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12Apr

‘The Slaughterhouse of the East Coast’ – Loss of the Pomona, 1859.

An account of the harrowing loss of the emigrant ship, Pomona, 1859    ‘Arranged side by side, they lay locked in the sleep of death, and the lifeless, which a few hours past were lighted up with life and animation, had become sickening objects, from which the heart recoiled…the eyes seemed directed to that haven […]
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