BOTTLE FROM SHIPWRECKED CREW COMES ACROSS OCEAN San Francisco. Dec. 19, 1910 — A bottle containing an appeal for help from shipwrecked sailors in far away New Zealand was washed up on the beach near Ocean View today and found by Martin Muloney. The following message is written on a page from a memorandum book: …
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New York, Dec. 17, 1900 – A cablegram to the World from Nassau, N. P., says the Thomastone, Me., schooner Mary E. Lermond has been driven by a squall upon the reefs of the island of Abaco. The northernmost ot the Bahamas. This now well known derelict has been sighted thirteen times. A passing steamship …
CLOSES CONTRACT TO BUILD TWO VESSELS Charles Fulton of Whatcom Will Build Sailing Craft for a San Francisco Firm. TACOMA, Dec. 17, 1910 — Charles Fulton of Whatcom has returned from San Francisco, where he closed a contract to build two sailing vessels for J. R. Hanify & Co. He will leave next week for …
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EARP FOR THE REGATTA ? NIT! British Masters Say They Prefer a “Disinterested Referee.” Cedar Logs Are Scarce in All Central American Ports. The Schooner Martha W. Tuft Came Back From San Bias With Half a Load. December 16, 1896 – The British ship captains whose vessels are now lying at Sausalito have a regatta …
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December 15, 1909 – The schooner Wyoming was launched on this day by the firm of Percy & Small in Bath, Maine, which built seven of the ten six-mast ships ever built in the U.S. The ship was named Wyoming because its principal investors were ranchers and businessmen from the state of Wyoming, including its …
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