| April |
8 |
|
Earliest date for boarding
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| |
12 |
07:15 |
Set sail for Quebec
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|
|
19:00 |
Drop the pilot
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| |
13 |
|
Heavy sea, many passengers seasick
|
| |
14 |
|
Passengers lose sight of Norway
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| |
18 |
|
Sight islands near Scotland; sail into the open Atlantic
|
| |
21 |
|
High waves
|
| |
25 |
|
Sight an English ship
|
| |
26 |
|
Sail into a storm, ship rocked badly
|
| |
28 |
pm |
Ship overtaken by a storm blowing out of the west
|
| |
29 |
01:00 |
Captain turns away from the wind, towards Norway
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| |
|
10:00 |
Wave breaks over stern and smashes helm
|
| |
|
12:00 |
Waves wash kitchen and pilothouse overboard
|
| |
|
21:00 |
Sails blow out even though ship is under minimal canvas
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| |
|
22:00 |
Foremast and main topmast break, all sail blown out
|
| |
30 |
04:00 |
Wind begins to subside
|
| May |
4 |
|
Reach islands off the coast of Ireland
|
| |
5 |
|
Contact made with 4 Irish men in a rowboat
|
| |
6 |
|
Anchored in the Shannon estuary [Scattery Roads]
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| |
|
|
Taken in tow by 2 steamboats
|
| |
7 |
|
Dock at Limerick [at the New Dock]
|
| |
10 |
|
Attend church in Limerick w/some interference
|
| |
|
|
Railroad excursion inland
|
| |
11 |
|
Repairs started on the ship in earnest
|
| |
12 |
|
LC prints lengthy account of ship and passengers
|
| |
|
|
LC story suggests ways to prevent begging
|
| |
|
|
Limerick man tries to hand out tracts on the ship
|
| |
14 |
|
Edvart Andreasen buried from St. Munchin's
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| |
15 |
|
Andrea Andersdatter buried from St. Munchin's
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| |
|
|
Concerned person writes Swedish consul re. passengers
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| |
|
|
Replacement foremast is received from Cork
|
| |
16 |
|
LC reports burial services were disrupted repeatedly
|
| |
|
|
LC runs story about providing for indigent emigrants
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| |
|
|
Limerick mayor telegraphs from London--#1
|
| |
|
|
Limerick mayor telegraphs from London--#2
|
| |
|
|
Norwegian ship Rubens of Drøback leaves Limerick
|
| |
|
|
Swedish Consul Ryan reassures concerned persons
|
| |
|
am |
Third child is reported dead [report in error?]
|
| |
|
pm |
Admiral Kerr arrives in Limerick to inspect ship
|
| |
17 |
23:45 |
Young man falls into harbor and escapes drowning
|
| |
19 |
pm |
Passengers and crew are entertained at Orphan Hall
|
| |
23 |
|
Passengers again are housed on board the ship
|
| |
25 |
|
New foremast is stepped and rigged
|
| |
26 |
|
Plans announced for the Mount Shannon excursion
|
| |
28 |
|
Fund for needy passengers is announced
|
| |
29 |
|
Mount Shannon excursion
|
| |
|
|
Unnamed child buried between May 29 and June 7
|
| June |
9 |
08:00 |
Leaves New Dock and is towed downriver to Foynes
|
| |
18 |
pm |
Ready to sail but spar broken while raising sails
|
| |
19 |
08:00 |
Leave Foynes for the open sea and Quebec
|
| |
25 |
|
Small ship (Preusen) from Mexico sighted
|
| |
29 |
|
Little girl from Valdres dies
|
| |
|
|
Storm which lasts until 6pm
|
| |
30 |
|
Child of a woman from Christiania dies
|
| |
|
16:00 |
Funeral for the Valdres girl, who died on the 29th
|
| July |
1 |
|
Funeral for the Christiania child, who died on the 30th
|
| |
|
|
Sailboat sighted; probably from America
|
| |
3 |
|
5 sailboats sighted
|
| |
5 |
|
6 sailboats and a steamboat sighted
|
| |
7 |
|
5 icebergs sighted
|
| |
8 |
|
2 icebergs sighted
|
| |
9 |
|
Reach the Newfoundland Banks
|
| |
11 |
|
14-16 sailing or fishing boats sighted
|
| |
27 |
|
Arrives at Grosse Isle, Quebec (quarantine station)
|
| September |
13 |
|
Rentz and his party reach Decorah, Iowa |
