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Wreck of "The Vanguard" steamer, off Cork Lighthouse, 1844. An iron-built steamer of the Dublin and Glasgow Steam Company ran aground on rocks off the Irish coast. There was bad weather and poor visibility: '...the vessel itself was wrapped in a mist, which made it almost impossible to discern the light, though the vessel was abreast of it'. There was no loss of life: '...all the persons on board, between thirty and forty in number, were conveyed ashore...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.