All posts tagged "rescue"
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4.5KMassachusettsThe Great Gale of 1879 and a Daring Nantucket Rescue
The Great Gale of 1879 showed why Nantucket earned the nickname the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The storm, which began on March...
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12.4KPolitics and MilitaryDisaster in Rhode Island Waters: The USS Bennington
On the early morning of May 26, 1954, fighter jets started to catapult into the air from the USS Bennington (CVA 20),...
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13.9KMassachusettsThe John Rutledge Shipwreck: A Horrifying Ordeal and One Miraculous Survival
Just after midnight on Feb. 20, 1856, the first mate of the packet ship John Rutledge began scratching out quick log entries....
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17.9K2ConnecticutThe Great September Gale of 1815
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
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9.7KBusiness and LaborThe Unmaking of Rhode Island’s Manville Jenckes Mills
In 1923, Senator Henry Lippitt decided it was time for him to retire. At age 66, he had served in the U.S....
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13.5K4Arts and LeisureSix Historic Boats, From Schooners to Submarines
Historic boats are as much a part of New England as Revolutionary battlefields and old taverns. The region has a fascinating maritime...
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