. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . rriam, Wm. Floyed,John Peterson, John Smith, Moses Woodman, PeterJohnson, Henry EUiSy John Wilson, Wm. Wails. The funeral of Mr. Cook, the first officer of the Poca-hontas, and seven of the crew, whose bodies had beenfound, took place from the Federal street church, inNewburyport. The house was filled with an im-mense concourse of people, not less, probably, than2,500 m number. The services were of a deep-ly impressive character, and
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . rriam, Wm. Floyed,John Peterson, John Smith, Moses Woodman, PeterJohnson, Henry EUiSy John Wilson, Wm. Wails. The funeral of Mr. Cook, the first officer of the Poca-hontas, and seven of the crew, whose bodies had beenfound, took place from the Federal street church, inNewburyport. The house was filled with an im-mense concourse of people, not less, probably, than2,500 m number. The services were of a deep-ly impressive character, and the silence and solemnityof the crowded audience spoke quite as seriously tothe spectator, as did the voices of the officiating cler-gyman, or the clear and mournful tone of the requi-em. The coffins were placed in the broad aisle, andan American ensign thrown over each. After theclose of the exercises at the church, a procession ofseveral hundred citizens formed, notwithstanding theseverity of one of the coldest days of winter, and pro-ceeded with the bodies to the grave, while all thebells in town were tolled, and the flags were dis-played at half GALE IN BOSTON. 365 ANOTHER DISASTROUS GALE,•i?i the vicinity of Boston and Cape Ann, December27, 1839. A letter from Boston, states the following particu-lars of the gale in that place :— f On the i]ight of Friday, Dec. 27, we were visitedwith another, very severe storm, from E. S. E. Itcommenced raining early in the evening, and in ashort time after it began to blow very violently, andcontinued nntil midnight, when it increased to a fu-rious hurricane, not abating until about 7 oclocknext morning. The destruction of property is verygreat. The tide rose higher than it did in the galeof the loth of this month, and overflowed the wharves,doing great damage to them, and injuring considera-ble property in the cellars. A great quantity of lum-ber was washed from the wharves. The Front streetdyke was broken down, owing to whic
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