Geo.: Large: Mass.: Hull: Unmounted
GUSN-195487
"On the morning of November 25th 1888, Joshua James (Boat-Keeper of Hulls busy Humane Society lifeboat crews) spotted six schooners anchored in Nantasket Roads, a half mile southwest of Boston Light. The first to run aground in the mounting storm was the Cox and Green, which struck rocks in mid-afternoon, half a mile from the Humane Societys boathouse at Stony Beach. The breeches buoy was used to rescue all eight sailors aboard." (www.lifesavingmuseum.org/exhibitsandcollections.html). The schooner, which was commanded by Captain Thompson and carrying coal to Chelsea, was a total loss. A man with a horse and cart appears to be cleaning up parts of the wreckage from the shore.
shores (landforms)
shipwrecks
carts
schooners
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000601
AccessID 832
Other identifier HNEDID-000601
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.1430.0040.001
1888
Hull (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Toddy Rocks (Plymouth County, Massachusetts) [sand bar]
Boston Post Card Co. (Photographic studio)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
James, Joshua
Humane Society of Massachusetts
Cox and Green (Schooner)
lifesaving
rescues
wreckage
horses (animals)
Item
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Hull: Unmounted
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