Nor’easter reveals fragments of Nineteenth-century shipwreck on Nantucket

The powerful nor’easter pummeling the East Coast has uncovered what often is the stays of a Nineteenth-century shipwreck on Nantucket’s shore

Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current, noticed the wood remnants on the Massachusetts island’s south shore Saturday and posted a video them. He believes they seemingly got here from the Warren Sawyer, a wood schooner that wrecked close to Miacomet Beach 142 years in the past.

Fragments believed to be from the identical ship first appeared in December 2022, when a Nantucket resident spotted them while biking alongside the island’s southern shore.

Researchers examined archival, photographic, historic and archaeological proof and concluded that the wreckage was “almost certainly” from the Warren Sawyer, based on a 2023 report from the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources. The three-masted schooner wrecked there on Dec. 22, 1884, whereas touring from New Orleans to Boston with 1,115 bales of cotton and 28 tons of scrap steel, the report stated.

More wreckage believed to be from the schooner appeared in February 2023, a few half-mile west of the primary discover, based on the report.

“As far as I do know, it’s the primary time a bit of the wreck has resurfaced since 2022, early 2023,” Graziadei informed NBC News on Sunday. “It’s actually potential it might be from one other wreck, however given the situation and look, we stated it’s almost certainly the Warren Sawyer.”

Jascin N. Leonardo Finger, deputy director of the Maria Mitchell Association, which runs a pure historical past museum on Nantucket, stated in an electronic mail Sunday the newly uncovered remnants could also be from the Warren Sawyer, however “extra investigation is important” to verify their origin.

The Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources didn’t reply to requests for touch upon Sunday.

The Egan Maritime Institute, which works to protect Nantucket’s maritime historical past and assisted the board in earlier efforts to establish Warren Sawyer wreckage, additionally didn’t reply to a request for remark.

Shipwrecks close to the island weren’t unusual within the Warren Sawyer’s time, Leonardo Finger told The New York Times Saturday. Nantucket residents generally scavenge merchandise that wash ashore from wrecks, she stated