The Blervie Castle, a 600 tons steamship with 34 crew and 22 passengers aboard sailed from London bound for Adelaide in Australia. The pilot left her off Dover in the evening and soon after a gale struck the vessel and drove her up on the sands in the English Channel. The ship was completely destroyed and no survivors were found. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1859 (London: F. & J. Rivington, 1860), 195.
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Crime/Disasters