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Feirfully High & the wind a perfic Gale the first thing
that was done was to know whear the Damage
Part was. A wave Came & Cleared every thing that
was Moveable the Engins going a-head Halfspeed
The Pumps was sounded and found that thear was
But little water in the Main Hole & then a wave
came & bured her head under water for some time
Wave after wave which frightened the Capt. & he gave
Orders to Clear the Quaters Boats thinking the Ship
was fast going down the Damage Part was found to
be in the Stern- or Fore-hole which was full of
Water about 36 Tons of water we was set to work
at the pumps & at the leck [leak] with Pails & Buckets
at ½ 5 a.m. Day-brake the Scean was Awful the Sea
Making a Brech over her from Stem to Stern
the Capt. as been a Captain for 32 Years & he said
that he Never Experance such a fierful Sea in his
Life the Sails Steadyed her [Very] the flag of Distress
flying all day at 8.a.m. a Sail was Sighted from
our Mast head it was a Schooner which bore down
to us in Good Style but she passed a Mile ½
astern of us. She was the one that took the News
to Giberalter that we was lost from Hence to Eng-
land the Captain altered his Corse the Sea was
Dreadful & Gale of Wind the Same Every think was
thrown Over Board from her Fore-part of the Ship.
The Loss of Property was Very Great the Cheaf
things was Tools Timber &c
At 1.p.m. the Gale & Sea Lowered, & at ½ 1.p.m.
Land was seen from our Mast head which
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