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11/18/1874: off Cape of Good Hope, a fire arose on the Cospatrick. 472 died, 3 anthropophagi survived.

With frantic cries they rent the air
They rushed on deck, no help was there.
All through the ship the flames did sweep
And many plunged into the deep.

     "The Loss of the Scotch Patrick;" Greig-Duncan FS Coll, #32

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