Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)
1872 - WRECK OF THE ROBERT LOWE

CONFIRMATION OF THE SAD RUMOR — EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.

TORONTO, Nov. 23 — The following particulars have been received regarding the Anglo-American cable steamer Robert Lowe from the surviving officers: After connecting Lamanche and Placentiatown by cable, the steamer left the latter port at 4 P. M., on the 19th, bound for St. Johns. At 4 A. M., on the 20th the weather thick and the wind h igh, the ship struck heavily near St. Shotts, and in a very few minutes filled and settled down so fast that it was impossible to get the life-boats afloat. Three other boats, containing twenty-three people, succeeded in getting clear of the wreck, and remained by it till daylight. Capt. Tidmarsh was on the bridge at the time of the disaster, perfectly cool, and took in the whole situation at a glance. He ordered the boats to be cleared away, and proved by sticking to his vessel to the last.

Five minutes after striking the sloop's poop was underwater. Mr. McKenden, of the Heart's Content staff, and Day, the second steward, were drowned in the cabin. The rest were swept off the decks by heavy seas, which, in a few hours, reduced the ship to atoms. On Friday, five bodies were picked up and buried...

New York Times
New York, New York
November 24, 1872

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