{"id":6413,"date":"1839-04-18T12:44:49","date_gmt":"1839-04-18T19:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/dev2\/shipwreck-of-the-asia\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:21:16","slug":"shipwreck-of-the-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/shipwreck-of-the-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipwreck of the Asia &#8211; 9 drown (1839)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is an unmarked mass grave in the cemetery for <span data-scayt_word=\"Capt\" data-scaytid=\"1\">Capt<\/span>. <span data-scayt_word=\"Bastin\" data-scaytid=\"2\">Bastin<\/span> and his crew of the fishing vessel Asia, that was lost off <span data-scayt_word=\"Naufrage\" data-scaytid=\"3\">Naufrage<\/span> in the summer of 1839.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 21, 1839, it was reported &#8211; The Schooner Asia, of Newbury Port, U.S., was driven on shore at <span data-scayt_word=\"Naufrage\" data-scaytid=\"4\">Naufrage<\/span>, on the northern coast of this Island, on the <span data-scayt_word=\"13th\" data-scaytid=\"8\">13th<\/span> <span data-scayt_word=\"inst\" data-scaytid=\"9\">inst<\/span>. Crew, consisting of nine persons, lost. The bodies of <span data-scayt_word=\"Capt\" data-scaytid=\"5\">Capt<\/span>. <span data-scayt_word=\"Bastin\" data-scaytid=\"6\">Bastin<\/span> and two of the men have since been picked up. The hull and materials of the vessel are <span data-scayt_word=\"adveristed\" data-scaytid=\"12\">advertised<\/span> to be sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hull, spars, sails, foresail, mainsail and jib standing and running rigging, blocks, fishing gear, barrels of salt, empty barrels and other materials from the 80 ton schooner Asia from <span data-scayt_word=\"Newburyport\" data-scaytid=\"14\">Newburyport<\/span>, Massachusetts were sold by auction at <span data-scayt_word=\"Naufrage\" data-scaytid=\"13\">Naufrage<\/span> on September 24, 1839, where she was wrecked on September 13. Everything was described in the Colonial Herald as being \u201cnearly new\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remains of the remaining six were found in early October and interred in the cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an unmarked mass grave in the cemetery for Capt. 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