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BG.763.046
19 Dec 1763:21 (455)
Chester, Octob. 11. On Saturday, September 24, the Libely,
a considerable Dublin trader, capt. Williams, master, sailed
from Park-Gate for Ireland, with 140 passengers, mostly
officers of the army, gentlemen and ladies, particularly the
amiable Miss Catley, who had been engaged for one of the
Dublin theatres. The vessel had also a cargo, computed to
be worth 40000l. All Saturday night it blew a very had
gale, and towards morning the weather became so exceedingly
boisterous and stormy, that two colliers from Whitehaven,
and two other ships were wrecked upon the coast of Anglesey,
not far from Holy head, and their crews all lost. On
Sunday, September 25, early in the morning, a ship crowded
with people was discerned off the island of Anglesey, in
great distress; and about ten she bulged upon the rocks near
to the Red-Wharf, where she was broken to pieces and every
person in her perished.
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