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SYMHC Classics: 5 Shipwreck Stories

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Wife and the Maryanne

A huge storm hit the massachusetts coast on april 20, 17 17. Wind gusts topped 70 miles an hour and seas rose to something like 30 feet. The ship was in sight of the beach, but it was trapped in the surf zone. So it got slammed into a sand bar, and it began to break apart. Of a crew of a hundred and forty six, only two men survived - bellamy wasn't one of them.

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