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Fire endangers schooner Greenleaf Johnson load to South Carolina
The New London schooner Greenleaf Johnson, capt Woodruff, arrived with cargo on fire. After hours of effort with a tug and three light ers, T A Scott Co gave up extinguishing the blaze and scuttled the vessel. Owned by BE H Weaver of New Haven, loaded with garbage tankage at Barren Island NY for South Carolina, cargo owned by Heller Hirsch Co of New York and insured.
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T. A. Scott Company
Schoooner
BE. H. Weaver
New Haven
Barren Island
N. Y
South Carolina
Heller, Hirsch & Co
New York