WATERCOLOUR #13

 

SHIPWRECK OFF CAPE HENLOPEN

 


At the historic Henlopen Lighthouse there was a Methodist lighthouse keeper. 
Asbury went to the lighthouse, and heard how the villagers, and even the crew, looted a ship as soon as it ran on the rocks in a storm. The captain was drunk, and of 300 on board, only 40 were saved. 
Stricter laws were made to prevent a repetition, "and people on this shore are greatly reformed, for which they may thank the Methodists," says Asbury.
 

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