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The list of shipwrecks in 1894 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during the year 1894.
According to the American newspapers of 1894, the winter and spring storms of December 1893 to April 1894 proved to be one of the most disastrous for the United States of America, particularly the Cape Cod area since 1860.[1] The eastern seaboard of the continent had already faced a fierce hurricane season in 1893 when over 2,000 lives were lost.
Three masted schooner loaded with ice blocks bound for Ocean City, Maryland from Boothbay, Maine. Captained by John P Burns of Camden, New Jersey. The ship was caught in a sudden gale on the night of Thursday, April 12 and floundered on the shoals of Cape Cod. The fractured hull of the ship washed up north of Nauset Beach.[7] All six crew members perished including Captain Burns and his brothers on board the vessel.
Three masted schooner carrying paving stones bound for New York Bay. The ship was first damaged on April 10, 1894, ship owner and captain Wesley T Ober decided that he could pilot the crippled ship and dock safely, denying aid. However, they were overtaken by the storm of April 12. The survivors attempted to abandon the schooner in a lifeboat but did not reach land. The ship, meanwhile, had been driven by the storm onto Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.[8]
By April 15th, the crew was declared deceased after thorough searching. It is thought that the crew may have survived had they kept to the interior of the ship with the cargo. Three bodies and an overcoat belonging to the first mate were recovered; the lifeboat was recovered near Plum Island. Folklore dictates that the ship’s cat was the only survivor.
The story of the shipwrecks from April 12th and the previous weeks sparked national interest and thousands gathered to see the wreck of the Jennie M Carter.[9] The paving stones were removed and sold at auction; some were used in Salisbury. The ship remains were considered unsalvageable and left to disintegrate on the beach where it became a well-known site. Some of the wooden frame could still be seen in 2013.
Sailing between Auckland, New Zealand and Australia came to a tragic end when it hit a reef at the northern edge of Great Barrier Island, about 100 kilometres (54 nmi) out from Auckland, and sank. The loss of about 140 people remains one of the largest such loss in New Zealand's history.
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