My GGG Grandfather, Tobias Ambre Ohmer, sailed from LeHavre, France to New Orleans on the ship Carack, arriving in April of 1851. The following is an account of the the burning and eventual sinking of that very ship in the year 1857.
Built 1849 in Thomaston, Maine
Ship Carack, 874 tons
Built by R. Walsh
Chief Owner W.J. Fales, Robinson, Ambrose Snow
Telegraphed to the New Orleans Picayune
Steamboats Passed Vicksburg
[By the National Line]
Vicksburg, Aug. 1 — The John Briggs passed down at 7 o’clock this morning.
Later from Key West
Probable loss of Bark Pacific
The annexed letter from our Key West correspondent, giving an account of the destruction of the ship Carack, by fire, and the probable loss of the bark Pacific, with other marine intelligence, came to hand th...
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