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Domestic News
April 22, 1785
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Three men, Samuel Kenniston, Thomas Bracket, and Eliphalet Wiggins, drowned near Stratham when their small float overturned while heading to a schooner from Newmarket. Bodies recovered nearby.
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PORTS MOUTH, April 22.
The following melancholy circumstance happened at Stratham, on Thursday, the 14th instant :--Mr. Samuel Kenniston, Mr. Thomas Bracket, and Mr. Eliphalet Wiggins, having occasion to go on board a schooner, then laying in the river, from Newmarket, took for their conveyance, a small float which lay on the shore :-- They had not proceeded far, when, (the wind blowing fresh) the float upset, and the three unhappy persons were drowned !--The neighbours, upon missing the above persons, jealous of their welfare collected. and in searching, found their Bodies near the place they were supposed to be drowned.--.
"It is appointed for all men once to die"
It is hoped the above circumstance will be a warning to all persons, how they venture in such ticklish machines which have often proved so fatal to the lives of many-- especially those unskillled in swimming.
The following melancholy circumstance happened at Stratham, on Thursday, the 14th instant :--Mr. Samuel Kenniston, Mr. Thomas Bracket, and Mr. Eliphalet Wiggins, having occasion to go on board a schooner, then laying in the river, from Newmarket, took for their conveyance, a small float which lay on the shore :-- They had not proceeded far, when, (the wind blowing fresh) the float upset, and the three unhappy persons were drowned !--The neighbours, upon missing the above persons, jealous of their welfare collected. and in searching, found their Bodies near the place they were supposed to be drowned.--.
"It is appointed for all men once to die"
It is hoped the above circumstance will be a warning to all persons, how they venture in such ticklish machines which have often proved so fatal to the lives of many-- especially those unskillled in swimming.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Drowning
Stratham
Float Accident
Schooner
Newmarket
What entities or persons were involved?
Samuel Kenniston
Thomas Bracket
Eliphalet Wiggins
Where did it happen?
Stratham
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Stratham
Event Date
Thursday, The 14th Instant
Key Persons
Samuel Kenniston
Thomas Bracket
Eliphalet Wiggins
Outcome
three persons drowned; bodies found near the site.
Event Details
Mr. Samuel Kenniston, Mr. Thomas Bracket, and Mr. Eliphalet Wiggins took a small float to board a schooner in the river from Newmarket. The float upset due to fresh wind, drowning all three. Neighbors searched and recovered the bodies nearby.