The four-masted Canadian 200-foot coal schooner hit a sandbar on February 6, 1922, while en route from Newport News, Virginia, to St. John, New Brunswick, in thick fog. As a result, the ship began to take on water. She ended up stranded on Fire Island's shore despite the efforts of the 20 men on board.…
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