Optimist Schooner Sinks En Route to St John’s
Newfoundland schooner Optimist bound for St John’s from Cadiz with a cargo of salt sank in mid ocean. The crew were rescued by a passing steamer in a starving condition.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1922
Page
2
Newfoundland schooner Optimist bound for St John’s from Cadiz with a cargo of salt sank in mid ocean. The crew were rescued by a passing steamer in a starving condition.
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