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29. — Blowing fresh from S. W. 

 — ^Made Bally-cotton Islands, 

 about five p. m. The mate, going 

 aloft to look at the land, fell from 

 the rigging, and was killed. 

 Hauled up for Kinsale light, but 

 the weather coming on thick and 

 hazy, and blowing very liard, haul- 

 ed our wind on the larbovird-tack. 



The ship falling off, wore her 

 round on the starboard tack. At 

 day-light, drifting fast uj)on Mine- 

 head, set the mainsails; shook 

 out a reef of the topsails. At 10 

 a. m. off Xewton-head, the fore- 

 top-mast went, and aftcrwaids 

 the main-sail split ; finding the 

 ship drifting vciy fast on a lee- 

 slioj-e, that 1 could nut weather 

 the land, about Brown's Town- 

 head, furled saih, and brought 

 up with both anchors, and two 

 and a half cables on end ; but the 

 sea making a fair breach over us, 

 and the anchors coming home, 

 we drifted on shore, and in an 

 hour and a half went to pieces. 

 At the time of the wreck there 

 Avere on board — 



Soldiers I^ost. — !}th regiment, 

 \'l officers, 2G7 men. 



.Soldiers Saved, — 59th regiment, 

 four officers, '20 men. 



Seamen Lost. — Fourteen sea- 

 men. 



Seamen Saved. — Mr. James 

 Gibb (Mastei ) ; two seamen. 



^\'omen and Children Lost. — 

 Thirty soldiers' wives, 40 chil- 

 dren ; one Officer's wife and two 

 children. 



Women and Children Saved. — 

 None. 



Pcissengers Lost. — Mr. Henry 

 Allen of Deal, going to his Ma- 

 jesty's ship Tonnant. 



I'assengers Saved. — ^None. 



Total Lost. — Ofiiccrs 59th regi- 

 ment, 19. ; soldiers 59th regt, 



Vot. Lvm. 



262 ; seamen, 14 ; passengers, 

 I ; Officers' w ives, 1 ; soldiers 

 wives, 30 ; Officers' children, 2 ; 

 soldiers' children, 40 — Total 365. 

 Total Saved. — Officers 59th regt. 

 4 ; soldiers, 59th regt. 25 ; sea- 

 men, 3.— Total 32. 



Tramore, Jan. 31, 1816. — ■ 

 Yesterday presented a melan- 

 choly sight near this. A trans- 

 port had been seen for a consi- 

 derable time appro.iching the har- 

 bour, and at length having crossed 

 it to anchor near the shore within 

 the opposite land, her distressed 

 and dangerous situation being 

 evident, crowds gathered from 

 Tramore, anti the adjoining coun- 

 try', on the beach. After ashort pe- 

 riod, her anchors having dragged, 

 she drifted to the beach, and 

 having struck in a tremendous 

 surf, unspeakable horror soon 

 followed 1 Tlie. ship being soon 

 broken by the dreadful waves that 

 assailed her, the shore became 

 scattered with dead bodies, a few 

 struggling survivors, planks, cord- 

 age, and every species of wreck. 

 Mucli exertion was made by several 

 spirited individuals, but particu- 

 larly by Mr. Hunt of Tramore, 

 who was instrumental in saving 

 many. 



The severity of the day, and 

 the disadvantage of an ebb in- 

 stead of flood tide, added greatly 

 to the calamity. Benumbed with 

 cold, and overwhelmed by con- 

 tinual waves, the poor sufferers 

 fell speedy victims to their de- 

 plorable fate ; a gi-eat number of 

 women and children were on 

 board — not one escaped ! About 

 half the 59Lh regiment had em- 

 barked in this transport at Deal, 

 their number three hundred and 

 upwards, and of these sixteen 

 were officers, .\bout twentv-five 



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