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The Daily Cincinnati Republican, And Commercial Register
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Reports of multiple shipwrecks on the French coast due to severe storms from late December 1829 to early January 1830, including the American packet ship Erie near Havre, with numerous vessels lost, crews and passengers drowned, and debris scattered along the shore.
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Shipwreck.—We fear there is too much reason to
believe that the packet ship Erie has foundered at
sea on the French coast, somewhere in the vicinity
of Havre. The Erie was commanded by Capt.
Samuel Funk. There were but two passengers,
as 'tis said. A letter, we learn, has been received
in town by one of our merchants, dated Havre,
Jan. 6th which states that six vessels had been
shipwrecked in that neighbourhood since December
21st, preceding.
The Journal du Havre of the 1st and 2d January.
confirms this information. From the Courier of
this morning we take the following extracts:
Six large ships which sailed from Havre, have
been wrecked in the space of three or four leagues
of our coast. Of those six vessels, the crews of
three have been saved. The ship le Soleil, more
unfortunate, lost the eight passengers she had on
board, and four men of her crew.
The same paper contains an account of the loss
of the ship Epelina, at Carentan, on the 25th Dec.;
of the loss of the ship Suzanna-Marie, near the
isles of Marcouf, on the 25th Dec. at 1 P. M., in a
letter from her commander, Captain Carpenter.
who closes by saying: "I wish you were here to see
the disasters which have happened on this coast,
covered with dead bodies, tobacco bales, wheat.
merchandise, and provisions. In short, from Barfleur
to Isigny, thirty and odd vessels have been
driven ashore or lost." At the close of this following
is added:
"Captain Carpenter announces that a large American
vessel is lost,"
Many other vessels are also stated by name to be
lost but none on a later day the 25th.
The Journal du Havre of the 3d January contains
the statement of further losses, but all of
French vessels. One letter which it publishes from
Saint Vaast La Hougue, dated 30th December,
commences:—"The horrible tempest of the 24th
to the 27th December last from the North East,
has caused on the coast of Saint Vaast la Hougue
disasters to an extent unknown before. More
than twenty vessels, among which are six of three
masts, of heavy burthens, have been lost or thrown
on the coast, and the shore for the distance of four
miles is covered with fragments and dead bodies."
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French Coast Near Havre
Event Date
December 21st Preceding To January 6th
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six vessels shipwrecked near havre since december 21st; le soleil lost eight passengers and four crew; epelina lost at carentan on december 25th; suzanna-marie lost near isles of marcouf on december 25th; over thirty vessels driven ashore from barfleur to isigny; more than twenty vessels lost near saint vaast la hougue, with shore covered in fragments and dead bodies; american vessel erie feared foundered.
Event Details
Severe storms caused multiple shipwrecks on the French coast. Packet ship Erie commanded by Capt. Samuel Funk feared lost near Havre with two passengers. Journal du Havre reports six large ships wrecked near Havre, crews of three saved, le Soleil lost eight passengers and four crew. Additional losses: Epelina at Carentan and Suzanna-Marie near isles of Marcouf on December 25th. Captain Carpenter describes coast covered in dead bodies, cargo; over thirty vessels lost from Barfleur to Isigny, including large American vessel. Further losses of French vessels reported January 3rd, with tempest from December 24th-27th causing over twenty vessels lost near Saint Vaast La Hougue.