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Heavy winds and seas caused by a Nor'easter recently exposed ship remains off Nantucket's south shore at Point of Breakers, potentially from an 1884 wreck called the Warren Sawyer. The discovery was reported by Jason Graziadei after receiving a tip from resident David DeHart. In 2022, archaeologists identified similar remnants in the same location as possibly belonging to the Warren Sawyer, which had crashed while carrying cargo from New Orleans to Boston. Graziadei noted that the current exposure of the timbers is remarkable given that cars were previously driven over this spot on the beach during summer.
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.
As heavy winds and seas battered the Massachusetts island of Nantucket over the weekend, island residents discovered ship remains that may trace back to an 1884 shipwreck.
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that → batter → shipwreck
It all started when Jason Graziadei, editor-in-chief of the Nantucket Current who was covering the storm, received a tip from an island resident.
"I drove out there with my son Owen and sure enough, it was right there where David said it was," Graziadei told NPR via email.
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Graziadei → start → email
David DeHart, who sent in the tip, had found the ship's remains on a south shore beach called Point of Breakers.
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who → send → Breakers
The newly visible wooden timbers, jutting out of the sand in the shape of a hull, were in the same spot as ship fragments found back in 2022.
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timbers → jut → 2022
Back then, David Robinson, director and chief archeologist for the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archeological Resources, inspected the findings.
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Robinson → inspect → findings
He spent several months conducting research alongside the Egan Maritime Institute and the Nantucket Historical Association.
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He → spend → Institute
He later determined that the remnants likely belonged to a schooner called the Warren Sawyer.
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remnants → determine → schooner
"As with most historical archaeological research," Robinson told the Current in 2023, "exploring the available literature, archival, photographic, and archaeological evidence we collectively assembled for the site to try to arrive at a conclusive determination as to whether or not the wreckage is from the tern [sailing vessel], Warren Sawyer.
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wreckage → tell → tern
The Warren Sawyer was a cargo ship traveling from New Orleans to Boston with bales of cotton and scrap iron; it crashed on the night of Dec. 22, 1884.
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it → travel → Dec.
According to local newspaper The Inquirer and Mirror, the captain and crew were rescued within hours, and islanders later salvaged much of the cargo.
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islanders → accord → cargo
Graziadei, who covered the discovery of the wreck several years ago, believes it's extremely likely these remains are from the same ship.
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remains → cover → ship
"I just think it's fascinating to be able to see and touch a piece of Nantucket's maritime history from 1884, and also incredible to think that it is located in a spot on the shore that cars were literally driving over on the beach this summer
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cars → think → beach
," Graziadei said in his email.
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Graziadei → say → email
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