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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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During
the
last
year,
however,
an
"unprecedentedly
large
number
of
shipwrecks"[169]
are
on
record,
no
less
than
five
valuable
packets
having
been
totally
lost.
In
the
early
part
of
the
year,
the
Karnak,
belonging
to
Messrs.
Cunard
and
Co.,
was
wrecked
in
entering
Nassau
harbour.
Shortly
after,
the
Lima
struck
on
a
reef
off
Lagarto
Island,
in
the
South
Pacific
Ocean,
and
went
down.
The
only
loss
of
life
occurred
in
the
case
of
the
Cleopatra,
the
third
packet
which
was
lost.
This
last-named
vessel,
belonging
to
the
African
Steam-ship
Company,
the
contractors
for
the
Cape
service,
was
wrecked
on
Shebar
reef,
near
Sierra
Leone,
when
an
officer
and
four
Kroomen
were
washed
from
a
raft
and
drowned
in
endeavouring
to
reach
the
shore.
Towards
the
close
of
1862,
the
Avon,
belonging
to
the
contractors
for
the
West
Indian
service,
was
wrecked
at
her
moorings
in
the
harbour
of
Colon,
New
Granada;
and,
lastly,
the
Colombo
(conveying
the
Australian
mails
from
Sydney)
shared
the
same
fate
on
Minicoy
Island,
400
miles
from
Ceylon.
The
greatest
loss
of
correspondence
was
caused
by
the
failure
of
the
last-mentioned
packet,
though,
from
the
care
of
the
Post-Office
authorities,
and
the
prompt
arrangements
of
the
contractors,
the
loss
was
not
nearly
so
great
as
it
might
otherwise
have
been
if
the
proper
appliances
had
not
been
ready
to
hand.
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