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THE
WRECK
OF THE
“ROYAL CHARTER.”
COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES, WITH
SOME ORIGINAL MATTER.
BY
FRANK FOWLER,
LATE OF HER MAJESTY’S CIVIL SERVICE, NEW SOUTH WALES.
AUTHOR OF “SOUTHERN LIGHTS AND SHADOWS,” “DOTTINGS OF A LOUNGER,” ETC.
LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND CO., 47 LUDGATE HILL.
1859.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| NOTE INTRODUCTORY | [3] |
| THE WRECK OF THE “ROYAL CHARTER” | [5] |
| THE PRESS ON THE CATASTROPHE | [43] |
| ADDENDA | [58] |
| LIST OF STEERAGE PASSENGERS | [58] |
| DR. SCORESBY ON THE ‘ROYAL CHARTER’ | [59] |
| THE REV. CHARLES VERE HODGE | [64] |
| THE ADJOURNED INQUEST | [65] |
| THE VERDICT | [78] |
| LATEST DETAILS FROM MOLFRA | [78] |
| POSTSCRIPT | [80] |