Mar 01 1833 Disasters at Sea - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

Mar 01 1833 Disasters at Sea

The Times, Friday, Mar 01, 1833; pg. 6; Issue 15101; col F

Between Dalkey Island and the east pier of Kingstown are the masts of a vessel
seen over water, supposed to be a brig that foundered on the night of the 20th,
and as there is no account of the crew, it is most likely that all hands on
board perished. The brig Robert, from Whitehaven, arrived yesterday (Friday),
and states that on Thursday, when about 25 miles S.E. of Lambay, they observed a
vessel in distress, and on approaching her found her to be the Minerva, of
Belfast, laden with salt from Liverpool to said port, in a sinking state, and
with much difficulty rescued the crew (which consisted of four) from a watery
grave. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain CHRISTIAN for his kind
attention to the poor sufferers on their safe arrival on board his vessel. It is
supposed she foundered very shortly after the crew left her. The Brothers, from
Whitehaven, Captain FULTON, arrived in port yesterday, with loss of bulwarks,
stanchions, sails, &c., and when about three miles to the westward of Douglas
lost a man overboard. - Dublin Times, Feb. 23.