Wreck of the Sophia recalls 1820s Lake Ontario disaster
Maritime historian recounts Captain Horatio N s firsthand account of the schooner Sophia wreck on Lake Ontario. Four hours in rough water left three crew struggling, two drowned, one barely survived with an improvised buoyant board, as the vessel sank four miles offshore near Great Sodus Bay.
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Loss of the Sophia schooner near Big Sodus Bay 1827
Captain H N Throop recounts the 1827 sinking of the Sophia, a 25 ton Pultneyville vessel, with two or three lost. He details flooding on the leeward side during passage from Pultneyville to Oswego, the rapid influx of water, and the ship’s Kapitan vanishing with his life, Throop swimming ashore after a perilous night in woods and a barefoot trek home.
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