Brig Minstrel, 296 tons from Limerick April 21st 1841 to Quebec MELANCHOLY
SHIPWRECK. - ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT LIVES LOST. It again becomes our
duty to record a calamity involving destruction of human life to an awful
extent. Four of the crew and four of the passengers of the brig Minstrel,
Captain Outerbridge, arrived here yesterday, bringing the disastrous
intelligence of which the following is, we believe, an accurate summary: The
Minstrel left Limerick, Ireland, on the 21st April last, for Quebec with one
hundred and forty-one passengers: emigrants intending to settle in Canada.
The vessel had a tolerable passage up to Tuesday last, at four o\'clock in
the morning, when she struck on Red Island reef. There was a heavy sea
running at the time, but the boats were launched and made fast to the fore
chains. Upwards of one hundred passengers embarked in the boats, but their
doom was quickly sealed: the vessel \'heeled off\' into deep water and went
down stern foremost, so suddenly that the \'painters\' of the boats could
not be cast off and the people who had embarked in the boats perished with
their equally unfortunate companions on board the ship, except four of the
crew and four passengers, who alone of upwards of 150 souls remained to tell
the sad tale. These eight persons had embarked in the gig, which was towing
astern, and fortunately for them the rope which attached it to the vessel
broke when she went down. They succeeded in pulling to White Island, where
they remained until the following day when they were taken off by the ship
Wellington, of Belfast, Captain McIntyre, and brought to Grosse Isle.
Captain Outerbridge, of the unfortunate Minstrel, behaved most gallantly
during the awful scene, until he perished with the rest. He declared that he
would not leave the vessel until his passengers were saved, and he was the
last person seen by those who were in the gig. The following are the names
of the survivors: Crew: Patrick O\'Leghlin, steward. James Grady, seaman.
Thomas Enright, seaman. John Donohue, apprentice. Passengers: Denis
Flaherty, shoe maker and wife, Biddy. Honora Ringrose James Collins The
Minstrel was well known in the Quebec trade as a passenger ship from
Ireland. She belonged to Limerick, and registered 296 tons. Last year she
arrived at Quebec on the 23rd May from Limerick, with 163 passengers. The
passengers above mentioned as being saved, left the Wellington at Grosse
Isle, and came to Quebec in the brig Thetis, Captain Ross, from Limerick,
with 131 passengers. The above is copied from the Mercury of Saturday. We
were, this morning, kindly favoured by A.C. Buchanan, Esq. emigrant agent at
Quebec, with the following complete list of the passengers and crew of the
Minstrel: Issac Lydham, of the County of Limerick. James Stranghnessy,
Catherine Stranghnessy, N. Moriarty, Mary Moriarty, all of the County of
Clare. John Ryan, Michael Ryan, all of Newmarket. Martin Meagher, Winifred
Meagher, Denis Landrigan, Bridget Landrigan, John Landrigan, Mary Landrigan,
James Collins, (saved) Pat. Collins, Theady Collins, John Collins, Charles
Cokely, all of Newport. July Franklin, Pat Franklin, Wilmy Franklin,
Catherine Franklin, Timothy Cavanagh, Kate Cavanagh, C. Hickey, Bridget
Hickey, Mary Hickey, Catherine Hickey, Bridget Hickey, John Hickey, James
Hickey, Michael Farrell, Catherine Donovan, Pat O\'Brien, John and Margaret
Dillane, Mary and Denis Dillane, Infant John Dillane, all of the County of
Limerick. Wm. Pendergast, V. Pendergast, Mary Pendergast, Tom Pendergast,
Thos. Flaherty, Biddy Flaherty, (saved) Denis Flaherty, (saved) Mary Carney,
Michael Cullinein, Ellen Cullinein, Tom. Bridgman, Bridget McNamara, Thos
Kennedy, R. Kennedy, Thos. Amhill, Michael Casey, Cath. Casey, Margaret
Casey, Mary Dwyer, all of the county of Clare. J. Enright, Eilen Enright,
John Enright, Peter Enright, Bridget White, Dan Fooley, Ellen Fooley,
Bridget Bennett, Catherine Bennett, Jas. Kinnerk, Bridget Kinnerk, Pat.
Kinnerk, James Kinnerk, Daniel Hanley, Ellen Hanley, Bridget Hanley, John
Hanley, Ellen Hanley, Thos. Loughlan, Ed. Fitzgerald, Mary Fitzgerald, his
wife, Mary Fitzgerald, Pat. Fitzgerald, Peg. Fitzgerald, Pat Cannon, Jacob
Lynham, Jane Lynham, George Lynham, Mary Ann Lynham, Danl. Eliza Tim,
Johanna Tim, Con. Tim, Jeremiah and Catherine Mulvihill, all of Atkeaton.
Pat. Carney, Mary Carney, James Carney, Pat Carney, Bridget Carney, James
Carney, Ann Carney, Peggy Dwyer, Rhody Ringrose, Michael Ringrose, Honora
Ringrose, (saved) Will. Ryan James Carney, Bridget Carney, Peggy Carney,
Tom. Carney, Patty Carney, Mary Maddan, John Meara, John Rourke, Thady
Rourke, Judy Rourke, Issac Bethel, Catherine Bethel, all of Trook. Thomas
Cronin, Mary Cronin, Patt. Cronin, Mary Cronin, Judy Cronin, Ellen Cronin,
Timothy Cronin, all of Down. Margaret Hayes, Mary Hayes, Biddy Rierden,
Norvy Rierden, James Griffin, all of Ardagh. Julie Murnane of Newport. Patt.
Mangan, Biddy Mangan of Stoneman. Patt. Floyd of Doonas. Bridget Heffernan,
Michael Heffernan John Heffernan.
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