealogy (cotyroneireland.com) A complete list of records pertaining to EMIGRATION & SHIPS’ PASSENGER LISTSon this website can be found at the foot of this file.
Mouse Island, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
MOST DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.
Never have we had so heart-rending a duty to perform as that which a paragraph which we shall subjoin, from the Liverpool Guardian, now devolves upon us: -
It is to announce what will plunge many families throughout the country into the most poignant sorrow, namely, the loss of the ship Lady Sherbrooke, which sailed from this port with passengers early in June last, and which, it will be seen, was totally wrecked on the 19th July, in the River St. Lawrence, when lamentable to relate, only 32 persons were saves of a total of 273 who were on board……………
“The ship Lady Sherbrooke, H. Gambles, master, from Londonderry to Quebec, with passengers, was totally wrecked, on the 19th July, on the entrance of the gulph (sic) of St. Lawrence, having struck in a fog, at midnight, on Mouse island, near Point Blanche [likely refers to Rose Blanche, a historic community on the southwest coast of Newfoundland known for its unique lighthouse and scenic coastal scenery]. By this dreadful calamity not less than TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE lives have been lost! – The number of passengers embarked on board this ill-fated vessel amounted to 257, crew 16, total 273, of whom only 32 were saved. :-
PASSENGERS SAVED:
Mr. James Kerr
John Kerr
John Brown
Robert Fleeming
Richard Moore
Hugh Coyle
John McKiver
Robert Cochrane
Henry Fleming
Denis Brune
Thomas Vance
Peter McGevin
John Mortimer
Patrick Tower
John McLoghlin
James Keerin
Robert Brodley
George Aljo
Thomas Jamieson
John Laird
Owen Darley
FEMALES:
Margaret McGill
Mrs Stewart
Jane Aljo
Isabella Noys
Catherine Kerr
Mrs Casey
CREW SAVED:
Henry Gambles, master
Richard Codner, mate
John Mulley, seamen
Thomas Cross,seamen
Henrick Docke, seamen
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