[ London Times ]
This newspaper, most correctly known simply as The Times, began publication in 1785 and continues to this day.
The edition of November 1, 1862, carried, among its routine reports of maritime activities and shipwrecks, the following note about the remarkable survival of a Newfoundland dog:
THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. — It will be remembered that the Hindoo was destroyed by fire on Friday, the 24th ult., off Formby, near Liverpool, and that five of the crew perished. On board there was a large Newfoundland dog, but it was generally believed by those rescued from the wreck that the dog was lost. Such is not the case, however, for on Saturday morning he was found by some fisherment rambling about the shore at Hoylake, Cheshire. Although the poor animal must have born the full force of the terrific gale of Friday, and swam an immense distance through a fearfully heavy sea, he seemed none the worse.
During a storm on the night of October 24, 1862, the British ship Hindoo, sailing from Montreal to Liverpool, ran aground and caught fire. Five crewmembers died, two were seriously injured, and the ship was a total loss.