The Mexico Shipwreck, L.I., N.Y. 1836






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The MEXICO was an American Barque of 300 tons, manned by a crew of 12 men
including officers, and having on board 112 steerage passengers, as
ascertained from her papers, certified by the Collector at Liverpool. She
left Liverpool Oct. 23rd, 1836 only a week after the Bristol, but did not
arrive off the Hook till the 31st of December. Not being able to find a
pilot, she stood off to sea; but on returning to the Hook on the 2nd. of
Jan. and attempting to enter the Bay, she was driven on Hempstead Beach,
about 10 miles east of the spot where the Bristol had been wrecked. The
weather being intensely cold, and the waves constantly breaking over the
vessel, the most of the passengers and crew perished in the succeeding
night. On the following day, a boat from the shore succeeded in reaching the
vessel, and rescued the captain, 4 passengers, and 3 of the crew, who
dropped from the bowsprit. The boat was unable to return, and the few
survivors were necessarily left to their fate. The whole number that
perished was 116. On the 11th of Jan. 43 bodies were buried at the place
where the monument is erected, and several others that were afterwards
recovered. A few of the bodies were recognised and taken by friends for
burial elsewhere.

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