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William Brown (ship)
The ''William Brown'' was an American ship that sank in 1841, taking with her 31 passengers. A further 16 passengers were forced out of an overloaded lifeboat before the survivors were rescued. In the case of ''United States v. Holmes'', crewman Alexander Holmes was charged with murder and convicted of manslaughter for his actions.
==Sinking and rescue==
Under the command of Captain George Harris, the ship departed from Liverpool on March 18, 1841 for Philadelphia with 17 seamen and 65 passengers, mostly poor Scottish and Irish emigrants. At about 10 p.m. on the night of April 19, the ''William Brown'' struck an iceberg southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland and sank. The captain, eight seamen, and one passenger made it to the jolly boat (to be picked up six days later by a French fishing vessel), while nine crewmen and 32 passengers occupied the longboat. One person had died earlier on the voyage, and 31 passengers, many of them children, went down with the ship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNITED STATES v. HOLMES - Circuit Court, E. D. Pennsylvania. 26 F.Cas. 360 (1842) )〕
Before the two boats parted ways to increase their chances of being found, Captain Harris placed the first mate, Francis Rhodes, in charge of the crowded, leaking longboat. At about 10 p.m., 24 hours after the sinking, the wind picked up, sending water over the longboat's gunwales, and it began to rain heavily. The first mate shouted, "This . . . won't do. Help me, God. Men, go to work."〔 When the crewmen did nothing, he stated, "Men, you must go to work, or we shall all perish."〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alexander Holmes Trial: 1842 - Holmes Tried For Manslaughter )〕 Then, the seamen, among them Alexander Holmes, forced 12 men out of the boat. Two women also went into the frigid water, though they may have voluntarily followed their brother, Frank Askin. Early the next morning, two men were found to be hiding and were also jettisoned. All of the male passengers, except for two married men and a young boy, had been sacrificed,〔 while all of the crewmen remained aboard. Later that day, the survivors were picked up by the ''Crescent'' and taken to Le Havre.
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