Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

April 16.
Extract from the Gibraltar Chronicle, of the 13th of February, 1808.
"It is with the deepest regret we lay before our readers the following statement of damage sustained by the shipping in this bay during the late gale from the eastward, on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, which, from the testimony of the oldest inhabitants, was much more violent and lasted longer than any storm they ever witnessed.
The American ship Two Brothers, from Leghorn, in ballast, sunk in Rosia bay; passengers and crew saved by the boats of his majesty's ship Romanee with considerable difficulty. The American brig Minerva, from Barcelona to this place, with wine, went to pieces at the back of the Male—crew saved. English brig Commerciante stranded near Jumper's Battery, and totally lost. A French polacre ship, prize, overset, and the crew (if any on board) perished. An English Xebec overset; two women and one man drowned; the remainder of the crew saved. The English ship Euphrates parted both cables and drove on shore on the Spanish coast near the Palmones. The English ship Eliza lost all her cables and anchors, drove off the bay, and after sustaining a heavy fire from the Cabrita batteries, effected her escape through the Gut; since returned. The American brig Mary, from New York, with sugar, stranded under Luca battery; crew and cargo saved; the vessel got off with the loss of her masts, and being otherwise so much damaged as to render her not worth repairing. The American ship Shepherdess, of N. York, with West India produce, drove out to sea and ran through the Gut; is since returned with the loss of all her cables and anchors. Several small craft, whose names have not reached us, likewise went to pieces.
We learn from Algeciras, that 36 vessels of different descriptions, have been driven on shore in that port and totally lost."