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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In the Atlantic at lat. 36, long. 50-70, T. Sawyer's vessel sank on December 25 after starting a butt. The Irish Volunteer under Capt. Ferguson initially offered aid but abandoned them, leading to all crew deaths except survivor Malachi Norris, rescued by a schooner bound for Norfolk, VA.
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The depravity of human nature affords daily too many instances of inhumanity: but the following instance stands unparalleled.
A letter from Plank-Bridge, North-Carolina.
Jan. 2.
Sir,
I condole with you on the loss of our friend, T. Sawyer, which probably, you have an account of before this. On the 25th of December, in lat. 36, long. 50 and 70, his vessel started a butt, about ten o'clock in the morning, and by one the sunk to the surface of the water--and to complete their misery there came by a ship (the Irish Volunteer, Captain Ferguson, from Portsmouth, Virginia, bound to Ireland) which at first offered them relief, and bid them fall under her quarter, which they did, but unfortunately the wreck struck the ship rather hard, which offended the Captain, and caused him to stamp and swear, and ordered them to fill away the topsails, and let them all go to hell together, and bore away and left them. The seas broke over them so rapidly that the men dropped off one after another, until they all perished, except Malachi Norris, who was very humanely taken off by a schooner bound to Norfolk, Virginia, who was alone left to bring the unhappy news--he says our friend was the last dropped off, and could he have survived one quarter of an hour longer he would have been saved as well as himself.
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Lat. 36, Long. 50 And 70
Event Date
25th Of December
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all crew perished except malachi norris; t. sawyer was the last to drop off.
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T. Sawyer's vessel started a butt at 10 AM and sank to the surface by 1 PM. The Irish Volunteer offered initial relief but abandoned them after the wreck struck the ship, leading to their demise in heavy seas. Norris was rescued by a schooner to Norfolk, VA.