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September 20, 1800
The Monitor & Wilmington Repository
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
A father from Mauritius perishes with his two young sons in the shipwreck of the corvette Le Frigate Gueule at Brest Harbour, after a failed attempt to save the boys by boat amid the disaster that claimed 167 lives.
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The following afflicting anecdote is extracted from a late Paris paper.
Among the fathers of families who perished on the wreck of the last Nivose, in the corvette Le Frigate Gueule, ship wrecked at the entrance of Brest Harbour, was a citizen Br who had long been an inhabitant of the Mauritius had with him two boys of 10 and 12 years of age he was bringing to France to be educated - when the danger was most imminent. this unfortunate father entreated from the windows of the cabin five persons. who were in a boat fastened by a rope to the corvette, to take his sons. "Save my children." he cried out. "we and I shall die contented." He had no sooner said it, than the rope which held the boat broke. All hope being now gone, he prepared to die with his children. He clasped them in his arms : the two boys wept and clung round their father. The corvette sunk, and buried in the deep one hundred and sixty seven victims.
Among the fathers of families who perished on the wreck of the last Nivose, in the corvette Le Frigate Gueule, ship wrecked at the entrance of Brest Harbour, was a citizen Br who had long been an inhabitant of the Mauritius had with him two boys of 10 and 12 years of age he was bringing to France to be educated - when the danger was most imminent. this unfortunate father entreated from the windows of the cabin five persons. who were in a boat fastened by a rope to the corvette, to take his sons. "Save my children." he cried out. "we and I shall die contented." He had no sooner said it, than the rope which held the boat broke. All hope being now gone, he prepared to die with his children. He clasped them in his arms : the two boys wept and clung round their father. The corvette sunk, and buried in the deep one hundred and sixty seven victims.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Tragedy
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Tragedy
Family
What keywords are associated?
Shipwreck
Father Sons
Brest Harbour
Corvette Wreck
Tragic Plea
What entities or persons were involved?
Citizen Br
Two Boys Aged 10 And 12
Where did it happen?
Entrance Of Brest Harbour
Story Details
Key Persons
Citizen Br
Two Boys Aged 10 And 12
Location
Entrance Of Brest Harbour
Event Date
Last Nivose
Story Details
Citizen Br, an inhabitant of Mauritius bringing his two sons to France for education, pleads during the shipwreck of the corvette Le Frigate Gueule to save his children by boat, but the rope breaks; he dies embracing them as the ship sinks with 167 victims.