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set off as soon as the wreck was discovered by locals and rescued the three women. A fourth woman who survived the initial sinking refused to leave with rescuers because she could not find her child. Local
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Of the sixty-five passengers and crew, there were only four survivors: a "young lady passenger" named Morris, two female attendants and a seaman. A boat crew from
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Ten bodies were found, including that of the woman who refused to leave her child. The casualties were buried on the island of
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cask had found its way to the rock from the wreck. The seaman took a drink before emptying it to use as an overnight shelter.
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were unable to offer any further assistance because it was low tide and the pilot boats were aground. By 11 am,
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The figurehead from the ship was salvaged and is now on display at
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The only other survivor was the seaman who had made his way to
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early on the morning of 4 January 1841 on her way from
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Tresco Abbey Gardens
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
United Kingdom
Steamship
GRT
steamship
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly
Dublin
London
SS Thames is located in Isles of Scilly
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The Times
hail
snow
Longships Lighthouse
St Agnes
pilots
Rosevear
driftwood
porter
St Mary's
Tresco Abbey Gardens
Cornwall portal
List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly
Larn, Richard
ISBN
978-0-85025-406-8
"Valhalla – Thames (1841)"

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