in the stormy month of June, three bigships found their doom in Table Bay. TheSwarte Leeuw was smashed in front of the Com-panys wharf, the Oosterland and the Waddinxveenbroken at Salt River ; the cargo scattered and onlysixteen saved out of all the crew. In this terribletime the Governor, the… … 23: OLD CAPE COLONY the Governor stood up to his knees in water tokeep things going, and continually had boatsafloat in order to despatch cables and anchors tothe return fleet which . . . were in such greatdanger. The crew of the three ships wereunrecognizable when found, and the money chestsand…
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