. Wrecks around Nantucket since the settlement of the island, and the incidents connected therewith, embracing over seven hundred vessels . BARK W. F. MARSHALLAshore near Mioxes Pond (looking west).. inu A. !■. Marshall (looking ea&t) which became a total wrtck. Photos by Freeman. 91 November 13th, fishing schooner Charles Kelley of Dennisport,stranded on Coatue flats while entering the harbor. She was hauledoff by steamer Island Home on the 17th. 1878. January 3d, schooner Frederick Fish, of St. George, Me.,Capt. James H. Davis, from New York for Boston, with a cargo ofcoal, struck on Stone H
. Wrecks around Nantucket since the settlement of the island, and the incidents connected therewith, embracing over seven hundred vessels . BARK W. F. MARSHALLAshore near Mioxes Pond (looking west).. inu A. !■. Marshall (looking ea&t) which became a total wrtck. Photos by Freeman. 91 November 13th, fishing schooner Charles Kelley of Dennisport,stranded on Coatue flats while entering the harbor. She was hauledoff by steamer Island Home on the 17th. 1878. January 3d, schooner Frederick Fish, of St. George, Me.,Capt. James H. Davis, from New York for Boston, with a cargo ofcoal, struck on Stone Horse shoal and sank shortly after. All hands,including the captains wife and two children, took to the yawl boatand drifting before the wind brought up on Coatue about noon, themate dying from exposure shortly after leaving the vessel. The sur-vivors were discovered and cared for by George and John Fisher, whowere at Coatue on a gunning trip,else others must have perished. Thecaptain and mate were brothers and both Freemasons. The body ofthe latter was taken in charge by Union Lodge and forwarded to hislate home. January 3d, schooner Mary Ann, from New York for Boston,with a cargo of co
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