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  • LEFT PAGE 170 Stmr [Steamer] "John L. Stephens" Wooden Side Wheel. Bruilt in New York Ran for years to Panama --- Ship "Beecherdass Ambiadass" Wood Capt [captain] Williams. From Japan Went ashore near Barclay Sound Total loss. In ballast. An old Ship. East India built. Capt [captain] Williams. Very little gear Saved --- Bark "21st of May" Went ashore near Race Rocks. Wood ship. In ballas. Total loss. Wreck sold to Capt [captain] Warren but he did not save much of her. Named after Chilean Battle --- Bark "Tiger" Wooden. In ballast. Dragged and parted her chains in Royal Roads and went ashore on Lagoon Spit near the lighthouse. Total loss. Sold to Rithet and broken up. All her gear and stores also sold. --- RIGHT PAGE 171 Bark "Connaught" Went ashore same time as Bark Tiger. Filled with lumber. Sold by Clarke for $900. Taken to Nanaimo and left on the beach there to rot. --- Bark "Gettysburg" Went ashore same time as above. Sold by Clarke. Floated and repaired. Went over to Cape Town with a cargo of lumber and was condemmed and sold there --- Bark "Southern Chief Went on same time as above. Sold by Clarke. Floated and repaired and still running in 1889, in the Nanaimo Coal Trade. --- Stmr [steamer] "Wilson G. Hunt" Built in New York in 1852. Wooden Side Wheel. Ran to Sacramento for years. Got worn out while running to Nanaimo and lays rotting in Victoria Harbor. --- Stmr [steamer] "Lillooet" Wood Stern Wheel. Built in Victoria Ran up Frazer [Fraser] for years. Got used up and was broken up at Victoria and Machinery put into the Royal City ---
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