The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . eir topmasts and sprung theirlower masts, and were otherwise damaged; but none of thesquadron were so shattered as the Centaur: she was an un-wieldy, though beautiful ship, of great length, carrying heavymetal, and had been considerably shaken when she had beenaground. We were towed to Halifax, N. S., by the Eagle, wherewe arrived on the 15th of August; and thus all our fairprospects of reaping glory with Lord Nelson were blastedby this unlucky hurricane. We lost our station in the l
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . eir topmasts and sprung theirlower masts, and were otherwise damaged; but none of thesquadron were so shattered as the Centaur: she was an un-wieldy, though beautiful ship, of great length, carrying heavymetal, and had been considerably shaken when she had beenaground. We were towed to Halifax, N. S., by the Eagle, wherewe arrived on the 15th of August; and thus all our fairprospects of reaping glory with Lord Nelson were blastedby this unlucky hurricane. We lost our station in the lineat Trafalgar, for which no subsequent good luck could pos-sibly compensate. For the safety of the ship, it was found necessary toheave many of the guns overboard, and the ships bottomwas bothered with a thrumbed sail, which greatly lessenedthe leak. In conclusion, I may state, that all the officersand crew attended divine service at church, where prayerswere offered up to God for our deliverance. *The lieutenants of the ship were — R. Campbell, , W. Croker, W. Brown, T. Smith, and W. SOME PARTICULARS RESPECTING A JAPANESE VESSEL
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