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Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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The brig George P. Stephenson from Baltimore to Rio Janeiro capsized in a gale on the 6th inst. at lat. 35°50', lon. 71°. Captain Curtis, his wife, two seamen, and a boy drowned; cook and another boy died later. Survivors rescued by brig Cornelia on the 14th and arrived in New York.
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The brig George P. Stephenson, Captain Curtis, of and from Baltimore, bound to Rio Janeiro, was capsized 6th inst. lat. 35 50, lon. 71, in a gale, from NNW under a close reefed mainsail. The mainmast and foretop-mast was cut away, when she righted full of water-the hatches broken open, both boats stove to pieces, and every thing washed from the decks. Capt. Curtis and his wife, two seamen and a boy, were drowned. The two officers-Mr. Joseph Gavet and Joseph Richardson-and the remainder of the crew, succeeded in lashing themselves in the fore rigging. The next day the cook and one boy died; and the remainder survived on the wreck, without a drop of water until the 14th, at 1, P. M. when they were taken off by Captain Thomas R. Shapter, of the brig Cornelia, from Rio Janeiro, and arrived at New York on Friday evening. The officers and crew return their sincere thanks to Captain Shapter for his kind treatment while on board his vessel.
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Rio Janeiro
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6th Inst.
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capt. curtis and his wife, two seamen and a boy drowned; the cook and one boy died the next day; remainder of crew rescued on 14th.
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The brig George P. Stephenson, Captain Curtis, of and from Baltimore, bound to Rio Janeiro, was capsized 6th inst. lat. 35 50, lon. 71, in a gale from NNW under a close reefed mainsail. The mainmast and foretop-mast was cut away, when she righted full of water-the hatches broken open, both boats stove to pieces, and every thing washed from the decks. The two officers-Mr. Joseph Gavet and Joseph Richardson-and the remainder of the crew succeeded in lashing themselves in the fore rigging. The remainder survived on the wreck without a drop of water until the 14th, at 1 P.M. when they were taken off by Captain Thomas R. Shapter of the brig Cornelia from Rio Janeiro, and arrived at New York on Friday evening.