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The ship was almost instantly in flames Some jumped overboard immediately, and all was in indescribable confusion. The masts began to fall one after another, and it is supposed killed great numbers by their descent. Others, it is feared, were roasted alive, but the majority were drowned. (Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette, 25 August 1848)The Ocean Monarch was only a few hours out of Liverpool on 24 August 1848 when a cabin passenger shouted Fire! and all hell broke loose. Bound for Boston with almost 400 people on board, the emigrant ship was soon ablaze with little chance of putting the flames out. People watched helplessly from their cottages along the Welsh coast as some ships ignored the travellers plight while others raced to their aid. On the 170th anniversary of the disaster Gill Hoffs reveals the full story of this forgotten wreck, including tales of French royalty, an American artist, and a courageous stewardess who gave her life to save her fellow travellers. Discover what happened to the passengers and crew, including:James K. Fellows, a kindly American jeweller trying to get home to his familyJotham Bragdon, the first mate who fled the wreck then returned to shore a heroMary Walter and her mysterious family, escaping danger in London only to find greater peril lay at seaFollow the murder trial of a crew of rescuers and find out the real fate of their victim and whether the mysterious Irish toddler Kate found her family again.
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With an expert eye for detail, Hoffs resurrects the dead in The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch to retell a ghostly tale that will haunt you long after youve stopped reading it.
Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of The Butchering Art
Using the widest range of contemporary accounts, Gill Hoffs has movingly reconstructed the distressing events of this grimmest of shipwrecks, investigated the causes, and followed the lives of those left scarred both literally and metaphorically by their unimaginable ordeal. But more than that, by carefully researching the circumstances that led so many poor and destitute people to risk an uncertain voyage in the hope of a better life, she has given the story an inescapable modern resonance. An engrossing and inspirational book: perfect holiday reading for anyone embarking on a cruise this summer.
Jean Hood, author of Come Hell and High Water
A thorough and fascinating retelling of the awful events of 1848, where, often fleeing famine and poverty, thousands of ordinary British men, women and children packed themselves onto ships and immigrated to the United States. Though many ships were not suitable for the journey, and several were poorly handled, the Ocean Monarch was a well manned modern ship. Then why did it never arrive at its destination? In retelling this tragic tale, Gill Hoffs recalls the frequent horrors of ocean travel in the nineteenth century, and shows that even the most ordinary ventures could end in tragedy. Weaving in the stories of many who travelled on this fateful journey, and utilising many contemporary sources, The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch uncovers the human story of one of many nineteenth century maritime disasters.
Dr Steven Gray, University of Portsmouth, author of Steam Power and Sea Power
When the Ocean Monarch departed from Liverpool the morning of August 24, 1848, Captain Murdock anticipated a safe voyage to Boston, the ships home port. Gill Hoffs adroitly engages the reader with backstories of many passengers and crew.
Using eyewitness testimony from survivors and those onboard rescue ships, Hoffs tells a suspense-filled story that builds as the fire spreads and engulfs the ship. She meticulously follows passengers as they seek escape from the burning vessel. Their struggles to survive are compelling, hopeful, and heartbreaking.
In addition to rescue efforts, Hoffs explores several lines of inquiry as to the cause of the fire. Extensive back matter includes newspaper accounts of the recovery of remains and lists of the names of passenger and crewa treasure trove for historians and genealogists.
This riveting tale vividly brings to life a long-forgotten disaster. Its one that easily rivals stories told about the Titanic .
Sally M. Walker, author of Sinking the Sultana
Reviews for The Lost Story of the William & Mary
I loved the salty air of Gill Hoffs book. A terrific, rollicking adventure that will stay long in the memory.
Simon Garfield, author of Timekeepers , editor of A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt
Gill Hoffs has woven a story that is absorbing, well researched, and reads like a good adventure novel, only its true. If you like reading tales of the sea, I can highly recommend this book!
Deborah Patterson, Museum Curator, Wyannie Malone Historical Museum , Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas
The story is a pure sensory smorgasbord of life and death aboard an emigrant ship, complete with a cowardly, treacherous captain and crew, who leave the emigrants to die on a sinking ship.
Dr Cathryn Pearce, author of Cornish Wrecking, 17001860
This is a masterfully written micro-history which uncovers an obscure, forgotten story of betrayal at sea, told in a fast-paced narrative that also illuminates the harsh realities of transatlantic migration in the Victorian era.
Dr William Kerrigan, Cole Distinguished professor of American History at Muskingum University
Reviews for The Sinking of RMS Tayleur
a gripping new book, The Sinking Of RMS Tayleur by Gill Hoffs, vividly tells the story of the Tayleur s demise and reveals a compelling theory behind what caused this supposedly perfect ship to sink.
Daily Mail
Book of the Month A well-written and thoroughly researched account of this lesser-known tragedy.
Sea Breezes Magazine
A fascinating, well researched account of this memorable shipwreck Highly recommended.
Richard Larn OBE, author of Lloyds Shipwreck Index of Ireland and Great Britain
a rare and unusual find heartbreaking and humbling.
Joe Jackson, author of Atlantic Fever
The Lost Story of the Ocean MonarchFor the people who talk to cats in gardens and dogs on walks, those who rescue worms from puddles and snails from pavements, and Mrs Prime and her elderly poodles, for consistently thinking I was marvellous
(when I really, really wasnt).
(when I really, really wasnt).
The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch :
Fire, Family & Fidelity
Gill Hoffs
First published in Great Britain in 2018 by
Pen & Sword History
An imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Yorkshire - Philadelphia
Copyright Gill Hoffs, 2018
ISBN 978 1 52673 439 6
eISBN 978 1 526734 40 2
Mobi ISBN 978 1 526734 41 9
The right of Gill Hoffs to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is
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Contents
Of all situations in which human beings can be placed in this world, the most appalling is, we think, that of being on board a crowded ship on fire at sea. There, instead of either of the two elements which are usually regarded as the natural opposites of each other, affording the means of escape, both enter into awful combination to effect the destruction of every being and every thing exposed to their influence. So it has proved in the case of the Ocean Monarch, a splendid vessel, whose name might have been given her in bitter mockery
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