Wreck of the Mexico explained

The wreck of the Mexico killed 115 people off the coast of Long Island, New York, United States, on January 2, 1837.[1] [2] The casualties were mostly immigrants who froze to death not far from shore.[3] Daniel Melancthon Tredwell recalled "seeing the drowned and the frozen being brought from the beach in sleds and being placed in rows in John Lott's barn for the identification of the friends and relatives."[4] Eight were saved by the heroic effort of Raynor Smith and companions.[5] The captain, Charles Winslow, saved himself, his sword and the ship's lockbox by jumping in Smith's boat and leaving the passengers behind to die.[6]

The Mexico was a ship sailing from Liverpool.[7] She was classed as a barque and carried "300 tons burden."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: After H. Sewell - Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls. . 2023-06-24 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . en . 2022-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311142252/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/662282 . live .
  2. News: 1837-01-12 . Ship Mexico shipwrecked Jan 1837 . 2 . The Evening Post . 2023-06-24.
  3. Web site: Esq . Patrick Young . 2017-06-22 . Immigration Vacation: Monument to the Immigrants Who Died in Long Island Shipwreck . 2023-06-24 . Long Island Wins . en-US . 2023-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324150115/https://longislandwins.com/culture/immigration-vacation-monument-to-the-immigrants-who-died-in-long-island-shipwreck/ . live .
  4. Book: Tredwell, Daniel Melancthon . Personal Reminiscences of Men and Things on Long Island . 1912 . C.A. Ditmas . 120 . en.
  5. Web site: Raynor Rock Smith Hero Life Saver of the Wreck Mexico . 2023-06-26 . longislandgenealogy.com . 2016-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113124821/http://longislandgenealogy.com/raynorrock.html . live .
  6. Web site: Hinman . Michael . 2022-08-04 . Two heroes, and one captain who should've been ashamed . 2023-06-26 . Herald Community Newspapers . en.
  7. Book: Newman, Stephen Morrell . America: An Encyclopaedia of Its History and Biography, Arranged in Chronological Paragraphs, with Full Accounts of Prehistoric America and the Indians, and Notes on Contemporaneous History ... . 1881 . Coburn & Newman publishing Company . 463 . en.

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