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off them and from bruises, . and 
lying so long in the water, they 
made the mest shocking appear- 
ance. Part of the Gloucester mili- 
tia, aided by the peasantry, are con- 
stantly employed in burying them. 
The number of sufferers almost 
exceeds belief; upwards of sixteen 
hundred bodies having, it is said, 
been thrown up along the beach. 
An officer of the Gloucester mili- 
tia, has assisted at the burialof 300, 
The vessels lost in the West Bay 
were seven in number, and such 
was the fury of the waves, that se- 
veralb of the transports, heavily 
laden, were driven to the very sum- 
mit of the beach, which is consider- 
ably higher than a common built 
house. Had the poor wretches 
continued on board, many more 
would have been saved; but such 
was their agitation and fright, that 
as soon as the vessel struck, they 
leaped overboard, and were ex- 
hausted before they could reach 
the shore. A soldier of the 63d 
says, that previous to his quitting 
the transport, one of the officers of 
the regiment, who was lame and 
in bed, and conscious of the impos- 
sibility of his escaping death, met 
it with a most dignified constancy ; 
he told the soldier, that from his 
Strength there was a chance of his 
safety, and told him how to hus- 
band it best to his advantage; and 
then gave him his purse and watch, 
which he observed were no longer 
nedessary to him.—There were 170 
troops in this vessel, and five only 
were saved. Captain Bearcroft, 
who commanded the detachment, 
is among the sufferers,—The lady, 
whom we mentiened to have been 
so miraculous!y preserved, was wife 
tocornet Burns, of the 26th. On 
Tuesday his remains, togethsr with 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
those of lieutenant Kerr, of the 
46th and 26 others, were buried 
at Wick church, about two miles 
from. hence, with military honours ; 
the Gloucester militia, &c. attend- 
ing.—The people of Abbotsbury 
say they saw five vessels, exclusive 
of what are known to have beea 
wrecked, run foul of each other, 
and it is probable most of them 
hav: foundered. The transports 
were, it appears, most wretchedly 
manned; the Hannah was driven 
ashore by another transport, the 
master of which was the only sea- 
man on board of her. The Han- 
nah went to pieces last night on the 
rocks, but the crew and cargo have 
been saved. Several horses on 
board were drowned. 
Glasgow. Aboutoneo’clock 
this morning a violent storm 
of wind and rain, accompanied 
with snow, came on here, which | 
continued till four in the afternoon. 
Early in the forenoon the river 
Clyde rose to a prodigious height, 
so as to lay all the low part of the 
town, near the river, under water. 
The Gallowgate burn, from the 
overflowing of the Monkland ca- 
nal, came down with such rapidity 
as to fill all the low houses in the 
Gallowgate, east side of the Salt- 
market, and lower part of St. An- 
drew’s square, with water. The 
fine new bridge across the river 
opposite the Salt-market, which 
was passable to foot-passengers, is 
totally swept away. Boats for the 
relief of the inhabitants are plying 
along the bridge gate, the depth of 
water being near six feet in some 
places. From Charlotte-street to 
Jamaica-street isa continued sheet 
of water of considerable depth, and 
the passage by any of the two 
bridges is impassable for the pre- 
sent. 
27th, 
