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THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



York. The Great Eastern made her first anchorage here on her 

 maiden trip to New York, having come in by way of the Sound. 



Close by is Pot Rock where the British frigate-of-war Hussar 

 sank with one hundred and seven men on board. The vessel 

 reached New York from England on September 13, 1780, carrying 



Subterranean Passage and Cells 



American prisoners and laden with a mass of gold, silver and cop- 

 per coin with which to pay off the British forces in the Colonies. 

 Rumors having reached the English Admiralty that New York City 

 was about to fall into the hands of the Americans, the Hussar was 

 given orders to sail up the Sound to Newport. But it struck in 

 the vicinity of North Brother Island and Port Morris on the 23rd 

 of November, 1780. 



It was said that she carried to the bottom with her not only 



