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17050917LEH00

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1705, September 17

Lehe

Report that Hinrich Gossmann has returned from Shetland to Lehe with a cargo of salted fish, and has told that he had experienced a storm 20 miles north of Helgoland on the night of 13-14 September, in which they lost a small boat (‘chaloupe’) and two Shetland ponies, which were intended for the general-governor. The story was confirmed by three sailors Berendt Flügger from Schönebeck, Cordt Pundt from Lesum parish and Hinrich Busen from Lesum.