Maritime Experts Travel to Nantucket to Investigate Shipwreck Remains Exposed by Nor’easter
Researchers said the exposed beams are likely from the 1884 Warren Sawyer wreck, and earlier pieces were found in the same beach area in 2022.
- A powerful nor'easter exposed a wooden shipwreck fragment on Nantucket's south shore Saturday, Sept. 26, which observers believe is likely from the 19th-century schooner Warren Sawyer.
- The Warren Sawyer ran aground near Miacomet Beach on the night of Dec. 22, 1884, while carrying 1,115 bales of cotton and 28 tons of scrap metal.
- Erosion from the current nor'easter likely unearthed these latest remnants, similar to pieces discovered in 2022 and early 2023 that state archeologist David Robinson previously linked to the schooner's hull.
- Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current, spotted the remnants Saturday, though Jascin N. Leonardo Finger of the Maria Mitchell Association said "more investigation is necessary" to confirm the origin.
- Across the Northeast, the same nor'easter caused extensive flooding and disrupted travel for more than 1,900 flights, as wind gusts reached up to 60 mph.
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A storm has uncovered a shipwreck buried for more than a century on Nantucket, Massachusetts. Erosion along the southern shore of the Massachusetts island has exposed a large section of wooden wreckage near the cleaning basins. The remains are believed to be the remains of the 19th-century ship Warren Sawyer, which ran aground near Miacomet Beach in December 1884.
Video. Possible 1884 shipwreck emerges from sand after Nantucket storm
Video. A powerful nor’easter has exposed splintered wooden beams on a Nantucket beach, possibly from a 19th-century shipwreck. Experts will inspect the wreckage, which may be linked to the Warren Sawyer, a schooner lost off Nantucket in 1884.
In 1884, the Warren Sawyer ship wrecked while carrying cotton and scrap; today, its remains were found on a Massachusetts island after a cyclone hit the region
Recent storms on Nantucket Island caused significant erosion and exposed parts of the Warren Sawyer shipwreck. This schooner, which sank in 1884, was carrying cargo from New Orleans to Boston. State archaeologist David Robinson indicated that previously found pieces are likely from the ship's lower bow. Ongoing investigations aim to confirm the authenticity of the newly discovered wooden fragments.
In the United States, a storm exposed the wreckage of a ship that sank more than 140 years ago. <p>After a storm on the island of Nantucket, wooden wreckage of the 19th century ship appeared from under the sand. They will be investigated by underwater archaeologists.</p>
Fragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter slams East Coast
A portion of a historic shipwreck washed ashore as a nor’easter slammed the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 26, according to local reports. The Nantucket Current reported, citing archeologist David Robinson, that waves had washed ashore a likely remnant of the Warren Sawyer, a three-masted ship that wrecked on the island in 1884. [...]
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