Wreck of the Northfleet, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all ye feeling people while this sad story I relate" as the singer tells of the wreck of the Northfleet, destroyed at Dungeness. 500 died when another ship hit the Northfleet at anchor. The captain tries to rescue those he can; he and his wife die
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs)
KEYWORDS: ship wreck disaster death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Jan 22, 1873 - The _Northfleet_, bound for Australia, is hit at anchor by the steamer _Murillo_, resulting in the deaths of 320 people
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 126, "The Wreck of the Northfleet" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1174
NOTES [51 words]: There is at least one other song on this theme, in broadside Bodleian, Firth c.12(113), "Wreck of the Northfleet, or, Father, Put Me in the Boat!" (unknown, n.d.). Although the Bodleian web site uses the same Roud number for that broadside as for the song in Palmer, they are clearly not the same song. - RBW
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File: PsSe126

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