When was it published?

July 26, 1831 in The New Hampshire Gazette

Domestic News July 26, 1831

The New Hampshire Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Water Party, Sail Boat, Thunder Gust, Portsmouth, Pigeon Hill, Plum Island Bridge, Newburyport

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

A group of about 12-13 young men from Portsmouth embarked on a sailboat pleasure trip in the bay on Wednesday last but encountered thick weather and a violent thunder gust, losing their way without a compass and landing drenched near Newburyport wharves after midnight.

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A Water-Party.—A number of young men started from Portsmouth on Wednesday last in a sail-boat, on a pleasure party in the bay intending to return the same evening. Thick weather came on, succeeded by a violent thunder gust, and, having no compass in the boat, or guide to land, they were driven at the mercy of the elements, till nearly night, when the first land they made was Pigeon Hill. The manager of the boat shaped his course for this river; but being wholly ignorant of the course up to town, and it being towards midnight, round through the end of the breakwater, towards Plum Island bridge, there found his mistake put about, and at length succeeded with much trouble in getting up to the wharves across the flats; the whole party, about 12 or 13, being thoroughly drenched with rain, and feelingly alive to the comforts of a water party.—Newburyport Herald.

What sub-type of article is it?

Accident Weather

What keywords are associated?

Water Party Sail Boat Thunder Gust Portsmouth Pigeon Hill Plum Island Bridge Newburyport

Where did it happen?

Portsmouth

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Portsmouth

Event Date

Wednesday Last

Outcome

the party of about 12 or 13 young men arrived safely but thoroughly drenched with rain.

Event Details

A number of young men started from Portsmouth in a sail-boat on a pleasure party in the bay, intending to return the same evening. Thick weather and a violent thunder gust drove them without compass to Pigeon Hill, then to the river, where they struggled to reach the wharves across the flats near midnight, ignorant of the course.