[Bell Historians] Bells lot at sea

[Alan Ellis]

Hello George,

Thanks for that information.  That is way more than I knew before and 
confirms the rumour.   I wonder what ship and exactly where they were lost?

I guess that after the loss of this chime, Toronto St. James ordered the 
present 9 bell chime from Meneely & Co. of Watervliet, West Troy, NY.  
They were installed in 1866, tenor nearly 5,000 lbs.   Info from Meneely 
& Co's. "Book on Bells", about 1912.

Best wishes

Alan




George Dawson wrote:

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> The Toronto 5 from Whitechapel in 1861 were for St James. They were 
> dispatched with deadstocks, frame and ringing machine.
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> From this we may deduced that they were a chime.
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> Tenor 5.3.11 incidentally.
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> George
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> Although I have never been able to confirm this, a ring of bells was 
> lost when a ship went down in the St. Lawrence.  They were reportedly 
> destined for Toronto.
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> Alan
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> John Cummins wrote:
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>     I know of two peals of bells lost at sea.  A peal destined for St.
>     Patrick's Parramatta, at that time a suburrb of Sydney, was lost
>     when the Dunbar  crashed intto the rocks at Soutth Head in 1857;
>     and a peal for Roma in Queeensland was lost in 1939 due to eenemy
>     action..  
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>     On completion of a large project I am currently working on I will
>     contribute more to this debate.   Jack
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