Thousands see American emigrant ship founder off French coast

The American barque Lima had left Le Havre in western France two days before bound for New Orleans with seventy-five emigrant passengers and a crew of twenty-six.   The vessel was seen off Barfleur in difficulties in a storm.  A large crowd gathered on the shore and saw the Lima was driven up on the rocks known as Rocher de Quillboeuf and quickly smashed to pieces.  Only two men survived; all others were lost.  (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
 Chronicle, The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1860 (London: F. & J. Rivington, 1861), 19.
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Type
    Crime/Disasters
    How to Cite This Page: "Thousands see American emigrant ship founder off French coast," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/31239.