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The Many Storms of the Annie Jane (1853)


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London Magnet from the 17th of October, 1853: 

The Wreck of the Annie Jane “According to the account of one class of the survivors, she was there run ashore to escape the reef of rocks which formed the opposite entrance to the bay; and, according to the opinion of others, she was forced in by the fury of the gale. Certain it is, that within 20 minutes after clearing the reef, and between 12 and 1 o’clock in the morning of the 29th ult., the ship took the ground with a fearful concussion.”

Ship Name: Annie Jane

Year Built: 1853

Nationality: United Kingdom 

Ship Type: Three Masted Wooden Sailing Vessel 

Tonnage: 1294

Year Wrecked: 1853

Reason for Wreck: Storm 

Location Wrecked: Isle of Barra 

Lives Lost: Possibly as Many as 400.

Sources: 

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/emigrant/annieJ.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=i9AcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PP50&dq=annie+jane+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimrMKuqrCCAxUJk4kEHRH2D7kQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=annie%20jane%20shipwreck&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=BX1CAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA429&dq=annie+jane+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimrMKuqrCCAxUJk4kEHRH2D7kQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=annie%20jane%20shipwreck&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=g_-xXiHKawwC&pg=PA212&dq=annie+jane+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8iZ7Hq7CCAxX1lIkEHTl1DtU4FBDoAXoECA0QAg#v=onepage&q=annie%20jane%20shipwreck&f=false

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-express-oct-18-1853-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-standard-oct-25-1853-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-magnet-oct-17-1853-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-express-oct-08-1853-p-1/

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-observer-oct-09-1853-p-14/

https://newspaperarchive.com/lancaster-daily-intelligencer-nov-08-1853-p-3/




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