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Sailors rescued after brigantine wreck near Brown's Bank
In a perilous voyage, a brigantine named Arthur Catherine from New York bound to Antigua sprang a leak off Brown's Bank. The master and 17 crew escaped by boat. one survivor, Thomas Purnall, weak but alive, told captors of their ship's fate and cargo. Several died aboard the stranded boat before rescue.
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Arthur Catherin
New-York
Antigua
Bert
Wiffens
Ivon
Gach
Thomas Purnall
Purrall
Louisbourg
Rockinghamn
Bear
Richmond
Court
Staning
Molly Long
Mr. Cheville
Ova March
Germany
Genieral Murray
Bann
Deane
Barton
Pexton
Capt. Barton
Port Au Prince
France
Cerberus
Jamaica
Robert Wainwright
John Wainwright
Colchester
Essex
An Wale
John Geates
Ely
Mir
John Cheatham
Redtown- Baneateire
Imo
Whedtley
Sherat Weghami
Berkshire
Begi
Marne