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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Near St. Lucia, a French schooner bound from Tobago to St. Vincent and Martinico capsized, drowning its crew, 15 soldiers, and an officer. The mulatto master survived 24 hours afloat on a box and was rescued by the Antigua schooner Eagle, which also carried 900 joes in lost cash.
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"On Saturday evening last, about eight o'clock, was picked up by the master and crew of the schooner Eagle belonging to Mr. Coats, of this island (the owner himself being on board) close by the Sugar-Loaves, on the island of St. Lucia, a mulatto man, master of a French schooner, which had sailed a few days before from Tobago, bound to St. Vincent, and from thence to Martinico. The man had sat upon a box 24 hours in the sea, and was almost exhausted with fatigue at the time of his being discovered. The vessel overset by accident, the crew, 15 soldiers and an officer, were drowned, the master being the only person saved. The schooner had also 900 joes in cash on board."
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St. Lucia
Event Date
Saturday Evening Last
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crew, 15 soldiers, and an officer drowned; master saved; 900 joes in cash lost
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A French schooner sailing from Tobago to St. Vincent and Martinico overset by accident near the Sugar-Loaves, St. Lucia. The mulatto master floated on a box for 24 hours and was rescued exhausted by the schooner Eagle from Antigua, owned by Mr. Coats who was on board.