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The Daily Dispatch: January 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], The loss of the steamer Dare--full Particulars. (search)
, having cost over £2,000. On Monday and Tuesday the weather was pleasant, but on Wednesday there was a slight rain and no observations could be taken during the day. In the evening about 4 o'clock they got a cast of the lead, which showed 17 fathoms of water. About 6 o'clock the Wilmington pilot took charge of the vessel, saying he intended to steer for Lockwood's Folly. She slightly scraped the beach at Baldhead Inlet about 8½ o'clock, and was then steered along the beach towards Fort Caswell, taking casts of the lead all the way. At 1 o'clock at night the pilot thought they had crossed Wilmington bar and were within a mile of the fort, and anchored for the night, waiting for daylight to cross the "rip" between the bar and the fort. When daylight came it was discovered that the pilot had mistaken the position, and instead of being one mile from the fort, they were three miles, and between them and it were three blockaders. One of them saw her, and immediately gave chase,