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See it: Powerful nor'easter may have uncovered shipwreck from 1884

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The identity of the ship is still being investigated, but it appears to be a vessel that ran aground in the 1880s.

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  1. Nor’easter uncovers 19th-century Nantucket shipwreck as storm batters East Coast

    Headline from New York Post ·

  2. Newest

    See it: Powerful nor'easter may have uncovered shipwreck from 1884

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  1. New York Times

    Likely Piece of 1884 Shipwreck Washes Ashore in Nantucket During Nor’easter (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Powerful waves spat out a chunk of the wooden boat, one of hundreds that had wrecked around the island in the 19th century.

  2. New York Post

    Nor’easter uncovers 19th-century Nantucket shipwreck as storm batters East Coast (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Strong crashing waves from the violent nor'easter uncovered a 19th-century shipwreck buried under the Nantucket sand as the deadly storm thrashed the East Coast with heavy rain, gale-force winds and coastal flooding.

  3. NBC News

    Nor’easter unearths fragments of 19th-century shipwreck on Nantucket (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The powerful nor’easter pummeling the East Coast has uncovered what may be the remains of a 19th-century shipwreck on Nantucket’s shore Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current, spotted the wooden remnants on the Massachusetts island’s south shore Saturday and posted a video them.

  4. KBRW

    Nantucket shipwreck uncovered by Nor’easter (opens KBRW)

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    KBRW's feed description

    The local newspaper in Nantucket got a tip: ‘I found what I believe to be a shipwreck uncovered by the storm.’

  5. The Boston Globe

    Nor’easter uncovers possible fragment of 19th-century shipwreck on Nantucket shore (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The remains appear to be from the Warren Sawyer, a schooner that wrecked on the island's shore in 1884.

  6. Bangor Daily News

    Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    BOSTON (AP) — A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore.

  7. Deseret News

    Nor’easter storms uncover 19th-century shipwreck in Nantucket (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Powerful weekend storms on the East Coast brought a piece of history to light, uncovering a 19th-century shipwreck on the shore of Nantucket. The remains, consisting of wooden beams attached to iron fastenings, are believed to be from the 19th-century schooner Warren Sawyer , a ship that wrecked mor…

  8. WPRI Providence

    Nor'easter may have uncovered shipwreck from 1884 (opens WPRI Providence)

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    WPRI Providence's feed description

    NANTUCKET, Mass. (WPRI) — The powerful nor'easter that battered the Northeast over the weekend likely uncovered a shipwreck from the 19th century. The fragment appears to be from the schooner Warren Sawyer, which originally ran aground near Miacomet Beach on December 22, 1884, according to the Nantu…

  9. Pix11

    Fragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter slams East Coast (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    A portion of a historic shipwreck washed ashore as a nor’easter slammed the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 26, according to local reports. The Nantucket Current reported, citing archeologist David Robinson, that waves had washed ashore a likely remnant of the Warren Sawyer…

  10. HuffPost

    Epic Nor'easter Leaves Remains Of 1884 Shipwreck On Nantucket's Shore (opens HuffPost)

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    HuffPost's feed description

    Weathered wooden beams possibly from the 19th-century emerged along Nantucket’s southern shore.

  11. CBS News

    Possible 1884 shipwreck exposed by nor'easter on Nantucket (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Warren Sawyer ran aground on Dec. 22, 1884, while carrying 1,115 bales of cotton and 28 tons of scrap iron from New Orleans to Boston.

  12. The Guardian

    Nor’easter unearths pieces of 19th-century shipwreck in Massachusetts (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Storm seems to have exposed segments of the Warren Sawyer, a wooden vessel that ran aground in 1884 The nor’easter storm that pummeled New England over the weekend looks to have exposed large segments of a 19th-century schooner shipwrecked in the so-called graveyard of the Atlantic.

  13. KXAN Austin

    See it: Powerful nor'easter may have uncovered shipwreck from 1884 (opens KXAN Austin)

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    KXAN Austin's feed description

    The identity of the ship is still being investigated, but it appears to be a vessel that ran aground in the 1880s.

  14. KSN Wichita

    Powerful nor'easter may have uncovered shipwreck from 1884 (opens KSN Wichita)

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    KSN Wichita's feed description

    The identity of the ship is still being investigated, but it appears to be a vessel that ran aground in the 1880s.

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