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Marmora - a general history

Official No. 58753: Code Letters HLRK.

Owners: 1868 John Punshon Denton & Co, Hartlepool: 1872 William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool: 1874 Fritz Herskind & Co, Hartlepool

Masters: 1868-69 Robinson: 1869-73 F Murrel: 1874-75 Staniland: 1876-81 G Veale: 1881-85 Charles Tornquist.

Miscellaneous: she sailed from Cardiff on 5 December 1868 bound for Bangor, USA with a cargo of railway iron.  Up to the 14 December the crew encountered the worst storm they could remember. Their lifeboats were floated by the high seas, the bridge & deckhouse were carried away & there was other severe damage. Somehow they managed to escape the storm & came to anchor at Tarbert Roads. Four of the crew were seriously injured. John Dunn had a skull & leg fractures, Araman Farancais, a native of Martinique, had a skull fracture & a broken thigh. They were sent to Barrington Hospital & the others were cared for in private lodging houses.

 

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