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Tragic accidents and maritime news in 1738 period
Reports from London and ports detail two fatal accidents at a warehouse and on a river dock where collapse and drowning occurred. Other items cover ship actions in the Atlantic, prize news from Jamaica, piracy cautions, court notices, and a reward for a found diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelican Stairs
Priaulx
St. Mary Overy’s
William Cook
Chifwel-Street
Tooley-Street
Southwark
Samuel How
Walter Hazard
Newgate
Col. de Veil
Cranborne Alley
Joseph Tutry
Bradley
William Ockram
Mary Dayly
Burden
Plumber
St. Anne’s Church
Christian Roberts
Sherrard
Westminster
Justice Blackerby
Pain
St. Giles’s
Jamaica
Bird
Hinton
Portsmouth
Kinsale
N.S. del Rosario
San Francisco Xavier
el Venus
Bernard
Espinoza
Canaries
Campeachy
Anne
Marshal
Downs
Eis
Virginia
Chace
Ronfe
London
Alexandria
Cape Arabia
Bath
Walere
Mrs. Hayes
Goulet