Drowned off the coast of Cohasset with son
"Ship News.
We yesterday received the melancholy information of the loss of the brig Alert, of Kennebunk, Paul Knowles, Master, from Nantz, which was cast ashore on Cohasset Rocks, on Monday last, during a violent snow storm. The captain, five seamen, and two boys were lost, together with the vessel and cargo, which consisted principally of Salt. The body of capt. Knowles has been picked up, and from its being lashed to a part of the quarter deck, we have no expectation whatever, but that every soul on board must have perished. Several persons were on the beach, when she came ashore, but could afford no relief, on account of the heavy sea then running. The vessel belonged to capt. John Hovy of Kennebunk, and was principally insured. It is feared there were some passengers on board, as it is known to have been the intention of several Americans to take passage in her, this however is merely a conjecture. The names of the officers and crew are as follows: --Paul Knowls, master, E. Doane, mate, William Lombard, Leonard Stevens, Samuel Gibbs, and Samuel Freeman, seamen--Ebenezer T. Goddard, of Charleston, and Paul Knowles, [son of the captain) boys.--Best.G." [The Portland Gazette, Portland, Maine, 31 Dec 1804, Mon, p. 4]
Drowned off the coast of Cohasset with son
"Ship News.
We yesterday received the melancholy information of the loss of the brig Alert, of Kennebunk, Paul Knowles, Master, from Nantz, which was cast ashore on Cohasset Rocks, on Monday last, during a violent snow storm. The captain, five seamen, and two boys were lost, together with the vessel and cargo, which consisted principally of Salt. The body of capt. Knowles has been picked up, and from its being lashed to a part of the quarter deck, we have no expectation whatever, but that every soul on board must have perished. Several persons were on the beach, when she came ashore, but could afford no relief, on account of the heavy sea then running. The vessel belonged to capt. John Hovy of Kennebunk, and was principally insured. It is feared there were some passengers on board, as it is known to have been the intention of several Americans to take passage in her, this however is merely a conjecture. The names of the officers and crew are as follows: --Paul Knowls, master, E. Doane, mate, William Lombard, Leonard Stevens, Samuel Gibbs, and Samuel Freeman, seamen--Ebenezer T. Goddard, of Charleston, and Paul Knowles, [son of the captain) boys.--Best.G." [The Portland Gazette, Portland, Maine, 31 Dec 1804, Mon, p. 4]
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Paul Knowles died 24 December, 1804, aged 42 years 6 months [on stone with son Paul]
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