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Figs Packed with Poison Aboard Ship Alert and Storm Reports
Six weeks ago a parcel of figs sent to Mr. Crowle at Whitehaven contained four pieces of Optim in each fruit, enough to kill seven men. Harrison is a fugitive with a reward offered. A ship, the Friendship, lost its master and two men near Jersey. Barkley and Marshall survived after passengers on Capt. Davis’s ship were rescued. December storms wrecked or damaged multiple vessels including Neptune, Volant, Infant Philip, and Lilly, with crews saved or lost. Health data lists many illnesses and burials. public notices set a town gathering for late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Crowle
Customs
Whitehaven
Harrison
Davis
Beynd
Carolina
London
Jersey
Barkley
Mark River
Marshal
Westmoreland
Gulph
Florida
Jamaica
Falmouth
Newfoundland
Rock of
Scilly
Deal
Neptune
Park
Madera
West-Indies
Volant
Smyter
Barbadoes
Infante
Philip
Robertson
Cadiz
Goodwin Sands
Lilly
Long
Constancy
Dover
Figuris
Portree