‘During the storm last Thursday night, a fishing
boat, with three persons on board, was lost off Tramore, and two of the hands
perished; the other, an elderly man, was happily washed ashore alive.’[1]
Waterford
October 21, Thursday last we had very high winds, attended with almost
incessant rain. At night several chimneys were blown down, many houses stripped
and other considerable damage done. From Passage we learn that the ferry boat
that plys between that place and Ballyhack, was overset in a sudden squall, but
the passengers happily swam to shore; a ship’s boat laden with fish, was sunk
near the slip. And a sloop belonging to Dungarvan, dashed to pieces off Tramore
and every soul on board unfortunately perished. We dread other dismal accounts
from the coast.[2]
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