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A severe nor’easter on Nantucket’s southern coastline recently revealed wooden wreckage suspected to be part of the Warren Sawyer, a schooner that sank in 1884. Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current, recorded video showing iron fastenings and wooden beams consistent with the ship's description. The Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources previously concluded similar debris found in 2022 and 2023 was likely from the Warren Sawyer. Deputy director Jascin N. Leonardo Finger acknowledges the recent findings may be remnants of the vessel but stresses the need for further investigation to confirm the identification.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-28,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A nor'easter recently uncovered remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck on the south shore of Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current, spotted wooden beams and iron fastenings likely from the Warren Sawyer, a three-masted schooner that sank near Miacomet Beach on December 22, 1884 while traveling from New Orleans to Boston. The ship was carrying 1,115 bales of cotton and 28 tons of scrap metal when it ran aground due to gale-force winds. Researchers believe these recent findings are part of the same wreck that reappeared in December 2022 and February 2023. The Egan Maritime Institute plans to investigate the site further, aiming to confirm its identity with state underwater archaeologists.
Written for “Nantucket Shipwreck Revealed” on 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 6 other(s) covering the same event.
Wooden wreckage uncovered on Nantucket’s southern coastline by a severe nor’easter this weekend could belong to a 19th-century schooner that ran aground more than 140 years ago.
uncertain
that → uncover → schooner
Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current, recorded video of the wooden beams and iron fastenings Saturday.
asserted
Graziadei → record → beams
The structure is suspected to be part of the Warren Sawyer, a three-masted wooden schooner that sank near Miacomet Beach on December 22, 1884.
asserted
that → suspect → December
“As far as I know, it’s the first time a piece of the wreck has resurfaced since 2022, early 2023,” Graziadei told NBC News.
asserted
Graziadei → know → News
“It’s certainly possible it could be from another wreck, but given the location and appearance, we said it is most likely the Warren Sawyer.”
uncertain
it → ’ → location
The ship was traveling from New Orleans to Boston carrying 28 tons of scrap metal and 1,115 bales of cotton when it struck land.
asserted
it → travel → land
According to a January 10, 1885 report in The Inquirer and Mirror, the vessel endured “merciless billows” that snapped its mast in two before a crowd of onlookers who had been “excitedly watching it fall into the sea.”
uncertain
it → accord → sea
A rescuer threw a line from the shoreline, enabling everyone on board to survive.
asserted
rescuer → throw → board
State researchers previously examined historical, photographic and archaeological evidence after similar debris appeared on the island in December 2022 and February 2023, according to a report by the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources.
uncertain
debris → examine → Resources
That board concluded earlier findings were “most likely” remnants of the Warren Sawyer.
asserted
findings → conclude → Sawyer
Jascin N. Leonardo Finger, deputy director of the Maria Mitchell Association, said the remnants may indeed stem from the vessel, though “more investigation is necessary” to confirm the match.
“People sometimes forget that we live 28 miles at sea and also what life was like out here,” Leonardo Finger said in a statement to The New York Times.
uncertain
Finger → say → Times
“I think this is an unfortunate but good reminder.”
More than 700 shipwrecks occurred near Nantucket during the 19th century, according to the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum.
Island residents historically scavenged items that washed ashore from damaged vessels, Leonardo Finger said.
uncertain
Finger → think → vessels
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