During a powerful nor'easter storm battering the East Coast, remnants believed to be from the 142-year-old shipwreck of the Warren Sawyer washed ashore on Nantucket Island's south shore on Saturday. The schooner sank off Miacomet Beach in 1884 while carrying cotton and scrap iron from New Orleans to Boston, blown off course by gale-force winds. Earlier this year, pieces of the wreck were found nearby by a resident walking her dog, confirming their origin after analysis by officials.
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Incredible remnants of what is believed to be a 142-year-old shipwreck washed ashore in Nantucket during the powerful nor'easter battering the East Coast.
Fragments of the three-masted schooner known as the Warren Sawyer were possibly discovered on the south shore of the Massachusetts island on Saturday, according to the Nantucket Current.
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Footage showed the wooden remains of a vessel in a decrepit state, covered in seaweed and rusted-over nails after being dragged ashore by the powerful storm.
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It has not yet been confirmed that the wreckage belongs to the historic vessel, but eagle-eyed experts think the remnants may come from the iconic ship.
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The discovery comes as a nor'easter batters parts of the East Coast after arriving Friday, with the Tri-State area among the hardest hit by flooding and power outages.
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The storm has already claimed the life of one man who was killed by a falling tree, while another person remains missing.
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The Warren Sawyer was lost on the night of December 22, 1884, and wrecked near Miacomet Beach during a voyage from New Orleans to Boston.
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Loaded with a cargo of cotton and scrap iron, the ship was eventually blown off course by gale-force winds.
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Fragments of the Warren Sawyer were likely discovered on the south shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts on Saturday, according to the Nantucket Current
The Warren Sawyer sank near Miacomet Beach during a voyage from New Orleans to Boston in 1884.
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Loaded with a cargo of cotton and scrap iron, the ship was blown off course by gale force winds
Pieces of the Warren Sawyer had previously been discovered in 2023 by a local woman walking her dog.
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Nantucket resident Jesse Ahern came across the remains on February 9, 2023, and immediately reached out to officials.
Officials analyzed the fragments, which included several wooden beams and a portion of the ship's stern, and were able to confirm they belonged to the long-lost Warren Sawyer.
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Ahern's discovery came about 300 yards west of the site where the ship is thought to have wrecked.
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The ship sank around 11pm that night in 1884, after encountering gale-force winds that quickly enveloped the craft 'with only the swaying masts visible in the blackness of the night,' according to an account of the wreck printed in The Inquirer and Mirror newspaper in 1945.
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The article recounts how local residents assigned to a nearby lifesaving station saved the crew of the ship by securing a line over its bow and hauling all eight men on board to safety.
'With the schooner lurching under the impact of the seas, it was a difficult task to keep a steady strain on the hawser, but the experienced life savers worked unceasingly and with the coming of the morning of the 23rd, all hands had been safely landed on the beach,' the 81-year-old piece reads.
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The discovery comes as a nor'easter batters parts of the East Coast after arriving Friday.
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nor'easter → come → Coast
Floodwaters can be seen at dangerous levels in Edgewater, New Jersey
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Waves crash over homes in Scituate, Massachusetts on Saturday
The rescued men, and their ranks, were listed as follows: 'Captain Edwin L. Saunders, of Boston; Andrew F. Coffin, Addison, Me., mate; seamen, Thomas Coleman, Boston, Alexander McLeod, Boston, John O'Daniel, London, Daniel J. Kane, Yonkers, N.Y., George Sibley, London, and Antone Swazey, New Bedford.
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Beyond bringing pieces of history to the shores of Massachusetts, the storm has also brought catastrophic damage.
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Nor'easters typically form as the seasons transition from fall to winter, making the powerful early season storm a rare occurrence.
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Massachusetts has also faced dangerous conditions, with massive waves seen crashing into a seawall in Scituate.
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Saturday night's full moon added to the massive waves battering the Northeastern coastline.
As of early Sunday morning, more than 131,000 Americans were without power, according to the live tracking site PowerOutage.
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Connecticut had the most outages, with just under 30,000 homes without power.
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About 26,000 families in New York were without power, while roughly 18,000 in Virginia had lost power.
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Massachusetts also had about 15,000 homes without power.
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Maine, Michigan and Pennsylvania had about 5,000 without power, while roughly 3,000 homes in New Jersey were in the dark.
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Pieces of the Warren Sawyer had previously been discovered in 2023 by a local woman walking her dog
Power outages are expected to increase as wind gusts reach 60 mph, while New Yorkers can expect three to six inches of rainfall.
Northern New Jersey and the lower Hudson Valley are expecting about two to six inches, while Cape Cod, Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut are expecting about four to six inches.
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The storm has also disrupted Americans' travel plans nationwide, with more than 2,000 flights delayed and over 430 canceled on Saturday.
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The Global Citizen Festival in Central Park and the All Things Go Festival in Queens were also canceled this weekend because of the storm
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