The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . 25 THE LOSS BARQUE MEDUSA, AN ENGLISH WEST INDIAMAN, Wliich was driven on the Rocks of the ColoradosReef, off the Island of Cuha; Augnst, N intelligent merchant at the Havanawrote the following account of thismelancholy event, and forwarded it toa friend in England : — During my long residence in thiscity, I scarcely, if ever, remember ashipwreck more disastrous and afflict-ing in its consequences than one which has occurred, afew days previous to my writing, upon our coast, a
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . 25 THE LOSS BARQUE MEDUSA, AN ENGLISH WEST INDIAMAN, Wliich was driven on the Rocks of the ColoradosReef, off the Island of Cuha; Augnst, N intelligent merchant at the Havanawrote the following account of thismelancholy event, and forwarded it toa friend in England : — During my long residence in thiscity, I scarcely, if ever, remember ashipwreck more disastrous and afflict-ing in its consequences than one which has occurred, afew days previous to my writing, upon our coast, aboutfifteen leagues to the eastward, and which has caused avery considerable and painful sensation here, as I haveno doubt it has at several ports at the west end of theIsland of Jamaica. In consequence of some of the sur-vivors of the ill-fated vessel being at present in our city,with whom I have conversed respecting the melancholycatastrophe, I am enabled to state particulars that may berelied on. It appears that on the 24th of August, the Medusa,a fine barque of three hundred and twenty tons burden,commanded by Captain James ONeil, sailed from PortMorant, at the east side of Jamaica, for Kinsale, in Ire-land ; her cargo consisted of rum, sugar
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