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Storms and shipwrecks devastate Caribbean islands and crews
News recounts a severe gale that destroyed houses and magazines on an island, wrecked and scattered ships including the James Mary and Aaron, with crews lost or missing near St Eustatius. Reports from Antigua note similar afflictions. A Spanish capture near Cartagena prompts a lengthy firsthand letter about pirate-like behavior and calls for British diplomatic backers, while European war updates detail sieges, garrisons, and political intrigues across Vienna Paris and Madrid.
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North America
James
Kirwan
Mary
Parker
Aaron
Dodson
St. Eustatia
James S Hdpe By This Time She Is Got Into St. Kitt’s
Euftaria
Leeward
St. Kitt’s
Fane
Sutton
S. W
Antigua
Britain
Vienna
France
Juliers
Bergues
Republick
Walpole
Prussia
Guarde Cortas
America
Admiralty
Curacco
Great Britain
Hague
Holland
Belgrade
Hungary
House of Vnoailles
South Sea
New South Sea
Virion
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Mine Adventure
Prem
King’s Theatre
His Majesty’s
N. B