Tremendous Storm and Shipwrecks Reported in Dublin Gazette
The Dublin Gazette chronicles a violent north wind and heavy snow described as memory’s greatest, damaging Sir Harry Jones’s house and shattering furniture. A Cromarty bound recruiting ship wrecked near Murray-frith. Capt. Macqueen sacrificed himself to save Lieut. Monro. In Bath, Countess of Pembroke hosts a grand birthday ball with 284 dishes, hundreds of guests, and lavish hospitality at Mrs. Hays’s and Mrs. Lindsey’s rooms.