Friday 13 September 2013

Jan Vlieland

The story that reads like a fairy tale .
Once upon a time there was a captain called Jan Vlieland.
He sailed from Rotterdam to London with cargo or passengers .
Because of all the rules and laws during that time ,he followed his own rules .
In 1813 he was sailing in rough sea towards Rotterdam .
Some passengers were seasick and asked to be be landed before Rotterdam .
Others wanted to go to Rotterdam .
But the French that occupied the Netherlands at that time, captured  vessel , captain and passengers .
They were held prisoner in the rasphouse in Dordrecht on the second floor .
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But Jan had a cunning plan .
He used the fire in the prison to heat the hinges of his bed 
On the second floor where they were kept prisoner  there was a wooden wall and he burned through this wall and escaped together with the other prisoners ..
A reward was offered in an newspaper add ,but they were gone .
The story was in the newspaper and the archives of Rotterdam and is a true story and Jan....... he lived happily ever after.



Some of his passengers told the story in their own way .


TitelJaar - deel AuteurPagina
Rotterdams in den Franschen tijd.Reeks 03, Jaargang 02, 1924Koch, F.C.67
Rotterdams in den Franschen tijd.Reeks 03, Jaargang 02, 1924Koch, F.C.71
Oud-Rotterdamsch kroeglevenReeks 05, Jaargang 02, 1944Murray, W.G.D.80
Uit de geschiedenis van de TempelReeks 05, Jaargang 08, 1950Kersbergen, A.Th.C.134
HavenReeks 07, Jaargang 04, 1966112
George Haspels, Predikant-Literator (1864-1916)Reeks 07, Jaargang 06, 1968Rijnsdorp, C.197
George Haspels, Predikant-Literator (1864-1916)Reeks 07, Jaargang 06, 1968Rijnsdorp, C.205
John Moore, een Engelandvaarder onder napoleonReeks 07, Jaargang 07, 1969Hardenberg, H.204
Ruim 300 jaar Rotterdamse loodsdienstReeks 08, Jaargang 01, 1973151




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