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and A MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT....
A melancholy accident happened at Dover on Wednesday on landing the passengers from the "Lord Duncan" packet -
A neak (sic) having on board 11 passengers and 4 boatmen, had just put off from the vessel when the "Lady Jane James" passage vessel coming down at the moment, with a fresh wind, ran on board and sunk the neak, by which accident a young man, a passenger named JACOB, a Jew, was drowned after having hung on by the hobstay of the vessel till he was exhausted, when he was obliged to let go his hold and he sunk to rise no more. It is reported he had a considerable sum in foreign coin about his person, another man a hoveller named PERRY dislocated his shoulder and was nearly gone but for the assistance of another boat which succeeded in getting him in after he had gone down twice; the rest of the passengers and crew were saved by the boats and vessel (Kentish Gazette 18 May 1821 back page, col.4)
And later: (local news column): Mr JACOBS, the young man lately drowned, off Dover, had his pantaloons lined with bars of gold.. A reward of £100 has been offered for finding his body."
(Kentish Gazette 29 May 1821 back page col.4)
(NEAK: After much searching no definite identification of this word. "Nektos" (prounced Neek-toss) means swimming (Greek origin). NACA or NACELLE is a French boat without sail or mast "used as early as twelfth century" Neak: not in W.Clark RUSSELL's "Sailor's Language". The incident was not mentioned in Lloyd's List for May/June 1821 - info ex R.Craig)