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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A Norwegian ship bound for Galway wrecked near Ballyhigh, Ireland, on Sunday night before Dec. 5, 1759, after a storm-lost voyage where the captain and mate cannibalized five of eight crew members due to starvation. Skeletons were nailed to the mast; captain died soon after, mate survived; boards salvaged.
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The following extraordinary paragraph is taken from the Cork Journal.
Extract of a Letter from Tralee, Dec. 5. 1759.
On Sunday night last, a Norway Ship bound for Galway, laden mostly with boards, was wrecked at a place called Ballylongare, within a small mile of Ballyhigh; she had eight men on board at her coming off from Norway, and her passage was so unfortunately tedious, (having lost her compass in a violent storm) that for want of subsistence, five of the eight men were eaten by the Captain and Mate, the eight men we may suppose died on the passage; the five skeletons were nailed to the mast; the Captain (notwithstanding the great care that was taken of him) died in about ten hours after he was brought on shore. It was a very melancholy prospect to see him, and to find five of the peoples fingers in his pocket as a store. The Mate is still living. There has been a great quantity of boards saved, but the vessel quite wrecked.
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Ballyhigh
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Sunday Night Last, Dec. 5. 1759
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five crew eaten by captain and mate; captain died ten hours after landing; mate living; vessel wrecked; boards saved
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Norway ship bound for Galway with boards wrecked at Ballylongare near Ballyhigh after tedious passage; lost compass in storm; five of eight men eaten by Captain and Mate for subsistence; skeletons nailed to mast; five fingers found in Captain's pocket