1847

April 11, 1847. Daily Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana)
A North River sloop, commanded by Capt. Weaver, from Haverstraw, Rockland county, to New York, loaded with brick, when opposite Nyack, on the night of the 26th ult., was struck by a heavy flaw of wind and immediately went down. Capt. Weaver, two of his sons and two of the crew were drowned. Three of the bodies have been recovered.

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