News of the Loss of the Ship Salem
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| Document ID | 9806405 |
| Date | 18-11-1861 |
| Document Type | Newspapers (Shipping News) |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Citation | News of the Loss of the Ship Salem; PRONI D 2015/5/6; CMSIED 9806405 |
| Link | 22353 |
18.11.1861 Salem. Arrival at Belfast of the Captain mate and seven seamen who had been rescued by the Mischief when she was waterlogged and sinking. They had been landed at New York, by the Mischief bound from Londonderry to New York. The arrival of these men at Belfast was the first news of her loss. 21/11/61 Gives the Captain's account of her loss.