Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-11

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Dyca5tal shib4rrrE.
The following letter, respecting me
lofs OF the Datch Transport the Fre'af, IS
written by a young gentleman, reiidlng
at FOLKLORE, dared November II:
{. YetFerda} | wirnefed mc.t meian-
choly ard ojiiteilirg dsht. Aboos isv.n
o'clock 10 tie mornlrg, | bsheld tie
waves ronnieg mountains high.
About one o'.Iotk / otiefyed many
CATS {. atlng. AID The Iecple running a.
long The beach toward the rock, TO pro-
cure whatever r.ieht fall in heir way;
before / could get to the point, the body
Of tine young wer'sn was driven uPen
he rock, .ho vas ensi'eIy naked except
ore t}oek:ng ard ieaEher garter, when
was euck..cd below her knee.
f" sboJta quarter Of an hour alter ano-
her f male cane IN with many dtsrreni
articles futia car,ouch-boxes, runcheons'
csn,ecns, aud folders caps, heaTa fhas
the wreck was at a place called brco<
mans barr. rutween Hythr and Dim
church. I rcar over there, ard behtl&.
fuch f,eaaeie as ] hope reyer mai
@itrefs again. lie lhip had patled Dim
churcb aboot O'clock il The motnng
thong hthelea was 3feadlul, &ai P ar q 70 be
III we'll; abou half an hour alter ife WAS
driven on nlcr: upon the fand; where fhe
GusIz taf, ard mcit inhantly parted
There were upwafds Of 100 fouls on
board, out Of which, (dreadtul 10 relate)
only nine were faved, one OF whom died
yefterday evening, and three otheis were
not ext eteed 10 recover.
I" / rode for two miles along the coat
from The wreck, towards Sandaafe, which
was covered with puncheons, mui;cal IN
frpmens, nluique:s, &C. as alto dead be-
dies OF Are handfome men; The folders
appear principally 10 be marines. Iaele
las been a great number of them carried
away 10 hy the Church in mile and
halt's ride counted the bodies Of Izo.
The feaIDen were obterved handing ie-
ven or eight tcnaIss up the fhrouds, the
mott probable me2ns OF iaylng ttem, bur
fhorsiy after the maN went by tie beard,
AID they were all plunged in the devosr
ING element. Here were near 100 poor
fellows On piece of the wreck, and We
ry near fhore, when a goe tremendous
fea, came and fwert every one off: A
Mr.. Kemp, of Hythe, iayed one Of them
from death, by running into the Tea. He
was very near an Aicer, and had juit got
hold Of hin, when he perceived an amaz-
ing fwell approaching, with large piece
o! the wreck, and had only tire to fave
hinfcle, for immediately the timber
lynocked out tie brains of the cflcer.-
On my return TO Folkfone, found two
more wcmen, and two or three infants,
had come aihorc; / ALTO law fweet little
girl, this r-orning, about months old.
Not an Office. CT female is faved every
serfon here is bufy on the beach picking |
up WHAT they c.n; tome h1d watches, |
money, 1lns, &c.
!" It is ats4olhieg that every woman
who came on (hore are all qoite naked
Another letter Oh this melancholy iab-
ie6t, dated Dover, Nov. IS, fa'es as fol /!
lows:
/" The Datch Iniiaman Vryheid, for
merly the Melville Cattle, an old crazy
fhip, which paaed Dover roads in diifreis,
on Monday evening, having loft her main
matt, made Ggnals for adlitance, bur The
pilot boat which put of never reached her,
as il came on dreadsully thick and tcmpei-
tuous, 70 tina, fhe was foon loft fight OF.
In this helpless i,uation the crew were
unable 70 keep her of the land, and about
one in the morning, he was driven Oh
fhors near Hylhe, by the fury OF the wind.
It is fuppoled that out Of the npm0er On
board, mott of which were troops, and
which amounted, with the crew, to above