NOTABLE SHIPWRECKS

Notable shipwrecks responded to by the Chicamacomico station from 1897 to 1915

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• 2-24-1897: Samuel W. Wall; Schooner rig; 306 ton; crew 7; 7 saved; beach apparatus used.
• 2-17-1898: Samuel W. Tilton; 4 mast; 890 ton; crew 9; 9 saved; boat used.
• 4-27-1898: George L. Fessenden; 3 mast; 393 ton; crew 7; 4 saved; beach apparatus used.
• 8-18-1899: Minnie Bergen; 3 mast; tonnage “unknown”; crew 7; 7 saved.
• 3-26-1904: Benjamin M. Wallace; Schooner rig; 57 ton; crew 16; 16 saved; boat used.
• 4-11-1905: Blanche Hopkins; 3 mast; 505 ton; crew 8; 8 +1 passenger saved.
• 3-21-1906: Ramond T. Manll; 3 mast; 511 ton; crew 7; 7 saved; boat used.
• 8-17-1911: Willie H. Child; 3 mast; 595 ton; crew 8; 8 saved.
• 11-2-1912: John Maxwell; Schooner rig; 532 ton; crew 7; 1 saved.
• 2-27-1913: Jaccheus Sherman; Schooner; 635 ton; crew 8; 8 saved.
• 9-2-1913: Richard F.C. Hartley; 3 mast; 398 ton; crew 7; 5 saved.
• 4-3-1915: Loring C. Ballard; 3 mast; 627 ton; crew 7; 7 saved.