Loss of the Sarah, The

DESCRIPTION: "Ye landsmen all, now pray draw near, A lamentation ye shall her" of how the "Sarah" was lost at sea. Captain Pierce mistakes the lighthouse he is seeing. The ship breaks her anchors and is wrecked. 16 are killed; 16 survive
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: death disaster ship
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1835 - loss of the packet Sarah (source: Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 280-281, "The Loss of the Sarah" (1 text)
Roud #4077
NOTES [7 words]: This is item dD31 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: EcSm280

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