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Domestic News
January 24, 1829
Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A passenger named Mr. Wood drowned in New York Bay after slipping on ice while trying to retrieve his hat blown off the deck of the steamboat Citizen en route from New York to Elizabethtown. He was 25, a shoemaker from Bergen shore, and recently married.
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A Distressing Accident occurred on board the steamboat Citizen, while on her passage from New-York to Elizabethtown.
The weather being cold and boisterous, one of the passengers, a Mr. Wood, while standing on the deck near the companion way, had his hat blown off; and in the attempt to save his hat, there being considerable ice on that part of the boat; he slid under the railing into the water. The small boat was got out, and every exertion made to rescue him, but in vain; he sank to rise no more. The accident happened in New-York Bay. We understand that the deceased resided on the Bergen shore, was a shoemaker by trade, about 25 years old, and had recently been married.
— Elizabethtown Journal.
The weather being cold and boisterous, one of the passengers, a Mr. Wood, while standing on the deck near the companion way, had his hat blown off; and in the attempt to save his hat, there being considerable ice on that part of the boat; he slid under the railing into the water. The small boat was got out, and every exertion made to rescue him, but in vain; he sank to rise no more. The accident happened in New-York Bay. We understand that the deceased resided on the Bergen shore, was a shoemaker by trade, about 25 years old, and had recently been married.
— Elizabethtown Journal.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Shipping
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Steamboat Accident
Drowning
New York Bay
Mr Wood
Citizen Steamboat
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Wood
Where did it happen?
New York Bay
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York Bay
Key Persons
Mr. Wood
Outcome
mr. wood drowned and sank to rise no more.
Event Details
On the steamboat Citizen from New-York to Elizabethtown, in cold boisterous weather, Mr. Wood's hat blew off while he stood on the icy deck near the companion way. He slid under the railing into the water. Rescue attempts with a small boat failed.