What Happened on this Day in LDS Church History?
On this day in 1855, the three masted sailing ship Julia Ann, sailing from Australia to San Francisco, runs into a coral reef of the the uninhabited atoll of Manuae, known as Scilly Island, in the Society Islands. There were 28 Latter-day Saints on the vessel. Five Saints died. everyone else was rescued and completed their voyage to San Francisco.
Links to Further Understandinghttp://www.lds.org/ensign/1997/10/how-shall-i-gather/was-it-not-a-revelation-from-god-how-inspiration-helped-the-julia-ann-survivors?lang=eng&query=Ship+Julia+Ann
http://www.lds.org/ensign/1997/08/news-of-the-church/president-hinckley-visits-new-zealand-australia-and-mexico?lang=eng&query=Ship+Julia+Ann
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