Possible 1884 shipwreck exposed by nor'easter on Nantucket: "It's still there"

Key Points:

• A maritime expert from the Egan Maritime Institute plans to inspect weathered wooden beams recently exposed on a Nantucket beach, believed to be remnants of the 19th-century schooner Warren Sawyer, which ran aground in 1884.
• The exposed timbers appeared after a powerful nor'easter battered the Northeast, causing coastal erosion and revealing shipwreck remains near a site previously associated with the Warren Sawyer.
• The Warren Sawyer was carrying cotton and scrap iron from New Orleans to Boston when it ran aground; its crew was rescued, but the shipwreck has periodically re-emerged on Nantucket's Miacomet Beach over the past century.
• Local residents discovered the wreckage beneath a popular beach area used for driving, highlighting ongoing coastal erosion and the historical significance of Nantucket as a "graveyard of the Atlantic" with over 750 known shipwrecks.
• Authorities urge the public not to disturb the wreckage, as Massachusetts law protects underwater archaeological resources, and state archaeologists continue to study and document the site to confirm its identity.