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Shipwrecks and port news reach Dublin and London
An extra from Dublin reports the Dublin, captained by White, founder ed at sea with sixty souls lost, while Brandy and coffee cargoes were salvaged from the Jonas and Duc Compagni. Letters note ship losses, bankruptcies feared, and many named victims. Public notices and local incidents fill pages, including robberies, marriages, deaths, and market prices.
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Scarborough
Jonas
Stockholm
Wexford
Bristol
Duc Compagni
Lambardi
St. Eustatia
Amsterdam
Dublin
London
White
Chester Fair
Earl of Drogheda
Tobin
Back-Lane
Richard Shaw
Fletcher
Castle-Street
Haberdashers
Rudd
the Cibber
Maddox
Theatre Royal
Bridge-Street
Scotland
Cibber
William Nairn
Edinburgh
Alexander Nairn
Thomas Roberts
Burtton Ferry
Silamorganshire
Ara
Jaft
Sr. Bartholomew’s
Royal Exchange
Cartwright
Nancy Maitland
Old Broad Street
Bocking
Essex
Thomas Sharp
Rilgegnan
Newgate Street
Sally Painsfield
John Earl of
William Keith
William Williamson
Bishop Hill
City of York
York Cathedral
Roberts
Aldgate
Francis Partrick
Drury Lane
Thomas Randall
Mitcham
Dyer
Piccadilly
Irongate
Holbourn
Uxbridge
Kingston
Magdalen-house
Whitechapil
His Majesty
Putney-Heath
Portsmouth
Hilebrand
Roeloff Doeden Klyver
Rotterdam
Anna Mara
Henry Carpenter
West Indies
Pratten
Holland
É&C
Briish
Danizick
Colberg
Richard Edgcumbe
Edgcumbe
Mount Edgcumbe
the Dutchy of Lancaster
Cornwall
England
Ireland
Matilda
Henry Furnese
Waldershair
Kent
Barr
Lord Edgcumbe
George Edgcumbe