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PLYMOUTH AND STONEHOUSE JOURNAL Thursday June 28th,1855 |
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THE WRECK OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP "JOHN" |
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The owners of the late emigrant ship John, recently wrecked on the Manacles Rocks, on the Coast of Cornwall, accompanied by loss of life to a melancholy extent, and against the owners of which ship, the Board of Trade had instituted proceedings under the Merchant Shipping Act, for the recovery of damages for distribution among the relatives of those who were drowned - have made proposals to the Board of Trade for staying the proceedings, and the Board have come to an arrangement with the owners, in accordance with which, the latter have placed at the disposal of the Board of Trade a sum sufficient to meet all just claims within the terms and provisions of the Act. The owners consider that, after investigation into the circumstances of the wreck, which took place before the magistrates at Falmouth, that it would be inexpedient to incur the expense of an enquiry before the Sheriff of Cornwall and a special jury, which had been summonsed for the purpose. This arrangement renders the inquiry which had been fixed for the 18th inst. Unnecessary.
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PLYMOUTH AND STONEHOUSE JOURNAL Thursday July 14th,1855 |
| WRECK OF THE "JOHN." - An order on the County Treasurer, under the hand of the Rev. John Rogers, allowing the sum of £155 7s. 1d. to the overseers of the parish of St. Keverne, for the burial of one hundred and twenty three dead bodies washed on shore from the wreck between the 4th day of May and 14th day of June last, was presented at the Quarter Sessions, and subsequently passed. |
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