Awful calamities : or, the shipwrecks of December, 1839, being a full account of the dreadful hurricanes of Dec. 15, 21 & 27, on the coast of Massachusetts ; in which were lost more than 90 vessels, and nearly 200 dismasted, driven ashore or otherwise damaged, and more than 150 lives destroyed, of which full statistics are given ; comprising also a particular relation of the shipwreck of the following vessels ; barque Lloyd, brigs Pocahontas, Rideout and J. Palmer and schs. Deposite, Catherine Nichols and Miller ; and also of the dreadful disasters at Gloucester.
- Title:
- Awful calamities : or, the shipwrecks of December, 1839, being a full account of the dreadful hurricanes of Dec. 15, 21 & 27, on the coast of Massachusetts ; in which were lost more than 90 vessels, and nearly 200 dismasted, driven ashore or otherwise damaged, and more than 150 lives destroyed, of which full statistics are given ; comprising also a particular relation of the shipwreck of the following vessels ; barque Lloyd, brigs Pocahontas, Rideout and J. Palmer and schs. Deposite, Catherine Nichols and Miller ; and also of the dreadful disasters at Gloucester.
- Call Number:
- 910.4 H856a2
- Edition:
- Second ed.
- Publication Information:
- Boston : J. Howe, 1840.
- Physical Description:
- 24 p. ; 24 cm.
- Subjects:
- Shipwrecks.
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