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Danbury Times
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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The brig Mt. Vernon, bound from Havana to New Orleans, capsized on October 10, resulting in 11 deaths, including all 7 passengers. Six survivors, including Capt. Woolingham, endured six days without provisions before rescue and return to New Orleans on October 29.
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Shipwreck And Loss of Life.
The New Orleans papers contain an account of the melancholy shipwreck of the brig Mt. Vernon, bound from Havana to that port, which was attended with the loss of 11 lives. She was capsized on the 10th ult. There were 17 persons on board, among whom were 7 passengers. The latter were all lost, and no record of their names is in existence. Capt. Woolingham, the mate and four seamen, remained on the wreck six days without water or provisions, and their sufferings were horrible. On the 16th ult. they were picked up by the Norwegian barque Oxifia from New Orleans bound to Cork, and thence transferred to the ship Suffolk, Capt. Edwards, on the 23d inst. They arrived at New Orleans on the 29th inst.
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En Route From Havana To New Orleans
Event Date
10th Ult.
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11 lives lost (7 passengers and 4 crew); 6 survivors (captain, mate, 4 seamen) rescued and returned to new orleans
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The brig Mt. Vernon capsized with 17 on board; all 7 passengers drowned; survivors endured six days without water or provisions before being picked up by the Norwegian barque Oxifia on the 16th ult., transferred to the ship Suffolk on the 23d inst., and arrived in New Orleans on the 29th inst.