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Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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On the 5th inst., a sailboat carrying 19 people from Smithville, N.C., capsized due to a sudden gust of wind during a pleasure excursion to the Beach, drowning 12, including Mr. Jas. Dozier, his wife and 7 children, Rev. Mr. Hankins, Miss Potter, and one Black man. Six children's bodies recovered.
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A letter from Smithville, N. C. dated the 12th inst. was shown us last evening, from which we learn that on the 5th inst. nineteen persons left that place for the Beach, about two miles from Smithville, in a sail boat, on a pleasure excursion, and had proceeded but a short distance before the boat was struck by a flaw of wind and upset, and melancholy to relate 12 of the persons on board were drowned. The names of the persons who lost their lives are as follows: Mr. Jas. Dozier, Lady and 7 children, Rev. Mr. Hankins, Miss Potter, and one black man. The bodies of six of the children of Mr. D. were all that had yet been found.
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Primary Location
Smithville, N. C.
Event Date
The 5th Inst.
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Outcome
12 persons drowned; bodies of six of the children of mr. d. found
Event Details
Nineteen persons left Smithville for the Beach, about two miles away, in a sail boat on a pleasure excursion; the boat was struck by a flaw of wind and upset a short distance out, drowning 12 of those on board.