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.

here the story once more 

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

passage to Holland 

What happened next.

 In the Rotterdam Yearbook we find 

Titel Jaar - deel  Auteur Pagina Rotterdams in den Franschen tijd. Reeks 03, Jaargang 02, 1924 Koch, F.C. 67 Rotterdams in den Franschen tijd. Reeks 03, Jaargang 02, 1924 Koch, F.C. 71 Oud-Rotterdamsch kroegleven Reeks 05, Jaargang 02, 1944 Murray, W.G.D. 80 Uit de geschiedenis van de Tempel Reeks 05, Jaargang 08, 1950 Kersbergen, A.Th.C. 134 Haven Reeks 07, Jaargang 04, 1966 112 George Haspels, Predikant-Literator (1864-1916) Reeks 07, Jaargang 06, 1968 Rijnsdorp, C. 197 George Haspels, Predikant-Literator (1864-1916) Reeks 07, Jaargang 06, 1968 Rijnsdorp, C. 205 John Moore, een Engelandvaarder onder napoleon Reeks 07, Jaargang 07, 1969 Hardenberg, H. 204 Ruim 300 jaar Rotterdamse loodsdienst Reeks 08, Jaargang 01, 1973 151