Shipwreck
in Tramore
At
an early hour on Friday morning, the Flora of London, bound from Cadiz to Cork
and Waterford with a cargo of cocoa and £5,000 worth of wines, was driven in by
the storm and wrecked in Tramore Bay. The sea was so high, no boat dared put
out the assistance of the crew, which it is thought should perish, till they
were seen to lower the ship’s boat, into which the captain’s lady first
descended. Before any others of the crew could get into the boat, it was struck
and nearly filled by a wave and would have gone to the bottom but for the
presence of mind of the lady, who proceeded to bail out the water. By means of
this boat, the crew finally succeeded in reaching the shore. At two o’clock,
the masts and rigging of the vessel were cut away. At five o’clock, about £3,000
worth of wines had been saved and at ten the vessel had burst and the casks
containing the remainder floated about the bay. We think it due to the people
of Tramore to notice their very excellent conduct on this unfortunate occasion,
when they rendered every assistance in their power, in saving the cargo, a
great part of which must have been inevitably lost but for their exertions-nor
should we forget to remark the kindness and attention which has been shown the
unfortunate crew by Mr Williams, partner in the respectable house of R Pope and
Co., of this city, nor the extraordinary and successful exertions he made to
save the cargo.-Waterford Chronicle.[1]
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