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Calamity at sea leaves many lost and mourned
A detailed list records the stranded vessel’s losses and survivors. The captain John Goodburn is named among the deceased, with widows and many children left to mourn. Communities at Margate Ramsgate and Broadstairs report numerous affected families and several saved seamen and mates.
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Margate
John Goodburn
George Bone
Henry Thornton
Ditto
Sarah Thornton
Henry
Mary Hoof
Rotherhithe
Sarah Watson
Folkstone
White Hart
Ramsgate
Taweril
Sarah Jones
Wete-street
Clare-market
London
Robert Offspring
Mount-street
Grosvenor-square
Jesse Carroway
Nuckell
Lbr
Broadstairs
Taylor
Field
John Busbridge
St. Peter's
John Dear
Edward Sayer
John Smith
John Wood
William Singleton