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The Fate of the Ship "Two Brothers" Below is a notice from the Pennsylvania Journal September 25, 1754. It was a copy of an article from the London Newspaper, August 5, 1754. |
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| A few days hence captain Arnot bound from Rotterdam to Philadelphia upward of 300 palatine passengers on board in passage struck a sandbar beat off her rutter. Somewhere between 220 and 300 Palentines passengers drowned when the ship went down in sight of the Dutch ship which just left them to drown. Insensible to their distress thought proper to continue his course and left. Deserting upwards of 80 souls out of the above number. Captain Henderson bound for the coast of New Guinea took them on board and landed them on Thursday seven PM at on the coast near Rotterdam, then proceeded on his voyage. So apparently it hit a sandbar, sank and only a small number of those passengers were saved, and apparently the crew was saved. | ||||
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So that is
what happened to the ship the two brothers. These voyages were definitely
risky.
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The account in the Pennsylvania Gazette same date: This one says 300 palatines passengers were drowned with the captain. The rest of the crew was taken up by Captain Harrison. So somewhere between 220 and 300 Palentines passengers drowned when the ship went down in sight of the Dutch ship which just left them drown. |
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