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Martinsburg Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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The ship Sybelle from Cromarty to Quebec wrecked near Pictou, Nova Scotia, killing all 316 emigrants; six crew saved, four reached Pictou on Sept 11. Commentary notes over 1,000 Quebec-bound emigrants perished this year versus none to New York.
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Extract of a Letter from Pictou, dated 11th Sept
"We have just received accounts of the loss of the ship Sybelle, of Liverpool, from Cromarty, for Quebec, with 316 emigrants, all of whom perished; six of the crew saved themselves in the boat, four of whom arrived here this morning. Can nothing be done to erect a Light House on that fatal Island? Surely means should be taken if possible, to prevent such fatal shipwrecks."
—Halifax paper.
We may say without fear of contradiction, that more than a thousand of the emigrants who have left Great Britain and Ireland the present year for Quebec, have perished by shipwreck on the passage. This is a 30th part of the whole number of emigrants. Of a still greater number who have left the same countries for New York, not one has perished by shipwreck. These are facts worthy of being taken into consideration by emigrants and their friends.
—Jour. of Com.
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Pictou
Event Date
11th Sept
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316 emigrants perished; six of the crew saved themselves in the boat, four of whom arrived in pictou
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The ship Sybelle, of Liverpool, from Cromarty for Quebec with 316 emigrants, was lost with all emigrants perishing. Six crew saved in the boat, four arrived in Pictou. Call for lighthouse on fatal island to prevent shipwrecks. Over a thousand emigrants to Quebec perished by shipwreck this year from Great Britain and Ireland, a 30th part of total; none to New York.