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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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From Cadiz on January 10, reports of severe damage from six weeks of bad weather, including multiple shipwrecks along the Spanish coast: a Spanish polacre with skins and piastres, two Swedish ships, an English ship to London losing 47 lives, a Danish ship, two Algerine corsairs on Portuguese coast, and French brig Amiable Desire with two survivors and lost cargo.
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Cadiz, Jan. 10. The bad weather which we have had for these six weeks has caused infinite damage, and especially shipwreck in different parts of the coast. Among the ships lost or cast on shore, are a Spanish polacre, La Notre Dame de Montferrat, from Montevideo, with 12,000 skins and 37,000 piastres; 2 Swedish ships, an English ship bound for London from Gibraltar, with goods and provisions; the crew of this last consisted of 32 persons, and 15 officers of the garrison, all of whom perished excepting four or five men. A Danish ship was lost also between Conil and Petri, but the crew were saved. By a master of a ship from Henelva, we hear, that two Algerine corsairs were wrecked on the Portuguese coast, the one near Faro, and the other near Villa Real, but the crews were saved. There are also many other shipwrecks in the bays of Algeciras and Gibraltar, occasioned by the storm on the 2d and 3d of this month. Four ships were cast on shore under the fortifications of Gibraltar, but there are hopes to get them off again. The Amiable Desire, a French brigantine, which left Bayonne the 24th of last month, with corn for Cadiz, was lost on the 7th of this month near Fort St. Sebastian. One seaman only was saved, and a cabin boy. The body of the captain was found near the wreck, and near him a girdle, containing 480 piastres, which are supposed to belong to him.
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Cadiz, Spain
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Jan. 10, With Storm On The 2d And 3d Of This Month
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ships lost include spanish polacre la notre dame de montferrat with 12,000 skins and 37,000 piastres; two swedish ships; english ship with 32 crew and 15 officers, 47 perished except 4-5; danish ship crew saved; two algerine corsairs crews saved; french brig amiable desire with one seaman and cabin boy saved, captain's body found with 480 piastres.
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The bad weather which we have had for these six weeks has caused infinite damage, and especially shipwreck in different parts of the coast. Among the ships lost or cast on shore, are a Spanish polacre, La Notre Dame de Montferrat, from Montevideo, with 12,000 skins and 37,000 piastres; 2 Swedish ships, an English ship bound for London from Gibraltar, with goods and provisions; the crew of this last consisted of 32 persons, and 15 officers of the garrison, all of whom perished excepting four or five men. A Danish ship was lost also between Conil and Petri, but the crew were saved. By a master of a ship from Henelva, we hear, that two Algerine corsairs were wrecked on the Portuguese coast, the one near Faro, and the other near Villa Real, but the crews were saved. There are also many other shipwrecks in the bays of Algeciras and Gibraltar, occasioned by the storm on the 2d and 3d of this month. Four ships were cast on shore under the fortifications of Gibraltar, but there are hopes to get them off again. The Amiable Desire, a French brigantine, which left Bayonne the 24th of last month, with corn for Cadiz, was lost on the 7th of this month near Fort St. Sebastian. One seaman only was saved, and a cabin boy. The body of the captain was found near the wreck, and near him a girdle, containing 480 piastres, which are supposed to belong to him.