The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . we were going to leavehim to his fate, on which he began to droop and burst intotears, now giving up every hope of being saved. By thistime, the ship had wore round, and stood towards him. Onseeing this, his spirits began again to revive, and much moreso when, on the top of a heavy sea, he perceived our boatpulling towards him. He informed us that at the time wepicked him up, he could not have lived half an hour the 6th of June, we fell in and spoke the Arram, inform-ing th
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . we were going to leavehim to his fate, on which he began to droop and burst intotears, now giving up every hope of being saved. By thistime, the ship had wore round, and stood towards him. Onseeing this, his spirits began again to revive, and much moreso when, on the top of a heavy sea, he perceived our boatpulling towards him. He informed us that at the time wepicked him up, he could not have lived half an hour the 6th of June, we fell in and spoke the Arram, inform-ing them of the circumstance. A boat was now sent for him,and the poor fellow was once more restored to his ship, ship-mates, and friends, by one of those remarkable events whichplainly show us that man should never despair, as the handof Providence is at all times ready to save us. AN ACCOUNT WRECK OF THE BRIG ALNA, ON THE COAST OF EAST FLORIDA, The Massacre of the Officers, and Part of the Crew,by the Seminole Indians; and the Escape and snh-sequent Adventures and Sufferings of two of theCrew; September, |N the 19th of August, 1838, the brigAlna, of Portland, Maine, CaptainThomas, sailed from St. Jago deCuba, bound to Boston. Owing tolight and baffling winds, it was sometime before the vessel got round theisland, when she took her departurefrom Matanzas, and left the coast with a light on the 5th of September, it came on to blow veryhard ; the sail on her was reduced, but the wind still in-creased, so that on the 7th it blew a violent gale from thenorth-east. The brig was about fifteen miles off the Floridacoast, and drifting rapidly on a lee shore. A heavy pressof canvass was now carried, to endeavor, if possible, to clawoff. But the head of the bowsprit was carried away; andthe sea making a clear breach over her, sweeping the decksfore and aft, the brig was again hove to, but drifted rap-idly to leeward. As it was found impossible to keep thevessel off the land,
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