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Shipwrecks & Such

Capt. Robeson & The Snow:
24 Oct 1754 - The Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pa)

Schooner Of William Wilson Lost:
22 Jan 1756 - The Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, MD)

Gale Wind Sends Mons. Chateleau Onshore:
21 Dec. 1758 - The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pa)

Capt. McCarroll & Schooner Nancy Sink:
28 Aug 1760 - The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pa)

Capt. Sheffield Looses Sloop Victory:
24 Mar 1763 - The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pa)

Capt. Cathcart Brings In Crew Of Capt. Crannell:
6 Mar 1766 - The Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pa)

Captains Moore & Bonker (Whaler) Eye Wrecked Vessel:
5 Oct 1772 - The Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pa)

Schooner Elizabeth & Capt. Greenaway:
14 Apr 1774 - The Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, MD)

Capt. Parker Of Pasquotank:
5 Oct 1775 - The Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, MD)

Ship From Martinique Lost on Hatteras:
12 Mar 1783 - The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pa)

Schooner Herring Brings In Capt. Daily:
10 May 1786 - The Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pa)

Capt. Goodrich & A 10 Gun Sloop:
21 Aug 1778 - The North Carolina Weekly Gazette (New Bern, NC)

Lovely Ann Of Glasgow:
15 May 1790 - Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Wreck Of The Levereau Packet:
18 Aug 1790 - The Freeman's Journal (Philadelphia, Pa)

Sloop Friendship & Capt. Barlow:
11 May 1791 - The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pa)



Schooner Hazard Onshore:
4 Dec 1804 - The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, NC)

Loss Of The Schooner Elvira:
4 Sept 1817 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

Schooner Charles K. Mallory Drifts Ashore At Stow Hills:
27 Sept 1821 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

15 Ton Vessels & Hospital Money:
17 Feb 1826 - The North Carolina Star (Raleigh, NC)

Pharoah Farrow & The Schooner America:
8 Mar 1828 - Newbern Sentinel (Newbern, NC)

Gale Sends Many Ships Onshore:
1 Nov 1836 - Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC)

Piratical Antics & The William Gibbons:
4 Nov 1836 - New Bern Spectator (New Bern, NC)

Wreck Of The Home & Loss Of Many Lives:
19 Oct 1837 - Boston Post (Boston, Mass)

Wreck Of The Schooner Pearl - Isaac L. Farrow & Mr. Flowers:
12 Apr 1839 - Newbern Spectator (Newbern, NC)

Ship Milledgeville Wrecks At Chicamacomico:
13 Sept 1839 - The Courier Journal (Louisville, KY)

Memoranda - Various Ships Lost:
25 July 1842 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

Schooner Brilliant Goes Onshore At Hatteras:
25 July 1842 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

23 Bales Of Cotton & The Wreck Of Brig D.W. Hall:
29 June 1842 - The Times Picayune (New Orleans, La)

Schooners Orion & Gaskill Go Onshore At Hatteras:
25 July 1842 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

Wreck Of The Memphis At Chicamacomico:
10 Aug 1843 - Vicksburg Daily Whig (Vicksburg, Miss)

Francis M. Paine & A Message In A Bottle:
23 Oct 1846 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

The Sinking Of The Seaman:
10 July 1849 - The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington,NC)


Brig Margaret Hall Total Loss Off Hatteras:
18 July 1850 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY)

Leven Burrus & The Sale Of Schooner Nalson Property:
27 July 1853 - North State Whig (Washington, NC)

Schooner Robert Walsh - 9 Perish:
25 Mar 1854 - Southern Weekly Post (Raleigh, NC)

Wreck Of The Ship - William Penn:
9 Oct 1855 - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

Capt. Samuel Perry Reports His Brig Matilda Lost:
19 Feb 1856: The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY)

Brigs Maria & Captain Lincoln:
Four Perished At Chicamacomico Banks
25 Oct 1856 - The Daily Dispatch

Burning Of The Steam Ship Fairbanks:
30 Dec 1870 - The Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, NC)

Schooner Mary Eliza Flounders Off Chicamacomico:
14 Aug 1875 - The Donaldson Chief

German Barkentine Phillip Suppicich:
14 Mar 1878 - Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)

Schooner W.P. Cox & Capt. Edward Burrus:
12 Nov 1880 - The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, NC)

Homer W. Styron & The Schooner A.F. Crocket:
26 Feb 1885 - The Daily Journal (New Bern, NC)

Locals Rescue Those On The Vessel Anderson:
31 Jan 1889 - The New Bern Weekly Journal (New Bern, NC)

Wreck Of The Bark Josie Troop:
6 Mar 1889 - The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)

Schooner Nathaniel Lank Wrecks & Capt. Little Drowns:
23 Jan 1891 - The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, NC)

Schooner Wm. H. Hopkins Onshore At Big Kinnakeet:
24 June 1891 - The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)

Phil Gaskins & Levin Quidley Capsize:
8 Feb 1894 - Southport Leader (Southport, NC)

The BKN Priscilla & Minnie Bergen:
9000 Barrels Of Flour Lost
25 Aug 1899 - Fisherman & Farmer

Schooners Margaret Roper & Fannie Brown Collide:
31 Dec 1899 - Asheville Daily Gazette (Asheville, NC)

Schooner Hettie J. Dorman:
6 May 1900 - Virginian Pilot

Steamer Drumelzier Breaking Apart:
30 Dec 1904 - Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, ILL)

Steamer Maggie S. Hart:
2 Feb 1906 - The Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY)

Wreck Of The Luther B. Mayo:
5 Aug 1906 - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

Wreck Luther B. Mayo (Update):
9 Aug 1906 - Washington Progress (Washington, NC)

L.A. Quidley & Victor Ballance Rescued By Hiram Austin:
4 Mar 1907 - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

Banana Boats & Salted Drum Fish:
3 Apr 1908 - New Bern Weekly Journal (New Bern, NC)

Schooner Georgia A. Gaskins 4 Sale:
11 July 1919 - The Independent (Elizabeth City, NC)

S.S. Cissy Rescues Crew Of S.S. Santiago:
20 Mar 1924 - Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT)