Monday
25 October were Dutch 9 sailors of Hellevoetsluis drowned when they tried with
an ice barge to aid the Austrian brig ship Pegno d'Amicitia which was in
seriously danger and later even smashed at the Ooster due to a heavy North West
storm and a high sea. Of the 9 men eight were married and let their widows with
in total 26 children behind.
