The Many Storms of the Annie Jane (1853)

London Magnet from the 17th of October, 1853:  The Wreck of the Annie Jane “According to the account of one class of the survivors, she was there run ashore to escape the reef of rocks which formed the opposite entrance to the bay; and, according to the opinion of others, she was forced in by the fury of the gale. Certain it is, that within 20 minutes after clearing the reef, and between 12 and 1 o’clock in the morning of the 29th ult., the ship took the ground with a fearful concussion.” Ship Name: Annie Jane Year Built: 1853 Nationality: United Kingdom  Ship Type: Three Masted Wooden Sailing Vessel  Tonnage: 1294 Year Wrecked: 1853 Reason for Wreck: Storm  Location Wrecked: Isle of Barra  Lives Lost: Possibly as Many as 400. Sources:  https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/emigrant/annieJ.html https://books.google.com/books?id=i9AcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PP50&dq=annie+jane+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimrMKuqrCCAxUJk4kEHRH2D7kQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=annie%20jane%20shipwreck&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=BX1CAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA429&dq=annie+jane+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimrMKuqrCCAxUJk4kEHRH2D7kQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=annie%20jane%20shipwreck&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=g_-xXiHKawwC&pg=PA212&dq=annie+jane+shipwreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8iZ7Hq7CCAxX1lIkEHTl1DtU4FBDoAXoECA0QAg#v=onepage&q=annie%20jane%20shipwreck&f=false https://newspaperarchive.com/london-express-oct-18-1853-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/london-standard-oct-25-1853-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/london-magnet-oct-17-1853-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/london-express-oct-08-1853-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/london-observer-oct-09-1853-p-14/ https://newspaperarchive.com/lancaster-daily-intelligencer-nov-08-1853-p-3/