‘Last
Saturday night a Dutch vessel laden with flax feed, bound to Dublin was drove
on shore on Tramore Bay. The cargo will be saved but the master, mate and 4 of
the crew unfortunately perished.’[1]
To
be sold by public auction, at Tramore Strand, near Waterford, on Thursday and
Friday the 27th and 28th January instant, for Account of
the Insurers, viz. the Brig Maria Theresa, with her main and foremasts, stays,
shroud, boltsprit, windlass, capstain and pumps, all standing; burthen about
200 tons, old England built and uncommonly strong.
The
sails, cables, anchors, yards, topmasts, rigging and materials, belonging to
the said vessel, carefully taken down in good condition.
The
cargo of the said ship, consisting of about 700 sasks of flaxseed, the growth
of Flanders last season, part of which is perfectly sound and dry, fit for
sowing, and part damaged by water, fit for being made into oil; in lots of ten
casks each.
And
about 500 oak staves, three feet long. Payment in cash, or approved Dublin bills,
according as each article will be struck off.
The
ship, at a moderate expence, may be transported to the channel of Ringneshark,
very near the spot where she lies. Waterford, Jan. 22, 1780.[2]
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