Northern Star, And Warren And Bristol Gazette

Distressing Calamity.--Miss Susan Jamieson, of Cranston, Miss Mary Ann Winslow, daughter of the late Mr. Jeremiah Winslow, of this town, and Mr. James Smith, of Charlton, Mass. were drowned near Field's Point, about three miles from this town, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Smith, who after an absence of seven years, was on a visit to his mother, accompanied by Miss Jamieson, and Miss Winslow, with her mother and a brother; Mr. George Bowen and another male, sailed down the river in a pleasure boat. The two unfortunate females first named, were knocked from the deck of the boat into the water, by the boom in jibing. The men immediately sprang overboard to rescue them, and would probably have succeeded, had any one remained in the boat. The boat drifted off, and the men, to preserve their own lives, abandoned the females to their fate, and two of them regained the boat by swimming.-- James Smith is supposed to have been entangled in the sea grass, in consequence of which he also drowned. Several boats were in sight, but could not reach the spot in time to prevent this afflicting catastrophe.

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