Schooner Mary ~ 29 October 1859

The New York Shipping and Commercial List, 1815-1873, reported that on October 29th the schooner Mary, home port Elizabeth City, was en route from Inagua Islands to Baltimore with a cargo of guano, when she "went ashore on Ocacock Bar ... an will be a total loss." The captain, his wife and crew were all drowned.

Schooner Melvina ~ 29 October 1859

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On this day in 1859, the schooner Melvina sprung a leak during a storm and went ashore on the inside of the Ocracoke Inlet bar. She was under the command of Captain Cahoon, carrying a cargo of naval stores (pine tar, pitch and turpentine) bound for Boston. The vessel was reported to be a total loss.