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DREADFUL SHIPWRECK OF A LONDON SMACK Full, True, and Particular Account of the melan- choly Shipwreck of the London Smack Czar, near North Berwick, on Friday night last, when the Master, five of the crew, and thirteen Pass- engers were drowned. (From the Edinburgh Courant) On Friday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, in a very heavy gale of easterly wind, ac- companied with snow, the smack Czar, of Leith, George Smith, master, on her voyage from London ran on shore near North Berwi k, opposite to the property of George Sligo, Esq. of Seacliff. Imme- diately on receiving information, Mr Sligo collect- ed his farm servants, and repaired to the spot ; but from the darkness of the night, and the fury of the storm, it was impossible for them to render the least assistance, although the cries of those on board could at times be heard. When the tide had partly receded, nine of the crew were saved, and taken to the house of Mr Weir of Scoughall farm ; but the rest of the crew, five in number, including the master, were unfor- tunately lost. The greatest exertions were made by Mr Sligo and Mr Weir of Scoughall farm, who also treated the passengers with the greatest kind- ness and attention. Mr Crichton, one of the ma- nagers of the Shipping Company to which the Czar belongs, set off from Leith for North Berwick im- mediately on the above melancholy intelligence be- ing received, to do every thing in his power for the interest of all concerned. The only names or pas- sengers transmitted in the vessel's manifest from London are, Mr and Mrs Scott, Miss Graham, and Mr Mayell. On Wednesday moring, a coal-hewer belong- ing to Mellerston was found dead among the snow. He was on his way to his work, but it appears that he had lost his way, and fell down amongst the snow, and expired. FIFE. The accounts from the West of Fife are of the most alarming and painful description. Near Glenfarg, it is said, no less than Eleven Persons have perished in the Snow. AWFUL SHIPWRECK, AT LEITH. We are sorry to say that a most melancholy shipwreck has just taken place at Leith. A vessel struck on the Black Rocks, when, awful to relate, all on board perished. About forty vessels have taken shelter from the storm behind Inchkeith. John Campell, Printer, Edinburgh.
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1831- shelfmark: L.C.Fol.74(083)
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