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On Toefday Captain Caidiff arrived he-t from Ocmcock who informs that ihe gale began there on ihr 16th of lall month and* that in the height of it, n the i;th, a flop belonging *o New. beru foundered at her anchor , and the vcffel, cargo, and people all loft i that a hug belonging to Newbern, bound to bat baJos' was drove afhore and lolf, but chief part of the ea go faved j and that lour other Hoops were drove afliou, and it was thought could not be got off again. That Cap* a in Bmc« hut, iu a khooner from this poit, a. lived t’»ere on the 15th, who had been in the gale, but luckily received no damage. An I that Captain John Evans, in a(Loplioin New York, arrived at Heat inlet mil after the gale, having received confidcrabie damage, bv Hutting hi* cargo and Ihippmg very heavy leas, which obliged him to keen' bailing and punying, to |tevent his v^lTci from foundering.TiicHnp Hawke, Captain Lightcnfton, of and from Savannah,' for London, failed from Tybce the nth of lalt month ; but in a violent gale ot wind, and very high leas, the veffrl fpriing a leak, when both pumps were obliged to be kept co* ftantly going j and alter differing eontideiable other damage and being m tho grcacctt danger of the** lives, the Captain on the i6ih irlolvcd to run into tlie full inlet, which happened to be Sapellu, but lirutk on the bar, about ^ miles fiom ihe Ihore, where the (hip and cargo wcrcciftiirly loif. The |»aiP*ngcrs, among whom was the Hon Daniel Moute, Efqj and all the (hip s company, with difficulty Rot fafc afhore.
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Williamsburg Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia, US
Thu, Nov 26, 1767
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