WRECK OF A WARSHIP: LOSS OF 170 LIVES: STATEMENT BY LORD G. HAMILTON: MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN: An official telegram from Corunna announces that the British cruiser Serpent has been wrecked off Cape Bucy, near the village of Camarinas, on the North-west coast of Spain. The telegram adds that there were 276 (176?) persons on board, of whom only three were saved, while the bodies of three ladies have been washed ashore. The Governor has instructed the authorities at Camarinas to render every assistance. The three sailors who were saved from the Serpent swam ashore at Camarinas, which is a small port seventy kilometres south of Corunna. They express their belief that the rest of the crew were drowned; but, according to the latest information, only four bodies have been washed ashore. There is no telegraph Station at Camarinas. The Serpent was on her way to the West Coast Africa. … (casualties included) … Frederick C. Pinsent, able seaman …
[see similar: Leeds Mercury: 14th November 1890]
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GRO0328 Bovey Tracey: Frederick Christopher Pinsent: 1867 – 1890