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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Schooner under Capt. Richard Keating wrecked on White Island near Portsmouth harbor last Monday night due to fresh winds and darkness, losing vessel and $6,000 molasses cargo owned locally; all crew saved. Editorial hopes for a lighthouse within 50 years to prevent future losses.
Merged-components note: The second component is a direct commentary on the shipwreck described in the first, suggesting a lighthouse would have prevented it. Relabeled from editorial to domestic_news as it is a news item extension.
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Last Monday Night about ten Clock, Capt. Richard Keating, in a schooner from Guadaloupe, loading with Molasses, was cast-away on White-Island, within a Mile to the Eastward of the Entrance of this Harbour, the Wind being fresh, and very dark--Vessel and Cargo entirely lost: reckoned to be worth Six Thousand Dollars--The Men's Lives are all saved-- The Vessel and Cargo was owned here.
It is to be hoped within 50 Years more we shall have a Light-House at the Entrance of this Harbour, which its more than probable would have saved this Vessel, and a number of others heretofore.
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Domestic News Details
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Ports Mouth
Event Date
Last Monday Night
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vessel and cargo entirely lost: reckoned to be worth six thousand dollars--the men's lives are all saved-- the vessel and cargo was owned here.
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Capt. Richard Keating, in a schooner from Guadaloupe, loading with Molasses, was cast-away on White-Island, within a Mile to the Eastward of the Entrance of this Harbour, the Wind being fresh, and very dark.