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Excerpt from Awful Calamities, Or, the Shipwrecks of December, 1839: Being a Full Account of the Dreadful Hurricanes of Dec; 15, 21& 27, on the Coast of Massachusetts, in Which Were Lost More Than 100 Vessels, and Nearly 200 Dismasted, Driven Ashore or Otherwise Damaged, and More Than 160 Lives Destructed, of Which Full St
Schooner Clarinda, of Boston, and a lighter Sloop were sunk at Lewis' Wharf.
Ship Propontis, of Boston, from Cadiz, broke adrift from Sar gent's Wharf, tore out her timber-heads, and drove up the dock where she remained safe.
Ship Forum, of Boston, broke her moorings at Granite Wharf, drove up the dock, stove in her stern, carried away her foretop mast, and was otherwise damaged.
Ship Sterling, of Boston, broke adrift, fell across the dock, and was much chafed.
Brig Banian, of Boston, from Matanzas, dragged from the stream against Granite and T Wharfs, and was much injured by the contact, staving her boat, the store-houses, 8m.
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