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Nor'easter uncovers 19th century shipwreck Warren Sawyer on Nantucket
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- A violent nor’easter uncovered a 19th-century shipwreck, believed to be the Warren Sawyer schooner, buried under Nantucket sand, revealing waterlogged timber held together by rusted nails and seaweed.
- The Warren Sawyer, carrying cotton and scrap iron, crashed on Miacomet Beach in 1884 after being struck by gale-force winds, with additional pieces of the shipwreck uncovered in December 2022 and confirmed after months of scientific research.
- The storm caused significant beach erosion on Nantucket and widespread power outages across the East Coast, affecting over 65,000 customers in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
- The nor’easter led to a fatality in New York City when a worker was killed by a fallen tree, and a swimmer went missing off Long Island’s Robert Moses State Park.
- The storm impacted a large area from Massachusetts to Delaware, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and coastal flooding.
