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Nor’easter Washes Ashore Warren Sawyer Wreck Fragment

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC · How we work

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Nor'easter Reveals Wreck

A nor'easter in the United States washed ashore a fragment of the 1884 Warren Sawyer wreck on Nantucket.
Jascin N. Leonardo Finger of the Maria Mitchell Association said the debris were wooden beams with iron fastenings.
Leonardo Finger reported that all passengers and crew survived the Warren Sawyer wreck.
An 1885 newspaper described the mast snapping in two as onlookers watched the ship plunge.

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Connecticut faced just under 30,000 outages.
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Nor'easter Reveals Wreck

A nor'easter in the United States washed ashore a fragment of the 1884 Warren Sawyer wreck on Nantucket.
Jascin N. Leonardo Finger of the Maria Mitchell Association said the debris were wooden beams with iron fastenings.
Leonardo Finger reported that all passengers and crew survived the Warren Sawyer wreck.
An 1885 newspaper described the mast snapping in two as onlookers watched the ship plunge.

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