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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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During a severe snow storm on Thursday evening, the Schooner Bee (Capt. Colby) and Sloop Harriet (Capt. Marshall) from Newburyport ran aground on Cape Elizabeth due to thick snow obscuring the light. The sloop broke apart, but the schooner was refloated with little damage.
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In the severe snow storm, on Thursday evening last the Schooner Bee, Capt. Colby, and Sloop Harriet Capt. Marshall both of Newbury-Port, loaded with wood and lumber from the Eastward, ran a shore on Cape-Elizabeth, about a mile and a half without the light. The sloop went to pieces soon after she struck, the Schooner has since been got off without much damage. It is said that the snow fell so thick, they could not perceive the light when the vessels struck.--The sloop was owned by Mr. Cook, and the sch'r by Messrs. Haskel and Coffin of Newburyport.
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Cape Elizabeth
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Thursday Evening Last
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the sloop went to pieces soon after she struck, the schooner has since been got off without much damage.
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In the severe snow storm, the Schooner Bee, Capt. Colby, and Sloop Harriet Capt. Marshall both of Newbury-Port, loaded with wood and lumber from the Eastward, ran a shore on Cape-Elizabeth, about a mile and a half without the light. It is said that the snow fell so thick, they could not perceive the light when the vessels struck. The sloop was owned by Mr. Cook, and the sch'r by Messrs. Haskel and Coffin of Newburyport.