A parade on the River Mersey of two privateers one spring afternoon in March 1793 ended in tragedy when one of them sank, leading to the deaths of over one hundred people on board. Europe had been slowly descending into chaos since the French Revolution of 1789 and in 1793 France declared war on Great […]
TRAGIC DEATH OF YOUNG MINISTER
Two hundred and four years ago the power of the River Mersey was demonstrated when an inspiring young churchman, who had only been in the town for six months, tragically drowned whilst bathing. Born in 1791 in Hertfordshire, Thomas Spencer was working as glover’s apprentice in London when he became interested in the dissenting ministries […]
MERSEY COLLISION BETWEEN STEAMERS
As Liverpool gears up for Cunard’s Three Queens lining up on the River Mersey at the same time, it has to be hoped that there is no repeat of what happened 150 years ago today, when two ferries collied just as they set off across the river. On Sunday 21st May 1865 at around 430pm […]
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