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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Captain Harris of the brig Eagle reported that on October 6, a gale in the Swin wrecked 40-50 northern traders, with nearly all crews perishing; he alone saved his vessel. About 50 more colliers lost between Harwich and Margate. American ship Patuxent Planter wrecked, but its captain and mate survived and sailed for Baltimore.
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NEW-YORK, January 12.
Captain Harris, of the brig Eagle, on the 6th of October, on his passage from Amsterdam to London, came to anchor in a place called the Swin, where lay between 40 and 50 sail of the northern traders, waiting for a favorable tide; at which time a very heavy gale sprung up, and, out of the above vessels, Capt. Harris was the only one saved; the others having (some parted their cables and went on shore, and others foundered at their anchors) been wrecked: the crews thereof nearly all perished. Captain Harris, by parting his cable, made sail, got out clear of the sands, hove to, and lay till the gale abated, by which means he saved himself from a fate as distressing as the others.
After the gale, Capt. Harris came into the Swin a second time, when he saw about 200 boats, (from Harwich and Margate) employed in picking up the floating remains of the wrecked vessels.
He was informed at Harwich, at which place he stopped, that between that place and Margate, about 50 vessels, chiefly colliers, had been lost in the above gale: the captains and part of the crews of some of which he saw there.
The American Ship Patuxent Planter, of Maryland, was lost in the gale; the captain and mate of which Capt. Harris saw in the Virginia Coffee House, London.
They took passage in a vessel bound to Baltimore.
Capt. Harris did not hear of the loss of any other American vessels.
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The Swin
Event Date
6th Of October
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nearly all crews of 40-50 northern traders perished; about 50 vessels, chiefly colliers, lost between harwich and margate; captains and part of some crews survived; patuxent planter lost but captain and mate survived and took passage to baltimore; no other american vessels lost.
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Captain Harris of the brig Eagle, en route from Amsterdam to London, anchored in the Swin with 40-50 northern traders waiting for tide when a heavy gale arose. His vessel was the only one saved; others wrecked by parting cables or foundering, crews nearly all perished. Harris parted cable, sailed clear, and waited out the gale. Later saw 200 boats from Harwich and Margate recovering remains. Informed at Harwich of 50 more losses nearby, saw some surviving captains and crew. American ship Patuxent Planter of Maryland lost; its captain and mate seen in London, heading to Baltimore.