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ADVERTISEMENTS. 187
MARITIME
PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY.
ESTABLISHED FOR GRANTING ASSURANCES AGAINST
LOSS OF LIFE, AND PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM
ACCIDENT AT SEA,
AND FOR THE INSURANCE OF THE BAGGAGE AND EFFECTS OF BOTH
MARINERS AND PASSENGERS.
Chief Offices— No. 4 MOORGATE STREET (near the Bank), LONDON .
BRANCH OFFICES.
LIVERPOOL— EXCHANGE CHAMBERS, TITHEBARN STREET.
GLASGOW— 91 BUCHANAN STREET.
THE melancholy Shipwrecks (attended with so fearful loss of life) which have occurred
even in the last twelve months, prove most emphatically the value of the system
of Assurance presented by this Company. By payment of a Premium so small that all
classes may avail themselves of the advantages offered, the Passengers by Sea, as well as
the Mariner, may secure a certain provision for their families, should they perish through
the dangers of the deep, and should they meet with an accident not of a fatal nature,
this Company is bound by their Policies to allow
A LIBERAL COMPENSATION EOR SUCH INJURY,
in proportion to the amount insured; but in no case exceeding one-fourth of the amount
payable in case of death.
The following particulars of some of the claims recently paid by the Company, illus-
trate the nature of several cases of personal injury for which compensation has been
allowed, and prove more forcibly than any argument the value of Maritime Life Assur-
ance : —
£ s. d.
William Doherty, Surgeon on board the Ship Chatham, sprained his ankle
in proceeding to attend a passenger while blowing a gale of wind. In-
sured for £100. Compensation paid 5 5
John Wakeham, Master of the Arethusa, knocked down by main boom —
broke his ribs. Insured for £100. Compensation 15
Thomas Pritchard, Midshipman of Prince of Wales, fell from mizen top
and killed on the spot. Insured for £200. Paid 200
William Allen, Master of the Mary and Eliza, drowned by the upsetting of
his boat in proceeding from Weymouth to his Ship in the Portland Roads.
Insured for £100. Amount paid 100
William Mawer, Master of the Ramsgate, struck with tiller, and broke his
ribs. Insured for £100. Compensation paid 15
William Hogarth, Coasting Pilot, knocked down by a sea while on duty on
the Pasha, from Hartlepool to Calcutta, severely bruised. Insured for
£100. Compensation paid 7
John Scott, Master of the barque Guardian, foundered at Sea, all hands lost.
Insured for £100. Amount paid 100
Francis Speneelayh, Master of the Dapper, bruises by wreck of the vessel.
Insured for £l 00. Compensation paid 10
William Baldock, Mate of the Tug Uncle Sam, fell from the paddle-box,
sprained hand. Insured for £50. Compensation puid 2
Joseph Robinson, Master of the Prince of Wales, foundered at sea — all hands
lost. Insured for £100. Amount paid 100
John Buck, Mate of the Cassar, fell into the hold and broke his ribs. In-
sured for £100. Compensation paid 10
John M'Wiliiams, Master of the Roberts, of Glasgow, thrown against the
wheel by a heavy sea, broke his ribs. Insured for £100. Compensation
paid 20