The Literary panorama and national register vol. 1 Charles Taylor published 1814, Digitized by Google, p. 767, published the following news item dealing with the loss of the Turkish frigate Camel. “Dreadful oppression: dreadful vengeance. The Turkish frigate, the Camel, Abdallah Hamed commander, was recently employed in collecting the annual tribute of the inhabitants of the islands, in the Grecian Archipelago. While at anchor off Mytilene, the following tragical circumstance took place: A Greek being unable or unwilling to pay the assessment, had been conveyed on board ship, and after undergoing repeated bastinadoes, was threatened with further punishment Having next day refused compliance, his wife and daughter were, by Hamed’s order, put to death, after treatment too dreadful to describe. This scene took place in pretence of the wretched husband, who, maddened by the sight, devoted himself to destruction to obtain revenge for such outrages on the common feelings of nature. When the crew were asleep, he gained the powder chamber, and fired it. An instantaneous explosion, which scattered burning fragments over the neighbouring islands, announced the terrible catastrophe to the inhabitants. What remained of the frigate was speedily consumed; and of the crew, 160 perished. The survivors, including Hamed, the commander, were dreadfully mutilated.”
