Sea Casualties
A very elaborate series of tables has been issued relating to wrecks and casualties to British ships engaged in the mercantile service, and the lives lost thereby. In the three years ending 1877 there were 198,290 men engaged at sea, and the total drowaed and killed (exclusive of masters) numbered 8,273 ; in the three years ending 1880 there were 194,035 seamen engaged, and 7,580 lives were lost; the returns for 1881-2 are given, but not for 1883. The death rate of men in the merchant service is one in 48 ; in the Royal Navy one in 93 ; by accidents in mines, one in 428 ; by railway accidents, one iii 625 ; and amongst males ashore, one in 50.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 152, 9 June 1885, Page 3
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119Sea Casualties Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 152, 9 June 1885, Page 3
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