School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)
- Location:
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 176
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- In the month of February 1924 a ship named the "Dia Matas Patras" broke her back in Sligo River, with all her cargo of grain.
It was a very wild night and the pilot was just able to get aboard. He said it was no use in going to Sligo because if they did they would be (bob) driven ashore so they put out to sea again. The wind blew so hard at sea, so they had to (procede) proceed to Sligo. It was seven o'clock in the morning and it was very dark, and no lights on the river, as she was passing the "Pool bank" she struck. It was near ten o'clock a.m. when the tide was receding, they heard an awful (cgh) crashing sound and then she split in two. About ten men took the grain that was saved away to Liverpool and other places (A Befl) A Belfast man named Macaustir bought her for salvage and taken(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Bruen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Redmond Bruen
- Gender
- Male
