Storms And Shipwrecks Of New England
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Storms And Shipwrecks Of New England
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Author : Edward Rowe Snow
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2005-08-15
Storms And Shipwrecks Of New England written by Edward Rowe Snow and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-15 with Transportation categories.
A classic by Edward Rowe Snow, first published in 1943 and updated in 1944 and again in 1946, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England relates what William P. Quinn calls ""stories of stormy adventure."" Jeremy D'Entremont has provided annotations to Snow's chapters, covering the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, the 1938 hurricane, and more, bringing the information about the storms and shipwrecks up to date.
Great Storms And Famous Shipwrecks Of The New England Coast
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Author : Edward Rowe Snow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Great Storms And Famous Shipwrecks Of The New England Coast written by Edward Rowe Snow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with New England categories.
Great Storms And Famous Shipwrecks Of The New England Coast Third Edition With Plates And A Map
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Author : Edward Rowe Snow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
Great Storms And Famous Shipwrecks Of The New England Coast Third Edition With Plates And A Map written by Edward Rowe Snow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with categories.
The New England Mariner Tradition Old Salts Superstitions Shanties And Shipwrecks
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Author : Robert A. Geake
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The New England Mariner Tradition Old Salts Superstitions Shanties And Shipwrecks written by Robert A. Geake and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with History categories.
For over three centuries, New Englanders have set sail in search of fortune and adventure--yet death lurked on every voyage in the form of storms, privateers, disease and human error. In hope of being spared by the sea, superstitious mariners practiced cautionary rituals. During the winter of 1779, the crew aboard the "Family Trader" offered up gin to appease the squalling storms of Neptune. In the 1800s, after nearly fifty shipwrecks on Georges Bank between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Nova Scotia, a wizard paced the coast of Marblehead, shouting orders out to sea to guide passing ships to safety. As early as 1705, courageous settlers erected watch houses and lighted beacons at Beavertail Point outside Jamestown, Rhode Island, to aid mariners caught in the swells of Narragansett Bay. Join Robert A. Geake as he explores the forgotten traditions among New England mariners and their lives on land and sea.
The Wreck Of The Portland
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Author : J. North Conway
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-07-01
The Wreck Of The Portland written by J. North Conway and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-01 with History categories.
The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England's largest and most luxurious paddle steamers, and after nine years' solid performance, she had earned a reputation as a safe and dependable vessel. In November 1898, a perfect storm formed off the New England coast. Conditions would produce a blizzard with 100 miles per hour winds and 60-foot waves that pummeled the coast. At the time there was no radio communication between ships and shore, no sonar to navigate by, and no vastly sophisticated weather forecasting capacity. The luxurious SS Portland, a sidewheel steamer furnished with chandeliers, red velvet carpets and fine china, was carrying more than 200 passengers from Boston to Portland, Maine, over Thanksgiving weekend when it ran headlong into a monstrous, violent gale off Cade Cod. It was never seen again. All passengers and crew were lost at sea. More than half the crew on board were African Americans from Portland. Their deaths decimated the Maine African American community. Before the storm abated it became one of the worst ever recorded in New England waters. The storm, now known as “The Portland Gale,” killed 400 people along the coast and sent more than 200 ships to the bottom, including the doomed Portland. To this day it is not known exactly how many passengers were aboard or even who many of them were. The only passenger list was aboard the vessel. As a result of this tragedy, ships would thereafter leave a passenger manifest ashore. The disaster has been blamed on the hubris of the captain of the Portland, Hollis Blanchard, who decided to leave the safety of Boston Harbor despite knowing that a severe storm was hurtling up the coast. Blanchard, a long-time mariner, had been passed over for a promotion for a younger captain. He decided he wanted to show the steamship company that they had made a mistake by getting the Portland safely into port ahead of the imminent storm. Author J. North Conway has created here a personal, visceral account of the sinking and the times and the people involved, with stories to bring readers onto the Portland that day: Here is Eben Heuston, the chief steward onboard the ill-fated ship. More than half of the crew of the ship were African Americans. Hueston was an African American who lived in the Portland community of Munjoy Hill and was a member of the Abyssinian Church. After the sinking of the Portland the African American community disappeared and the church closed. And Emily Cobb a nineteen year old singer from Portland’s First Parish Church who was scheduled to give her first recital at the church on that Sunday. And Hope Thomas who came to Boston to shop for Christmas and because she decided to exchange some shoes she purchased missed taking the ill-fated Portland. Because of the lack of communications from Maine to Cape Cod, it was days before anyone was able to get word about the fate of the ship or survivors. Author J. North Conway has painstakingly recreated the events, using first-hand sources and testimonies to weave a dramatic, can’t-put-it down narrative in the tradition of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm and Walter Lord’s enduring classic, A Night to Remember. He brings the tragedy to life with contemporaneous accounts the Coast Guard, from Boston newspapers such as the Globe, Herald, and Journal, and from The New York Times and the Brooklyn DailyEagle.
Shipwrecks Of New England
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Author : Jim Jenney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Shipwrecks Of New England written by Jim Jenney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Diving categories.
Shipwrecks And Other Maritime Disasters Of The Maine Coast
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Author : Taryn Plumb
language : en
Publisher: Down East Books
Release Date : 2021-03-01
Shipwrecks And Other Maritime Disasters Of The Maine Coast written by Taryn Plumb and has been published by Down East Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-01 with History categories.
With its incessant fogs and infamously craggy coast, Maine has long been a bane of mariners. Scores of vessels and countless lives have been lost on its rocky shores. Taryn Plumb explores the tragic history of shipwrecks in Maine, focusing on a dozen or so of the most interesting and weaving in tales of pirates, lost treasure, violent storms, and other disasters. Maine’s role in shipbuilding is legendary, and the history of vessels meeting their demise here is equally compelling.
Historic Storms Of New England
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Author : Sidney Perley
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2001
Historic Storms Of New England written by Sidney Perley and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with New England categories.
A reissue of the classic book of historic New England storms, first published in 1891 by Sidney Perley (1858-1928).
Shipwrecks Of Massachusetts Bay
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Author : Thomas Hall
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-07
Shipwrecks Of Massachusetts Bay written by Thomas Hall and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with History categories.
Massachusetts Bay stretches along the rocky coast and dangerously sandy shoals from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and gives the Bay State its distinctive shape and the Atlantic Ocean one of its largest graveyards. Author and longtime diver Thomas Hall guides us through the history of eight dreadful wrecks as we navigate around Mass Bay. Learn the sorrowful fate of the Portland and its crew during the devastating Portland Gale of 1898, how the City of Salisbury went down with its load of exotic zoo animals in the shadow of Graves Light and how the Forest Queen lost its precious cargo in a nor'easter. Hall provides updated research for each shipwreck, as well as insights into the technology, ship design and weather conditions unique to each wreck.
Finding New England S Shipwrecks And Treasures
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Author : Robert Ellis Cahill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Finding New England S Shipwrecks And Treasures written by Robert Ellis Cahill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Shipwrecks categories.