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Tag: Sand schooner

Wreck of the Ada K. Damon

February 28, 2021November 16, 2024 Gordon Harris
The Ada K. Damon, April 2020

Christmas, 1909 witnessed the heaviest storm in many years. The ship was wrecked during the captain's first trip for a load of sand from the plentiful supply on Plum Island.

Posted in Shipwrecks, Stories, Storms, winterTagged 1909, Ada K. Damon, Crane Beach, December, Ipswich, Sand schooner, storm

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